Pakistan (308/9) defeat South Africa (271) by 36 Runs in 3rd ODI to complete historic whitewash in the series

[Ali Active]

Babar should quit t20s

 

[MHN1293]

B) Marketing hype should go away, Saim should be Pakistan crickets new face.

That is in Saims hands. If he keeps performing like he has he will become a star in no time.

 

[mominsaigol]

If zimbo can replicate his form in tests it will be good for Pakistan

He isn't a test player that's the thing.

Theirs this weird obsession on babar being world class and some sort of all format great. He isn't.

Babar is nowhere near the class of Travis head, Warner, And many other all format greats.

He should just play odi and make this his only format so he can retire as Pakistan's greatest statistical odi bat.

If babar focuses solely on Odi, then he has potential to reach 2015 odi Steve smith, 2019 Odi joe root, classic odi hashim amla level, Yousaf in odi etc etc.

But if he plays allformats and doesn't take his cricket seriously then he'll remain an odi labu level batsmen. Aka a good batter but nothing special. Just average.

 

[Marooned]

This is becoming a familiar setup for babar.

 

[m.shah]

I'm glad babar is working now.

I supported babar for odi only, and im glad it's paying off now. However 2 things need to happen

A) Babar shpuld quit test and t20

B) Marketing hype should go away, Saim should be Pakistan crickets new face.

Babar is needed for tests

Babar should quit t20s

Agreed

 

[Rana]

50 and out

Tik Tok reels content complete

 

[mominsaigol]

babar is okayish for tests too

If he can improve his test form then sure. However he's been in very poor form in tests recently.

Also I jinxed it cause babar gone now lol.

Still good innings today, both this one and the previous game.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Babar with same mistake. this guy never learns

Strangle him down the leg
Put a fielder at short midwicket

 

[Marooned]

Send ghulam in now. Plz don't make him a no 7

 

[Mrjungshook]

I'm glad babar is working now.

I supported babar for odi only, and im glad it's paying off now. However 2 things need to happen

A) Babar should quit test and t20

B) Marketing hype should go away, Saim should be Pakistan crickets new face.

I will give him this southafrica test series but not on the basis of sacrificing kamran Ghulam.
It's pcb' headache how they gonna work it out but kamran should be the first preference.
But babar should play this one if is not able to do anything drop him for good.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

That's a poor knock, wasted valuable deliveries

 

[Ahmed216]

Huge wicket for Saffers

 

[m.shah]

Babar gets too often caught there

 

[m.shah]

Sh

I will give him this southafrica test series but not on the basis of sacrificing kamran Ghulam.
It's pcb' headache how they gonna work it out but kamran should be the first preference.
But babar should play this one if is not able to do anything drop him for good.

Shan should open and both kg and babar should play

 

[mominsaigol]

I will give him this southafrica test series but not on the basis of sacrificing kamran Ghulam.
It's pcb' headache how they gonna work it out but kamran should be the first preference.
But babar should play this one if is not able to do anything drop him for good.

Kamran at 3, Babar at 4, Saud at 5, Rizwan and Agha at 6,7.

For opening, kick Abdullah Shafique out and just have shan open since shan is captain and he ain't going anywhere unfortunately. But shan is >>>> Abdullah lol.

And saim is the other opener

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Babar gone already and they let him bowl a maiden

 

[Champ_Pal]

Pak odi team hit the right form just before CT. Almost everyone in the team is firing except for poor Abdullah.

 

[Rana]

This is a six hitting ground

Pakistan not even trying to launch it here

 

[mesmerizer85]

Babar Azam getting out after scoring a 50, seen this so many times. Hes looking more Misbah now..

 

[cricketfan24]

Hope no one takes offense, but yaar, Babar seems to stay at the crease only when he plays safe. The moment he starts to try scoring he somehow gets out.

 

[Rana]

I can’t believe this fraud is a number 4

Huge disrespect to the beautiful game of cricket

 

[ethan hunt]

There is a lot of help for bowlers here. Pakistan if they bowl decently can trouble SA here.

 

[mominsaigol]

Lol, Rizwan out. . What's the point of him coming out? The rebuilding phase is done? Now time to accelerate? Or are we going to rebuild at 4.5 rr till 45th?

 

[m.shah]

Saim bogged down. He needs a boundary

 

[TeymurBlake]

Should have sent Kamran Ghulam ahead of Rizzu

 

[mominsaigol]

He isn't a test player that's the thing.

Theirs this weird obsession on babar being world class and some sort of all format great. He isn't.

Babar is nowhere near the class of Travis head, Warner, And many other all format greats.

He should just play odi and make this his only format so he can retire as Pakistan's greatest statistical odi bat.

If babar focuses solely on Odi, then he has potential to reach 2015 odi Steve smith, 2019 Odi joe root, classic odi hashim amla level, Yousaf in odi etc etc.

But if he plays allformats and doesn't take his cricket seriously then he'll remain an odi labu level batsmen. Aka a good batter but nothing special. Just average.

@followed see bro, called it atm hes an odi labu

 

[Marooned]

He isn't a test player that's the thing.

Theirs this weird obsession on babar being world class and some sort of all format great. He isn't.

Babar is nowhere near the class of Travis head, Warner, And many other all format greats.

He should just play odi and make this his only format so he can retire as Pakistan's greatest statistical odi bat.

If babar focuses solely on Odi, then he has potential to reach 2015 odi Steve smith, 2019 Odi joe root, classic odi hashim amla level, Yousaf in odi etc etc.

But if he plays allformats and doesn't take his cricket seriously then he'll remain an odi labu level batsmen. Aka a good batter but nothing special. Just average.

He can be valuable in SENA tests if he regains form.

He's just terrible vs spin and we are better off looking at other options for home tests.

 

[gazza619]

Not yet but he's getting there. Some delicious strokes today

I agree. He only looks 70-80%

 

[ethan hunt]

Seam movement and turn.

 

[emranabbas]

Someone needs to make babar vs saim thread

 

[Mrjungshook]

Shan should open and both kg and babar should play

If they actually decide to drop Abdullah for his bad form then I am sure they will tell kamran to open because this guy has open for the majority of his domestic career if I am not wrong. No way shan will open.

 

[followed]

He isn't a test player that's the thing.

Theirs this weird obsession on babar being world class and some sort of all format great. He isn't.

Babar is nowhere near the class of Travis head, Warner, And many other all format greats.

He should just play odi and make this his only format so he can retire as Pakistan's greatest statistical odi bat.

If babar focuses solely on Odi, then he has potential to reach 2015 odi Steve smith, 2019 Odi joe root, classic odi hashim amla level, Yousaf in odi etc etc.

But if he plays allformats and doesn't take his cricket seriously then he'll remain an odi labu level batsmen. Aka a good batter but nothing special. Just average.

I know he is not a good test player but he is not that bad when in form.

I don't think he has has ever played a special test knock in his career.

He is a good odi player especially for 300 scores.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

Not great game awareness by Babar, how many times he has been trapped here

 

[m.shah]

300 will be good score here

 

[Rana]

Someone needs to make babar vs saim thread

Father v Son thread?

 

[Ahmed216]

Seam movement and turn.

Yep moisture beneath the surface

 

[m.shah]

If they actually decide to drop Abdullah for his bad form then I am sure they will tell kamran to open because this guy has open for the majority of his domestic career if I am not wrong. No way shan will open.

Kg is middle order batsman not opener

 

[Rana]

Saim tu Tuk Tuk Kar let this fraud do some heavy lifting

 

[Marooned]

There is a lot of help for bowlers here. Pakistan if they bowl decently can trouble SA here.

So far, SA kinda wasted all that movement.

 

[followed]

Rizwan once again looks like he is working so hard and he is struggling just like previous odi.

 

[ethan hunt]

Rizwan batting like a tail ender atm. Will put pressure on Saim.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Babar gets too often caught there

because he is always afraid to go above fielder .. He is allergic to aerial shot

 

[Mrjungshook]

Kamran at 3, Babar at 4, Saud at 5, Rizwan and Agha at 6,7.

For opening, kick Abdullah Shafique out and just have shan open since shan is captain and he ain't going anywhere unfortunately. But shan is >>>> Abdullah lol.

And saim is the other opener

I think kamran might open, shan won't open here, his batting is already under so much scrutiny and reflexes are also slow at this age.
Kamran is new to the scene so they know he will be ready to play at any position.

 

[Rana]

Babar was pulling like a desi Uber uncle in a trash nightclub throughout this game

 

[ethan hunt]

Why play Hasnain. Rauf would have enjoyed this pitch.

 

[emranabbas]

Rizwan once again looks like he is working so hard and he is struggling just like previous odi.

He's not struggling, he just building platform for tailenders.

 

[Rana]

He's not struggling, he just building platform for tailenders.

For the gun number 9

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Why play Hasnain. Rauf would have enjoyed this pitch.

Husnain’s body language is Crap whenever he gets an oppurtunity

 

[Mrjungshook]

Kg is middle order batsman not opener

Oh sorry I thought he is an opener.
Than same thing might happen which i told momin that they will tell kamran to face the music.

 

[Marooned]

It's a crime to play at good sr in Pakistan because then they pigeonhole u as a no.7.

That's what will happen to KG when he should be batting no lower than 4.

 

[Rana]

Naseem v Rizwan, who should be Pakistan’s number 4?

 

[mominsaigol]

I know he is not a good test player but he is not that bad when in form.

I don't think he has has ever played a special test knock in his career.

He is a good odi player especially for 300 scores.

I agree babar is a good odi player. I'm saying he can be alot better. But for that he needs to quit certain formats and focus solely on one..

Root became better in test when he started focusing only on one format. Qdk improved tremendously when he quot test and started focusing only on odi till 2023 wc and then only on t20 for 2024.

Very few all format players exist. Warner, Travis, Gayle, KP, Kohli(prime), and maybe a few more.

Otherwise players like qdk were rubbish in tests, Ab rubbish in t20 etc etx.

Gotta focus on one or 2 formats for success.

Even all format greats like Travis won't retire with a 50 avg in tests. Odi and t20 will be his more successful formats.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

How long before they go off again

 

[Nasty Naz]

Lack of intent vs this spinner is shocking. Not even a single sweep shot, no is trying to do anything different other than just bat straight. Seriously poor stuff.

 

[mominsaigol]

Kg is middle order batsman not opener

He's opened before

 

[Rana]

Shabba Saim iss fraud ki baato main na ayi!

Let him do the hitting!

 

[gazza619]

Saim’s patience to hold his big strokes is next level.

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

I agree babar is a good odi player. I'm saying he can be alot better. But for that he needs to quit certain formats and focus solely on one..

Root became better in test when he started focusing only on one format. Qdk improved tremendously when he quot test and started focusing only on odi till 2023 wc and then only on t20 for 2024.

Very few all format players exist. Warner, Travis, Gayle, KP, Kohli(prime), and maybe a few more.

Otherwise players like qdk were rubbish in tests, Ab rubbish in t20 etc etx.

Gotta focus on one or 2 formats for success.

Even all format greats like Travis won't retire with a 50 avg in tests. Odi and t20 will be his more successful formats.

should quit t20 at least

 

[Rana]

Dramey baazi shuru

4 off 12

 

[mominsaigol]

If saim gets put, I will blame rizwan. This is what this rubbish is does. I was enjoying today's game before this moron came in.

All boundaries have dried up thanks to this clown

 

[m.shah]

Rizwan at his usual selfishness

 

[FearlessRoar]

That's why cricket pundits talk a lot about bat angles

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Give Rizwan some time to get settled before passing judgement

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

Glorious cover drive by Saim followed by short flick

 

[m.shah]

Finally boundary from saim

 

[Nasty Naz]

Glorious looking cover drive from Saim Ayub.

 

[Ahmed216]

That cover drive from Sain omg as good as kane babar kohli

 

[Marooned]

what a couple of glorious shots

 

[Nasty Naz]

Back to back boundaries for Saim. That flick off the hip looked like Sharjeel there.

 

[Ahmed216]

Left handed gordon greenidge. That swivel mashallah

 

[m.shah]

Saim ability to hit boundary is next level

 

[Rana]

“Saim tu Ab maar mujhe 50 gainde chahiye set hone main”

 

[FearlessRoar]

Saim is playing against serious pace just for fun.

 

[Rana]

Shabba Maphaka Sunna isko!!

 

[m.shah]

“Saim tu Ab maar mujhe 50 gainde chahiye set hone main”

Riz hit a boundary bro

 

[stani_pak]

Shot by rizwan

 

[Wasim Ghulam]

looks brighter now. Hopefully rain stays away

 

[gazza619]

Rizzu the king of straight drive push

 

[Ahmed216]

Rizzler straight drive

4444444

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

300 should be the target