Pak vs SL 1st test

[A L i]

Sri Lanka 406 for 3 (Jayawardene 136*, Samaraweera 130*, Sangakkara 70, Warnapura 59) v Pakistan


On a warm day in Karachi, when Test cricket returned to Pakistan after 16 months, the Sri Lankan top order indulged themselves to reach a strong position by the end of the opening day. Mahela Jayawardene presented a visual treat, Thilan Samaraweera and Kumar Sangakkara accumulated steadily, and Malinda Warnapura thrilled with a breezy knock as the visitors cashed in after winning the toss on a perfect batting pitch.
There is something extremely graceful about Jayawardene's batting. Perhaps, it's the economy of movement, his ease, and the languid flow of his bat's movement that catches the eye. There was a delicious straight drive on the up off Umar Gul today that captured his innings in a nutshell. The ball landed short of a length outside the off stump. Sachin Tendulkar, or even Sangakkara, imparts velocity to such deliveries with a fierce thump at the point of impact, whereas Virender Sehwag would rely on tremendous bat speed. Jayawardene seems to just caress his shots. Today, he waved his bat forward to meet the ball with the middle and it sped away. And he did it repeadtedly through his innings to compile his first Test hundred against Pakistan, the only country missing from his list of centuries.
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Mahela Jayawardene plays on the off side, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Karachi, 1st day, February 21, 2009

[AYAZ]

well catches drop kareinge wo bhi test match mei tou yeh tou hoga.

[A L i]

Aap ne sahi kaha Bro

ab Pakistan ko test bachana bahut hi mushkil ho .. cos

agar SL kal bhi aisi hi batting kerta hai ..

phir hamari batting ko bahut mushkil hogi under pressure

[Nida-H]

hmm..thnx 4 sharing !!!

[A L i]

Pakistan 44 for 1 trail Sri Lanka 644 for 7 (Jayawardene 240, Samaraweera 231) by 600 runs


Mahela Jayawardene struck his first double-century outside Sri Lanka - his fifth overall - while Thilan Samaraweera went past 200 for the first time in Tests to bat Pakistan out of the game on the second day in Karachi. They feasted on an insipid bowling attack, rendered helpless by the flat pitch, and posted 437 runs - a Test record - for the fourth wicket. Sri Lanka eventually declared on 644 for 7 but Pakistan's batsmen may not have it as easy as the visitors did after Muttiah Muralitharan dismissed Salman Butt shortly before

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Danish Kaneria celebrates Thilan Samaraweera's wicket, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Karachi, 2nd day, February 22

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Kamran Akmal pouches a catch to dismiss Mahela Jayawardene, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Karachi, 2nd day,
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Mahela Jayawardene celebrates his double-century with Thilan Samaraweera, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Karachi, 2nd day, February 22

[AYAZ]

ab sare records pakistan per hi banney hie :( bowler hai nahi asif june tek farig hai shoaib akhter khao pio aish karo aur unfit raho dekho kia hota hie kal.

[A L i]

Pakistan 296 for 3 (Younis 149*, Malik 56) trail Sri Lanka 644 for 7 dec by 348 runs

Pakistan's new captain Younis Khan hit a fine century and combined well with his predecessor Shoaib Malik to thwart a stiff challenge from the Sri Lankan spinners. On a pitch that got increasingly slower, Sri Lanka fought hard but Younis stood firm to lead Pakistan some way towards avoiding the follow-on.
Younis' innings said a lot about his character and batsmanship. You could describe it as 'typical' but that would be too flippant. His captaincy had been castigated for his first-day field settings, which allowed Sri Lanka to run away to a mammoth total. Today, Younis replied with his bat.
He defended a lot but didn't poke around. He slog-swept and reverse-swept but never looked desperate or too cheeky, as he often does in one-day cricket. He had occasional problems with Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis but didn't get bogged down. The loose balls were punished and Younis created run-scoring opportunities regularly with planned, calculated shots.

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Younis Khan employs the sweep, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Karachi, 3rd day, February 23, 2009


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Shoaib Malik raises his bat on getting to fifty, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Karachi, 3rd day, February

[Evil alive]

youns ko 300 kerne chye

[Nida-H]

Younis Khan nay Triple century ker li.. :cheer:

[momal ali]

younis khan ke triple century... congrates frndz ..:;party:
400 lara ka record tour do younis comonnnnnn

[A L i]

youns ko 300 kerne chye

Aapki wish poori hoi :flower4u:

[A L i]

Pakistan 574 for 5 (Younis 306*, Faisal 57) trail Sri Lanka 644 by 70 runs.

Younis Khan took full advantage of a dead pitch at the National Stadium, scoring his maiden triple-century - the third by a Pakistan batsman - to push his side to safety and the match towards a draw. After four bat-dominated days, the only interest now left in the contest is whether the new Pakistan captain can break Brian Lara's Test record of 400.
It was in line with Younis' character that he brought up the landmark with a reverse-sweep. The cap was off, sajda was performed and a million-dollar smile lit up his sunny face. Fifty-two years earlier, Hanif Mohammad hit Pakistan's highest Test score, a mammoth 337 against West Indies that took three days in making. The story goes that a Bajan boy, watching it from a palm tree, fell down and upon recovering consciousness in the hospital, wondered: Is Hanif still batting? He still was. Younis might well have elicited a similar reaction today. He batted on for 545 balls, and is not yet finished.

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[!~*SOoLi]

Inshallah kal Lara ka record bhi tootay ga :)

[!~*SOoLi]

Waisay jab tak yonus khail raha hay in ko declare nahi karna chahiye, match to draw hogya hay ..
ab bari hay record banane ki :D

[Evil alive]

sahi kaha bhaie
400 bhi kerne chahe usko
bahut acha khela hai Allah kare kal bhi sara din khele

[A L i]

MashALLAH

that was greatest innings from Y Khan

Captain ban ke tu janab ki batting hi badal gayi

dead pich ka sahi faida uthaya

umeed hai he will stay longer on fifth day too

[A L i]

Sri Lanka 644 for 7 dec (Mahela 240, Samaraweera 231) and 144 for 5 (Sangakkara 65) drew with Pakistan 765 for 6 dec (Younis 313, Akmal 158*)

In the end the pitch won. Pakistan created late excitement by knocking out five top-order wickets but they didn't have enough time to pull off the miracle. After four-and-a-half dreary days dominated by the bat, the game sprung alive in dramatic fashion on the final evening when Umar Gul and Danish Kaneria struck in rapid succession to leave Sri Lanka struggling at 120 for 5. Thilan Samaraweera and Prasanna Jayawardene, however, pulled down the shutters with some cautious batting to ensure there would not be any further drama.
The final day began with all the attention centred on whether Younis Khan would go past Brian Lara's record of 400 not out, but he couldn't. He fell after adding only seven runs to his overnight score of 306, cleaned up by Dilhara Fernando. But Kamran Akmal continued Pakistan's strong reply on the flat pitch, scoring an unbeaten 158 to give Pakistan a 121-run lead.

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Dilhara Fernando managed to finally dislodge Younis Khan, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Karachi,

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Kamran Akmal drives the ball down the ground, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Karachi, 5th day,


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Kamran Akmal raises his bat on reaching his century, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Karachi,

[AYAZ]

MASHALLAH sei pakistani ki performance dekh kar dil garden garden hogia kash younis khan 400 kar jata tou aur maza ajata

[A L i]

sahi kaha Bro

pehle do din ke baad tu lag raha tha ke Pakistan aik innings se hare ga

magar bahut hi umda batting ki MashALLAh se ..

InshALLAh umeed hai ke aur acha khalenge in Lahore

[!~*SOoLi]

Good yaar .. chaa gye apnay kami bhai ..
Koi nai yaar, Younus phir kar jaye ga Inshallah :D

[Hussain]

bs g luck ki bat thi
wrna pak won kr skta tha
khair drawn kr dya
its very gr8:)

[soccer]

Great bating yunis, keep it up.