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

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Honestly, if this is the way they play & collapse on a home pitch, Pak should just take a break from Test cricket for a while. This is way too embarrassing.
 
If South Africa get a significant lead , we are in trouble. Need Azhar,Fawad, and Rizwan to step up .
 
Third Man said:
Agree with your general point, but that delivery was just a natural variation off the surface.
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Actually it was a pretty innocuous delivery. But Babar being inept at playing spin, or even playing it at the level most OK batsmen from subcontinent batsmen do, makes things very difficult for him.

He ends up having to play almost purely on length. Deliveries such as these in the good length area mean he plays and hopes for the best.

Not so much about SLA, Chinaman, Leg Spinner et cetera just yet. Needs to get comfortable playing all kinds of spin out of the hand.
 
Hasan123 said:
If we get a lead of around 30 or match their score, SA aren't out of the game. Would like a 100 run lead.
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That would be ideal.

I feel bad for the Pakistani middle-order. Because the top-order has been so bad recently.
 
In fairness, those who were hoping for a dust bowl but also hoping for Babar to dominate from the word go were getting slightly ahead of the game. He may play more freely on his second go and that may help him.

He’s improved against spin in comparison to where he was before but mostly because of playing against variations in LOIs. Long way to go negotiating it in Tests.

In conditions like these Azhar, Fawad and to an extent Abid and co. would have been default bets. Abid’s gone after another nonchalant knock (not the ‘cool’ type) and didn’t last long enough to face any spin.

Pretty much up to these two and some strokes from Rizwan, Faheem and Hassan possibly to avoid going down 1-0.
 
Zeshan547 said:
For that you need brains, and that's the we have least among all teams, it's the primary reason, lack of natural talent is second.
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When you have a team management with so much experience who can't read the game, pitch, conditions themselves unless the cricketing commentators, experts tell them then why blame the players?

Even teams like India, Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa get messages from the dressing room which gives the bowlers, captain the opportunity to react accordingly
 
Rayyman said:
That would be ideal.

I feel bad for the Pakistani middle-order. Because the top-order has been so bad recently.
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Didnt they had the same issue under Waqar as head coach and Misbah as captain... Wasnt that hole plugged by Mickey by making Azhar open and pushing Babar to play at no.3 which Babar failed as he was raw in tests but opening slot was fixed , he also tried Asad shafiq at no.3 to step up but he failed too.. Younis and Misbah didnt want come out of their comfort zone to bat at no.3.
 
Just realised Rabada will be fresh in the morning and have another burst.


SA 2 spinners will be in the game. This is not gonna be easy guys.
 
Yk313 said:
In fairness, those who were hoping for a dust bowl but also hoping for Babar to dominate from the word go were getting slightly ahead of the game. He may play more freely on his second go and that may help him.

He’s improved against spin in comparison to where he was before but mostly because of playing against variations in LOIs. Long way to go negotiating it in Tests.

In conditions like these Azhar, Fawad and to an extent Abid and co. would have been default bets. Abid’s gone after another nonchalant knock (not the ‘cool’ type) and didn’t last long enough to face any spin.

Pretty much up to these two and some strokes from Rizwan, Faheem and Hassan possibly to avoid going down 1-0.
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Like I said, if you allow highly disciplined professional teams like England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa or even India now the opportunity to bowl a hundred consecutive maidens at you, they will if you keep defending deliveries

As a batsman you have to exhibit initiative, do something to attack the bowlers, disrupt their line, length by playing a some unorthodox shots, disrupt the field and therefore creating some strike rotation policies. The fact we are so behind the times as a batting unit in the ODI and T20 format translates into our test cricket as well in situations where you temporarily need to go into ODI and T20 mode
 
Two very poor teams playing poor cricket.

It is heartbreaking to see Pakistan cricket in this state. I don't know how long before the masses switch off in their droves.
 
We need two tier Test cricket.

Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe are finished, Bangladesh are going nowhere. Put them out their misery please.
 
This was expected tbh. Babar is our only hope. But this kind of pitch he qill struggle. For a start SA are better then us. Their fast bowling is better their spinners are probably on par with ours or maybe we have a slight edge but their batting is definitely better then ours.

Another thing which genius asked for a pitch like this? Though i don't mind it as long as we get rid of Misbah at the end of the series it will be better then 2-0 for us.
 
Markhor said:
Two very poor teams playing poor cricket.

It is heartbreaking to see Pakistan cricket in this state. I don't know how long before the masses switch off in their droves.
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Tbh i prrtty much watch babar bat then turn it off. I actually watch more of our domestics then our national team.
 
First target for Pak should be to get around 200 somehow and close to the SA total, anything above will be bonus. After that Pak will have to ball extremely well to restrict SA to a total which Pak can realistically chase in 4th innings. Things aren’t looking good but, still quite a lot of cricket left so you never know.
 
shah_1 said:
Rashid Latif speaking on Game on hai is an eye opener. It is a botched job by the managment.

Invariable bounce is making SA fast bowlers more potent as they bowl 140+, hit the deck hard and avg height is a lot more so they will get more considerable invariable bounce compared our skiddy fast bowlers.


No home advantage
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Shaheen is taller than the south african seamers though
 
Titan24 said:
First target for Pak should be to get around 200 somehow and close to the SA total, anything above will be bonus. After that Pak will have to ball extremely well to restrict SA to a total which Pak can realistically chase in 4th innings. Things aren’t looking good but, still quite a lot of cricket left so you never know.
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Anything over 150 we will lose. The game is over unless we somehow get 50 -70 lead and dismiss SA under 200. The pitch was playing like a day 3 pitch. Losing this series and getting rid of misbah is better for us in long run.
 
Yk313 said:
Sure, but nothing not obvious, no?

More interesting to ask why Shaheen despite having pace and height is unable to exploit such conditions.

Do not need to go far back. Just think back to the deck on which Jamieson did well and Shaheen still looked like just a swing bowler.
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He has no strength thats why.
 
Yk313 said:
Sure, but nothing not obvious, no?

More interesting to ask why Shaheen despite having pace and height is unable to exploit such conditions.

Do not need to go far back. Just think back to the deck on which Jamieson did well and Shaheen still looked like just a swing bowler.
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I guess pitch deteriorated in a gradual manner and first session when SA batted was with pretty even bounce. However lack of accuracy and consistency of Pak pacers is not a hidden fact either. Also Shaheen is kiss the surface bowler more than hit the pitch hard bowler unlike SA pacers, something he needs to learn for certain surfaces.
 
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Markhor said:
Two very poor teams playing poor cricket.

It is heartbreaking to see Pakistan cricket in this state. I don't know how long before the masses switch off in their droves.
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Overreaction. India was 36 AO. If India can come out of it, others too can.
 
Our batsmen don't seem to relish going out there and fighting it out...

They look like they're defeated before even a ball is bowled
 
maharaj with rough marks will destroy faddy and faheem and any lefties we have..the right handers must fight and score
 
KARACHI: South Africa’s return to Pakistan to play Test cricket for the first time in 14 years was a mixed one after they disappointed with the bat but then impressed with the ball to end day one with honours even in Karachi on Tuesday.

After winning the toss and batting, the Proteas let themselves down by being dismissed for just 220 at the National Stadium, but their bowlers hit back impressively by rocking the top order of the home side and leaving them in tatters at stumps on 33 for four.

Kagiso Rabada, as he almost always does, claimed wickets 198 and 199 to finish with the impressive figures of 6-3-8-2, while there was also a wicket each for Keshav Maharaj (1/0) and Anrich Nortje (1/20) – the hosts closing 187 runs adrift.

Earlier it was Dean Elgar who led the way for the disappointing tourists with his 16th career half-century. The opener top-scored with 58 (106 balls, 9 fours) as the South Africans threw away a good start to be dismissed in 69.2 overs.

Mark Boucher’s side were returning to the Asian country for the first time since 2007 when the coach was still a player and they won the series so impressively.

This time, though, they looked in trouble after poor performance with the bat, in which there were two needless run-outs and several batsmen were out needlessly.

Elgar’s opening partner Aiden Markram was out to a flying catch by Imran Butt for 13 after a Shaheen Shah Afridi (2/49) drew an edge, before Rassie van der Dussen (17) helped rebuild.

However, he was run out after attempting a single that was not there, with Faf du Plessis (23) and Quinton de Kock (15) also getting starts alongside Elgar.

They had helped the Proteas reach 133 for three at one stage, before the captain fell attempting a big shot – starting a major slide.

The visitors could have been out for even less, but George Linde (35), playing only after Tabraiz Shamsi suffered a late injury, and Rabada (21 not out) at least ensured they got substantially beyond the 200 mark.

Yasir Shah finished as the pick of the bowlers with three for 54.

South Africa desperately needed to be on the money with the ball on what was a slow wicket and the ever-reliable Rabada provided exactly that alongside Nortje with the new ball.

Openers Abid Ali (4) and Imran Butt (9) fell in the fifth and seventh overs after a miserly opening by the bowlers, with Maharaj then removing dangerous Babar Azam with a quicker ball that trapped the new Pakistan captain plumb in front leg before wicket for 7.

Nightwatchman Afridi was cleaned up by Nortje in the penultimate over ensuring the tourists stormed back well by the close.
 
sindhiboy said:
Shaheen is taller than the south african seamers though
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Shaheen is the shortest 6ft 5 bowler ever. He doesn't really use his height nor hit the pitch hard. We have too many of these skiddy seamers.
 
ex-q-zit said:
Questionable tactics by Azhar. Why take a single of the first ball and expose Shaheen for 5 balls? Azhar was supposed to face majority of the remaining overs.
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Yep most selfish thing you can do, i questioned that myself
 
Omer2002 said:
maharaj with rough marks will destroy faddy and faheem and any lefties we have..the right handers must fight and score
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stop assuming things, batting at NSK is great on day 2 & 3. I don't know what Mahraj's average or success rate is against lefties but i reckon Shamsi was more of a threat to lefties besides well i ain't gonna say much. Let's just watch and see.
 
Itachi said:
Overreaction. India was 36 AO. If India can come out of it, others too can.
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Let's be real, India has a better batting line up and culture than ours. Pujara is the only batsman in that line up with the Misbah mentality and even then he is extremely solid but the rest of the Indian batting line up is capable of scoring at a run a ball. Pujaras role is to wear the bowlers down who will ultimately deteriorate as the overs pile up so that the other stroke playing batsmen take advantage. Sadly we have too many batsmen in our team in the Pujara mold and not enough stroke players
 
This ultra defensive approach to batting continues to haunt Pakistan cricket. When has batting so slowly ever worked?

33 runs in 18 over, on a relatively straight forward pitch.
Never seen a batting lineup consistently do well with those tactics
 
shah_1 said:
He is a skiddy bowler, doesn't hit the deck hard like South African bowlers
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Shaheen for some criminal reason doesn't use his height at all. He doesn't bang the ball in, he just habitually pitches the ball up or bowls short of a length, eventually international quality batsmen get used to it. He needs to learn to mix things up rather than be predictable and one dimensional
 
Shoaibbtt said:
Yep most selfish thing you can do, i questioned that myself
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Fundamentally incorrect — the whole purpose of sending in a nightwatchman is to protect recognised batsmen — both at the wicket and those to come.
It was exactly right that Shaheen should face — the tactic deployed in the last 143 years of test cricket
 
100 runs lead will be good here, but Pakistan has enough batting left to score some runs.
 
This session has been dispiriting and its easy to get frustrated. But we are effectively just 3 wickets down and not that far from SA total. One hundred partnership can change the momentum. This is the pair that has to do it tomorrow. If we can sneak in close to SA in the first innings, we give ourselves a chance.
 
The Test series between South Africa and Pakistan got off to a thrilling start, with the match evenly-poised at stumps on the first day in Karachi.

South Africa were shot out for 220 by the Pakistan spinners, but the visitors then reduced the home side to 33/4 by stumps, a deficit of 187.

Kagiso Rabada, the express South African paceman, returned 2/8 to ensure he finished the day just a wicket short of reaching the 200 Test wickets landmark.

The day began with Quinton de Kock, the South Africa captain, opting to bat, and when Aiden Markram and Dean Elgar hit Hasan Ali for five fours between them in the first few overs, it seemed the visitors had come in with their plans set.

South Africa went into lunch on the happier side, despite losing two wickets. Markram, having edged Shaheen Afridi to slips, was dismissed for 13, and Rassie van der Dussen was run out for 17 after setting off for a quick single, only to see his partner had not reciprocated.

Despite that, with Elgar looking in good nick, and quite comfortable facing the spinners, South Africa had posted a hefty 94/2 by lunch. However, on the first ball after resumption, Faf du Plessis was dropped, but South Africa couldn’t capitalise on the reprieve, with du Plessis falling to a leg-break from Yasir Shah.

Captain de Kock then symbolised South Africa’s aggressive, but risky approach to spin when he scooped one off debutant Nauman Ali straight to mid-wicket for 15. When Elgar, easily the South African batsman most comfortable against spinners, became Nauman’s second wicket, the visitors were reduced to 136/5.

It needed a 42-run partnership between Temba Bavuma and George Linde to stem the flow of wickets. The duo lasted 102 deliveries, and ensured the momentum Pakistan had gained from those dismissals had been drained.

However, a wicket triggered another slide. Bavuma was dismissed for a 67-ball 17 – disastrously run out attempting a second run – and South Africa promptly lost four wickets for 16 runs. Had it not been for an adventurous last-wicket stand of 25 between Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada, South Africa would not have made it past 200.

As insufficient as that total may have seemed at the time, South Africa battled back admirably with the ball in the 18 overs that were remaining in the day.

Rabada provided the early breakthrough, taking out the openers within seven overs. He first had Imran Butt, the debutant, dismissed for nine after extracting extra bounce, and then had Abid Ali bowled for four in his next over.

Azhar Ali and Babar Azam were in thereafter, attempting to see the day through, but things took a turn for the worse when Keshav Maharaj trapped the Pakistan skipper in front with a quicker delivery. Azam reviewed, but replays suggested that umpire Aleem Dar had made the right call, and Pakistan lost their best batsman.

When Afridi, the Nightwatchman, followed suit in the next over, bowled for nought by Anrich Nortje, South Africa were firmly in control.

The visitors will hope to keep the momentum going on the second morning.
 
coy0607 said:
This ultra defensive approach to batting continues to haunt Pakistan cricket. When has batting so slowly ever worked?

33 runs in 18 over, on a relatively straight forward pitch.
Never seen a batting lineup consistently do well with those tactics
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Honestly i think that the pressure got to the boys.

In NZ and Aus they played with freedom, knowing that they were going to lose and little was expected on them. They almost pulled off results in both countries before bottling it when it got close.

The revelation that they had bowled out SA for a poor score heaped pressure onto the batsman as they were now in a spot where they were expected to perform to take Pak over the line. Alas, under that pressure they crumbled as usual.
 
when 2021 south africa look generally like a better team than you
you know you are doing something very wrong indeed
 
pillionrider said:
Can the remaining 6 wickets score at least 4 runs to make it 37 :uak
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Can you go gloat in some other thread. Not classy at all. Especially when so many Pak posters have been generous with their praise for the Indian team and even rooting for them in the Gabba test match.
 
Buffet said:
100 runs lead will be good here, but Pakistan has enough batting left to score some runs.
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Pakistan are 33/4. So we need another 300 runs to get a 100 run lead or around that. All rounders and tailenders can get that much? Lol
 
I was expecting S Africa will score at least 325. We bowled far better than our ability+rush playing by S Africa. batting wise 33/4 was not unexpected. S Africa is far superior than our team. Our team became more timid ever since PCB handed over the job to World's most unqualified/unskilled people Misbah and Waqar. That what happen when you appoint desi bro in top position.
Expected far better from Wasim Khan after his experience (?) in UK.
 
Joginder_Sharma said:
I think he's talking about 100 runs lead for South Africa.
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Ah ok. I think if SA get a 50 run lead that would be good for them. Then in their 2nd innings if they match what they got in their 1st innings, they will back themselves to win.

Need Azhar and Fawad special tomorrow.
 
RE post above - What is an Azhar special? Getting out early in the day's play or bottling it when we need him to step up?
 
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Woah! What happened here? :virat

Wicket was an absolute road in the first session didn't think 14 wickets would fall..

Think SAF are slightly ahead in the game just because they'll be bowling last on this wicket. But one good partnership for Pak and they can easily take a lead of 70-80 which can prove the difference between them chasing 120 and 220.
 
Pakistan's only test series win against SA was way back in 2003, and looks like they will have wait a lot longer to register their next series win against SA.
 
Hasan123 said:
Ah ok. I think if SA get a 50 run lead that would be good for them. Then in their 2nd innings if they match what they got in their 1st innings, they will back themselves to win.

Need Azhar and Fawad special tomorrow.
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always need someone to play special inns to save Pakistan:amir2.. such an inconsistent team...:sendoff
 
Shocking but luckily Fawad with all his domestic experience can do something tomorrow.
 
Omer2002 said:
What is the purpose of a night watchman????

Azar did exactly right . Nortje was too good with that yorker
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Play out the over so another experienced batter doesn't come on, but heck they got through this period so conditions should be slightly easier in the morning. I wouldn't worry about spin as much as Pakistan's batsmen are good players of spin. The 2 batsmen right now are the most experienced players in NSK conditions so i hope they negotiate the opening spell and then move on from that but they shouldn't be troubled by reverse swing.
 
JaDed said:
Shocking but luckily Fawad with all his domestic experience can do something tomorrow.
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That's what i'm hoping and praying for, analysing his stats he knows NSK very well but other than that i will say nothing else lol.
 
Titan24 said:
I guess pitch deteriorated in a gradual manner and first session when SA batted was with pretty even bounce. However lack of accuracy and consistency of Pak pacers is not a hidden fact either. Also Shaheen is kiss the surface bowler more than hit the pitch hard bowler unlike SA pacers, something he needs to learn for certain surfaces.
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First session can normally be exempted, I guess. Having said that, I never saw PAK bowling today but it’s quite clear from the posts that perhaps our pacers were not making life so difficult.

Yes, overall the idea is that Shaheen looks to bowl through the surface. But he has a long, long way to go to actually learn how to try and hit the deck harder when it may suit him/the conditions require it so.
 
Savak said:
Like I said, if you allow highly disciplined professional teams like England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa or even India now the opportunity to bowl a hundred consecutive maidens at you, they will if you keep defending deliveries

As a batsman you have to exhibit initiative, do something to attack the bowlers, disrupt their line, length by playing a some unorthodox shots, disrupt the field and therefore creating some strike rotation policies. The fact we are so behind the times as a batting unit in the ODI and T20 format translates into our test cricket as well in situations where you temporarily need to go into ODI and T20 mode
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Yup. Attritional and disciplined cricket is not quite PAK’s forte. We are not quite so good at playing the formulaic game and recently have demonstrated our ability to bat c. 100 overs averaging below 3 rpo.

Apart from Rizwan, Faheem and Hassan do not know which of these players can or should play across the line. At any rate, the uneven bounce and pace at which they are bowling makes it even harder.
 
Hasan123 said:
Pakistan are 33/4. So we need another 300 runs to get a 100 run lead or around that. All rounders and tailenders can get that much? Lol
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Yeah, half the specialist batting gone and people are talking about taking a 100 run lead. :91:

That said the calibre of the dismissed batsmen means it probably wouldn't have made much difference to the score in the end, other than Babar obviously. I don't think anyone expects runs from the openers these days, not even on flat tracks.
 
Yk313 said:
Yup. Attritional and disciplined cricket is not quite PAK’s forte. We are not quite so good at playing the formulaic game and recently have demonstrated our ability to bat c. 100 overs averaging below 3 rpo.

Apart from Rizwan, Faheem and Hassan do not know which of these players can or should play across the line. At any rate, the uneven bounce and pace at which they are bowling makes it even harder.
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There was seemingly nothing in the pitch from my observations. It was just poor batting decisions that put us in this situation. Abid playing a poor shot, Imran falling victim to pressure, Babar not getting bat on ball, and Shaheen was just done by a really good yorker.

If we can string a 100 partnership between Azhar and Fawad, that's the only way we can stay in the game. Rabada started his spell by bowling very wide and then brought one right on off stump, a ball that didn't even seam and beat Abid Ali. It's either that there wasn't enough practice before the series, or something else, because that was a basic mistake.

It will be difficult, but if we can post 300, we can really take the game by the head. The goal should be to bat the least number of overs on Days 4 and 5, and have the least deficit.

Our top order needs to wake up, because Fawad, Rizwan, and Faheem can't save you in every match. Right now, even against NZ, Fawad, Rizwan, and Faheem were the reason why Pakistan didn't get bowled out for under 200 consistently.

Need to play balls on merit, and play positive cricket when it is required. Look for singles and doubles, it's a matter of boundaries which will change the field placements which South Africa is employing. You need to apply pressure to get an opening in the closely packed field. The ball is about 20 overs old now, so Maharaj will be bowling the majority of overs.

I was really disappointed with our openers, both failed miserably. At this rate, I think that Abid should be dropped for Haider Ali, or Azhar Ali stepping up to open. There's only those two options, no other options are feesible at this stage.

Personally, I think that we really need to introduce some youngsters in the top order, because our so-called experienced domestic products are failing. If Abid fails, either bring in Abdullah Shafique or bump Azhar higher up the order, and bring Saud in.

SA bowlers do have a change in bowling stats against left handers, so he could be a defining factor.
 
The approach of preparing a dust bowl negative and downright shameful.

Seems the minnow mentality is deeply ingrained now.
 
Pakistan will have tough time against maharaj barring Fawad none other is good against left arm spin
Expect maharaj to pick 3 to 4 wickets
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
Yeah, half the specialist batting gone and people are talking about taking a 100 run lead. :91:

That said the calibre of the dismissed batsmen means it probably wouldn't have made much difference to the score in the end, other than Babar obviously. I don't think anyone expects runs from the openers these days, not even on flat tracks.
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Personally, I think that we really have no other option than to send Azhar at the top and bring in Saud at 3, by dropping Abid Ali.

Another option could be to sent Abid our and bring in Abdullah Shafique, seeming as he could probably make a better impact than Abid, and he'd be a long-term solution.

Our openers are just flat out horrible. It takes one good opening partnership to get ahead in the game, and the pitch is no excuse. The ball did seam on a few occasions, but that's a basic response from making such a dry surface.

I think we're gonna hit 220 like SA and get all out around that stage. It will mean that we will be chasing, and if our openers perform in the same manner, that will be a pathetic effort. There is also no way to draw this match, so we need to go for the win. It takes one good partnership, that's it.

I don't know how Rizwan plays spin, and similarly, I don't know how Faheem plays spin, so Azhar and Fawad have to stick around.
 
Seriously pathetic batting performance by Pakistan so far. Expect Azhar Ali and Fawad Alam to sleep on the pitch for next 2 sessions and bring Pakistan back into match. :inti
 
avihash said:
The approach of preparing a dust bowl negative and downright shameful.

Seems the minnow mentality is deeply ingrained now.
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This wasn't a pure out dust bowl per say, but the wicket was very, very dry.

The ball was able to grip and turn after about 25 overs. Preparing a dust bowl isn't the minnow mentality, it's the fact that we consistently fail to take advantage of superior positions.

Had we batted the 18 overs without any loss, we'd have been in a very good situation.

Our test team is really in shambles, how was Abid not dropped.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Seriously pathetic batting performance by Pakistan so far. Expect Azhar Ali and Fawad Alam to sleep on the pitch for next 2 sessions and bring Pakistan back into match. :inti
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South Africa will know that it's a matter of one wicket, and Azhar and Fawad need to string a partnership of about 80-100 for us to be in command.

Seriously hope that the batting can pull itself together, will need one big innings for others to build around.
 
avihash said:
The approach of preparing a dust bowl negative and downright shameful.

Seems the minnow mentality is deeply ingrained now.
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Yeah and Pakistan is the first team to do so. They are playing at home against a decent side after so many years. Let them do what other subcontinent teams like India and Sri Lanka have been doing it for ages. :inti
 
UzmanBeast said:
This wasn't a pure out dust bowl per say, but the wicket was very, very dry.

The ball was able to grip and turn after about 25 overs. Preparing a dust bowl isn't the minnow mentality, it's the fact that we consistently fail to take advantage of superior positions.

Had we batted the 18 overs without any loss, we'd have been in a very good situation.

Our test team is really in shambles, how was Abid not dropped.
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It started to turn sharply and had variable bounce in 2nd session.

Not sure what else is a dust bowl.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Yeah and Pakistan is the first team to do so. They are playing at home against a decent side after so many years. Let them do what other subcontinent teams like India and Sri Lanka have been doing it for ages. :inti
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SA in subcontinent is a decent side probably for minnows like pak & sl, they were thoroughly humiliated by India last time around and they were playing the same team which they have now.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Yeah and Pakistan is the first team to do so. They are playing at home against a decent side after so many years. Let them do what other subcontinent teams like India and Sri Lanka have been doing it for ages. :inti
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For the 100th time, india hasn't prepared a dust bowl for over 10 years now and our wickets assist pace more. Are you still pretending to be indian and a test fan when ypu don't even know such basic facts?

No indian will make this mistake, I can understand Pakistanis not following every match we play
 
Indiafan said:
For the 100th time, india hasn't prepared a dust bowl for over 10 years now and our wickets assist pace more. Are you still pretending to be indian and a test fan when ypu don't even know such basic facts?

No indian will make this mistake, I can understand Pakistanis not following every match we play
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Nobody is buying into this coping mechanism of his; it is just sadly comical now.

Coming to the point, it is one thing to make dustbowls but not being able to take advantage of them is when it turns embarrassing. Hope pak come out of this situation and make a match out of it.
 
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