Pakistan bowled out for 294, stretch match into Day 4, set South Africa target of 41 to win 2nd Test

[a_tahir]

We have 245 overs left in this test.
So it is NOT going to be a draw

 

[Nikhil_cric]

254 deficit, SA bowling vs PAK batting, jag off the pitch, uneven bounce and maybe even some swing. Popcorn time!

 

[ILcricket]

can the visitors avoid innings defeat ?

 

[Green Patriot]

Their bowlers must be high on confidence.

Lets hope for the best.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Please don’t open with Fakhar. Play Azhar along with Imam

 

[ExpressPacer]

Foolish to send Masood as opener.

 

[Shafi]

We will loose around 3-4 wickets before lunch

 

[QalandarFan]

Is shan out there?

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Please don’t open with Fakhar. Play Azhar along with Imam

Fulfilled...kinda.

Masood is opening.

 

[Green Patriot]

Should have opened with Azhar.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Good start

 

[Junaids]

The crack is miles outside legstump for the lefthanders.

So they can’t be LBW off it.

They need to take guard on off-stump and leave most deliveries.

 

[Shafi]

Please don’t open with Fakhar. Play Azhar along with Imam

Its a not UAE. Azhar will not survive any swing ball

 

[JibranAnsari]

Good decision to send masood in.

Fakhar should bat at 6.

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Kagiso is the danger man.

 

[ExpressPacer]

As KP said yesterday, the best batsmen are the best leavers of the cricket ball. That's what the boys need to do.

 

[BreadPakoda]

Imagine Shan fails and Imam scores a 50. That will confuse everyone

 

[ExpressPacer]

Shan is leaving the ball beautifully.

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Shan plays the short stuff so fluently.

Unbelievable to see from a PAK batsman after a long time.

 

[emranabbas]

We need 500+ here to be anywhere near the game.

Good decision to send in Masood

Azhar should come in 1 down

Followed by Babar

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Already 143 kph from Steyn.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Imam is an OK batsman but he doesn't have technique to leave the ball.

 

[imshally81]

Imam is walking wicket

 

[imshally81]

 

[ExpressPacer]

Steyn is bowling FAST. 90 MPH that last ball.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Good Shot!!!

 

[emranabbas]

Imam + review

 

[Arsalan Pro]

 

[Arsalan Pro]

I hope we score 500 in 2 days and give a target of 250 on the final day, bundling them under 200.

 

[Green Patriot]

Please get to lunch without losing any wicket.Please,i beg you.

It will get easier later.

 

[Josh]

Imam is much better than Fakhar but people don't say anything about fakhar

 

[indianpanacea]

Positive move to make shaan open

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Great move to send Fakhar down the order, he will murder SA bowlers with the old ball.

 

[ExpressPacer]

Philander is more threatening than Abbas because in spite of a lack of pace, at the very least he is military medium and bowls around the 130 KPH mark. Below 125 KPH, very few bowlers can be successful against quality batsmen. Feasting on an Australia C team who are getting destroyed by India at home isn't really the hallmark for success anymore.

Whether anyone likes it or not, Amir is still clearly the best bowler we have and the spearhead of the attack.

 

[QalandarFan]

We need 500+ here to be anywhere near the game.

Good decision to send in Masood

Azhar should come in 1 down

Followed by Babar

Yep Fakhar should come in at 6

 

[indianpanacea]

And I hope Azhar ali makes way for rizwan in next match

 

[Hadi Rizvi]

Fakhar isn't coming out anytime soon.

Has his training kit on while the rest are in test kits.

 

[indianpanacea]

No one down should be Sarfaraz himself

 

[Green Patriot]

Fakhar isn't coming out anytime soon.

Has his training kit on while the rest are in test kits.

Azhar and Babar in test kits.
Maybe they are the 3rd and 4th.

 

[QalandarFan]

I hope we score 500 in 2 days and give a target of 250 on the final day, bundling them under 200.

Only have 4 pacers do South Africa so they are blund to get tired and when they do, we pounce.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Important to be positive at the same time

 

[QalandarFan]

Azhar and Babar in kits.
Maybe they are the 3rd and 4th.

Finally managment being sensible.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Good to see both openers looking to score.

 

[indianpanacea]

Azhar is already sorted by Oliver... Only hope is of he is made to bat against old ball

 

[ExpressPacer]

Fakhar isn't coming out anytime soon.

Has his training kit on while the rest are in test kits.

That's a good thing. He needs to come out at No.6 while Shafiq at No.8.

 

[indianpanacea]

Gone

 

[imshally81]

 

[Oligochaetes]

Best time for Imam to score a nice 50 and get in the good books of Pakistani fans.

 

[Sirris]

Imagine Shan fails and Imam scores a 50. That will confuse everyone

That would not confuse me. Imam has a habit of scoring a couple of runs in second innings. Still not good enough to be in the team.

 

[QalandarFan]

Azhar is already sorted by Oliver... Only hope is of he is made to bat against old ball

I don’t get what he is trying to do against the short ball... Like either pull it or don’t play it at all Like whats the point of jumping and trying to defend it.

And there goes Imam wow shocking.

 

[indianpanacea]

Sarfaraz should come

 

[Oligochaetes]

And Imam is out :

 

[Green Patriot]

Ok so that's the flood gates.

 

[indianpanacea]

While trying to be positive... Imam played a false shot away from body..

 

[Sirris]

That would not confuse me. Imam has a habit of scoring a couple of runs in second innings. Still not good enough to be in the team.

Thankfully Imam spared is the dilrmm6

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Imam shud be thrown out of the team. Walking wkt... never learn frm their mistakes

 

[Shafi]

I hope we score 500 in 2 days and give a target of 250 on the final day, bundling them under 200.

Match will be finish even tea

 

[Nikhil_cric]

142 kph bumper first up.

 

[Sirris]

That would not confuse me. Imam has a habit of scoring a couple of runs in second innings. Still not good enough to be in the team.

Thankfully Imam spared us the dilemma.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Looks like they are gonna pepper Azhar here

 

[Oligochaetes]

Azhar is here... looking scared to be honest...

 

[QalandarFan]

Is Azhar not physically able to duck?

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

I hope they at least score 155.

 

[indianpanacea]

& tyranny is Pakistan doesn't have batters with them to replace them in the squaf

 

[Mueez]

Im sensing a 6th wicket partnership:
Babar and Zaman 200+ runs

 

[Junaids]

Sometimes in cricket you have to take the ruthless decisions to drop batsmen who are horribly out of form.

It was irresponsible NOT to drop Imam and Sarfraz.

 

[Hitman]

Not trying to annoy or offend any Pak poster here, but I seriously feel the match will be over today itself.

 

[Da_Future_Knick]

Imam is unbelievable. Why are you going after balls that far away from you. Leave those balls and try to survive until Lunch

 

[indianpanacea]

Urgently need to lift saad ,usman salahuddin & Abid Ali from pakistan

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Even philander running in hard. 133 kph.

 

[indianpanacea]

All 3 can directly walk to play in 3rd test

 

[Junaids]

Is Azhar not physically able to duck?

Younis and Misbah were unusual: 95% of batsmen are in terminal decline at Azhar Ali’s age of almost 34.

His hand-eye coordination has gone, and he is getting less side-on. That can work on slow Asian wickets, but it means he’s finished outside Asia.

 

[Square Drive]

That feeling when you realise you can't even drop both Imam and Shafiq for the next Test because our pea-brained selector sent a batsman short.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Not trying to annoy or offend any Pak poster here, but I seriously feel the match will be over today itself.

Why would that be offensive?

 

[Belawal2014]

Shan's looked the most assured batsman this series...which is saying a lot

 

[indianpanacea]

Azhar,imam and fakhar to go in next match

 

[QalandarFan]

Younis and Misbah were unusual: 95% of batsmen are in terminal decline at Azhar Ali’s age of almost 34.

His hand-eye coordination has gone, and he is getting less side-on. That can work on slow Asian wickets, but it means he’s finished outside Asia.

Younis especially was an anamolly scoring huge hundreds in England and Australia in his 40’s. Wish he would have come out of retirement for this series

 

[Green Patriot]

Not trying to annoy or offend any Pak poster here, but I seriously feel the match will be over today itself.

We already know that.the question is before tea or after

 

[Smudger]

Philander is more threatening than Abbas because in spite of a lack of pace, at the very least he is military medium and bowls around the 130 KPH mark. Below 125 KPH, very few bowlers can be successful against quality batsmen. Feasting on an Australia C team who are getting destroyed by India at home isn't really the hallmark for success anymore.

Whether anyone likes it or not, Amir is still clearly the best bowler we have and the spearhead of the attack.

What has Philander done in asia? You jumped to conclusion only after 1 innings.

 

[Hitman]

Why would that be offensive?

Because an Indian fan saying something like that hurts the ego of some Pak fans.