Pakistan end Day 1 of the 1st Test on 33/4 after bowling out South Africa for 220

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Really poor. Both openers are bad.

 

[Titan24]

Abid Ali playing a good/full length ball on backfoot.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Abid Ali playing a good/full length ball on backfoot.

Imran Farhat special.

 

[MHN1293]

Anyone feeling an Abid Ali special?

Well getting out early is his speciality. Well done abid.

 

[Yk313]

Hopefully this bacha has something in him that the selectors and coaches have seen which we cannot glean from his statistics.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Missed a straight one. Classic

 

[Ahmed216]

Abid Ali is master in Asian conditions

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Rabada is WC. Hopefully will expose some of these club level batters.

 

[Nadeemp]

So far butt looks ordinary

 

[Cricket World]

Abid Ali the legend time to announce retirement

 

[Omer2002]

Thats our talent i am afraid..must be sleeping all match i guess. Clearly the bowl stays low you have to play on front foot

 

[Belawal2014]

Azhar should just open the batting. He ends up doing that anyways..

 

[Nadeemp]

no butts about it

 

[Third Man]

Hopefully this bacha has something in him that the selectors and coaches have seen which we cannot glean from his statistics.

"bacha" is going a bit too far

 

[Shams123]

I think this short piece of play has clearly demonstrated the gulf that is between our and Sa pace attack.

 

[Energy]

Imran Farhat special.

With the way things are, Farhat may well get a call in. He's a domestic legend.

Abid was also a domestic legend until he stepped into Intl cricket.

 

[Yk313]

"bacha" is going a bit too far

Age is relative

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Abid Ali the legend time to announce retirement

Why are we bringing in over 30s only to find out they are no good after a year. Its a waste of time. By the time they become polished its time to retire.

 

[Majestic_Inzi]

Pak chokin already

 

[Cricket World]

Spot on

 

[Titan24]

Good shot this

 

[UzmanBeast]

Imran at least knows where his stumps are.

Abid needs to realize that he can't be given such a long rope if he performs this poorly. It was a straight ball that did nothing.

 

[MHN1293]

Good first boundary by butt.

 

[Yk313]

Didn’t watch the SAF batting. Guessing our pacers had little to no bite on the KHI track, correct me if I am wrong.

Their economies suggest it may be possible to score quicker off pace when settled, which is normally the case here.

 

[Titan24]

Atleast Pak’s tail is better with even Nauman having 10 FC 50s

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Nice shot from Imran butt

 

[sindhiboy]

With a receding hairline like that? No chance.

Imran butt can play the role of the stressed father-in-law in the drama

 

[Shams123]

Atleast Pak’s tail is better with even Nauman having 10 FC 50s

You know Pak is batting when the fans are thinking of the tail in the 7th over.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

It's all on Azhar, Babar, Rizwan as always... poor poor poor

 

[Titan24]

You know Pak is batting when the fans are thinking of the tail in the 7th over.

As a Pak fan you need to have all bases covered.

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

Our batting has declined to Bangladesh/Afghanistan level. Its a sure collapse in SENA. I hope we find a couple of 18 year old Babars soon.

 

[Titan24]

It's all on Azhar, Babar, Rizwan as always... poor poor poor

Fawad at home can be handy too considering his FC record and its his home ground.

 

[Shams123]

That 220 looks too far now.

 

[Energy]

Both openers knocked out. Value of 'fast' bowling.

 

[castortroy]

Pak batting has to be one of the worst in cricket

 

[Slim]

Imran Butt plays right into the hands of SA.

 

[MHN1293]

Ahh so long for 70-1. With azhar there we migh as well end up on 50-3.

 

[Shams123]

Wow we are so poor.

 

[Titan24]

That was kind of unplayable

 

[Rana]

We are in a bit of trouble here, Rabada might just run riot!

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Clownish batting when you're giving wickets to Rabada in the evening session in sweltering Karachi heat

 

[Energy]

Babar time now. Make us proud skip.

 

[Slim]

Babar vs Kagiso.

 

[castortroy]

All these small pak batters play with low hand so always at risk with any bounce

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Such useless approach by openers, atleast on these dead wickets play positively.

 

[castortroy]

Babar got a new bat sponsor

 

[Cricket World]

Too early to say but SA will run away with this match hope it is not

 

[jiduguravindra]

Wow rabada on fire.. Need big score from babar not pretty 40s or 50s.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Both openers out cheap as usual, nothing ever changes for pakistan

 

[ethan hunt]

There is variable bounce now if you bowl straight.
Shows how terrible Hassan ali was.

 

[shariqnoor]

Pakistani batsmen look like tailenders even in their home conditions.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

It's Babar or bust now

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

I would accept a young batter getting out to a bad shot but over 30s should not be batting like a debutant.

 

[Yk313]

Wasn’t the most fiendish delivery but the bounce doesn’t inspire much confidence going forward.

Shame really, would have been good to see a little more of Butt to see what he’s like.

 

[Shafi]

And people thought we will whitewash S Africa. It should be other way around.

 

[castortroy]

On paper this is arguably the weakest pak batting line up I have seen

 

[shah_1]

Club level openers

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

No where to hide against real pace demons... play positively or die

 

[Cric1234]

There is variable bounce now if you bowl straight.
Shows how terrible Hassan ali was.

Abbas is handy on these wickets.

 

[Nasty Naz]

Gotta play two terrible openers to accommodate a mediocre Azhar Ali at 3. Pakistan zindabad.

 

[MHN1293]

Still remember when a year back the crowd was more happy to see babar rather than being upset on being 2 wicket down.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

On paper this is arguably the weakest pak batting line up I have seen

Lol.. We say this every series...

 

[castortroy]

And people thought we will whitewash S Africa. It should be other way around.

Seen a lot of comic predictions by fans on recent tours

 

[shah_1]

Poor pitch

 

[Deewana Mastana]

So it is the Rabada show at NSK

 

[Belawal2014]

What a bowler Rabada is. 200 Test wickets at the age of 25.

 

[ssuhaide]

The pitch is a poor one. Variable bounce already. Game won't go beyond 3 days.

 

[Shafi]

How poor our batting is!!!!India would handed this S Africa big innings defeat

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Poor pitch

Invariable bounce on day 1.

 

[Cric1234]

We don’t play left arm spin too well SA have 2 in the team.

 

[jiduguravindra]

The pitch is a poor one. Variable bounce already. Game won't go beyond 3 days.

Max third day third session

 

[Titan24]

Everything aside pitch should have a considerably consistent bounce which doesnt seem to be the case on this first day.

 

[MHN1293]

What a bowler Rabada is. 200 Test wickets at the age of 25.

As soon as i read that i had a mini heart attack. He is on 199 wickets so i thought babar got out to him.

 

[the Great Khan]

It's all on Azhar, Babar, Rizwan as always... poor poor poor

same as always, used to be inzi younis and moyo, with a hope kami would last beyond 30..now its the same..

before that it used to be miandad malik and mujtaba with imran and wasim as allrounders..nothing ever changes..

 

[Titan24]

Rabada has got Babar 3 times for 50 runs till now in their careers

 

[Flat_Track_Bully]

The pitch is a poor one. Variable bounce already. Game won't go beyond 3 days.

Really is. Unprofessional unqualified staff as per usual.

 

[Amjid Javed]

13 wickets so far in days play, pretty poor batting on both sides so far.

 

[Amjid Javed]

The variable bounce makes game interesting better than playing on a road.

Babar now off the mark.

 

[Titan24]

13 wickets so far in days play, pretty poor batting on both sides so far.

I think only deliveries to Markram, Duplesis and Imran Butt were good ones, rest were mostly ordinary dismissals.

 

[Cric1234]

The test team needs Haider Akmal Saud and another batsman to make it more solid.
Haider is young but should be a long term investment made a hundred in last years QAE final.