Well done boys! an outstanding performance by the team
today. It doesn't matter whether they win or not but I enjoyed every moment
watching them play. I am a cricket maniac and when it comes to Pakistan there
is no chance that I miss even a ball. Glued to my chair, watch every ball till
the very end no matter what!
The match started off well with good shots. Openers of Pakistan
team had good body language came in with an aggressive mode. They attacked on
Sri Lankan bowlers from the start and did their job well. Bit of luck was also
flying with Muhammad Hafeez as he got dropped once at the beginning and the
vantage was taken. Loose balls were
beautifully and skillfully put away to boundaries while Imran Farhat also
silenced the critics today. Questions about his selection in the team were
answered today and he proved with his bat he is worth a selection.
After a challenging total of 150 in 30 overs was put up by
the openers things began to get amiss for the Pakistani team. An unfortunate
run out of Misbah-ul-Haq happened where he was trying to participate in a
running game with Malinga. I have been abortive in understanding the mind set
of this man. Sometimes, he thinks he is playing a test match in a one-day and
at times he wake up in the ending overs putting up good show adding valuable
runs. And today, my goodness! He was in a competition with SL Malinga. Back in
my mind comparing both physiques I thought Misbah could have won that race for
his wicket if only he would have cared to run a bit earlier when Malinga was leaping
toward the ball. Well, unfortunately Misbah today was not your day to play the
test match.
Umar Akmal also got unlucky today; the man in form got
bowled by a beautiful Yorker. Nice show was eventually put up by Razzaq and
Afridi as they both played their natural game and losing their wickets in the
fasshion was not a surprise at all. Afridi got out similarly what he is
notorious around. He looked dangerous though but only sensible cricket can lead
the batsman till the end LALA!.
Younis Khan, Pakistani wall I would say! Kept it nice and
cool played a sensible innings. He tried different things today while facing
Malinga but that couldn’t save him from getting run out by Prasanna. Even
though the fielder took his time reaching the ball yet the luck was not in
favour of Younis Khan this time. He played well though.
Sohail Tanvir was probably lost somewhere today. He is
capable of batting but it took time for him to ground his feet in the pitch
today. He played some childish shots earlier on but managed to achieve double
figures however.
Umar Gul tried his best to put the ball out of the ground
but he need to understand that he has to hit the ball first to fly it out of
the ground. Well, hope so he put a good show with the ball today.
The graph of runs went up high but unfortunately didn’t end
on a higher note. Having said that it is a challengeable total Pakistan has put
on and in a good position to win the game. They have a potential bowling start.
Let’s hope and pray they restrict Sri Lanka and win the game!
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