South Africa (270/2) crush Pakistan (269/9) by 8 wickets to level the 3-match ODI series at 1-1

[Savak]

Salman Agha is definitely over achieving, his technique against pace is very amateur. You cannot be getting bowled to straight deliveries playing across the line like that at this level especially when you are batting at 69.

 

[RidiculousMan]

M Nawaz needs to trust himself and shift to full gear.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Salman Agha is definitely over achieving, his technique against pace is very amateur. You cannot be getting bowled to straight deliveries playing across the line like that at this level especially when you are batting at 69.

100%

Limited player but tries to give his best.

 

[PakPremi]

As an indian, what little i have seen of Saim Ayub, dude has the ingradients to be a great allrounder. some of the wickets he has got in recent times are unplayable balls.

On another track - why you guys keep selecting this Talat guy? never seen him contribute any substantial or maybe he has displayed big hitting abilities in your PSL?

And does the dew come in big time in pak grounds this time of the year? will it be a factor for a chasing side?

Because we need to have atleast one player from the useless Tika (Talat, Iftikhar, Khushdil, Asif) group.

 

[Asif321]

Farhan should be opening for Pakistan in ODis too

 

[Major]

But Rizwan will keep losing captaincy. Whats next? Multan Sultans sack?

Who cares. Rizwan keeps playing for pakistan till retirement, thats what matters

 

[RidiculousMan]

Farhan should be opening for Pakistan in ODis too

He is not half the player as Fakhar

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

M Nawaz needs to trust himself and shift to full gear.

80 runs minimum needed from him today

 

[Rana]

Who cares. Rizwan keeps playing for pakistan till retirement, thats what matters

Of course. Pakistan never mattered to you or your warlord Misbah.

 

[Katwalindian]

@Ahmed216 Pakistan 17/2 at home against second string team. Ye hai tumhari tuktuk team.

Burger is not second string to be honest ...he is looking better than jansen who Pakistan batsmen mostly feasted on during last SA tour when they whitewashed them...

 

[adi_62941]

Rana sahab taking a place of hassan nawaz will hurt pakistan

 

[khyberlion]

Salman Agha is definitely over achieving, his technique against pace is very amateur. You cannot be getting bowled to straight deliveries playing across the line like that at this level especially when you are batting at 69.

Agreed. Never convincing but gets the runs.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Faheem special. Six off a very full ball

 

[Rana]

Saim
Fakhar
Nawaz
Faheem
Shaheen
Abrar


Thats 6 players you need for the 50 over world cup.

Find 5 more proper white ball cricketers.

 

[m.shah]

Saim
Fakhar
Nawaz
Faheem
Shaheen
Abrar


Thats 6 players you need for the 50 over world cup.

Find 5 more proper white ball cricketers.

No Babar?

 

[m.shah]

Rana sahab taking a place of hassan nawaz will hurt pakistan

Talat out Hasan in

 

[Rana]

No Babar?

Iska dimagh set hone wala hai.

 

[m.shah]

Captain without any sense gone

 

[RidiculousMan]

Shaheen can't play spin - said 1020X times

 

[khyberlion]

Brainless from Shaheen as usual.

 

[PakPremi]

Shaheen should really bat at 11.

 

[Major]

Of course. Pakistan never mattered to you or your warlord Misbah.

Dont worry about Pakistan, we locals know whats best for it.

Inshallah Rizwan will continue to play for Pakistan, and his haters cant do anything about it

 

[khyberlion]

Shaheen should really bat at 11.

Agreed Naseem is better than him.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Pakistan has gone from bad to worse

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Against their C team they're struggling on such wickets in their own backyard.

 

[PakPremi]

Wasim J is another overrated and brainless player as far as his batting is concerned.

 

[khyberlion]

Wasim J is another overrated and brainless player as far as his batting is concerned.

His bowling is equally poor. Doesn't have any potential and hasn't even earned his spot by performing in domestics.

 

[PakPremi]

Babar was right about Nawaz, tu mera hero hai, lol.

 

[NeVerMind]

Nawaz v2.0 is a vast improvement over the original

 

[RidiculousMan]

Spinners and last overs are a match made in heaven.

 

[AZulfi]

Well played Nawaz

A run a ball 59

 

[Muhammad Saad]

4 caught and bowled this innings which is very weird.

 

[RidiculousMan]

That shot from Naseem Shah had a touch of Sir Viv

 

[AZulfi]

269/9 represents remarkable recovery from 22/3

 

[PakPremi]

Naseem showing Shaheen how to do it in first ball.

 

[PakPremi]

Pakistan chased 263 last match, can SA chase 6 more.

 

[Muhammad Saad]

269/9 represents remarkable recovery from 22/3

It’s a match winning total on this pitch, it’s difficult to hit pacers on this wicket with extra bounce and we have 4 of them.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

India plays Pandya, Jadeja and Axar. They need to find a batting allrounder like Parag at 6 and then it might be better. But Indian think tank prefers bowling strength for whatever reason.

Australia are in transition. Maxwell had declined a lot and they haven't found a replacement, yet.

I think Australia have the right idea looking at Mitch Owen and Cooper Connolly to fill those roles

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Nawaz falling short of the 80 run requirement yaar

 

[PakPremi]

His bowling is equally poor. Doesn't have any potential and hasn't even earned his spot by performing in domestics.

He was poor in the last tournament he played in the young side. He was not bad in the world cup, and since then has not been given much of a chance to establish himself

 

[NeVerMind]

So far, the two replacements in this match Jnr and Rana have contributed with the bat...hoping to see the same in the next match where I am praying there is no Talat

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bowling spin in 50th over is mother of all gambles. Total mismanagement of overs.

 

[saabir]

In the current Pakistan team, Mohammad Nawaz is probably the most in-form batsman and should be utilized properly just like how India is using Axar Patel. Pakistan actually has three quality all-rounders in Saim, Nawaz, and Faheem. Faheem in particular, is very underrated he often plays crucial cameos and picks up wickets with his clever slower deliveries. He’s certainly a better option than the out of confidence Hasan Nawaz. I really don’t understand why they dropped a spinner and went with pacer Mohammad Wasim instead. Faisal Akram could’ve been a valuable inclusion. Maybe they’re expecting dew to play a role later in the game.

 

[saabir]

Naseem showing Shaheen how to do it in first ball.

I don't understand why Naseem always bat after Shaheen..he certainly have got better ingredients of a batsman than Shaheen..

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Shaheen is completely useless with the bat. On top of that, he is delusional about his true ability.

Wasim and Naseem are far better than him when it comes to batting

 

[Devadwal]

Beautiful three boundary in a over by pretorius against Naseem shah.

 

[khyberlion]

Serious player in the making is Pretorius.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Guys refrain from irrelevant ramblingz

 

[RyanRyan10]

Beautiful three boundary in a over by pretorius against Naseem shah.

Salman Agha and Faheem Ashraf took Pakistan to a match winning total.

 

[cricfan432]

play salman mirza over naseem shah

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

I don't get it. Why did they win the toss and elect to bat?

 

[Devadwal]

Dropped. It was easy catch.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Serious player in the making is Pretorius.

His fitness standards are very low for a South African player.

 

[khyberlion]

His fitness standards are very low for a South African player.

Yeah something for him to work on. You can't be this unfit at the age of 19.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Salman Agha and Faheem Ashraf took Pakistan to a match winning total.

Very likely. 270 has never been chased at Faisalabad in an ODI

 

[Asif321]

Pakistan have no chance in 2027

 

[Asif321]

This is actually shameful for Pakistan . We can’t win easily vs second string sides . Pressure will build up on Shaheen if he loses couple of series .

 

[saabir]

This pitch is looking belter. If spinners manage to do some magic they can stop SA otherwise it's going to be easy chase for safers

 

[Devadwal]

Naseem ' batsman Fear ' Shah taken to the cleaner. 4 over 29 runs 0 wickets.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Trash bowling by Naseem so far. At his height , he has to be a lot more accurate than that.

 

[Asif321]

Wasim Jnr long time no see

 

[RyanRyan10]

Naseem ' batsman Fear ' Shah taken to the cleaner. 4 over 29 runs 0 wickets.

Fear in eyes of batters

 

[imshally81]

Pakistan is missing Abrar here

 

[Devadwal]

Salman Agha and Faheem Ashraf took Pakistan to a match winning total.

South Africa 81/0 in 11.3 overs

Salman Agha played a match losing test knock .

A batsman should never play with 65 strike in ODI even after playing more than 100 balls

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

What a catch

 

[Devadwal]

Gone.

 

[imshally81]

Finally a wicket

 

[Major]

And that catch is the reason alone why Rizwan is Pakistan's ATG keeper and why losers like Azam Khan and Harris will stay out of the team while Rizwan will keep his spot.

What a catch

 

[Nasty Naz]

Pakistan performing like a proper garbage team. This is the same wicket our batting order was collapsing on? Meanwhile their rookie was tearing our bowlers apart on the same pitch. Rubbish bowling too + catch drops. Just another day and another game where the players come into the ground thinking it would be easy and get dominated by the opposition instead.

Opposing teams seem to understand better how to bat on Pakistani pitches than we do.

 

[Rana]

And that catch is the reason alone why Rizwan is Pakistan's ATG keeper and why losers like Azam Khan and Harris will stay out of the team while Rizwan will keep his spot.

What a catch

It’s a regulation keeper’s catch diving away with the angle

This is Pakistan cricket….not PNG cricket team where a regulation keeper’s catch needs to be celebrated

 

[Asif321]

Wasim jnr . Another cricketer who hasn’t been backed enough

 

[Devadwal]

It’s a regulation keeper’s catch diving away with the angle

This is Pakistan cricket….not PNG cricket team where a regulation keeper’s catch needs to be celebrated

Didn't you celebrated Farhan sixes even Pakistan losing match after match against India

 

[Devadwal]

Wow superb bowling by Wasim jr in last 2 over.

 

[Major]

It’s a regulation keeper’s catch diving away with the angle

This is Pakistan cricket….not PNG cricket team where a regulation keeper’s catch needs to be celebrated

Someone who is fan of azam khan shouldnt be talking about regulation catches... we know azam cant even catch that

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

Pakistan performing like a proper garbage team. This is the same wicket our batting order was collapsing on? Meanwhile their rookie was tearing our bowlers apart on the same pitch. Rubbish bowling too + catch drops. Just another day and another game where the players come into the ground thinking it would be easy and get dominated by the opposition instead.

Opposing teams seem to understand better how to bat on Pakistani pitches than we do.

They chose to bat first when the pitch behaves better during the second innings after the impact from dew. Do not understand how they make decisions.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Shaheens record as captain is not that great

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Looks like an ezy run-chase for RSA

 

[mango_bite77]

What was the idea behind dropping a spinner for a pacer? They could have given chance to Faisal Akram.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Is there dew? Chase is looking a little too easy

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Looks like a flat deck. Sub par score by pak