Pakistan (242/7) defeat South Africa (239/9) by 3 wickets in a nail biting encounter to win the 1st ODI

[jnaveen1980]

This is a slow pitch. Bartman got this very wrong. Duly punished by Saim.

 

[Energy]

Saim showing the way. Can't believe Babar and Rizwan were dancing like chickens to Baartman.

A little bit of courage is all you need.

 

[m.shah]

Nice batting saim

 

[Deewana Mastana]

4 Agha

 

[TeymurBlake]

Four more.

 

[hassan918]

Classic Saim Ayub shot finally a SIXXX beautiful stuff

This guy is currently the best batter in Pakistan team.

 

[mominsaigol]

Just like that


Gun player

Now imagine is fakhar opened with him?

Looks like pak is against fakhar opening with Sharjeel type players lol

 

[Deewana Mastana]

22 off the over

Just what we needed

 

[ExpressPacer]

Saim showing the way. Can't believe Babar and Rizwan were dancing like chickens to Baartman.

A little bit of courage is all you need.

Babar the fake King.

 

[lazy cricketer]

agha clown shouting on only player who is scoring this guy is lucky to be in team

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

What part of SA is this? I see so many paindu Pakistanis in the crowd

 

[Rana]

Straight forward now

Only Pakistan can mess it up from here

 

[jamie smith]

saim playing a goat innings

 

[Champ_Pal]

Ayub playing another gem of an innings.

Pakistan unearthed a talent for long term and it is guaranteed.

 

[Rana]

Now imagine is fakhar opened with him?

Looks like pak is against fakhar opening with Sharjeel type players lol

It’s in their constitution

One talent must pair up with a laanat

Or both laanats

 

[m.shah]

Now imagine is fakhar opened with him?

Looks like pak is against fakhar opening with Sharjeel type players lol

Fakhar will be back in sha Allah

 

[Ahmed216]

I’d be disappointed if they lose it from here. Ball coming on to the bat nicely now

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Imagine if Saim was opening with Fakhar..

 

[Omer2002]

Straight forward now

Only Pakistan can mess it up from here

Which they will obviously

 

[batandballbattle]

Big over! Match in our hands now

 

[lazy cricketer]

i still remember gayle praising saim when he first joing. psl saying he is good talent

 

[Rana]

The Fakhar Zaman 193 innings was like this too

He was also 50 off 70 at one point

 

[m.shah]

I’d be disappointed if they lose it from here. Ball coming on to the bat nicely now

Saim has to see through

 

[Rana]

Which they will obviously

Don’t think so

Pakistan should win.

 

[jamie smith]

fakhar sadly is old now

Imagine if Saim was opening with Fakhar..

 

[gazza619]

Pakistan should win.

how many times in your life you have said that and Pakistan has actually won?

 

[Rana]

Shamsi has bowled rubbish

Looks like he is a world class bowler when he has to bowl to Babar and Rizwan

 

[emranabbas]

Win feels even sweeter without rizwan and babars contribution

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Good to see some hope in Pakistan cricket.

 

[jamie smith]

saim and maaz should be all format openers for pak

 

[Rana]

Shamsi shouldn’t be a boundary rider

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

fakhar sadly is old now

He can easily play till 2027. He scored 4 centuries in ODIs last year

 

[Rana]

SA need a double wicket breakthrough

 

[TeymurBlake]

Sliding down leg.

 

[Rana]

I would never doubt this umpire

 

[FreakCricket]

Win feels even sweeter without rizwan and babars contribution

They should be dropped for CTrophy

 

[hassan918]

saim and maaz should be all format openers for pak

Who's Maaz

 

[m.shah]

Review

 

[Cricket Warrior]

saim and maaz should be all format openers for pak

maaz not been tested yet at international level.. how u r so sure that he will perform?

 

[stani_pak]

I would never doubt this umpire

really he has been spot on

 

[TeymurBlake]

Who's Maaz

Maaz Sadaqat.

 

[FreakCricket]

Looks clear out

 

[m.shah]

Looks missing leg

 

[emranabbas]

They should be dropped for CTrophy

Won't happen unfortunately if it was down to me ct 25 would be babar and rizwans farewell tournament.

 

[gazza619]

Top umpiring

 

[imshally81]

Seems Not out

 

[stani_pak]

This umpire deserves an award, he is just amazing

 

[m.shah]

Maaz Sadaqat.

Who

 

[RidiculousMan]

Despite not a decent technique. Always backed Salman because of his fighting and never give up attitude. He showed it against Australia in Australia in Tests, then against England at home and now he is showing it against South Africa in tough situation. Playing a hand with Saim.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Can we see Fakhar and Saim together.

Abdullah at 3 drop Ghulam can't see him succeeding at ODIs

 

[m.shah]

Love this umpire

 

[imshally81]

Now 0 DRs remaining for SA....

 

[imshally81]

Can we see Fakhar and Saim together.

Abdullah at 3 drop Ghulam can't see him succeeding at ODIs

Or drop Abdullah ....Ghulam is better

 

[TeymurBlake]

Who

19 year old opener. Left hand bat & left arm off spin.

Decent prospect. I believe he hails from KPK.

 

[hassan918]

Maaz Sadaqat.

Too early to consider him play for the national side.

 

[imshally81]

Now we just found the true student of Aleem Dar

 

[emranabbas]

Agha isn't too bad to be fair bare in mind most of the time he comes in when the match is already lost by babar and rizwans batting

 

[m.shah]

Hopefully saim will get century

 

[TeymurBlake]

Too early to consider him play for the national side.

I agree.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Shamsi running with that dad bod looks hilarious

 

[imshally81]

Edged n Boundary

 

[gazza619]

Pakistan’s tail starts with Shaheen at 8 and this is why I think we can still mess up the chase

 

[Bhaijaan]

Saim Ayub has to stick around till the end. These are the occasions when you want a player to aim for a century

He is doing the right thing.

Fantastic knock so far. Hope he gets the century and the win.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Pakistan’s tail starts with Shaheen at 8 and this is why I think we can still mess up the chase

Naseem has better skills to stay on pitch than Shaheen. Shaheen is just a slogger

 

[TeymurBlake]

Mass Sadaqat info for those who don’t know him:

Maaz Sadaqat Profile - Cricket Player Pakistan | Stats, Records, Video

Read about Maaz Sadaqat cricket player from Pakistan profile, stats, rankings, records, videos, photos at ESPNcricinfo

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[FreakCricket]

Can Salman Shutup please

 

[Rana]

Salman keeps screaming like a maasi

 

[salman24]

Saim played a great innings and is an amazing player. I hope he wins this for Pak.


But just so Raman knows he put Babar under pressure and got him out

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Saim has been the star of the innings but you have to give credit to Salman for the way he has played. He came in at a high-pressure situation but held his nerve and kept the scoreboard ticking.

 

[hassan918]

Who

He has played for the Pakistan u19 team recently.

 

[imshally81]

Pakistan’s tail starts with Shaheen at 8 and this is why I think we can still mess up the chase

And then we have very famous Naseem Shah...

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Pakistan on the road for the 3rd sucessful chase on this ground.

 

[gazza619]

And then we have very famous Naseem Shah...

Naseem and Rauf have actually shown more batting intelligence then Shaheen

 

[FreakCricket]

He has played for the Pakistan u19 team recently.

He got long way to go, randomly bringing a player is just funny.

 

[batandballbattle]

These two have been match winners for us. Just need to iron out those communication issues when running between the wickets

 

[Ahmed216]

Saim looked motivated to win this game from ball 1. He has the self belief

 

[ExpressPacer]

What a shot

 

[emranabbas]

Never ever seen babar and rizwan play an innings like this in a winning cause

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

 

[TeymurBlake]

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