Sunday, 21 June 2015

Yasir Shah Hero of Galle Test

Yasir Shah take seven wickets in the second inning of Galle International test and damage sri lanka more than any other bowler. Yasir Shah bowl 30.1 overs with 6 madden overs and he gave just 77 runs with economy rate of 2.51.
Yasir shah won player of the match and Sarfraz Ahmed won man of the match.
in last 20 years history of Pakistan cricket this  is best bowling figure by any Pakistani spinner.
Yasir shah also take 2 wickets in 1st inning of match in 30.3 overs with economy rate of 2.59.
Sarfraz Ahmed and Asad Shafiq also play an important role in the test match 1sst inning where Sarfraz Ahmed made 96 runs and Asad Shafiq made a ton to bring Pakistan back in match.

Friday, 19 June 2015

3rd Day of Galle Test Pakistan vs Sri Lanka

1st test between Pakistan cricket team and Sri Lanka cricket team goes into the interesting face where Sri Lanka made 300 runs in first inning. Top scorer from Sri Lanka are JK Silva and KC Sangakkara with 125 and 50 runs respectively. Wahab Riaz get 3 wickets in 26 overs with 3 madden overs. Zulfiqar Babar get 3 wickets in 27 overs with 8 madden overs. while Yasir Shah and Muhammad Hafeez also get 2,2 wickets.
Start of Pakistan batting is once again not in good way, top batting once again fail in delivering runs on board.Pakistan cricket team is at 118 of 5. Hafeez goes on 2 runs, Ahmed Shehzad goes on 11 runs he made 9 runs. Azhar Ali goes on when Pakistan score is 35 runs he make 8 runs, Younis khan goes on 86 hs makes 47 runs. KTGD Prasad get two wickets in 9 0vers with 2 maiden overs.
Let see tomorrow what will happen at Galle international stadium. Will Pakistan able to get lead or will Sri Lanka get the lead or does this match goes towards draw.

Saturday, 13 June 2015

Pakistan Tour to Sri Lanka and Schedule of Series


Pakistan cricket team is at Sri Lanka and playing practice match against President X1. Sri Lanka is called the paradise of spinners and Pakistan cricket team goes there with two spinners Yasir Shah and Zulfiqar Babar. Selection committee of Pakistan cricket board skip Saeed Ajmal from all three formats of cricket due to poor performance during Bangladesh tour and Zimbabwe series.
This series consist of 3 test matches 5 one day internationals and 2 T20 matches. Schedule is as following:
1st test match is played at Galle international stadium from wed june 17, 2015 to sunday june 21, 2015. local timing is 10:00.
2nd test match is played at P Sara Oval, Colombo from thursday june 25, 2015 to monday june 29, 2015. local timing is 10:00.
3rd test match is played at Pallekele international cricket stadium from friday july 3, 2015 to tuesday july 7, 2015. local timing is 10:00.

 1st one day international is played at Rangiri Dambulla international stadium on saturday july 11, 2015. local timing is 10:00.
2nd one day international is played at Pallekele international cricket stadium on wednesday july 15, 2015. local timing is 14:30.
3rd one day international is played at R Premadasa stadium colombo on sunday june 19, 2015. local timing is 14:30.
4th one day international is played at R Premadasa stadium colombo on wednesday july 22,2015. local timing is 14:30.
5th one day international is played at Mahinda Rajapaksa international cricket stadium, sooriyawewa, Hambantota on sunday july 26, 2015. local timing is 14:30.

1st T20 is played at R Premadasa Stadium, colombo on thursday july 30,2015. local timing is 19:00.
2nd T20 is played at R Premadasa stadium, colombo on saturday august 1, 2015. local timing is 19:00.
Pakistan Captain for test matches is Misbah-ul-Haq, for One day international matches Azhar Ali and for T20 matches Shahid Afridi. Best of luck team Pakistan for series. Hope we see lot of cricketing movement during series.