Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka - 3 Tests, 5 ODIs, 2 T20Is

[ioppolo]

Sri Lanka's fast bowling unit has to be the least threatening going around, at least on paper.

 

[Hellgood]

Sri Lanka's fast bowling unit has to be the least threatening going around, at least on paper.

Functioned well this test...

http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-pakistan-2015/content/story/894117.html

Flashy, but handy knock by Tharanga earlier.

 

[Damon_3388]

It's cool that Mubarak is back. A blast from the past is always good.

Mubarak is the really tall fella, yeah? Remember him vaguely.

Think he was born in Washington DC.

Yep and yep. Toured over here with the Sri Lankan ODI squad for the tri-series all the way back in 2001-02. Always been a fringe player but is a gun fieldsman. Think the reason he is so nostalgic to me is that he would have played in the Australia A warm-up games that used to be televised which as a kid I absolutely loved. To expose my nerdishly obsessive knowledge about inconsequential cricketing facts, I'm also pretty sure that was the game that Ryan Campbell pulled out the scoop shot for the first time.

His Test record now shows him to be arguably the worst specialist batsman in Test cricket history, at least in the modern era. No other specialist batsman (ruling out a few random all-rounders from the '50s and '60s, and West Indian wicketkeeper Courtney Browne) in the past 55 years has batted more than 19 innings in positions 1-7 without making a score of at least 50. Career average of 17.44 at a strike rate of 40.72 from his 19 Test innings.

 

[ioppolo]

Tharanga's probably done enough to keep his spot.

 

[Hellgood]

Tharanga's probably done enough to keep his spot.

Thirimanne's been in some awful form recently so it should be him who goes out. Dunno how keen they'd be to drop the vice captain though.

 

[Kram]

Deano talks so much crap in commentary.

 

[JUBJUB]

So will Pakistan bugger this up ?
3/321 at lunch and need just 56 runs to win

 

[t_94]

Younis khan what a phenomenal player

 

[Oaktree]

What a win! Has to go down as one of the best chases in test cricket history.

To win 3 down chasing 377 after being 2/13 is pretty ridiculous.

 

[Damon_3388]

Younis khan what a phenomenal player

Said it before, but is he historically really underrated? Just feel like he doesn't get talked about at all as one of the great batsmen, even of his era. 8,814 Test runs @ 54.07, with 30 centuries and 29 fifties is a very formidable record by anyone's standards.

 

[t_94]

Said it before, but is he historically really underrated? Just feel like he doesn't get talked about at all as one of the great batsmen, even of his era. 8,814 Test runs @ 54.07, with 30 centuries and 29 fifties is a very formidable record by anyone's standards.

I agree, I think it's because Pakistan don't get a heap of coverage in Australia, and also because in terms of playing style he is more of an accumulator than someone who really catches the eye. So much admiration for him though, the way he conducted that chase yesterday/ today was just clinical.

 

[Tyran]

Said it before, but is he historically really underrated? Just feel like he doesn't get talked about at all as one of the great batsmen, even of his era. 8,814 Test runs @ 54.07, with 30 centuries and 29 fifties is a very formidable record by anyone's standards.

Probably because there is the expectation that a great player should also be good at ODI level at least and Younis is pretty mediocre there.

I think Younis averages over 45 in all innings though which is great and save for South Africa and oddly the West Indies he has a good record everywhere

 

[HBF]

Watching a bit of the ODI tonight, and Malinga looks to have gotten back somewhere near his best.

 

[Warsaw]

Just stumbled on this. Perera on fire. 57 off 18.

 

[Milang_Panthers]

Jeez great fielding highlights for Sri Lanka there

 

[Milang_Panthers]

Pakistan have been great in the field. This ones going to go down to the wire.

 

[Hellgood]

Missed this one, but great to see Chandimal back playing the way he was when he first came into the side.

Looks like a pretty beastly innings there from Kusal.

 

[corbies]

Missed this one, but great to see Chandimal back playing the way he was when he first came into the side.

Looks like a pretty beastly innings there from Kusal.

His keeping was pretty terrible though.

 

[Hellgood]

Ideally should just be playing as a batsman. Kusal has done a fair bit of keeping too, but I suppose the reasoning is that they'd prefer not to lump the opener with both duties.

 

[JUBJUB]

Was anyone watching last night when the crowd trouble started ?
This happened about the same time as the Aus v Eng Test finished

http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-pakistan-2015/content/story/900825.html

The cops or Army ended up clearly out most spectators from the ground before re-starting play 30 odd minutes later.
Very weird watching about a dozen cops or Army guys,half with machine guns,running across the ground.

Should be fun as the next game on wednesday is at the same ground.

 

[bkozican]

Sri Lanka will barely get over 200 at this rate.

 

[RohitSharma]

Pakistanis at it again, cheating against Lanka in the last odi

 

[ioppolo]

With all the cameras at grounds these days...why do players still try to claim those?

 

[NSWCROW]

Stiffest 3rd umpire ever ??


Stumping

 

[NSWCROW]

Lol who brought the dog ??