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South Africa (190/4) defeat Pakistan (186/6) by six wickets in the warm-up match at Abu Dhabi

101 in 51. Sensational knock. wow. Hardly gave any chance to fielders. It is not like Pakistan was experimenting. So it is a quality knock.
 
garbage bowling by rauf and hasan at end there.

well done SA
 
They should have bowled Mohammad Wasim JR but I guess Babar is desperate to try ‘winning combination’ lol
 
They should have bowled Mohammad Wasim JR but I guess Babar is desperate to try ‘winning combination’ lol
 
Loss might be good here. Don't wanna be over confident. Also I think Dussen always performs against Pakistan.
 
One batsman did it all by himself. Openers gone early. Bavuma did his very best to push the asking rate up.
 
Once again our pace bowlers leaking runs when they are under pressure. This is a bad sign, with our death bowling very below par.
 
Dew and wet ball is tough but just bowling length balls was shambolic.

im sure indias bastmen cant wait for sunday
 
Calm down, this is a warm up game. PLayers dont take this game serious. Waseem Akram already said that today during the pre match show that these warm up games arnt taken too seriously and its just the team is practising and looking for the right balance.

Which is why we saw only 3 overs by Imad.

As usual, Pakistani fans going crazy
 
How the hell didht we bowl our iMac earlier and also y no hafeez
??????
They were struggling against spin earlier, complete clueless bowling just had to bowl back of length....complete disaster
 
Pak playing with hafeez, shoaib Malik, asif ali, Rolf Harris… what do u expect? Just pray they win toss in every game, bat first, get to 140-150. That counts as a win in my book…
 
angeldsoul said:
How the hell didht we bowl our iMac earlier and also y no hafeez
??????
They were struggling against spin earlier, complete clueless bowling just had to bowl back of length....complete disaster
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It's a warm up game he tried hitting bowlers which is good
 
A practice game where our batter hit a fifty and retired but Saffie's desperation to win meant they had someone go onto score a century...

I don't read anything into this.

Our chances in this tournament remain exactly the same as before this warm up game
 
Major said:
Calm down, this is a warm up game. PLayers dont take this game serious. Waseem Akram already said that today during the pre match show that these warm up games arnt taken too seriously and its just the team is practising and looking for the right balance.

Which is why we saw only 3 overs by Imad.

As usual, Pakistani fans going crazy
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Exactly Pakistani fans never happy !
 
Great reality check for those Rizwan fans who were raving about his performances against ‘Soth Afreeeka’

He packed runs against their C team as the a team left Pakistan for the T20 leg and also left SA for IPL when Pakistan were there.

This serves them right.

AA raha hai India on Sunday. Get ready now, this is the real deal. We are gonna need that average of 97 and strike rate of 140+ now more than ever!
 
Rana said:
They should have bowled Mohammad Wasim JR but I guess Babar is desperate to try ‘winning combination’ lol
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Wasim jnr bowled 2 overs if he wanted to pick the winning combination he would have not tried him.
 
angeldsoul said:
How the hell didht we bowl our iMac earlier and also y no hafeez
??????
They were struggling against spin earlier, complete clueless bowling just had to bowl back of length....complete disaster
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It's a practice game.
 
Pretty sure, heard hassan ali saying before last over "18 se zyada hoga toh main karlunga" ... Couldn't even defend that.
 
I know it's only warmup and we shouldn't have even got to the position... but we have to be able to defend 19 off the last over during the tourney. Hopefully this will serve as a lesson.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
101 in 51. Sensational knock. wow. Hardly gave any chance to fielders. It is not like Pakistan was experimenting. So it is a quality knock.
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They was experimenting wasim Jnr bowled 2 overs also hafeez didn't bowl any overs and imad bowled 2 overs only.
 
Unfortunately for PAK, the lesson they will take away from this is that they didn’t have enough runs and that all of Asif, Fakhar and Haider must be played at the same time.

Best to nip this buffoonery in the bud at the very start. Malik, Hafeez, Nawaz, Imad and Shadab should all have had a chance to bowl in the warm-up games.

Unfortunately Rauf is the weakest link amongst Hasan, Wasim Jr and himself because he is arguably the worst fielder and if he concedes runs he does not have enough clout with the bat at least make up for a portion of it while batting (i.e., the delta is widest between his bowling and batting runs).

Still think that all three of Nawaz, Shadab and Imad can be played with PAK batting up to No. 10. When you go in with bits and pieces players, you need to commit to the strategy and look to optimise their outputs.

Fakhar is now confirmed in the XI, likely at No. 3 but certainly in the Top 3.

Malik needs to bat ahead of Hafeez as Hafeez has shown a total disregard for stroking any singles. His way or highway only.

Does Haider play at 6 or does Asif? Clear to see that nothing but another exposè against IND will get Asif out of the team, if anything. Hopefully it doesn’t come to that.

I feel that given Rauf’s performance and lack of faith in Wasim Jr., the trio of Nawaz, Imad, Shadab can form 7, 8 and 9.

Hasan and Shaheen should finish 10 and 11.

PAK need to use brains and tactics instead of prevalent orthodoxies. They cannot rely on legacy roles given a lack of specialists.
 
I think PAK didn’t bowl all that bad. Hasan, although expensive, had some good variations in there. He wasn’t wayward like Rauf always tends to be. With that said, obviously improvements can be made but more importantly PAK needs to have a strategy for the dew factor, which clearly played a significant part here. Maybe time to consider bowling first as risky as chasing sounds.
 
Been saying for long that Pakistan fast bowling is utter trash. Hasan, Shaheen and Rauf are the worst trio of fast bowlers going around in international circuit at the moment. Shaheen has a utility of 2 overs with the new ball, that's it.

There's no way any of these 3 can stem the flow of runs when required, least of all at the death.

And what does Van der Dussen average against Pakistan? must be over 100 for sure. The guy feasts on Pakistan like nobody else.

For SA, this win exposed their batting once more. They are just a one man team. If VdD fires, they have a chance, otherwise they are a joke side now. Rabada over the past year has been woeful. QdK fires once in 15 matches.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
101 in 51. Sensational knock. wow. Hardly gave any chance to fielders. It is not like Pakistan was experimenting. So it is a quality knock.
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They was experimenting wasim Jnr bowled 2 overs also hafeez didn't bowl any overs and imad bowled 2 overs only.
 
To be fair it looks like South Africa were taking this game far more seriously than Pakistan. Most of their middle order gained no practice from this game at all. If their top order players get out, they'll be in serious trouble. But Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan and Hasan Ali were terrible. Can't play them when the serious games begin, especially Shadab who looks amateurish with his lack of skill or control.
 
Our seam attack is very poor. You can't have afridi, hassan and Rauf in the line up. Too expensive
 
IMMY69 said:
A practice game where our batter hit a fifty and retired but Saffie's desperation to win meant they had someone go onto score a century...

I don't read anything into this.

Our chances in this tournament remain exactly the same as before this warm up game
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good post.

If this was a proper match, than different decisions would had been taken.

Now we will be seeing these fans cry about sunday match already. Too emotional.

I am glad we lost this match because Haris Rauf got exposed again and it makes Babar and the coaching staff to work on them alittle more.
 
I expected Pakistan to win after they put up 180+.

Good performance from South Africa.
 
This was a very good warm up game and loss will hopefully spur Pakistan Think tank into action.

I have the following observations:

1. Pakistan has to rethink its opening pair. Babar can bat at no.3
2. Hafeez can't bat at no.4. He is looking petty poor against Spinners and gifting his wicket
Malik has to play at no.4
3. Hafeez should come at no.5 or 6. He is good slog overs and can hit pacers
4. Due is a clear factor. It might be less on Better venues but still Pakistan death bowling
need a relook.
5. I saw petty ordinary field plans. Someone need to plan the length and line they will be
bowling. Rauf should always try 4th stump line for his yorkes.

Fakhar is really looking threating. The only positive so far
 
IMMY69 said:
A practice game where our batter hit a fifty and retired but Saffie's desperation to win meant they had someone go onto score a century...

I don't read anything into this.

Our chances in this tournament remain exactly the same as before this warm up game
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I agree that our chances remain the same as before. However, this warm-up match showed that we may have issues with our death bowling later on in the tournament.
 
Rana said:
Great reality check for those Rizwan fans who were raving about his performances against ‘Soth Afreeeka’

He packed runs against their C team as the a team left Pakistan for the T20 leg and also left SA for IPL when Pakistan were there.

This serves them right.

AA raha hai India on Sunday. Get ready now, this is the real deal. We are gonna need that average of 97 and strike rate of 140+ now more than ever!
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Don’t get weird attacking responses like these at all. There’s literally nobody who’s more deserving of Rizwan’s spot, and if there is then please share. PAK fans only want what’s best for the team and MOST agree (fans or not) objectively, Rizwan deserves that spot. Please don’t turn this into some silly politics game.
 
Hasan ali , and haris rauf are bullies in the side they are intimidating the consultants from abroad by their fake gangster swag

Our bowling both intl and domestic is pretty average, only shaheen is what you can call a top level quick.
 
This is weakest bowling line up Pakistan ever had.

Sami, Iftikhar Rao Anjum, Shabir Ahmad, Rana Naveed were all level above the current bowling line up.
 
IcedCoffee said:
Don’t get weird attacking responses like these at all. There’s literally nobody who’s more deserving of Rizwan’s spot, and if there is then please share. PAK fans only want what’s best for the team and MOST agree (fans or not) objectively, Rizwan deserves that spot. Please don’t turn this into some silly politics game.
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The political gloves were off when Misbah singlehandedly backed Rizwan to continue playing in order for him to find his form in order to replace Sarfaraz from the team.

Rizwan is everything political. That’s all he stands for!
 
I fear the worst against India, indian bowlers are very good and I think bumrah will cause all sorts of problems for out top order .

Their batting will put these pak bowlers to the sword .
 
Rassie's innings was nuts and he played very well.

As for the Pakistan bowling, it was shocking. Hasan and Haris was awful. Get Dahani in now.
 
Rana said:
The political gloves were off when Misbah singlehandedly backed Rizwan to continue playing in order for him to find his form in order to replace Sarfaraz from the team.

Rizwan is everything political. That’s all he stands for!
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Babar and Rizwan opening with Fakhar at 3 is literally the only thing good about the current Pakistan batting line up.

Adding Sarfaraz to the team in any capacity would weaken the team even if he replaced the talentless hack Asif Ali!
 
Some posters are right and yes its only a warm up game but the big issue is we are playing malik and hafeez. combined they scored like what 40 of 40? they are failures but because of them haider ali is on the bench.

Its beyonf pathetic that these 2 players represent our middle order in 2021. There are several issues within this team but when you see those 2 names in the starting 11 it really makes it hard to believe they can win.

Once again weak set up and a very weak captain!
 
If the Indians get Azam & Fakhar out early, we will be in deep trouble. Dont think our bowlers can defend much.
 
Shaka81 said:
Babar and Rizwan opening with Fakhar at 3 is literally the only thing good about the current Pakistan batting line up.

Adding Sarfaraz to the team in any capacity would weaken the team even if he replaced the talentless hack Asif Ali!
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The same Sarfaraz who was flexible enough to go at number 10 even to send better tail ending hitters before him? A reason why Pakistan were no.1 in T20s was because he was focused on captaining, and not making himself look like some kind of performing captain the way Misbah wanted his captain to be. Babar performs, he is the captain who performs. But what did Babar do to engrave his identity on the national side up to now as the skipper?
 
Rana said:
The same Sarfaraz who was flexible enough to go at number 10 even to send better tail ending hitters before him? A reason why Pakistan were no.1 in T20s was because he was focused on captaining, and not making himself look like some kind of performing captain the way Misbah wanted his captain to be. Babar performs, he is the captain who performs. But what did Babar do to engrave his identity on the national side up to now as the skipper?
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Rana, has Rizwan done something with someone of yours??? Pakistan lost the match cause of the bowlers and you still keep on going with your hate for Rizwan??
Go cry in a corner man but stop its getting annoying as hell.
 
Rana said:
The same Sarfaraz who was flexible enough to go at number 10 even to send better tail ending hitters before him? A reason why Pakistan were no.1 in T20s was because he was focused on captaining, and not making himself look like some kind of performing captain the way Misbah wanted his captain to be. Babar performs, he is the captain who performs. But what did Babar do to engrave his identity on the national side up to now as the skipper?
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In the real world as Sarfaraz's performances dropped he started to hide himself in the batting line up and became a bully on the field. His captaincy became about protecting himself from the errors he was making by attacking players younger than him. He wouldn't dare speak to any of the older players like that, so supported the senior culture which is still destroying cricket in Pakistan. Babar is also a meek captain because he's a product of this senior culture.

Neither are effective captains.

As players there is night and day between a spent force like Sarfaraz and our best batsmen like Babar and Rizwan.
 
Pakistan conceded 92 runs from the last 7 overs.

Terrible effort from the pacers.

I think they may have to consider M Wasim jr instead of Rauf.
 
Highlights:

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Dussen likes Pak bowlers doesn't he. Shaheen, Hasan and Rauf are all unreliable death bowlers, so batsmen need to be very positive up front otherwise the team won't a stand a chance
 
Pakistani bowlers have not mastered the art of economical, defensive bowling in the modern limited overs game. Bumrah if he is not getting wickets creates pressure by keeping it tight.
 
We was few runs short that’s all it was. Bowling unit started to take way too easy. Shadab looks like a awful bowler. Need to think about taking him out for the for more balance. Nawaz is way better in UAE just like Imad.
 
IMMY69 said:
A practice game where our batter hit a fifty and retired but Saffie's desperation to win meant they had someone go onto score a century...

I don't read anything into this.

Our chances in this tournament remain exactly the same as before this warm up game
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True. It appears a few people here didn't realize that Pakistan wanted to experiment while SA went for the win.
Chill guys.. Pakistan will play well in the main tournament. Good luck to them. Hope they play well except against India. :-)
 
Always look at the positives guys.
By 2030 we should have Waqar back as bowling coach and Malik taking guard at number 4.... probably as captain of the side :)
 
Russie van der Dussen hit a stunning unbeaten century off 51 deliveries as South Africa pulled off an extraordinary run chase to beat Pakistan.

Van der Dussen and David Miller slammed 22 off the final over to seal the win off the very last ball of the match. Earlier, Pakistan were asked to bat first at the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi, and lost skipper Babar Azam inside the powerplay, with the opener clean bowled by Kagiso Rabada.

Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman led the rebuild, with the Proteas managing to keep the scoring rate down with the early fielding restrictions in place. But Zaman unleashed through the middle overs, slamming five sixes as he raced up through the gears before retiring out with 52 off 28 to his name.

Shoaib Malik’s 28(20) and Asif Ali’s explosive 32(18) kept the momentum going until Rabada returned to dismiss both in the penultimate over.

And Hasan Ali hit a maximum of his own in the final over to help Pakistan to 186/6 off their full allocation. Rassie van der Dussen and captain Temba Bavuma consolidated after Imad Wasim had removed both of the South African openers early.

There was still plenty for South Africa to do at the halfway stage of the chase, at 71/2 and with still 116 runs required.

But Van der Dussen teed off, ably supported by Bavuma, Heinrich Klaasen and then Miller to secure an unlikely win.
 
There is no issue with it being a warm-up game and therefore trying different combinations and bowlers etc. For instance, no one would mind if they played all four of Asif, Haider, Nawaz and Wasim Jr. in this game.

The issue is more about execution. Haris and Hasan are fairly likely to play. So yes, if they bowl fewer overs or at times they were not meant to bowl, it is fine because it is a warm-up game. The only thing we have learnt is that Haris may not start against IND due to the obvious delta between what he scores vs what he concedes.

What is not fine is if either or both of these continue to mess up their execution i.e., when they do bowl, they concede runs with aplomb or keep repeating common mistakes.

I still feel that Malik, Hafeez and Nawaz should have had a chance to bowl too. It was good that Wasim Jr. had a chance. Hopefully the skipper will know now that he needs a finer square leg or a deep fine leg given his natural angle etc.

What the skipper will not know is if Malik (1-2 overs), Hafeez (1-3 overs) or Nawaz (1-3) overs can be trusted. The skipper will be unaware of what and where Haider slots in and how match ready Haider is in the UAE conditions.

The notion of having just pace at the death is somewhat flawed in my opinion. Spinners should be able to bowl up to the 17th over if they are good.

PAK will rue not having tried obvious combinations.
 
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fight_club said:
This was a very good warm up game and loss will hopefully spur Pakistan Think tank into action.

I have the following observations:

1. Pakistan has to rethink its opening pair. Babar can bat at no.3
2. Hafeez can't bat at no.4. He is looking petty poor against Spinners and gifting his wicket
Malik has to play at no.4
3. Hafeez should come at no.5 or 6. He is good slog overs and can hit pacers
4. Due is a clear factor. It might be less on Better venues but still Pakistan death bowling
need a relook.
5. I saw petty ordinary field plans. Someone need to plan the length and line they will be
bowling. Rauf should always try 4th stump line for his yorkes.

Fakhar is really looking threating. The only positive so far
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I think the best bet we have in opening to take advantage of powerplay is to send in Hasan Ali with Rizwan.
Barber can come one down.
 
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