Pakistan vs South Africa | Match 30, World Cup | Lord's | June 23, 2019 | Pakistan innings

[adil79]

MashALlah. Haris is the savior we needed in previous matches.

 

[Titan24]

But obviously Malik is better than Haris

 

[ARK Rafay]

Man what class Haris is. For god sake open Babar and play Haris at no. 3

 

[PakistanMeriJaan]

What a shot!!

 

[Mueez]

Oh wow!

Man Haris is class.

 

[Fahdi]

Extraordinary how Malik manages to play ahead of Haris

 

[Tubs]

Shameful that Malik was playing instead of Haris. He should be coming in before Hafeez.

 

[Captain caveman]

After haris's 6 i might stick around!

 

[adil79]

Can’t believe they had this class batsman sitting out for Malik

I have been saying it for ages. but people here wanted afridi in the guise of asif

 

[Markhor]

What. A. Shot.

But but we needed the sainted seniors instead for their experience.

 

[sindhiboy]

is this really haris sohail batting?

 

[Mamoon]

Haris looks determined to play a career-defining innings here.

 

[MRSN]

kamal at haris. I have been telling this platform that haris is a lot better than asif and malik/hafeez.

But our thick tank don't get that. Need experience of Malik

 

[Arsalan Pro]

What a player!!!! Haris Sohail!!!!

 

[Mueez]

How the ef did Malik play ahead of Haris?

It just boils my blood.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Is this a good call to send Hari? I want PAK team to show more flexibility here - most unlikely that PAK will be all-out here, why not send Imad and try to blast few quick overs?

He should have come ahead of Hafeez to be honest. He is a proper batsman.

 

[javid]

My favourite player Harris playing today... doing well so far

 

[imshally81]

13 runs in last over

 

[talha 10]

Shot Haris..and he had to sit out almost whole WC to adjust the Senior Malik.

 

[adil79]

But obviously Malik is better than Haris

"malik and hafeez is backbone of pakistan cricket" sarfaraz said it

 

[Hawkeye]

As I've been saying, it's criminal to drop one of your best batsmen.

That is Haris Sohail.

Sarfraz, Mickey, Inzi share equal blame in playing Malik. And us losing.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Pitch getting harder to bat on. Saffers will grovel on this pitch .

 

[msb314]

Good stuff by Haris!

 

[Arsalan Pro]

How people hate Haris Sohail and want him dropped is beyond me. Special player.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

That 6 is normally what India does to us!

 

[Hawkeye]

is this really haris sohail batting?

I'm not sure why are you surprised.

He has played many such innings and shots before, he's a proper stroke maker and one of the highest averaging PAK batsmen.

 

[MRSN]

Haris looks determined to play a career-defining innings here.

Harris has always been a very good batsman. It's sad how badly he was treated and mediocre batsmen were preferred above him

 

[adil79]

How people hate Haris Sohail and want him dropped is beyond me. Special player.

haris and babar can be our yousaf and younis.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Haris Sohail oozes class. I can not believe they dare to drop someone like him!

Haris Sohail would even make a better opener than Imam that's how good he is against fast bowlers.

Anyone?

Haris is 10x the player Asif Ali ever will be. Why always drop him? Why so cruel?

 

[talha 10]

Well played Babar

 

[Mueez]

That 6 is normally what India does to us!

Rohit Sharma to Hasan Ali.

 

[msb314]

50 for Babar!!

 

[Kaptan]

Rabada getting "phatta" of his life from Harris.
What an overrated bowler he is. Lol

 

[Arsalan Pro]

When 2 of the best in the world bat together, this is what happens.

 

[Fahdi]

If only Haris had been a given a chance as opener a few years ago, he would have cemented his place in the side.

 

[IAJ]

I have been saying it for ages. but people here wanted afridi in the guise of asif

No, the majority here wanted Haris in the side. There was never competition between Hatis and Asif. Haris should have been in the side for Malik.

 

[imshally81]

50 for babar

 

[PakistanMeriJaan]

100*(99) coming up for Babar

 

[Green Patriot]

Shaba Babar.
Dont throw it away now.

 

[adil79]

Anyone?

Haris is 10x the player Asif Ali ever will be. Why always drop him? Why so cruel?

thank you. get this, we need 6 hitting comments from people here. they have zero knowledge of cricket. we need consistency more. and a proper players.

 

[cricketfan11]

Oh but according to PP experts this is a 300+ wicket. These guys talk about the wickets like they are batting on the wickets. Like those types of post should be blocked because none of us sitting here can say what type of score is good on a wicket. Still remember those guys saying that England match wicket was a 500 run wicket.

The status of the wicket is one thing.
What we have seen so far (before Haris started accelerating) is what we have been seeing in matches Pakistan has lost

Poor rotation of strike
Absence of intent
Lack of power hitting
Slowing down after getting a good start

That seems to be the same regardless of the status of the pitch

If the pitch is so poor how come Haris is able to score 23 off 11 balls? I am not saying it is a great wicket for batting and I realise it is slowing down, but there are other factors which can impact scoring.

 

[castortroy]

Harris Sohail is timing the pants off the ball

So glad Hassan Ali has been dropped

 

[imshally81]

Risky shot for 1 run..

 

[Mehndi155]

Mention that rifaqat guy
Wehn i joined pak passion my first post was about haris

 

[Arsalan Pro]

If Haris played against Australia, we would have definitely won that match.

 

[Titan24]

"malik and hafeez is backbone of pakistan cricket" sarfaraz said it

Yes I remember, along with 100s of comments from Mickey and Sarfaraz.

 

[Zeshan547]

Harry playing well but guys calm down, he hasn't even hit a 50 yet, Plz don't jinx him

 

[uberkoen]

We need at least 330-340. Shaheen will probably go for 80 off of his 10

 

[castortroy]

Literally no real firepower to come

 

[QalandarFan]

I will not take you seriously, you are after all a Qalandar fan.

Cool dude, I will not take people who call a pitch a "enter number pitch" whilst sitting at home on their couch.

 

[Crickeet]

"malik and hafeez is backbone of pakistan cricket" sarfaraz said it

No wonder his team has been spineless so far in this tournament.

 

[Hawkeye]

Anyone?

Haris is 10x the player Asif Ali ever will be. Why always drop him? Why so cruel?

Haris, Babar, these are our best batsmen, and should NEVER be dropped.

We dropped Haris for Malik. )

Sarfraz and Mickey are the reason of our poor show so far.

 

[imshally81]

Baap Shot

 

[MRSN]

Shot of the day vow

 

[castortroy]

Some crazy timing by Sohail

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

what a shot pure class

 

[Afhan Ali]

Haris is always looking an excellent player but he always throws it away
Don't know why?

 

[Arsalan Pro]

What a shot!!!

 

[msb314]

Brilliant by Haris

 

[adil79]

Man, check the class. Better than Babar i think

 

[Mamoon]

No one hates Haris. People want him to work harder on his fitness. The guy threw away a hundred against England because he was walking to the other end and got run out.

He would have played every game had he not got himself out lazily against West Indies.

 

[QalandarFan]

But obviously Malik is better than Haris

All that experience though

 

[Asif321]

Look what was malik blocking

 

[IAJ]

Some Shot from Haris here

 

[Titan24]

The status of the wicket is one thing.
What we have seen so far (before Haris started accelerating) is what we have been seeing in matches Pakistan has lost

Poor rotation of strike
Absence of intent
Lack of power hitting
Slowing down after getting a good start

That seems to be the same regardless of the status of the pitch

If the pitch is so poor how come Haris is able to score 23 off 11 balls? I am not saying it is a great wicket for batting and I realise it is slowing down, but there are other factors which can impact scoring.

On a slow wicket it’s difficult sometimes to rotate strike as well against spinners

 

[PakistanMeriJaan]

Can’t believe Harris Sohail is playing instead of Malik. We needed his experience today.

 

[Cricket lover 27]

If only Haris had been a given a chance as opener a few years ago, he would have cemented his place in the side.

Well it was his fitness which held him back. He used to break down ever so often if I remember correctly.

 

[adil79]

The only issue with Haris i see is, he may be vulnerable to short pitch stuff

 

[zacattakk]

Wasim Akram: "Mickey Arthur and Sarfaraz rate this lad (Haris Sohail) very highly..."
Wait, then why hasnt he been playing!

 

[MRSN]

If Haris played against Australia, we would have definitely won that match.

Would have done well than dancing on the back foot Malik and Asif single digit scores Ali.

 

[saeed5646]

No one hates Haris. People want him to work harder on his fitness. The guy threw away a hundred against England because he was walking to the other end and got run out.

He would have played every game had he not got himself out lazily against West Indies.

Exactly

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

No, the majority here wanted Haris in the side. There was never competition between Hatis and Asif. Haris should have been in the side for Malik.

Agreed. Can't remember anybody calling for Haris to be dropped, he was scapegoated after that Windies debacle, but everyone failed in that game.

 

[Sunzi]

Haris with some sublime timing here.

 

[Nov15]

Saffers choking

 

[dani rana]

Shows how poor the selection has been

 

[CrIc_Mystique]

how the truck did u drop harry for SM? guy looks mean, his timing is awesome, foot work is so precise and decisive...if they get 300 will be difficult to chase, pitch isgetting low, ball is turning..

 

[Rifaqat]

Haris playing well so far

 

[JellyBro]

Hasan itching to come down to the ground . Why?

 

[adil79]

Can’t believe Harris Sohail is playing instead of Malik. We needed his experience today.

LMAO. Also, needed the catching practice of 2nd coming of johnty rhodes, asif ali

 

[MRSN]

Wasim Akram: "Mickey Arthur and Sarfaraz rate this lad (Haris Sohail) very highly..."
Wait, then why hasnt he been playing!

Yeah. It was a forced selection.