Sri Lanka v Pakistan, 1st Test, Galle, 17-21 Jun, 2015

After being brought to my attention by the Banjo insomniac.

Don't forget.

I didn't.

Frommie, please merge.

I'm going with SL on this one. Last I checked, Pakistan were a mess

I'm leaning towards Sri Lanka too, but the Pakistani test side isn't in disarray. Their OD team, otoh...

probably the home team but itll be a good match if the weather leaves it alone

Another Test series? They're like London buses at the moment.

Didn't we have a situation a few years ago when all 10 teams were playing simultaneously? Or 8 of them, at least.

beamer wrote:Another Test series? They're like London buses at the moment.

May it long continue. Immeasurably better than "yet another JAMODI series".

JAJAMODIS really puts the Modi in Jamodi.

Prasanna Jayawardene dropped and Chandimal will keep. Must rank as one of the more stupid decisions made.

Wow, if Happy isn't injured, that is a crazy call.

Yeah, would say he's easily the best keeper in international cricket these days.

They've also called back Jehan Mubarak (apparently impressed as a fielder in the probables camp, ffs). Kusal Perera's always there but from what I know, he's a cross eyed slogger. At least the bowling's not been f*cked around with too much.

The glories of a monsoon test series...

beamer wrote:Another Test series? They're like London buses at the moment.

Didn't we have a situation a few years ago when all 10 teams were playing simultaneously? Or 8 of them, at least.

SA leave for Bangladesh shortly.

Just had a look at the dates for that. Another tour unlikely to see much play.

Take back everything I said about the selectors. Mubarak's a former Sri Lankan 50m swimming champion. Given the conditions, it's an inspired selection.

50 for Sanga following Silva's 50. Karunaratne's too shit to make a difference, but he was dismissed third ball by Riaz... only to be called a no ball.

Sanga never stood a chance.

Come on Sri Lanka, make a game of it.

Depends on the spin that Galle takes now. But Pakistan bossed the day today. Wahab has become a bit of a monster these days.

Shaping up to be an exciting finish. Sri Lanka trail by 33 runs in their second innings with seven wickets in hand. Still 91 overs left in the day. Pakistan won't want to chase anything over 150.

And drs showing to be useless without snicko and heat cameras.

Pakistan favourites now with Mathews gone which should mean it's Sri Lanka's best chance at victory....

Just 90 to win in the end. Crap batting and too many soft wickets, but Yasir Shah was fantastic. The last stumping was class keeping by Sarfraz. So too Karunaratne's wicket.

Had a proper look at Mathews' dismissal. Was a horrendous decision by the third umpire.

Yasir bowled well, but Sri Lanka were truly awful today.

tricycle wrote:Just 90 to win in the end. Crap batting and too many soft wickets, but Yasir Shah was fantastic. The last stumping was class keeping by Sarfraz. So too Karunaratne's wicket.

Had a proper look at Mathews' dismissal. Was a horrendous decision by the third umpire.

Agree, daylight there between bat and ball.