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Pakistan vs South Africa |1st Test | 15/11/2010 | Day 4 : Session 1

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Spinners are useless.... this is a dead track but when SA bowl the whole pitch transforms. It's like Dubai is a city in Australia and not UAE.
 
I think we are still safe, 400-450 we can get without much trouble but not anything above 450. We will have 130 odd overs to get 450 which is enough time and I am sure we will do it.
 
It's amazing and nice to see such a professional unit such as SA. I think that's what a cricket team should be like. It saddens me to see we cannot be the same as them. Just look at Graeme Smith sitting reading a paper, all relaxed looking so professional kya baat hai gee :14:
 
they decided to declare just after lunch whatever lead they have till then....5 session to bat for Pak....
 
It's amazing and nice to see such a professional unit such as SA. I think that's what a cricket team should be like. It saddens me to see we cannot be the same as them. Just look at Graeme Smith sitting reading a paper, all relaxed looking so professional kya baat hai gee :14:
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69.5
Saeed Ajmal to Kallis, FOUR, and now the slog sweep. Kallis goes down on a knee and drop kicks a full delivery outside off, with the spin through square leg. Steve Waugh, master of the slog sweep and a Legend of Cricket, would have approved.

69.4
Saeed Ajmal to Kallis, FOUR, it's just all going SA's way. Doosra, holds its like as Kallis plays for the off spin and gets an outside edge that doesn't carry to slip, but instead scoots through to the third man boundary. Four more

69.3
Saeed Ajmal to Kallis, no run, drifts on to leg stump and Kallis tucks it with the spin to square leg

69.2
Saeed Ajmal to Kallis, 2 runs, picks a couple to wide long on now, working him with the spin

69.1
Saeed Ajmal to Kallis, SIX, You won't see a straighter bat in Dubai. Ajmal serves it up on middle stump, Kallis reaches lout, bends the back knee and launches that straight back. And holds the pose. If you're asked the maker's name on Kallis' bat, you may want to see a replay of this shot.

But I was told Kallis can't "Take the game by the scruff of the neck".

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It is not even a contest right now between these two teams.

Well to be fair if some Pakistan players had resisted the temptation for some easy bucks and their strongest 11 was playing it would be a tight contest. All said I don't think this is a terrible performance given that only 3 bowlers are available and the track is flat.

As I stands I think Pakistan will have to chase 450. Which is not impossible but very difficult. But it's the kind of total that let's you just relax and you may as well go for it. Which is an excting prospect.
 
I think we are still safe, 400-450 we can get without much trouble but not anything above 450. We will have 130 odd overs to get 450 which is enough time and I am sure we will do it.

must not have followed Pak cricket for last 2 years.
When was the last time we crossed 450?
Not to mention in the 4th innings I am can safely say we may not have done it in last 10 years.

OK I just checked the highes we have ever scored in a 4th innings is 341 in in 1988. With this batting line up I think this match is already beyond our reach.

Sadly there is no rain there unlike England
 
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I think we can chase anything above 500. We don't have to capability to chase anything below 500.
 
I think we can chase anything above 500. We don't have to capability to chase anything below 500.

Pakistan will have to break a world record to chase anything over 450, let alone 500.
 
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