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Pakistan [320/7] defeat South Africa [292] by 28 runs in the 3rd ODI to win the series 2-1

Our bowlers have lost the ability to bowl Yorkers.
Length deliveries will be despatched
 
Haris has been surprisingly good in the series after bit of poor economy in the first match.
 
When SAF return to full strength, Verreyne should play ahead of Klaasen. With a better platform he could've won this for the home side.

PAK regain control.
 
Good innings - the stakes were raised, was always going to need a bit of luck to chase this down at 5 down.
 
Titan24 said:
I think they have done reasonably well today till now.
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I don't think so.
Should have brought on Nawaz earlier and gone for wickets.
We went defensive too early thinking job was done.

Then seamers bowled too many length deliveries.
 
Verryene and Malan are two impressive young batsmen. Would love to see Haider and Abdullah taking their overall game intelligence and shot selection upto that level.
 
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IMMY69 said:
I don't think so.
Should have brought on Nawaz earlier and gone for wickets.
We went defensive too early thinking job was done.

Then seamers bowled too many length deliveries.
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In the middle overs I agree that bowling could have been better but post 40 overs they have been decent in my opinion.
 
Titan24 said:
In the middle overs I agree that bowling could have been better but post 40 overs they have been decent in my opinion.
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Yes my issue is not so much this game.
It's going forward, we have to improve the bowling
 
Titan24 said:
Verryene and Malan are two impressive young batsmen. Would love to see Haider and Abdullah taking their overall game intelligence and shot selection upto that level.
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Kyle Verreynne averages 50 in first class cricket. That's the importance of first class cricket.
 
See even the this latest wicket. It was a great catch but really that ball should have been sent into the stands
 
Guys you people are unnecessarily harsh on Sarfaraz, his experience comes in handy not just with the bat but also on the field. I mean come on, any day he is better than Playing Asif Ali or Danish Aziz or Husain Talat etc.
 
Hasan123 said:
Kyle Verreynne averages 50 in first class cricket. That's the importance of first class cricket.
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Absolutely. SA had the luxury of other good batsmen in whiteball cricket which Pak didnt so Pak keeps on trying to find someone without hesitating to promote the young ones.
 
Hasan123 said:
Kyle Verreynne averages 50 in first class cricket. That's the importance of first class cricket.
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Agree....nd here we make sure youngsters like Abdullah...... Haider ....Zafar Gohar......don't get to play.......the day we get rid of Misbah Waqar.....we will took 4 steps ahead
 
Nado_ said:
His bowling well today no doubt but he still has a very long way to go to prove himself and erase off his previous bad performances
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He has actually been mostly good in T20s, wicket taki g bowler that goes for few.
 
IMMY69 said:
See even the this latest wicket. It was a great catch but really that ball should have been sent into the stands
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Doesnt work like that bro. It was a slower one. Not every length ball goes into the stands
 
Some great South African talent seen here today, some names i'd like to see in the PSL like Andile, Kyle, Malan and RVD.
 
IMMY69 said:
Still bowing length
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Yes yorkers have definitely been missing today, would like to see more of those. However, other variations have been decent but obviously yorkers are really good to have that complete arsenal at the death overs.
 
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Shoaibbtt said:
Yep, just sensible bowling needed. Big difference in our death bowlers and theirs, we aren't bowling Jon Jon or Aiden Markram.

Still plenty of runs to defend.
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Yes. The last 3 overs were destroyed for 56 runs by Hasan and Babar. That killed the match for me. Had SA even conceded just 30 and had a target of 295 instead, I'd have backed them to chase it.
 
Still prefer Hasan Ali to bowl on low bounce wickets in Asia/UAE, England and certain venues in the Caribbean where his skiddy bowling is more suited.

From SEN countries, Hasan's best record is in Australia but even there his economy is nearly 7 RPO. Harder for him to hit a hard length than a taller pacer.
 
Ahmed216 said:
Doesnt work like that bro. It was a slower one. Not every length ball goes into the stands
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Mate that looked like a normal length delivery heading down leg from Hasan Ali.

I know I'm being picky, but in the past we had bowlers who could kill off the opposition.
We need to be a little more ruthless and stop bowling short and wide and length balls which most batters can put away.
 
Just hearing Fakhar has been added to 2020 team...i would actually love to see fakhar and Sharjeel opening for us there..with babz one down
 
sam_ahm said:
Guys you people are unnecessarily harsh on Sarfaraz, his experience comes in handy not just with the bat but also on the field. I mean come on, any day he is better than Playing Asif Ali or Danish Aziz or Husain Talat etc.
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For sure better than Khushdil, Asif, Ifti, Talat. Danish early daysfor him. His expertise in guiding bowlers help in fielding too.
 
Still a good series for South Africa imo. Almost won first match out of nowhere.
They have found high quality top order batsmen in janneman and Verreyene

And Miller is back in form.
 
This Beauran Hendricks is probably the most ordinary player to have played for South Africa. They have upcoming bowlers like Nandre Burger and Gerald Coetzee who are quite nippy but unfortunately wrong colour.
 
IMMY69 said:
Mate that looked like a normal length delivery heading down leg from Hasan Ali.

I know I'm being picky, but in the past we had bowlers who could kill off the opposition.
We need to be a little more ruthless and stop bowling short and wide and length balls which most batters can put away.
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Two new balls from both ends is one big reason our bowlers struggle. It feel it has contributed hugely to our bowling problems. Reverse swing used to be our main weapon
 
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Rauf gets a lot of slack here but he has special death over skills. Today in the last overs, Shaheen and Hassan both got him for sixes but Rauf kept it tight and economical and made the important breakthrough of Verreynne. Before that dismissal SA looked like they were in driver's seat.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Yes. The last 3 overs were destroyed for 56 runs by Hasan and Babar. That killed the match for me. Had SA even conceded just 30 and had a target of 295 instead, I'd have backed them to chase it.
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Yep, the lack of an express bowler in the South African camp hampered them big style.

Haris Rauf though has been something else this series, really has impressed me. You just knew from the way he bowled in the 1st ODI that this ground would suit him, so glad rain hasn't played spoiled sport today and we haven't lost overs.
 
sam_ahm said:
This Beauran Hendricks is probably the most ordinary player to have played for South Africa. They have upcoming bowlers like Nandre Burger and Gerald Coetzee who are quite nippy but unfortunately wrong colour.
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Sounds like a fast food chain... :inzi2
 
Markhor said:
Still prefer Hasan Ali to bowl on low bounce wickets in Asia/UAE, England and certain venues in the Caribbean where his skiddy bowling is more suited.

From SEN countries, Hasan's best record is in Australia but even there his economy is nearly 7 RPO. Harder for him to hit a hard length than a taller pacer.
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I agree. Advantage which Hassan gives is that her provides batting depth and possibly one of the better lower order hitting option in him so if he can try to work on his game and adapt in SENA it would be useful for Pak. Other pacers we have dont offer anything with the bat, including the ones not in the ODI squad so that is bit of a dilemma. If there is a pacer who can turn the matches around in those surfaces than he would obviously be a preferred choice.
 
Hasan ali is NOT a one day bowler...but i must say without his hitting we would have lost. Babz was struggling and frustrated with all the batting then scored 63 in last four overs which is all their captains fault as he bowled 9 overs of spin in last 10 overs
 
Time for Pakistan to play Hasan as 4th seamer at 7 and play Hasnain, Haris, Shaheen and Qadir as the main bowlers?
 
Stumps flying, sound was like that they broke.
 
Titan24 said:
I agree. Advantage which Hassan gives is that her provides batting depth and possibly one of the better lower order hitting option in him so if he can try to work on his game and adapt in SENA it would be useful for Pak. Other pacers we have dont offer anything with the bat, including the ones not in the ODI squad so that is bit of a dilemma. If there is a pacer who can turn the matches around in those surfaces than he would obviously be a preferred choice.
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He looks out of rhythm as well.

Pace is down, runup lacks energy. Fitness issue probably.
 
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