Pakistan in Sri Lanka (2012)

Junaid Khan gets the new ball ahead of Sami. Bowled really well at SSC. Both Junaid and Cheema have proved to be excellent dead-wicket bowlers

1.1

Junaid Khan to Paranavitana, no run, starts on a length, just outside off, left alone

1.2

Junaid Khan to Paranavitana, no run, length ball outside off, left alone again

1.3

Junaid Khan to Paranavitana, no run, a peach. Short of a length, Para plays for the angle, but this one leaves him a little. Luck to not edge it

Three slips, a gully, short leg

1.4

Junaid Khan to Paranavitana, 1 run, this one moves in towards the stumps, and he drops and runs, gets a single towards cover-point

1.5

Junaid Khan to Chandimal, no run, nearly edged. Length ball, on off, Chandimal pushes at it, and is beaten by the angle

1.6

Junaid Khan to Chandimal, 1 run, Chandimal off the mark. Length ball, on leg, angling towards off, pushed wide of cover

3.1

Junaid Khan to Chandimal, 1 run, length ball, on the pads, takes the easy single

3.2

Junaid Khan to Paranavitana, no run, huge shout for lbw, but I think he has got an inside edge. Short of a length, seaming in from outside off, goes past the inside edge, so no edge, but it has hit him on the thigh. Can't give them

3.3

Junaid Khan to Paranavitana, no run, left alone outside off, swings after passing the stumps, done well by the makeshift keeper Taufeeq Umar

3.4

Junaid Khan to Paranavitana, no run, another good take from Taufeeq. This one seams in, deflects off the pad, and takes a full-length dive from Taufeeq who appeals too. More in excitement, I think

3.5

Junaid Khan to Paranavitana, no run, short of a length, nipping in again, gets an inside edge onto the pad, but it dies down. Nearly a replay of his SSC dismissal

3.6

Junaid Khan to Paranavitana, no run, lovely bowling. He has peppered him with movement in all over long, and gets this one to go away. Everything right about this delivery except that it doesn't take the edge

5.1

Junaid Khan to Paranavitana, no run, length ball, on off, defended square on the off side

5.2

Junaid Khan to Paranavitana, 1 run, short of a length, nipping back in, he gets an inside edge onto the pad, but gets a single to get away from the strike

Goes round the stumps already. He does well from that angle

5.3

Junaid Khan to Chandimal, no run, already some shape away against the angle, nicely push-driven to cover - 142ks

5.4

Junaid Khan to Chandimal, no run, this one nips back in, beats the bat, but hits him on the thigh

5.5

Junaid Khan to Chandimal, no run, Wasim Akram, are you watching this?. Short of a length, on off, has to play at it, and then the ball seams away, and misses the edge. How do you play them? You have to be really good to edge them

5.6

Junaid Khan to Chandimal, no run, O boy. This is lovely bowling. Highly skilled. Pitches this up, drawing him forward, and then again it moves against the angle. Misses the edge. Top-class bowling

7.1

Junaid Khan to Paranavitana, 1 run, swinging in, takes the thick inside edge to long leg

7.2

Junaid Khan to Chandimal, no run, nearly. This angle is troubling Chandimal. Short of a length, outisde off, holding its line, Chandi follows it, and is beaten

7.3

Junaid Khan to Chandimal, OUT, he gets his man. Smart bowling. He shows he has not just the skill but the brain too. After getting balls to leave Chandimal from round the stumps, he gets one to go with the angle. Chandimal nowhere close it. Hit on the roll, on the crease, in front of middle and leg. Steve Davis takes his time before raising his finger. Clipping leg, I would say

LD Chandimal lbw b Junaid Khan 8 (33m 29b 1x4 0x6) SR: 27.58

So a tough innings for Chandi comes to an end. Not sure he has ever opened in serious cricket, and this was against a highly skilled bowler. Speaking of highly skilled, here is Kumar Sangakkara

7.4

Junaid Khan to Sangakkara, no run, half shout first ball as this one seams in, but is sliding down leg

7.5

Junaid Khan to Sangakkara, no run, huge huge shout, and my word, that is close. Close to off, seaming in, hits him on the roll in front of off. That's plumb for me. But I think Steve Davis went with not out, because of the two sounds that came form the ball hitting both the pads

7.6

Junaid Khan to Sangakkara, OUT, never mind the lbw, this one has damaged the wood work. Sanga registers his first duck against Pakistan. This is a superb spell from Junaid. Similar delivery, but this time Sanga is stretching away from the body, and the ball squeezes in through the gap after pitching on a length, just outside off

9.1

Junaid Khan to DPMD Jayawardene, no run, and nearly a wicket. Mahela follows this outside off, the ball holds its line, beats the bat

9.2

Junaid Khan to DPMD Jayawardene, 2 runs, Class is class. Junaid tries the one-two trick, seams this in, and coolly Mahela clips this wide of mid-on

9.3

Junaid Khan to DPMD Jayawardene, no run, short of a length, well wide of of, Mahela has no problem leaving it alone

9.4

Junaid Khan to DPMD Jayawardene, no run, wide again, left alone by Jaya again

9.5

Junaid Khan to DPMD Jayawardene, no run, top delivery. Short of a length, closer to off. Surely this one is angled too much to seam away? No sir, this holds its line too. Mahela's bat is straight. A lesser batsman would have got a leading edge

9.6

Junaid Khan to DPMD Jayawardene, 2 runs, wide length ball, driven through cover