Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | 4th ODI | Colombo | 16/06/12 | Pakistan Innings

[Bullet Drive]

Come on, rotate strike.

[Sherazkhalid]

Originally Posted by chui_kadoo I can name a few that have performed much better than Hafeez. Yasir Hameed average of 37 in ODI's . Even Farhat is a better opener than Hafeez. Hafeez is has always been terrible and is getting even worse

oh come on, now farhat is better, the issue with our expectations is that we want everyone firing all the time. With us not playing at home, that is not possible for most of the players. Next YK will fail and everyone will call for his head as well.

[Bullet Drive]

Nasir Jamshed & Azhar Ali should be openers for our team. Ahmed Shehzad as the 3rd opener.

[Areesh]

Originally Posted by chui_kadoo Shocking to see fellow Pakpasioners still defending Hafeez as an opener. He is one of the worst ever. Nasir Jamshed is a million times better

Hate to say this but even farhat is better.

[Bullet Drive]

Again we've started off real slow.

[Amjid Javed]

Azhar off the mark.

Pak 13/1 after 4 overs.

[Areesh]

Originally Posted by Sherazkhalid oh come on, now farhat is better, the issue with our expectations is that we want everyone firing all the time. With us not playing at home, that is not possible for most of the players. Next YK will fail and everyone will call for his head as well.

Umar Akmal hasn't play even a single match at home and has an average of nearly 40 as compared to 26 of Hafeez.

Do you have valid and sane reason to defend Hafeez as an opener?

[cricketpassion]

dot dot dot dot dot dot dot .......

[Strike!]

Get a move on Azhar.

[cricketpassion]

[OmaIR1]

Originally Posted by cricketpassion dot dot dot dot dot dot dot .......

It's worse when a wicket falls after that

[attock]

beautiful shot

[Amjid Javed]

AA needs to start looking for single here! cant just keep blocking!

[A.M.]

[MVP26]

Azhar cant get a move on.

[Amjid Javed]

Good shot by AA for 4.

Pak 17/1 after 5 overs

[carbon11]

these 2 need to get themselves in

[Sherazkhalid]

Originally Posted by chui_kadoo Shocking to see fellow Pakpasioners still defending Hafeez as an opener. He is one of the worst ever. Nasir Jamshed is a million times better

I am not defending anyone, i am just sick of our attitude that all the time we are just trying to axe every single player. Nasir jamshed be better than him but mostly in the home conditions. where Nasir and Hafeez made 100s, Kohli made 180, which just show how flat the pitch was not how great Nasir is.

[MVP26]

Finally he hits a

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan need to look at 40/45-1 after 10 overs here!

[carbon11]

struggling with this kulesekara indipper

[A.M.]

Good ball

[Rizwan25]

Originally Posted by Amjid Javed AA needs to start looking for single here! cant just keep blocking!

Bhai Saab that's the plan

[Amjid Javed]

**** ball! and not put away!

[saeed-sohail]

Shafiq missed out there. Ramiz would have murdered Kulsekera all day long off his pads.

[MVP26]

Why is shafiq in the team? He is average at best.

[VTEC]

Originally Posted by Sherazkhalid I am not defending anyone, i am just sick of our attitude that all the time we are just trying to axe every single player. Nasir jamshed be better than him but mostly in the home conditions. where Nasir and Hafeez made 100s, Kohli made 180, which just show how flat the pitch was not how great Nasir is.

Hafeez has played all over the world and only scored runs vs Minnows or against India on that flat pitch

Drop him and give someone else a chance

[amlafan79]

wow u guys really cant see even lil bit if tuk tuk?
trust me if u guys have any chance to win.. one of these 2 need to play till end
obsession with sloggin in this forum is just ridiculous

[saeed-sohail]

Saeed Anwar and Aamir Sohail did not just hit 4s they use to rotate the strike a lot.

[attock]

that was close to the edge

[saeed-sohail]

Originally Posted by amlafan79 wow u guys really cant see even lil bit if tuk tuk? trust me if u guys have any chance to win.. one of these 2 need to play till end obsession with sloggin in this forum is just ridiculous

Agreed they need to bat sensible but rotate the strike.

[Amjid Javed]

Pakistan batsmen showing to much respect to SL trundlers.

[Sherazkhalid]

Originally Posted by VTEC Hafeez has played all over the world and only scored runs vs Minnows or against India on that flat pitch Drop him and give someone else a chance

Alright folks, signing out, we'll talk about this later.

[waqar goraya]

this is the familiar situation ...required rate will go up and younis and misbah will do the job for srilanka

[Cricfan4eva]

Why is it that Pakistani batsman either go for boundary or dots? It will be a lot easier if they forgot boundaries and just looked for ones. 240 isn't a big total and if they mess this up, something is seriously wrong with their batting.

[taqi]

there is no sense in our batting approach

[taqi]

missing leg side stuff is pathetic

[attock]

Our batsman finding it difficult to find the gaps. Muhammed Yousuf was so good at finding gaps.

Good shot by Azhar

[Amjid Javed]

crunched away for 4 by AA.

[MenInG]

Azhar Ali just grows in this ODI Role - very impressive

[Strike!]

Hit one four and then you let the rest be dot balls.

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 24/1 after 8 overs.

[taqi]

RR is 3.0 after 8 slow going .... YK and Misbah will make 240 look 340 later

[saeed-sohail]

Sanga appealing when batsman is passed the stumps.

[attock]

not out.....

[saeed-sohail]

Run the damn thing to third man at least.

[MVP26]

Our batsman dont know what strike rotation even means.

[saeed-sohail]

Arnold on fire.

[amlafan79]

Originally Posted by saeed-sohail Agreed they need to bat sensible but rotate the strike.

lol they will learn..and look at target i think they can afford that...
who else is left after them ?
misbah...i don know wht his problem is can play shots but i guess with wickets always falling he has no other choice
then terribly out of form younis..i dont think umar akmal is gonna do wonders here i dont rate him much and afridi flukes once in 10 games
its better if these guys play more balls

also plz dont forget wht happened in sri lankan innings u can always accelerate later if u have wickets in hand

[Strike!]

Originally Posted by MenInG Azhar Ali just grows in this ODI Role - very impressive

He's learning from the best.

[waqar goraya]

Originally Posted by MenInG Azhar Ali just grows in this ODI Role - very impressive

wait and see

[saeed-sohail]

25/1 after 9.

[cricketpassion]

AA keep hitting striaght to fielders

[Amjid Javed]

1 run of matthews over! poor stuff from Pakistan!

this guy is medium pace cannon fodder!

[Inswinger]

They are driving the ball well but can't find the gaps.

[saeedhk]

Man, at least take singles.

[qamar84]

happy they rotate the strike

[waqar goraya]

good solid start again

[MenInG]

Originally Posted by Inswinger They are driving the ball well but can't find the gaps.

Frustrating themselves...

[shah_1]

atleast they are not duck farmer unlike hafeez

[MVP26]

Worst batting line up of all top 8 teams.

[attock]

We are the best at finding the fielders...........

[imshally81]

2 runs to Asad

[cricketpassion]

After 10 overs 29-1 .

[waqar goraya]

it seems single comes unexpectedly for them..

[MVP26]

Looks like shafiq got my memo.

[amlafan79]

rohit sharma has very similar problem at start of his innings
he does not takes singles but he has many shots to cover it up if he sticks on wicket
now since they have played these many balls its there responsibility to atleast play 15-20 more overs and score quicker

[Pakistaniboy]

Well, if anyone if these gets out then Misbah or Younis will come in to bat.

Thats not the way to chase a target of 200+

[Amjid Javed]

Pak 29/1 after 10 overs

Pathetically slow start! really is!

[Bullet Drive]

If we lose its down to these fools

[attock]

Test match........

[Amjid Javed]

Only needs a wicket or two and this slow start will be made to look even worse!

[taqi]

problem is not facing too many balls but not converting these starts ... eventually they are gone lose this start to growing pressure of run rate

[cricketpassion]

[imshally81]

finally

[attock]

Good shot Asad

[pak4life]

Nothing wrong with the scoring rate if they take the score past 100 but it will end up 40-3 as it usually does!

[imshally81]

Welcome boundary for Pakistan !!

[w8in_4_0402]

Asad and Azhar look like Ramdin Replicas.

[Amjid Javed]

down the track and Smashed by Asad for 4!

thats better!