South Africa (301 & 150/8) claim a hard-earned win by 2 wickets in the first Test against Pakistan (211 & 237) to go 1-0 up in the 2-match series

[RidiculousMan]

Shan Masood should be sacked immediately.

Didn't even gave Saim one over. When everyone knew he'd get the tail

 

[m.shah]

Congrats SA
Bowling Jamal now was always risky.

 

[Varun]

Pakistan have outchoked South Africa.

 

[kron]

Time for some cake cutting and tappal dandedar

 

[Rana]

CG Rabada

Followed up by Kumar Sangakara Rabada

 

[shah_1]

Shan look

 

[Nikhil_cric]

This happens when you select rubbish pacers. Such a rubbish...

45 runs ago, they were better than Bumrah. Now selection is the issue?

 

[IAJ]

Kagiso rabada is better batsman than Pakistan's captain.

He is better than the entire team

 

[kron]

Pakistan have outchoked South Africa.

They are useless. They had this game.

If pak draw next game, does it do anything for India?

 

[BouncerGuy]

So AJ is good for nothing.. what a bottled job..

 

[cricfan4lyfe]

Utterly brainless captaincy my goodness ... WHY WAS KHURRAM NOT GIVEN THE BALL TO PARTNER WITH ABBAS

 

[Deewana Mastana]

That's how you do it Rabada

Rabada to hit the winning runs here

 

[Rana]

We have seen Brian Charles Rabada

Chris Gayle Rabada

Kumar Sangakara Rabada

 

[MMHS]

170 was probably bare minimum required, but PAK bowlers definitely made a chance. Still …. two magic balls ..

 

[IAJ]

Amazing game awareness by these two

 

[PakFan2010]

Silver lining is that India's chances for the WTC are a lot lower.

Hopefully Australia do the job tomorrow.

 

[Dhakar Pola]

can rabada finish it off with a 6

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Congratulations SA

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Shaan Masood is even worse than Babar Azam as a captain.

At the least Babar Azam stuck to a script given by the coaches. Shan makes wrong changes at the wrong time giving away the game.

 

[hur rizvi]

What an innings from rabada

 

[kron]

45 runs ago, they were better than Bumrah. Now selection is the issue?

Even thakur has an 7fer in SA

Pak need to calm down. Their bowling attack is still rubbish. Abbas is pretty good though. Gets bounce.

 

[Asif321]

What a miss by Pakistan . Opportunity given away

 

[followed]

Well home team deserve to win. I would not feel good if i saw those beautiful buriyans sad.
South africa should win for them.

 

[PakFan2010]

Why has Shan not brought the field up?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

@Major is the biggest panauti for PCT. Saffers started pounding these guys the moment he started getting cocky.

 

[m.shah]

45 runs ago, they were better than Bumrah. Now selection is the issue?

Just Abass bowled good. Naseem and Jamal were terrible

 

[gazza619]

Rabada playing like Klusner. What the hell is going on

Sorry to our Indian brothers. We had received orders from top officials not to win

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Poor field placements. Easy singles

 

[Deewana Mastana]

That's done and dusted

 

[PakPremi]

Can't believe people are critisizing the bowlers. It is the senior batsmen like, Babar, Rizwan and Shan who have let the team down with their poor batting.

No it's poor captaincy, Shan let SA off hook both innings. Not bowling spinners and bowling bowlers at wrong time.

 

[hur rizvi]

Nassem out hamza in for the next test

 

[Bhaijaan]

South Africa about to secure a spot in the WTC final

 

[IAJ]

Peole are being unfair to Jamal. Have you forgotton his runs down the order? And he is given the ball too late.

 

[Ahmed216]

 

[IMMY69]

You have to be unbelievably stupid to repeat the mistakes of the first innings.
Saffers top order are suspect against spin let alone their tailenders.....

Pathetic

 

[Major]

@Major is the biggest panauti for PCT. Saffers started pounding these guys the moment he started getting cocky.

yes, cricket games are won based on what people post on forums.

you my friend are retarded

 

[hamzie]

At least we hurt India with this
Happy with that

 

[Rana]

Time for prayers

No one knows who he is praying for

 

[angrypathan]

I hate this sport

 

[Nikhil_cric]

@Major is the biggest panauti for PCT. Saffers started pounding these guys the moment he started getting cocky.

Just like Asia Cup and World Cup last year . History repeats.

 

[m.shah]

Lol it was quick after lunch

 

[IAJ]

Congratulations to SA. Good fight by Abbas.

 

[followed]

Kagiso rabada is pumped and so is that robot Jansen.

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Rabada ignored the first fist bump from Jansen

 

[Rana]

Zindabad Match

Zindabad South Africa

Zindabad Pakistan

 

[batandballbattle]

A good fight but it's all been thrown away at light speed after lunch. Another almost, another what if for Pakistan in SENA

 

[jnaveen1980]

How can you not win the match from that position.. wow.. Ramiz called them they might choke. Even Pollock said that is putting pressure on them during lunch.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

yes, cricket games are won based on what people post on forums.

you my friend are retarded

And you , my friend, are a try hard troll but keep getting your backside handed by your own team.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Very good comeback from South Africa.

Champion effort from Abbas but nobody supported him.

 

[Major]

so is India out of the Test Championship?

 

[hur rizvi]

Naseem should be kicked out for long time

 

[dravidthewall]

Oh my my my we deserve this humiliation

 

[Bhaijaan]

Yar mood khrab kr diya.

Congrats to Southern Afrikaan. Good luck against Aussies

Pakistanis, thanks a lot for screwing our chances.

 

[cricfan4lyfe]

Champion spell from Abbas let down by his dumbass kaptaan and batsmen who did not put enough runs on the board ... 50 short

 

[Raja Ishtiaq]

Congratulations to SA. Good fight by Abbas.

And naseem

 

[Devadwal]

Hahahahaha.
South Africa won by 2 wickets

 

[jnaveen1980]

Great test match

 

[Rana]

KG champion cricketer

Legend

 

[DTrump]

Commiserations. The team played really well but Saffers are playing at home and had the rub of the green.

Shan Masood otoh bottled in more ways than one. Absolute nonsense.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Epic bottle job choke by Pakistan

Congratulations SA

 

[m.shah]

Pathetic Shan

 

[Major]

I hope the team realizes that how good Abbas is and how bad AJ is and set their priotitizes right. And also time to move on from Shan

 

[Dhakar Pola]

big miss for Pakistan

 

[DeadlyVenom]

so is India out of the Test Championship?

We knocked them out

 

[Bhaijaan]

so is India out of the Test Championship?

Pretty much.

Seems like PCB too bosses asked the team to drop this test on purpose to deny Bharat a trip to the final.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

0-19 in Southern Hemisphere in 19 matches.

With bowlers better than Bumrah , at least this match should've been won.

Commiserations to all. Better luck next time

 

[GLORY OF '92]

99% of the time teams defend 50 runs in 4th innings if only 2 wickets left

 

[Major]

And you , my friend, are a try hard troll but keep getting your backside handed by your own team.

oh man, crying because your team had to rely on us always and not on the verge of being kicked out of anther icc trophy?

 

[Romali_rotti]

This loss is on Legside imo, he needed to put a decent second innings total considering he is supposed to be the 3rd best bat in the side....

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Good stuff from Rabada. A mature innings.

 

[adi_62941]

Time for prayers

The man behind defines the problem associated with pakistanis

 

[Devadwal]

52* Runs partnership for 9th wickets

Pakistan has choke it

 

[Xoib]

This was epic knock by Rabada I can’t even fault the bowling it was just spectacular

 

[Major]

We knocked them out

no wonder the indian fans are soo salty right now..... HAHAHAHAH

 

[Fazzy321]

Anyways I would blame this loss on Pak batsmen who as usual choked before the pressure was even on

 

[Rana]

Congratulations to South Africa for qualifying for the WTC final

Congratulations to RizBar fans who will be the beneficiaries of this loss with Rizwan being appointed captain for zero contributions himself

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Epic bottle job choke by Pakistan

Congratulations SA

Pak being the bigger choker in the battle of the chokers.

 

[saimayubera]

Silver lining is that India's chances for the WTC are a lot lower.

Hopefully Australia do the job tomorrow.

hahahaha

can't win anything by yourself so expect others to defeat india.

19 consecutive loss in southern hemisphere

 

[DeadlyVenom]

0-19 in Southern Hemisphere in 19 matches.

With bowlers better than Bumrah , at least this match should've been won.

Commiserations to all. Better luck next time

Some light comments about Papa Bumrah seem to have sent you on a negative spiral.

Relax - no need for such (hyper)tension brother.

 

[DTrump]

17 In a Row
8 in a Row.

The streak lives on.