20/20 South Africa v Pakistan at Joburg (updates)

[TheSaint]

Rana with the ball- Smith starts with a couple to mid-wicket

 

[Usman Chadda]

Rana is the perfect bowler to take advantage of these conditions

 

[TheSaint]

Keeper standing way back to Rana- where will he stand to Akhtar ?

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

yea but i think paksitan bowlers are gonna pitch up whihc is no no ...gotta bowl short of a length

 

[PlanetPakistan]

Keeper standing way back to Rana- where will he stand to Akhtar ?

trying to impress the selectors )

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

again fuller bowl..i am tell you gotta bowl short of a good length..other its easy to hit the ball

 

[TheSaint]

Rana has been on the money after his first ball 2 from 5

 

[Gunner786]

here comes shabbir

im taking bets on if he will be called today

 

[darkmoon459]

Good over by rana ,2 off the over

 

[TheSaint]

good start 2 from the first over

 

[Gunner786]

any chance this is osama in shabbir disguise?

 

[darkmoon459]

shabbir starts wit a wide

 

[TheSaint]

Beera starts with a very wide wide down the leg- ZH takes it very cleanly

 

[SUPERSAMI]

Massive wide down leg by Shabir, good keeping by Zoni

 

[Usman Chadda]

Nice start by Rana. Just 2 runs given away in that over

 

[darkmoon459]

any chance this is osama in shabbir disguise?

what a sorry statement man

 

[Usman Chadda]

Where is Kami fielding?

 

[Usman Chadda]

Bosman off the mark with a single to mid-wicket

 

[TheSaint]

Good shape to the ball from Beera- not looking too bad in his action today
Smith plays a tennis shot - just missed the fielder at mid-off --4

 

[darkmoon459]

smith charges down the wicket for 4.

 

[SUPERSAMI]

Beera's action looks pretty good, lets see how long that lasts.

 

[Gunner786]

shabbir bowling very very slow

lost alot of pace now

 

[Usman Chadda]

Terrible start by Beera

 

[Usman Chadda]

shabbir bowling very very slow

lost alot of pace now

Maybe he has been told to take it easy in this meaningless match

 

[Gunner786]

looks like we might finally see shoaib,gul,asif and shabbir bowling in october then

 

[TheSaint]

Beats him again - good honest over but nothing too exciting

 

[ZM]

zulqarnain looks a good keeper

 

[Usman Chadda]

South Africa 8/0 in 2 overs

Smith 6*
Bosman 1*

 

[Gunner786]

i dont think we sghould look to take wickets

de villiers,kemp and van der wath are waiting

 

[Usman Chadda]

zulqarnain looks a good keeper

The real test for the lad would be against the spinners. Thats where Kamran faltered big time

 

[TheSaint]

Bosman gets a good 3 over extra-cover

 

[Gunner786]

come on rana
give smith a yorker

 

[immubhai]

The real test for the lad would be against the spinners. Thats where Kamran faltered big time

Kami dropped even sitters against Pacers, remember, dropped couple off Sami

 

[Usman Chadda]

Leaking runs now. Come on get some control here!!!

 

[darkmoon459]

SA batsmen are charging down the track to attack rana.

 

[TheSaint]

Smith coming down the track again and again and Rana instead of bouncing him - bowls a slower one- gets clobbered for 4

 

[Gunner786]

uh oh

free hit coming up

 

[Rob H]

no ball, free hit time

 

[darkmoon459]

No ball and a free hit.

 

[TheSaint]

free hit for Smith- Rana over-stepping

 

[Usman Chadda]

AAAARGH! Just what we didnt want! No-ball and a free hit

 

[Rob H]

4 off the free hit

 

[Gunner786]

man these cheerleaders are sooooo fit

 

[darkmoon459]

free hit cost us 4.

 

[TheSaint]

bowls a length ball and hit to extra -cover for 4-- Rana looked like having an IQ of 80 there i am afraid

 

[Rana]

guys- im not watching, what exactly happend to afridi?

 

[shan]

what the hell is free hit?

 

[Usman Chadda]

South Africa 20/0 in 3 overs

 

[Gunner786]

what i would do to see shoaib bounce SA batsmen out in this match

 

[Gunner786]

guys- im not watching, what exactly happend to afridi?

he got hit in his favourite area lol

 

[Usman Chadda]

guys- im not watching, what exactly happend to afridi?

He got hit in the (you know where) and then suddenly got transformed into Ian Bell. Played a beastly knock of 7 runs from 17 balls

 

[darkmoon459]

man these cheerleaders are sooooo fit

and in my fav color ............... BLUE

 

[Usman Chadda]

How much swing are both these guys getting?

 

[TheSaint]

Rana has given two brilliant fielding displays on third man in two balls- making up for his poor over earlier

 

[Rob H]

no ball 4, now a free hit. Shabbir back to the no ball ways

 

[Usman Chadda]

Required RR: 6.37

 

[darkmoon459]

No ball, and another free hit

 

[TheSaint]

Another noball- 4 and a free hit now

 

[Usman Chadda]

We are committing suicide here by bowling these no-balls

 

[Rana]

stupid game!

 

[darkmoon459]

How much swing are both these guys getting?

not enough to cause any trouble to SA

 

[TheSaint]

Wide and free hit again

 

[Rana]

calm down! you dont get a free hit on a wide!

 

[Rob H]

33/0 off 4. South Africa can cruise

 

[darkmoon459]

13 runs of shabbir's over ,ouch

 

[Usman Chadda]

Free hit delayed by a wide

Doesnt cost us much...just a single

 

[darkmoon459]

calm down! you dont get a free hit on a wide!

Yes you still get a free hit

 

[TheSaint]

Spinners will have to do something here- seamers are taken to the cleaners here by the openers- another 4

 

[Saqib]

It not the day of Pakistan, even Afridi wasn't feeling well.

 

[Usman Chadda]

4.1 Rana Naved to Bosman, FOUR!!, good length delivery on the stumps, Bosman comes down the track and drives it straight down the ground, one bounce over the ropes, that is the cleanest strike off the innings

Its raining runs here

 

[TheSaint]

Finally Rana bowls a short ball - both batsmen coming down the pitch

 

[Rob H]

hooked over the keeper for 4. Lucky but it's a high percentage shot in ODIs

 

[Gunner786]

now thats the danger of playing small wicketkeepers

someone like gilchrist or devilliers could have easily caught that

 

[darkmoon459]

4 more to bosman

 

[Indiafan]

what the hell is free hit?

If a bowelr bowls a no-ball its 2 run and the next ball is a fre ehit. Which means that the batsman cannot be out except for a run out so he can hit freely without worrying about getting out.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Required RR for South Africa: 5.74

Dang it!

 

[Rob H]

pulled for the maximum over square leg. Great shot by Bosman. First 6 of the innings.

 

[darkmoon459]

and now a 6 ................

 

[TheSaint]

6 over deep square-leg Bosman on fire

 

[Gunner786]

time to bring the spinners on now