Pakistan v South Africa | 1st T20 | Abu Dhabi | 26/10/10 | South Africa Innings

[Hamxa89]

This is where Afridi's captaincy goes down the pan!! Important over and he gives it to Razaq!! Jeez

It's not the captaincy dude. The so called " all-rounder" is just crap!

Razzak had to bowl one over. I agree, he could've been held back but giving him the bowl doesnt mean he completely serves boundries in a plate to the batsmen.

 

[IMMY69]

Sad thing is that even with only 120 to defend, we could have done it!!

Afridi's captaincy is just not upto it!! He's best when the camera picks him out on the bench and then suddenly he brushes his hair back with his hand!!

 

[chui_kadoo]

I can see us getting anhiliated this series.

 

[786warrior]

Saffers - "job done, same time next week Pak boys??!!!"

Pak - "Yes please sir, thank you, it's been an honour to receive such a royal spanking!!!"

 

[JibranAnsari]

afridi the stupidest person ever to have played cricket.

 

[NJamal]

Saffers Win

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Easy win in the end by SA

120/4 SA win by 6 wickets!

 

[chui_kadoo]

Some changes required for tomorrow game. Cant have Razzaq and Afridi bowling

 

[t_kaay]

well done south africa and big up to them for donating match fees to the floods in pakistan

 

[nads_rocks]

Extra 15 runs would have been so great but never in doubt 120 is a very low total to defend!!!

Oh well another expected performance both batting bowling and fielding by Pakistan.

Lets see what they bring 2mo.

 

[UmarAkmals-fan]

we should be happy ...the men in green won

 

[AfghanCricketFan]

SA Won

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Sad thing is that even with only 120 to defend, we could have done it!!

Afridi's captaincy is just not upto it!! He's best when the camera picks him out on the bench and then suddenly he brushes his hair back with his hand!!

Summed it up nicely!

 

[chui_kadoo]

our T20 cricket is also taking a nose dive now. We are rubbish in all formats now

 

[nads_rocks]

Wishful thinking!

Only Mohammed Aamir is capable of doing that.

 

[Looney]

clap away Afridi clap away for oyur stupidity touched new heights today

 

[taxzu]

Not a single yorker by gul in whole inning. Not even a single wicket taking delivery. What has happened to him.

 

[desijazba]

Oh well atleast tomorrow's match is worth looking forward to then - InshahAllah we can level it 1-1!

based on this performance, its unlikely we can do anything tomorrow either.

 

[Maula Jutt]

Only Mohammed Aamir is capable of doing that.

 

[Seen Sheen]

won't like this,first a sweep over square leg for a six and then a batsman jumping down and thumping him through covers..
Watch out miller and Ingram!!...

 

[IMMY69]

It's not the captaincy dude. The so called " all-rounder" is just crap!

Razzak had to bowl one over. I agree, he could've been held back but giving him the bowl doesnt mean he completely serves boundries in a plate to the batsmen.

He didn't need to bowl at all.. Afridi or gafeez should gave bowled that over, or even Akhtar...

 

[chui_kadoo]

Its better to bowl Shoaib's four overs upfront. No point in saving him for 1 over at the end

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Akhtar's figures From 3-1-14-2 to 4-1-29-2

 

[jeetu]

Easy win for Saffers , congrats to them.

 

[Looney]

Rather, batting le doobi.

The less said about our legendary batting the better . With smart captaincy , we could have won

 

[iHammad]

horrible performance by pakistan

 

[Deewana Mastana]

based on this performance, its unlikely we can do anything tomorrow either.

I know!

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

looking forward to AZ to come up with this line

"match khatam, thread khatam"

 

[Newton_fan]

Pak Bowled well. SA didn't played any stupid shot but still we got wickets. Other hand SA bowlers were useless(expect Tsotsobe) and we were gifting our wickets.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Ingram's highest T20 score

 

[Dare2Dream]

Some changes required for tomorrow game. Cant have Razzaq and Afridi bowling

Razzaq is too much dead weight for his once in a blue moon hitting. Drop him for Wahab and get Shafiq in for Zulqi. Farhat is also quite useless, so need a good replacement for him. Afridi stays for his batting only but would have been nice to have a captain with brains.

 

[Hamxa89]

We could've still made a match of this if Ajmal had bowled cleverly. Started off with over the wicket and continues till the end which was a just idiotic. Bowled leg side-ish and didn't test the batsmen with his doosra.

Batting was poor, but it still could've gone either way.

Misbah and Ajmal = Culprits.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Its better to bowl Shoaib's four overs upfront. No point in saving him for 1 over at the end

Thats true!

 

[chui_kadoo]

Well done to Pakistan to unearth another talent. This time its Ingram.

 

[Newton_fan]

its better to bowl shoaib's four overs upfront. No point in saving him for 1 over at the end

+1

 

[sam]

The less said about our legendary batting the better . With smart captaincy , we could have won

Unfair to say that.

Pakistan never had enough runs on the board. The only way they could win was if SA batted worse than Pakistan did.

 

[Hamxa89]

He didn't need to bowl at all.. Afridi or gafeez should gave bowled that over, or even Akhtar...

He had to. 18 balls mean 3 overs. With Gul finished and Afridi way below par. We had only Razzak, Akhtar and Hafeez. That's why i said he could've been held back. But again, bringing him on doesn't warrant for such quality of bowling.

 

[Savak]

Its better to bowl Shoaib's four overs upfront. No point in saving him for 1 over at the end

Agree with this. Saving him for 1 over makes no sense at all considering the time and effort it takes him to warm up and get into rhythm.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

This was atleast a 150-160 pitch if not more

We were way short!

 

[Hamxa89]

The less said about our legendary batting the better . With smart captaincy , we could have won

I'd say with a smart Ajmal

 

[chui_kadoo]

Razzaq is too much dead weight for his once in a blue moon hitting. Drop him for Wahab and get Shafiq in for Zulqi. Farhat is also quite useless, so need a good replacement for him. Afridi stays for his batting only but would have been nice to have a captain with brains.

Shazeib should never have been there. Hes not even county standard. Farhat will never get dropped until he is 45 years old. Zoni's keeping was good so must stay. Both our allrounders are firing blanks unfortunately. Umar Akmal's performance has gone downhill in the past 6 months. Hafeez can only bowl these day. Misbah has only 2 shots. Block or a six. This maybe a painful series

 

[JibranAnsari]

will afridi ever grow up? he gave away his wicket at a crucial time and changed the whole match and gave razzak the over at a very crucial time. afridi is the main culprit of this match.

 

[chui_kadoo]

Two positives only. Shoaibs initial spell and Zoni's keeping

 

[junoonis]

Shahzaib is very overrated, even when he scored century in the domestic t20 i was not impressed by his batting. There is no class in his batting, he just walk across the stumps and try to hit the ball hard as he can. It works for him in the domestic game but in international he is exposed from ball one. I have no clue why they included him in the squad.

 

[anakwalajinn]

why is ijaz butt there??????????????????????????????
does he got to every single tour?

 

[Jo_Don]

Miller is our next Klusener. Albie isn't consistent enough.

 

[chui_kadoo]

will afridi ever grow up? he gave away his wicket at a crucial time and changed the whole match and gave razzak the over at a very crucial time. afridi is the main culprit of this match.

He hasnt grown up for 14 years. There is no way he will change now. Hes 34 years old now and towards the end of his career

 

[sam]

From Cricinfo:

Saad writes in: "If Pakistan had Michael Hussey as the senior citizen instead of Misbah, Pakistan would've posted at least 40 more runs and maybe won this match. Hussey is Australia's Baba (Pakistan term for a respectable old man) and Misbah is Pakistan's. When top order collapses, Australia's baba tries to keep the strike and makes runs. Pakistani baba gives the strike to the tail on 1st ball of the over... a very sad realization especially if you are a Pakistani!"

Hilarious! Pakistan's Baba.

 

[Sir john]

batting cost the match for pak.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

smiling away in back

 

[Deewana Mastana]

From Cricinfo:

Saad writes in: "If Pakistan had Michael Hussey as the senior citizen instead of Misbah, Pakistan would've posted at least 40 more runs and maybe won this match. Hussey is Australia's Baba (Pakistan term for a respectable old man) and Misbah is Pakistan's. When top order collapses, Australia's baba tries to keep the strike and makes runs. Pakistani baba gives the strike to the tail on 1st ball of the over... a very sad realization especially if you are a Pakistani!"

Hilarious! Pakistan's Baba.

 

[sam]

Afridi. Epic!

Yes I made a mistake. I shouldn't have tried another one.

Is this the change all Pakistani fans have been waiting for?

 

[JibranAnsari]

He hasnt grown up for 14 years. There is no way he will change now. Hes 34 years old now and towards the end of his career

he probably should retire now to never come again, he has no sense of responsibility rathar no sense whatsoever.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Shahzaib is very overrated, even when he scored century in the domestic t20 i was not impressed by his batting. There is no class in his batting, he just walk across the stumps and try to hit the ball hard as he can. It works for him in the domestic game but in international he is exposed from ball one. I have no clue why they included him in the squad.

absolutely spot on , the most deserving person right now for t20 opening is imran nazir and he is somewhere in wilderness being wasted. Thats pakistan cricket for you.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Razzaq is too much dead weight for his once in a blue moon hitting. Drop him for Wahab and get Shafiq in for Zulqi. Farhat is also quite useless, so need a good replacement for him. Afridi stays for his batting only but would have been nice to have a captain with brains.

how badly i wish for a captain with brains

 

[namak]

how badly i wish for a captain with brains

PP fans will never be happy. When a captain with brains was at the helm, he was ridiculed as a quitter.

 

[chui_kadoo]

absolutely spot on , the most deserving person right now for t20 opening is imran nazir and he is somewhere in wilderness being wasted. Thats pakistan cricket for you.

+1 . Imran Nazir is a must for T20.

 

[AZ]

let's hope for something better tomorrow.