1st ODI - Pakistan Vs South Africa at Centurion Park (Updates)

[Rob H]

out kemp, well bowled

 

[zaf1986]

actually the last time a team made 400+ batting first, they won.
SL did it.

crappy matches don't count.

And that batting first was in SA too. So let's see...

 

[SUPERSAMI]

Sami bowling crap and he's been one of the better bowlers at the death so far, just horrible.

 

[Sean]

20 runs to get for 400. 1 over to do it. Rana needs to concede 20 to have 100 runs of his bowling.

 

[SUPERSAMI]

Rana gets Kemp with a slower ball.

 

[Afzal_K]

Why is it a lost cause? The match isn't even halfway over.

Don't blame the optimism but a reality check can easily tell you that Pakistan won;t even get close to that total

 

[CricketBuff]

actually the last time a team made 400+ batting first, they won.
SL did it.

Yes, we live on Hope.

 

[Jonty]

lets hope they at least make a match of it..

 

[Pathan007]

many, but not by akmal

who were the main culprits?

 

[OZGOD]

Don't blame the optimism but a reality check can easily tell you that Pakistan won;t even get close to that total

There's precedent for chasing down 400+ on this ground.

 

[Oxy]

Now the Saffa comms are talking about Pak having no guts, no pride, etc - geez I hate smug commies...

They seem to have forgotten they conceded 434 runs not so long ago.

 

[CricketBuff]

Now Rana getting wkts to justify playing in next game.

 

[mooz]

crappy matches don't count.

And that batting first was in SA too. So let's see...

this is gonna be a crappy match too.

 

[CricketBuff]

who were the main culprits?

Razzak, Younis

 

[shan]

Don't blame the optimism but a reality check can easily tell you that Pakistan won;t even get close to that total

Pakistan will chase this one easily, afridi to make 200 here.

 

[Sean]

19 needed off 4 balls for 400. Very unlikely now.

 

[Afzal_K]

There's precedent for chasing down 400+ on this ground.

..lightning never strikes twice at the same place

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

i am big fan of inzi and BW...but fielding first on this pitch..pathetic decision...

 

[OZGOD]

Too many extras in this innings.

 

[CricketBuff]

Hope this turns out to be Afridi's day!!!!

 

[OZGOD]

They seem to have forgotten they conceded 434 runs not so long ago.

Who are these commies?

 

[Bailan]

i am big fan of inzi and BW...but fielding first on this pitch..pathetic decision...

one decision that isn't wrong ... pakistan's chasing record of the late has been exceptional

 

[Sean]

15 needed from 3 balls. Pollock on strike.

 

[CricketBuff]

stupid Rana now bowling no-balls.

 

[Rob H]

6 to Kallis and a big one

 

[shan]

rana don't want to finish he's brilliant spell, another no-ball.

 

[sharuk]

as I said b4 we have the stupidest captain of all test playing nations with the selection, field placings, bowling changes, personal politics and strategies

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Who are these commies?

CUllian, Haysmen, Greig and B Richards

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

one decision that isn't wrong ... pakistan's chasing record of the late has been exceptional

ooo i am tired of listening to this...wat kind of excuse is this....you think you field first so you can chase 400 ....kya baat kar rahe ho yaar

 

[TheSaint]

31 extras Kallis gets another 6 over long-off

 

[SlowRightArm]

Why is it a lost cause? The match isn't even halfway over.

Precisely - and the Aussies now that well enough...

 

[Sean]

14 needed from 2. It cant be done unless there is a no-ball.
6/386

 

[shan]

as I said b4 we have the stupidest captain of all test playing nations with the selection, field placings, bowling changes, personal politics and strategies

how dare u

 

[OZGOD]

Now they're getting stuck into how crap the bowling has been (though they do have a point). No problem in pointing out that a team is bowling rubbish. But to question a team's commitment and heart and guts and all the rest of it on the basis of one ODI innings is pretty ordinary stuff.

 

[Bailan]

this ground does look very small though .... 50 yard boundries ... prolly no more

 

[OZGOD]

Precisely - and the Aussies now that well enough...

Exactly. It's never over till its over.

 

[dirk diggler]

by restricting them to under 400, we've got the psychological edge over them

 

[Rob H]

Afridi to chase this in 15 overs, isn't that right Easa?

 

[Sean]

6/392 to the Saffers. Brilliant innings. I'm very surprised that no one made a century.

 

[Bailan]

lets give some credit to SA as well for remarkable batting ...

 

[sharuk]

highest score ever against Pakistan

 

[Veteran]

Don't give up yet. The darkest hour comes before the dawn. We have come back from the depths before.

 

[OZGOD]

CUllian, Haysmen, Greig and B Richards

Cullinan sounds so smug. They make me feel like I wish OZ were playing SA right now.

The OZ comms don't sound like that to others when we're playing, do they? I hope not, I'd be embarrassed.

 

[shan]

393 target. Pakistan should chase this easily.

 

[darkmoon459]

how dare u

May be because he can ............. remember something called " Free speach".

 

[sharuk]

how dare u

stupidest captain

 

[Obsessed_in_a_good_way]

Ok friends ... this is what it is. The first half of the match is over. No matter how disappointing, it was still just the half. We now get our turn to use the pitch.

It seems there is nothing for the bowlers. Just play sensibly ... watch your strokes, your footwork ... watch the fields ... go for the runs without taking any undue chances.

Pakistan's interim targets:

10 overs ... around 50-60 with no more than one wicket down
20 overs ... around 130-140 with no more than three wickets down
30 overs ... around 200-210 with no more than three wickets down
40 overs ... around 280-290 with no more than four wickets down

And then go off, blazing all guns. 100 to win in the last ten overs, with wickets in hand, is manageable.

Any comments???

 

[mooz]

by restricting them to under 400, we've got the psychological edge over them

yeah, we totally wrested the momentum back from them.
Probably for an over or 2 until they get both our openers out.

 

[shan]

Afridi to chase this in 15 overs, isn't that right Easa?

to many overs there

 

[SUPERSAMI]

392 to win, Pak look as if they've packed it in already, lets pray for a miracle.

 

[Bailan]

ooo i am tired of listening to this...wat kind of excuse is this....you think you field first so you can chase 400 ....kya baat kar rahe ho yaar

no, i am assuming that pakistan would have accepted anything under 344 ... given that we got that far against in india a couple of years back ...

 

[CricketBuff]

Rana 92 runs of 8 overs !!! and we call them world class

 

[shan]

May be because he can ............. remember something called " Free speach".

"Free speach" is only applied when insulting Shoaib Akhtar.

 

[dirk diggler]

Now Rana getting wkts to justify playing in next game.

he does like clockwork, getrs spanked round all day piks up a wicket or two at the end and so regarded as a great ODI player and a cast iron selection for the next game

 

[Imy]

one good thing is now they will have to play shoaib , gul and danish in the cup and no more turds like sami and rana

 

[zaf1986]

6/392 to the Saffers. Brilliant innings. I'm very surprised that no one made a century.

Kallis would have if he wasn't batting at 2 rpo at the beginning of his innings.

 

[Rickz]

Well played South Africa, I thought they was going to get 380 at one stage..........and they did, Pakistan bowled pathfetic to say the least. Pakistan need Afridi, Inzy and Moyo to fire big in this game to even a slim chance of winning it.

 

[shan]

by restricting them to under 400, we've got the psychological edge over them

we now got huge chance of winning this one.

 

[sharuk]

Just Remember this match

http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005-06/AUS_IN_RSA/SCORECARDS/AUS_RSA_ODI5_12MAR2006.html

Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
+AC Gilchrist c Hall b Telemachus 55 68 44 9 0
SM Katich c Telemachus b Ntini 79 138 90 9 1
*RT Ponting c Dippenaar b Telemachus 164 154 105 13 9
MEK Hussey c Ntini b Hall 81 75 51 9 3
A Symonds not out 27 23 13 3 1
B Lee not out 9 13 7 0 0
Extras (lb 4, w 5, nb 10) 19
Total (4 wickets, 50 overs, 234 mins) 434

DNB: DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, NW Bracken, SR Clark, ML Lewis.

FoW: 1-97 (Gilchrist, 15.2 ov), 2-216 (Katich, 30.3 ov),
3-374 (Hussey, 46.1 ov), 4-407 (Ponting, 47.4 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Ntini 9 0 80 1 (1w)
Hall 10 0 80 1 (2nb)
van der Wath 10 0 76 0 (1nb, 1w)
Telemachus 10 1 87 2 (7nb, 3w)
Smith 4 0 29 0
Kallis 6 0 70 0
Kemp 1 0 8 0

South Africa innings (target: 435 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
*GC Smith c Hussey b Clarke 90 100 55 13 2
HH Dippenaar b Bracken 1 6 7 0 0
HH Gibbs c Lee b Symonds 175 142 111 21 7
AB de Villiers c Clarke b Bracken 14 43 20 1 0
JH Kallis c & b Symonds 20 22 21 1 0
+MV Boucher not out 50 79 43 4 0
JM Kemp c Martyn b Bracken 13 20 17 0 0
JJ van der Wath c Ponting b Bracken 35 20 18 1 3
R Telemachus c Hussey b Bracken 12 10 6 2 0
AJ Hall c Clarke b Lee 7 9 4 1 0
M Ntini not out 1 3 1 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 4, nb 4) 20
Total (9 wickets, 49.5 overs, 228 mins) 438

FoW: 1-3 (Dippenaar, 1.2 ov), 2-190 (Smith, 22.1 ov),
3-284 (de Villiers, 30.5 ov), 4-299 (Gibbs, 31.5 ov),
5-327 (Kallis, 37.4 ov), 6-355 (Kemp, 42.1 ov),
7-399 (van der Wath, 46.3 ov), 8-423 (Telemachus, 48.2 ov),
9-433 (Hall, 49.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Lee 7.5 0 68 1 (3nb, 1w)
Bracken 10 0 67 5
Clark 6 0 54 0
Lewis 10 0 113 0 (1nb, 1w)
Symonds 9 0 75 2
Clarke 7 0 49 1

 

[Usman Chadda]

We have been owned in every possible way imaginable

 

[in_cutter]

http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/..._12MAR2006.html

Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
+AC Gilchrist c Hall b Telemachus 55 68 44 9 0
SM Katich c Telemachus b Ntini 79 138 90 9 1
*RT Ponting c Dippenaar b Telemachus 164 154 105 13 9
MEK Hussey c Ntini b Hall 81 75 51 9 3
A Symonds not out 27 23 13 3 1
B Lee not out 9 13 7 0 0
Extras (lb 4, w 5, nb 10) 19
Total (4 wickets, 50 overs, 234 mins) 434

DNB: DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, NW Bracken, SR Clark, ML Lewis.

FoW: 1-97 (Gilchrist, 15.2 ov), 2-216 (Katich, 30.3 ov),
3-374 (Hussey, 46.1 ov), 4-407 (Ponting, 47.4 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Ntini 9 0 80 1 (1w)
Hall 10 0 80 1 (2nb)
van der Wath 10 0 76 0 (1nb, 1w)
Telemachus 10 1 87 2 (7nb, 3w)
Smith 4 0 29 0
Kallis 6 0 70 0
Kemp 1 0 8 0

South Africa innings (target: 435 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
*GC Smith c Hussey b Clarke 90 100 55 13 2
HH Dippenaar b Bracken 1 6 7 0 0
HH Gibbs c Lee b Symonds 175 142 111 21 7
AB de Villiers c Clarke b Bracken 14 43 20 1 0
JH Kallis c & b Symonds 20 22 21 1 0
+MV Boucher not out 50 79 43 4 0
JM Kemp c Martyn b Bracken 13 20 17 0 0
JJ van der Wath c Ponting b Bracken 35 20 18 1 3
R Telemachus c Hussey b Bracken 12 10 6 2 0
AJ Hall c Clarke b Lee 7 9 4 1 0
M Ntini not out 1 3 1 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 4, nb 4) 20
Total (9 wickets, 49.5 overs, 228 mins) 438

FoW: 1-3 (Dippenaar, 1.2 ov), 2-190 (Smith, 22.1 ov),
3-284 (de Villiers, 30.5 ov), 4-299 (Gibbs, 31.5 ov),
5-327 (Kallis, 37.4 ov), 6-355 (Kemp, 42.1 ov),
7-399 (van der Wath, 46.3 ov), 8-423 (Telemachus, 48.2 ov),
9-433 (Hall, 49.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Lee 7.5 0 68 1 (3nb, 1w)
Bracken 10 0 67 5
Clark 6 0 54 0
Lewis 10 0 113 0 (1nb, 1w)
Symonds 9 0 75 2
Clarke 7 0 49 1

keep wishing

 

[Lightning]

Owned....

 

[iafzal]

What a performance, we are just not prepared to play at this level. There should be penalty for bowling so many no balls. They pretty much bowled 4 extra overs with wides and no balls.

It will be very appropriate that Pak will bundle down in effort to score fast.

I say they will be bundled out for 220 or so. It takes a lot of mental strength to chase a total so large and I do not see that in them.

Just very sad : (

 

[Easa]

New thread created for 2nd innings!

 

[Uzzy]

The most pathetic performance i have seen from Pakistan for years! Idiots!

 

[Lightning]

Pak isn't going to win the world cup with this attitude. Pathetic.

 

[shan]

500 could have been tricky but 393 is chaseble.

 

[shan]

New thread created for 2nd innings!

it's already blocked

 

[TheSaint]

392-6 Inzi wins the toss and elects to bat then lets Rana & Sami continue for 17 overs and doesn't get his spinners to finish their 10 each and gets Razzaq in for his first and only over at 45 and then the bowlers bowling all over the place with 31 extras- mostly no-balls and wides form the seamers.
Bad captaincy, and poor effort from the seamers so far. Lets see what the batsmen can do to raise or dash our hopes for the WC.
This match is a lost cause- we should just experiment with the batting order and let the hitters just hit for once and Inzi, Younis & Yousuf to only come in when all the others have perished.
No point of getting 250 form 50 overs and bore everyone to death- may as well get 150 from 15 and perish like Tipu Sultan- Sher ki aik din ki zindagi Geedar ki sau saal ki zindagi say behtar hai!!

 

[Ahmad]

http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005-06/AUS_IN_RSA/SCORECARDS/AUS_RSA_ODI5_12MAR2006.html

Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
+AC Gilchrist c Hall b Telemachus 55 68 44 9 0
SM Katich c Telemachus b Ntini 79 138 90 9 1
*RT Ponting c Dippenaar b Telemachus 164 154 105 13 9
MEK Hussey c Ntini b Hall 81 75 51 9 3
A Symonds not out 27 23 13 3 1
B Lee not out 9 13 7 0 0
Extras (lb 4, w 5, nb 10) 19
Total (4 wickets, 50 overs, 234 mins) 434

DNB: DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, NW Bracken, SR Clark, ML Lewis.

FoW: 1-97 (Gilchrist, 15.2 ov), 2-216 (Katich, 30.3 ov),
3-374 (Hussey, 46.1 ov), 4-407 (Ponting, 47.4 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Ntini 9 0 80 1 (1w)
Hall 10 0 80 1 (2nb)
van der Wath 10 0 76 0 (1nb, 1w)
Telemachus 10 1 87 2 (7nb, 3w)
Smith 4 0 29 0
Kallis 6 0 70 0
Kemp 1 0 8 0

South Africa innings (target: 435 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
*GC Smith c Hussey b Clarke 90 100 55 13 2
HH Dippenaar b Bracken 1 6 7 0 0
HH Gibbs c Lee b Symonds 175 142 111 21 7
AB de Villiers c Clarke b Bracken 14 43 20 1 0
JH Kallis c & b Symonds 20 22 21 1 0
+MV Boucher not out 50 79 43 4 0
JM Kemp c Martyn b Bracken 13 20 17 0 0
JJ van der Wath c Ponting b Bracken 35 20 18 1 3
R Telemachus c Hussey b Bracken 12 10 6 2 0
AJ Hall c Clarke b Lee 7 9 4 1 0
M Ntini not out 1 3 1 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 4, nb 4) 20
Total (9 wickets, 49.5 overs, 228 mins) 438

FoW: 1-3 (Dippenaar, 1.2 ov), 2-190 (Smith, 22.1 ov),
3-284 (de Villiers, 30.5 ov), 4-299 (Gibbs, 31.5 ov),
5-327 (Kallis, 37.4 ov), 6-355 (Kemp, 42.1 ov),
7-399 (van der Wath, 46.3 ov), 8-423 (Telemachus, 48.2 ov),
9-433 (Hall, 49.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Lee 7.5 0 68 1 (3nb, 1w)
Bracken 10 0 67 5
Clark 6 0 54 0
Lewis 10 0 113 0 (1nb, 1w)
Symonds 9 0 75 2
Clarke 7 0 49 1

Afridi and Imran Nazir hold the key for this one. If the openers can blast off for the first ten to fifteen overs, that'll get the saffies under a bit of pressure and allow the rest to play freely.

 

[Rickz]

500 could have been tricky but 393 is chaseble.

Dont forget Ntini and Pollock are on form, and this time they have got a spinner.

 

[safehands46]

I called it one of these posts.

 

[Easa]

Nazir is not playing, Ahmad.

 

[CricketBuff]

one good thing is now they will have to play shoaib , gul and danish in the cup and no more turds like sami and rana

Do you think so. I think they will never learn!!!