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Pakistan vs South Africa: 1st Test: Day 1 from Centurion

Nauman said:
Agree with that I would take an opening stand of 48 over that of 10 but still its a sad way to go really, he had already gotten one life but his adreline rushes just dont seem to end.
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Nah he's getting better now. The Adreline rush isn't every second ball now.. :))
 
fawad_asrar said:
Agreed, but if Farhat has to make this position his own, then he has to make the most of the opportunity once he gets a start and that is the making of a great player
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Forget great. Don't think Farhat will ever be that. Settle for good.
A good player would go on - on most occasions when he got a start.
 
Some people never change - their inherent frailities always gets better of them - Farhat will never change even 10 years from now
 
Have to see off the Great Ntini, who will probably bowl either side of lunch.
 
I dont think Farhat will ever be great it would be a good thing from Pakistan if he can be good but right now all we can get is a decent opener out of him.
 
the_game said:
Well, it wasn't pathetic if you are indeed watching the game. Farhat threw it away though, as per usual.
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the problem was scoring at runrate of 2 an over. They will get out soon then why score slowly. Didn't we learn fron indi team?
 
At least we are getting starts now.. Still need to learn to continue though..
 
shan said:
the problem was scoring at runrate of 2 an over. They will get out soon then why score slowly. Didn't we learn fron indi team?
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I understand what you are saying Shan, but atleast it wasn't 10/2, you know!
 
shan said:
scoring at 2 a over is a crime.
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Didn't realise there was a law against it now. On a helpful wicket they had to battle through the first session and apart from Farhat's lapse they have pretty much done that. Doesn't matter how slowly they score.
 
CrickFan said:
That too on a pitch where India got an opening stand of 150 odd with make shift opener - Karthik ..
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Again, if you are watching the game, this pitch is a bit different.
 
CrickFan said:
That too on a pitch where India got an opening stand of 150 odd with make shift opener - Karthik ..
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that wicket was the flatest SA ever produced. It wasn't like this. Shewag didn't last more then 10 balls in every innings. :)))
 
plz somebody update the scores because i don't want to go to crapinfo
 
Code: 
Day 1: First Session
Pakistan: 59/2 (26.0 Ovs)
 Y Hameed
0(10)
 Y Khan*
9(10)
	
South Africa
 A Nel
8-2-23-0
 J Kallis*
3-1-8-0
 
Rahul Dravid Take Note Of The Way Younis Is Batting. Enuff Cowardice Stand Up For Your Teammmmm
 
Romali_rotti said:
Rahul Dravid Take Note Of The Way Younis Is Batting. Enuff Cowardice Stand Up For Your Teammmmm
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Bit too harsh on Dravid there. You should really be telling Teenda to do that.
 
cmon lads..make my day...(might lose job with baby on the way) so please give me something to be happy about..
 
Romali_rotti said:
Rahul Dravid Take Note Of The Way Younis Is Batting. Enuff Cowardice Stand Up For Your Teammmmm
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tendi lost the match for India not dravid. But over all tendu was better batsman in the series then dravid.
 
the_game said:
Bit too harsh on Dravid there. You should really be telling Teenda to do that.
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SRT has been the lone warrior on the battle field for years, ill cut him a bit of slack cause he is aging and injuries have caught up :19: ..
 
shan said:
that wicket was the flatest SA ever produced. It wasn't like this. Shewag didn't last more then 10 balls in every innings. :)))
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Sehwag is a goner !! But is this track not flat as flat ??
 
Code: 
Day 1: First Session
Pakistan: 64/2 (27.0 Ovs)
 Y Hameed
4(15)
 Y Khan*
10(11)
	
South Africa
 A Nel*
8-2-23-0
 J Kallis
4-1-13-0

Lunch now, a great shot by Hameed just before lunch.
 
CrickFan said:
Sehwag is a goner !! But is this track not flat as flat ??
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There is some sideways movement on this track, with a bit of green tinge to it but pace of the track is pretty normal nothing alarming about that.
 
average session. We should have lost just one wicket at maximum.
 
the_game said:
Bit too harsh on Dravid there. You should really be telling Teenda to do that.
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:)) :)) even tendu fans know that it a lost hope....I hav a champge bottle ready for the day that tendu will be kicked out of the team....day isnt too far!
 
CrickFan said:
Sehwag is a goner !! But is this track not flat as flat ??
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not a flat track in any sense of the word.
 
Nauman said:
There is some sideways movement on this track, with a bit of green tinge to it but pace of the track is pretty normal nothing alarming about that.
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would be interesting to see Asif in action
 
shan said:
average session. We should have lost just one wicket at maximum.
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I would say the advantage is towards Pak, considering their is something in the wicket for the bowlers.
 
64/2 i think it was a 50/50 session this one.. i would guess we would need to atleast make
300 runs in the 1st innings here.. at the moment it looks a long way off lol !!
 
fawad_asrar said:
I would say the advantage is towards Pak, considering their is something in the wicket for the bowlers.
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The pace and bounce of the track is going to increase as the game goes on according to Keppler and Inzi. Let's hope that happens.
 
Hash said:
The pace and bounce of the track is going to increase as the game goes on according to Keppler and Inzi. Let's hope that happens.
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HOw's that possible.. I wonder
 
Get to 300 boys and its game on. Some of the movement Kallis was getting is enough to suggest that there is something in this pitch for bowlers of that pace. Nazir/Rana/Asif are all of similiar pace to Kallis and genuwine swingers except for Asif who is more of a seam bowler.
 
This morning session on the opening day of the first Test match could have so easily been Pakistan's but the fall of the wickets of their openers just at the stroke of lunch must have been very disppointing for them. The openers got off to a solid start and when it was time for them to carry on with the job of staying there in the middle, they threw their wickets away especially Farhat who once again failed to capitalise on the start he got. Pollock and Ntini bowled a fine spell in the middle and that forced the Pakistanis into a shell and resulted in two quick wickets. The South Africans would be happy with the way the things have gone so far.

source www.cricbuzz.com
 
what a let off...a sure advantage which was with Pakistan 20 mins before lunch was served to South African due to a really awful shot played by Farhat...Hafeez got a really good ball 7 i dont blame him for getting out...

now i see them coming really hard at us in the 2nd session...minimum i m expecting now Pak to score is 150-160......Pakistan need to get atleast 250 here to make a game of it!
 
Watched the whole of the 1st session and must say SA bowled a very negative line. They were basically waiting for Pakistan to give their wickets away. Bowling well wide of off stump and not making the batsman play. Had a very very deep point to save boundries but luckily for him Farhat played one straight to him.

Ppl will come on PP after work or wotever and look at the scorecard and think Pak played negative, but its really the other way round. They were showing some stats on Hafeez and he had left alone 35 of his 1st 50 odd balls. Pollock must have had 6 balls in his whole spell which hit the bat, the rest went through to Boucher. Khallis' 1st over summed up SA's tactics when he bowled 2 wide deliveries (only 1 was given) out side off, which is pretty difficult to do in Tests.
 
Hmm, they are trying to get Waqar on the phone for an interview after the ad break on Sky Sports. Could be interesting if they do..and they have..
 
Watched the whole of the 1st session and must say SA bowled a very negative line. They were basically waiting for Pakistan to give their wickets away. Bowling well wide of off stump and not making the batsman play. Had a very very deep point to save boundries but luckily for him Farhat played one straight to him.

Ppl will come on PP after work or wotever and look at the scorecard and think Pak played negative, but its really the other way round. They were showing some stats on Hafeez and he had left alone 35 of his 1st 50 odd balls. Pollock must have had 6 balls in his whole spell which hit the bat, the rest went through to Boucher. Khallis' 1st over summed up SA's tactics when he bowled 2 wide deliveries (only 1 was given) out side off, which is pretty difficult to do in Tests.
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Typical South African tactics to bowl wide of the stumps. They are a defensive team.
 
Imran_The Man! said:
Hmm, they are trying to get Waqar on the phone for an interview after the ad break on Sky Sports. Could be interesting if they do..and they have..
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I hope for Pakistan's sake he doesnt start personal bashing and pointing out individuals
 
I hope the runrate pick up because we don't want to score just 250 runs even after playing all day which Indies did.
 
The openers did a decent job in the first session. They might not have scored many runs and the fact that they both got out together gave south africa a way back into the game. But they have done the hard work for the middle order barsmen. Now its up to the middle order to capitalise on the opener's hard work.
 
fawad_asrar said:
I hope for Pakistan's sake he doesnt start personal bashing and pointing out individuals
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Didnlt really openly bash any induviduals, but did get a subtle dig in by saying Bob gets along with Mushy and feels comfortable with him as assistant coach.

He was pretty circumspect otherwise, stating he was very unhappy with the way things had been handled, and that basically had no choice but to resign.

Anyway, back to the game , lets hope YK and Yasir can knuckle down and build on the reasonable start the openers have given them.
 
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how much pitch is this 250 a good score?, i havent seen it at all what r the commentators saying
 
Birdgang said:
how much pitch is this 250 a good score?, i havent seen it at all what r the commentators saying
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250 is a bit low, it has to be atleast 300.
 
Code: 
Day 1: Post Lunch Session
Pakistan: 73/2 (29.0 Ovs)
 Y Hameed*
11(23)
 Y Khan
12(15)
	
South Africa
 A Nel*
9-2-28-0
 S Pollock
7-4-7-0
 
Code: 
Day 1: Post Lunch Session
Pakistan: 78/2 (30.0 Ovs)
 Y Hameed*
12(25)
 Y Khan
16(19)
	
South Africa
 A Nel
10-2-33-0
 S Pollock*
7-4-7-0
 
Pakistan should be looking for 350. Pitch is a decent batting wicket. There is some movement but there hasnt been much pace in the pitch. The bounce has been slow and the batsmen have been able to latch on to the short deliveries.
 
Seems to me that Hameed might start fishing again when facing Pollock. He's done well so far though.
 
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