Pakistan vs South Africa, 3rd Test at Cape Town Day 1

[iZeeshan]

Great shot by Farhat for 4

All they need to do though is rotate the strike..

 

[iZeeshan]

Are Hameed and Farhat having a competition? Same exact shot except played worse...

 

[darkmoon459]

yasir is gone ,caught in the slips again.

 

[iZeeshan]

***? We are so screwed!

 

[the_game]

What the f*** is Hameed doing? There are 4 slips behind you, you moron. 27 for 2.

 

[pak4life]

what a poor shot

 

[iZeeshan]

Why Hameed at 3 anyway? Just to get rid of him? God! What is wrong with the management!

 

[161]

hameed has been quite useless ... BW must be regretting not giving asim a chance !!

 

[darkmoon459]

re-thinking , if pakistan makes 225-250 ,we will still be F****d.

 

[iZeeshan]

Batting on Day 5 however will be quite hard. Then again, we have Kaneria.

 

[Osman]

our top order looks as frail as zimbabwes.

 

[CricketBuff]

Yasir has never learnt where is off stump is. Should have never been in the team

 

[sharuk]

hameed has been quite useless ... BW must be regretting not giving asim a chance !!

what has asim done in domestic let alone international in the last 12 months. WHAT?

 

[CricketBuff]

Yasir cld have left that ball alone

 

[CricketBuff]

Asim Kamal was a failure in the domestic season this year. Besides he only has like two shots. He was tried as an opener and failed.

 

[midwicket]

Why should Kamal be opening? He's done well at number 6.

 

[sharuk]

Why should Kamal be opening? He's done well at number 6.

again what has he even done since last 2 years in BOTH domestic or international that even warrants him to be in the tour ahead of the likes of fawad alam, shahid yousuf, etc

 

[CricketBuff]

commentator says its a 150 all out wkt.

 

[Imran_The Man!]

what has asim done in domestic let alone international in the last 12 months. WHAT?

Fair point, but even then, it's hard to imagine him performing any worse than Hameed, specailly if Asim were to play at 6 . Yasir seems to put his brain in neutral every time he comes out bat. All that talent and no brain, what a waste, same old story.

Talking of which, if Farhat has another brain fart to get himself out here, YK should smack him a good one just to make sure he can't be picked again.

Both batsmen need to really knuckle down here to give Pak any chance at all.

 

[midwicket]

Point taken. But he's in the squad, so play him at 6.

Inzi is at 6 on the batting order. Hameed at 3 instead of YK. Curious as to the reasoning.

 

[KA$H]

bit more abt the actual cricket being played lads

cricinfo and cricbuzz playin up

 

[Imran_The Man!]

38-2 and both batsmen finding it hard going.

SA cameraman trying to cheer Pak fans up by focusing on a couple of cuties, there

 

[Salman]

Whats happening here?

14.3 Kallis to Younis Khan, no run
14.2 Steyn to Younis Khan, no run, better line and length, wobbles past the stumps
14.2 Steyn to Younis Khan, 1 wide, oops, that's a bit loose. It did swing a touch though
14.1 Steyn to Imran Farhat, 3 runs, floated up onto a length, and that's handsomely driven down the ground, so straight that it deflects off the stumps at the non-striker's end and away past mid-off

 

[Salman]

has Steyn gone off?

 

[iZeeshan]

4 more for Farhat.

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

ball pitched up is the way to go...anything shorts just sits up to be hit...faraht 4 off ntini

 

[the_game]

Hameed is at number 3 because Inzi said that he prefers that position. Inzi said this in one of his Geo interviews.

 

[iZeeshan]

Whats happening here?

14.3 Kallis to Younis Khan, no run
14.2 Steyn to Younis Khan, no run, better line and length, wobbles past the stumps
14.2 Steyn to Younis Khan, 1 wide, oops, that's a bit loose. It did swing a touch though
14.1 Steyn to Imran Farhat, 3 runs, floated up onto a length, and that's handsomely driven down the ground, so straight that it deflects off the stumps at the non-striker's end and away past mid-off

Crapinfo is happenin here.

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

pakistan have to fancy their chances in a getting a decent score here....SFA don't have a third pacer like pollock....so bowling is a lil weaker...hope we captilize

 

[iZeeshan]

Hameed is at number 3 because Inzi said that he prefers that position. Inzi said this in one of his Geo interviews.

Yea well he should shift his priorties

 

[junaid78]

pakistan going well 46/2

 

[the_game]

Yea well he should shift his priorties

Absolutely!

 

[iZeeshan]

More runs for Farhat. Looksgood.

But he can have a brain fart at anytime. He still played better then the others...

 

[KA$H]

u've got to add another to the wicket column with farhat at the crease

 

[cricket_fan194]

More runs for Farhat. Looksgood.

But he can have a brain fart at anytime. He still played better then the others...

 

[the_game]

Farhat gone. 47 for 3.

 

[KA$H]

and he's gone

 

[iZeeshan]

And that was the breain fart.

200 partnershiphere?

 

[sharuk]

Farhat fishes again. just like Hameed, useless player, should be dropped PLEASE

 

[pak4life]

i hope farhat does not get any more chances. lets get butt back

 

[CricketBuff]

Farhat and hameed have had enough chances. Time to move on PLEASE

 

[pak4life]

left for the big guns as usual

 

[the_game]

Real test for Yousuf. Shut your critics up mere bhai.

 

[CricketBuff]

Hope now the BIG 3 do something of this wreck

 

[iZeeshan]

Hall on. I swear if he gets a wcket, I will murder somebody!

 

[iZeeshan]

Very slow outfield this.

 

[Salman]

2 runs to YK

 

[midwicket]

Hameed is at number 3 because Inzi said that he prefers that position. Inzi said this in one of his Geo interviews.

Who cares whether he prefers that position. YK was doing very nicely at 3 and has better claim. Is this Inzi's way of moving himself down to 6.

 

[ahsan17]

And that was the breain fart.

200 partnershiphere?

Hopefully 300

 

[KB]

Not watching. Can anyone suggest a par score for this pitch?

 

[arsal_pakfan]

this is going to be the biggest Test for the class of Yousuf...Inzi & Younis have already proven their class by playing matchwinning knocks in the series so far!!..its Yousuf chance to prove that he is really a true worldclass batsmen & not a flat track bully as most suggest

 

[arsal_pakfan]

commentator says its a 150 all out wkt.

thats what i said..200 first innings score will be enuff to put up a good solid fight!!...this wicket is really really difficult...2 out of 3 big guns need to score 50+ scores to ensure we remain in this game!

 

[ahsan17]

Not watching. Can anyone suggest a par score for this pitch?

200-250

 

[iZeeshan]

Beauty shot from Yousuf. 4.

 

[the_game]

Who cares whether he prefers that position. YK was doing very nicely at 3 and has better claim. Is this Inzi's way of moving himself down to 6.

I agree with you. Hameed should be the last one to be allowed to bat at his preferred position!

 

[arsal_pakfan]

Ntini will be the key now...Kallis got a wicket but i dont see him getting another until or unless a pakistani batsmen do a farhat!

 

[arsal_pakfan]

hogaya kaam..younis gone

 

[KB]

Thank you Ahsan.

Not sure why a batsman of Inzi class is batting at 6. Too low for him

 

[the_game]

54 for 4. Younis fishing.

 

[arsal_pakfan]

Kallis picking up Younis...WOW...but not surprisingly Younis played a pretty awful shot just like Farhat!

 

[iZeeshan]

Well. 200?

 

[CricketBuff]

Awful awful shot by YK. The ball was about 4 feet away from the stumps and he nicked it.

 

[arsal_pakfan]

scenes reminding me of the WC 99 final debacle of our batting

 

[shan]

once again pathetic batting by top oder, why inza chosed to bat on this?

 

[Amoeba]

once again pathetic batting by top oder, why inza chosed to bat on this?

er....er....because he didn't win the toss.....duh!

 

[shan]

there is no AKhtar this time around, pathetic mofo.

 

[arsal_pakfan]

at the moment surpassing South Africa's 124 in last game looks a big ask...leave aside 200 :d

 

[the_game]

Arsal, stop slitting your wrists mate. Relax.

 

[the_game]

er....er....because he didn't win the toss.....duh!

 

[shan]

can't belive we are losing wickets to kallis

 

[arsal_pakfan]

looks like our team desperately wants to get the 'chockers' tag from its neighbour!

 

[shan]

let's see what Moyo is made of or he's yet another FTB?

 

[Nauman]

Pathetic batting, Hafeez got a good ball but the other three have gifted away their wickets.

 

[Lightning]

Arsal, stop slitting your wrists mate. Relax.

) )

 

[sharuk]

Im watching this match,. this is one BAAAAD wicket. Ball bouncing off good areas, consistently and then sometimes not. its a normal and up wicket not an up and down wicket.

 

[shan]

Im watching this match,. this is one BAAAAD wicket. Ball bouncing off good areas, consistently and then sometimes not. its a normal and up wicket not an up and down wicket.

how much is a good score? 300?

 

[Imran_The Man!]

57-4 after 21 overs.

Man this was a bad, bad toss to lose!

 

[sharuk]

how much is a good score? 300?

150 is a par score, 200 is a good score, 300 is match winning

 

[the_game]

Man this was a bad, bad toss to lose!

I think it was a good one. If we can put up a total, we don't have to worry about batting last.

 

[the Great Khan]

we get anywhere near 250 ill be happy...i think asif will love bowling on this pitch..this match could be all over by day 3..