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South Africa 135/5 at Stumps on Day 2 after bowling out Pakistan for 185 and have a lead of 212 runs

This is the way to play.Score quick before a good ball gets u.Imam,Azhar don't fit into this
 
Lunch. And Steyn going back to cry in the bathroom. Kuddos Babar.
 
Watching Babar is amazing. We have good players, we just need to get rid of the passengers. Too many of them in the team.
 
I do love watching matches in SA. Loads of bounce and pace on the pitches and runs come very quickly
 
Babar Vs Steyn was the highlight of the series for Us, rest was had to deal with.
 
Jorse Taaali, Asad the Asian Bradman has made a duck . Bradman also made a duck in his last innings :vk2
 
Babar has struggled only against Rabada who got the better of him.

In my opinion Rabada has been the main difference in this series and took wickets on crucial stages.
 
Another good session for us allowing for the senior brigade again!!
They are pulling us down when they should be pulling up the newer guys
 
Has Babar just started batting like he would with the tail?!!
He should keep sarfaraz offf strike lol
 
Gullycricket said:
Baffled at why is Babar still batting so low
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I think 5 is fine, let's not tinker with him too much, still don't think he is mentally strong, so a couple of early failures at 3 could set him back. I wouldn't put him at 3 whilst we have harris/Azhar/shan

Also this isn't like batting at 6 with Yasir coming at 8,
It is batting at 5 with faheem at 8

( Today is 6 and faheem 9 cos of nightwatchman)
 
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Abdullah said:
I think 5 is fine, let's not tinker with him too much, still don't think he is mentally strong, so a couple of early failures at 3 could set him back. I wouldn't put him at 3 whilst we have harris/Azhar/shan

Also this isn't like batting at 6 with Yasir coming at 8,
It is batting at 5 with faheem at 8

( Today is 6 and faheem 9 cos of nightwatchman)
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Babar should be our permanent # 4.
 
South Africa is into the tail already. No point in getting excited because we could be bundled within the next session.
 
Two things to watch out for in the next session:
1. Babar - can he go on and score a hundred. Good start but needs to be converted.
2. The importance of the two all rounders - can they deliver 50 or 60 runs between them?

Sarfaraz may surprise but I am not holding my breath on him.
 
Sarfaraz may as well keep going for the full balls, hopefully bhebsurvives 2 hours and we will be level by tea :facepalm:
 
Holding is always so critical. I've been listening to him for quite some time. I'm glad SuperSport got him, but he's quite negative almost always.
 
This fielding reminds me of the Akmal brothers when under pressure. Catches being dropped and overthrows all around.
 
This Sarfraz is a damn walking wicket, his runs have come from dropped catches and balls sneaking through, apart from one good drive. Absolute liability now.

Babar should treat him like a tailender and keep as much of the strike as possible...speaking on Babar, what a series he has had. Last year was somewhat of a break through, this series has been his shining moment.
 
Ozymandiasza said:
Not at 250 pitch from the looks of it. I didn't catch yesterday though.
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South Africa were set for 450. Then Pakistan got it to reverse after which it was all Pakistan. The pitch played really well yesterday, not much seam movement at all and not much uneven bounce either.
 
How is it possible for fielding to crumble like this from match to match? Intensity? Morale?

We pride ourselves on our fielding, this is simply abnormal. WC choke tier.
 
One thing is for sure.

Sarfaraz will most probably be dropped as captain but I do think he is the only decent Keeper-Batsman in Pakistan and he should not be replaced. Pakistan need to play 6 specialist batsman before him.
 
Rana said:
One thing is for sure.

Sarfaraz will most probably be dropped as captain but I do think he is the only decent Keeper-Batsman in Pakistan and he should not be replaced. Pakistan need to play 6 specialist batsman before him.
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Tbh, you can’t really expect so much from Sarfraz, when your two senior batsmen aren’t performing.
 
I think what Holding is reffering to is Sarfaraz struggles against express pace
 
Babar is a class apart from the rest, express pace is nothing to him, seems to have so much time still
 
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