Pakistan Vs South Africa | 2nd Test | Day 3| 16/02/2013 | Cape Town

[JibranAnsari]

Expecting an exciting day of cricket today.

SA trailing by 199 runs with 5 wickets in hand , Elgar and ABD at crease.

 

[MenInG]

Crucial day - Pakistan can really drive the advantage home

 

[Wassixpakistani]

I hope the ball grips and rips straight up .

 

[Safar55]

ajmal needs support... cant let abd dictate at the other end. elgar should be dealt with easily he uncomfortable against all spin even hafeez

 

[sali]

boys take 150 lead...we can score 200 in 2nd inning

 

[Kianig89]

Start with Irfan n Ajmal...and also bowl HAfeez a spell as a a mixture of old n new ball

 

[adnan yasin]

Umar gul now should show his strength with the old ball .... he has to give his heart out bowl some brilliant yorkers and use the old ball with great effect .... its for sure ajmal need support from other end as well to maintain the pressure.

New ball can be delayed if ajmal is looking threatening

When new ball is taken ... Hafeez and Irfan should bowl with the new ball as Gul and tanvir will be ineffective with the new ball ... and when tail will be xposed during the new ball ... morkel and peterson are lefties and hafeez can be effective and apart from that Unfortunately or fortunately ... HAfeez is more threatening then GUL and TANVIR with the new ball in my opnion

 

[Safar55]

hopefully we can get the, before new ball is neccessary. main worry is ABD, his wicket is crucial.

 

[Bullet Drive]

I back PAK to get them all out under 200.

 

[adnan yasin]

Good delivery by Gul

bounce from good length

 

[adnan yasin]

Decent over by gUl

 

[AFM]

Come on Guldozer!

Great 1st delivery

 

[Kianig89]

we need to keep our review in tact to keep pressure on Davis......

 

[adnan yasin]

Elgar in real pressure

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Disappointed with our umar gul was when he started his career, the way he rip through the best batting line up of india in 2004. And how he is now an average test and odi bowler, his wicket taking ability and skills have not developed at all, had amir and asif was still around he woudnt even be a third, purely on how inconsistent he has been over da yrs. he bowls so short in length even in SA pitches he doesnt uses his brain.

 

[DW44]

Gul cranking it up.

 

[JibranAnsari]

gul

 

[JibranAnsari]

I have a feeling that this partnership will take them past 200

 

[adnan yasin]

Good delivey by gul ...

 

[AFM]

Alphabet making easing singles.

Making sure he has enough runs before facing the new ball and the Karachi Express.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Short , wide , misfielded and :4

 

[adnan yasin]

Short and wide ... AB smashed it for

Misfielded though at point

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Pak really missing a shoaib akhtar class bowler, man that guy was grt fast bowler. Wish we have someone like him now.

 

[JibranAnsari]

is awful

 

[saiyan0312]

elgar has no idea against ajmal in the previous over...

 

[Kianig89]

Gul leaking runs.....can't we bowl Tanvir's 115k's wide of outside off stump....to deny them runs and let Ajmal d frm the other end

 

[HASHAM2]

bad over from Gul

 

[JibranAnsari]

Gul leaking runs. Replace him with hafeez.

 

[adnan yasin]

hint of movement for gul

I m expecting a wicket from gul

 

[saiyan0312]

ab has the highest sccore 31 ) )

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

average bowling, average fielding

 

[pak4life]

good length ball he beats the bat next ball short short again. Sums up Umar Gul.

 

[deviously~fading~away]

SA coming hard at Pakistan. Didn't expect anything else from the # 1 test side.

 

[Munna]

Miss field again

 

[mosh101]

Cut for fouR

 

[adnan yasin]

 

[JibranAnsari]

Good bating by elgar , good intentions by saffers today.

 

[mosh101]

Salaam meray watan key nau jawano

 

[Munna]

Too short... easy picking for an attacking batsman

 

[saiyan0312]

man i really hope they dont make a shafiq-younis partnership..

 

[Munna]

Lol@ de villiers

 

[JibranAnsari]

Easy singles being given away by misbah.

 

[IAJ]

SA in attacking mode

 

[JibranAnsari]

The pitch looks like being rolled for 1 hour , looks flatter.

 

[adnan yasin]

Come on Gul ... get a wicket soon

 

[JibranAnsari]

Umar gul can seam one dlivery in 10 and no swing at all. Pathetic.

 

[IAJ]

He is just banging them in with no purpose. Needs to bowl fuller.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Straight as an arrow

 

[saiyan0312]

partnership 44 now..

 

[hur rizvi]

good start for S.A

 

[mosh101]

Gul nearly threw that into elgars helmet

 

[mosh101]

Devillers down the track all the time to ajmal

 

[hur rizvi]

giving easy singles on mid-on....

 

[saiyan0312]

good over.

 

[saiyan0312]

Devillers down the track all the time to ajmal

Peterson tried that in ODI and it worked.

 

[mosh101]

Maybe ball one down the leg to get AB stumped

 

[deviously~fading~away]

Why does Misbah have fielders on the boundary when Ajmal is bowling???

 

[hur rizvi]

and again a single on mid-on, mid-on needs to come up

 

[JibranAnsari]

Why are we saving straight boundaries?

 

[Kianig89]

need to dart some maidens to built pressure for wicket

 

[insaftak]

Misbah giving away easy singles

 

[saiyan0312]

cmon ab try the sweep and reverse sweer

 

[mosh101]

No trouble for saffers so far

 

[JibranAnsari]

Very defensive approach by misbah, it is time to dry up singles and incite them to play big shots. Singles will allow them to be comfortable.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Misbah is a poor captain. Long on in place when Ajmal is bowling.

 

[HASHAM2]

Gul is bowling at good pace
and wicket is coming soon

 

[Bullet Drive]

155-5

 

[saiyan0312]

Misbah giving away easy singles

And they are not like us , they will keep taking those singles...

 

[Kianig89]

47 162 6/135 33.78
that just sums up he's mediocre at best......

 

[deviously~fading~away]

Last 6 inning Gul has taken 5 wickets at an average of 60. SHOCKER!

 

[hur rizvi]

gul bowling without any venom

 

[mosh101]

Ramiz has a point on gul ! Cant take wickets in SA, then you cant take wickets anywhere in the world.

 

[Digital]

Need to get ABD asap

 

[Kianig89]

When was the last time he took a 5fer

 

[JibranAnsari]

5 years , only averages once under 35 in 2011

 

[hur rizvi]

If ABDV doesnt get out soon, he will take the game away from Pakistan

 

[JibranAnsari]

Bad delivery :4

 

[hur rizvi]

bakwaas bowling by gul

 

[mosh101]

Poor bowling from gul

 

[Digital]

Down the leg for four..