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Pakistan collapse to 190 all out at stumps on Day 2, set South Africa target of 149 to win

Like i said, de Kock is the key wicket, scoring quick runs. He may have been out of form but, hey, he's playing against us.
 
Even Rabada can bat well and have potential to score 50+ but Imam, Shafiq, Shan and Sarfraz can't
 
Faisalabadimunda said:
Yes and gave away a lot of free runs like hassan.. Thats the difference between getting SA with a lead and now with SA in a lead. Wud have been different jf we had Faheem and abbas
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Yasir leaks runs more than hasan ali. Hasan ali has bowled some good balls in between, he will be useful in the tour. Or you can replace him with faheem ashraf, who is a bits and pieces all rounder like moeen ali. Whats certain is yasir should be the one replaced with abbas
 
SA tail have made a good difference. Once Philander comes back, it will help SA even more.

de Kock
Philander
Rabada
Steyn
Maharaj

That's a brilliant 7-11.
 
Rabada 15 . . Steyn 23 . . that's the difference! SA starting to get away now . . 50 runs lead on this pitch is a lot
 
"Rabada to score at least 1 century before the end of his career" - Smith
 
Lead getting a bit big here and Pakistan are known chokers these days
 
Pakistani is very lucky, no official's son/nephew/ etc is a pace bowler..

Shaheen is such a gem! Very happy he wasnt stuck behind some nepotistic selection
 
Greenstorm said:
I was getting similar replies when I said that Shaheen should play in SA. Who would you play as 4th specialist fast bowler here ?
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You are almost convincing me.But Arshad would have been with the team if they had to play him.Good suggestion.
 
Fakhar has score today, has to... the result depends on his innings..

cough cough... noball :inti
 
Need to get qdk out asap.
Anything over 50 will hurt, so could work both ways.
No-ball again.arrgh
 
Just checked an lbw this morning. Considering how Oxenford has been ruthless with Pakistan in his umpire's call decisions, not sure how he could not repeat the favour for Hassan Ali. His lbw looked plumb but his decision was a clear not out
 
Good yar, this is excellent. Lead of 42 only is brilliant work!
 
Nice slower ball!
Well done Amir and Shaheen. I hope we can bat sensibly. I have a feeling that Imam may actually score some useful runs today.
 
No I have been following our team long enough to know how pathetic the batting line up is. Even if this was in Dubai we would still struggle in the 2nd innings
 
All the pace bowlers have been sublime. Faheem in place of Yasir would have been more useful. Well bowled.
 
IMO, Pakistan's game to lose here. Someone needs to step up and score big
 
So SAF have got a good lead. Pakistan have to get at least 220 to give our bowlers a chance
 
I think 15 runs more than what Pakistan would have wanted. Rabada and Steyn played crucial knocks . . Pakistan needs to somehow get to 250 . . sounds mighty difficult though!
 
QdK out and 4fers for Amir and Shaheen good job. The lead is pretty valuable for SA, the pressure is on for our top order to fire against fire.
 
castortroy said:
No I have been following our team long enough to know how pathetic the batting line up is. Even if this was in Dubai we would still struggle in the 2nd innings
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Ball comes on much more nicely here and value for shots is gaurenteed. They need to bat positively and someone has to score a ton
 
Think both teams have underperformed on this pitch. There has been some uneven bounce but a 181 and 223 all out surface ? Probably speaks to the weaknesses of both batting lineups.

Anyway it was vital to bowl SAF out for below 250 so well done to the bowlers, especially Amir and Shaheen.

Hopefully we'll see an improved batting display from us now.
 
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