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Not looking good this. Pakistan will lose
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In retrospect, Shadab was keeping SA in the game
Alright. Heavy rain coming now. Saffers are ahead in DLS score
This rain can hurt the SA...
How will this hurt them? We were starting to come back into the game with a few decent overs near the end and it rains again. We will come back the same way as we did after the first rain session and if we don't come back they win anyway
Lesser no. Of overs could push the RRR to 9
Pakistan are going to get battered in the world cup wouldn't be suprised if we only win a couple of games in the world cup. Cannon fodder bolingbroke can't compete against a south African B team shocking soo frustrating as pakistan fan
He was bowling with a wet ball. People are being too harsh on him.
The reason the new format doesn't suit us. No flukes possible now as you have to compete against everyone and show some consistency.
But reduced overs means they can hit away without worrying about wickets.. treat it like T20..If play resume... Target must revised...
that was stupid from sarfraz, dumb kaptaan cant realize that it is hard for a legspinner to grip the wet ball than for an offie and kept him going to lose this match... for a subcontinent captain it was an easy catch as they play more spin than pace...
The fact is its just not the batting that is crap even the bowling is cannon fodder no speed guile nothing special. Just take a look at Indian bowling and batting attack streets ahead in every departmentWe have no chance in world cup with this batting line-up.
Totally agree we can't compete with top teams anymore. We struggle to beat Afghanistan which days alot of the current crop. We seriously need a few 150kph bowlers and a more than a few batters coming through or unfortunately we will hit Ireland level
Yes Sarfi made an error. He probably wanted to buy the wicket but Shadab should not have bowled that many when he was struggling.
But they will have 8 wickets in hands to chase. Its more difficult scoring at 8 in 18 overs than scoring at 9 in 10
It won't that easy....But reduced overs means they can hit away without worrying about wickets.. treat it like T20..
DWL per after 33 is 169/2, 178/3, 189/4 ..... if the game restarts, SAF’s target will be easier.
Our bowling is fine, probably need to sort out fifth bowler option though. This match was ours if not for the rain. Batting is our real issue.
Last 5 overs Pakistan gave away 20 runs. They were getting a grip back in the innings. Pakistan will likely lose but they have not been bad in this game
SA was not taking risk in the last 5 overs due to being ahead in DL.
Our bowling is fine, probably need to sort out fifth bowler option though. This match was ours if not for the rain. Batting is our real issue.
Just like players..you seem to have no match awareness...SA are just playing safe due to the rain as they know they are ahead in DRS tooLast 5 overs Pakistan gave away 20 runs. They were getting a grip back in the innings. Pakistan will likely lose but they have not been bad in this game
It was 180-2 after 33 according to commentators.
Won't be fine till we improve our new ball bowling. Opposition usually has an easy ride till the 20th over. There isn't always some spin there.
Du Plessis is a terrific tactician. They were deliberately defensive in the last few overs.
the reduction in overs will hurt pakistan.
like [MENTION=3327]Indiafan[/MENTION] has said with 8 wickets in hand, scoring at 8 an over from 17 overs is more difficult then ahve 10 overs an the rrr being 10.
Who is that option?
People had an issue with a few posters who braced themselves for a defeat after two overs.
With this mediocre Pakistan team, you can tell the direction in which the tide is flowing.
If we score 317 on a pitch, it is obvious that it is a 350 wicket.
Du Plessis is a terrific tactician. They were deliberately defensive in the last few overs.
Du Plessis is a terrific tactician. They were deliberately defensive in the last few overs.
Du Plessis is a terrific tactician. They were deliberately defensive in the last few overs.
At WC, our bowlers should be
1. Hassan
2. Shaheen
3. Amir/Junaid/Bashir
4. Shadab
5. Faheem/Gohar/Irfan Khan
Fifth bowler should be selected according to pitch conditions. Imad is a defensive bowling option and we should move on from him to a more attacking spinner like India is doing with Kuldeep and Chahal.
Considering all these still need to have their wrist position sorted, where does this leave our bowling coach? Why we see wobbly seam rather than a still one? Why is our bowling coach not working on this? Azhar has said for past few months that Amir needs to work on wrist, but why hasn't he done so? Waqar certainly did a better job than him
317 is more than a par score. Indian bowlers would have defended it. Our bowling attack is pathetic and over rated. I can forgive Shaheen for his inexperience but Amir seriously needs to be kicked out.
317 is more than a par score. Indian bowlers would have defended it. Our bowling attack is pathetic and over rated. I can forgive Shaheen for his inexperience but Amir seriously needs to be kicked out.
It will be funny if the equation stops at 1 over 40 runs or something like that4minutes per over reducing uphill now 7 overs reduced
Waqar was even worse. Rahat, Sohail Khan, Ehsan Adil and Wahab Riaz were our bowlers in WC 2015![]()
Yes but could open doors for wickets as well. Rain robbed this for Pak. There is just no momentum. The wet ball has taken away the spinners out of the equation
They still outperformed Amir 3 wickets in 11 matches
Amir is decent as a third seamer. At this point,there are not many replacements apart from maybe Junaid.
We can kick amir out but the question is who do we bring back fact if the matter is even the bench strength is shocking and are 130 kph trundlers. Haris rauf is one bowler who I quite liked but pcb as usual destroy careers rather than make them
Yes i agree with you my man has had way too many chances since his comeback and has worsened I say we bring in haris rauf and give one of the new upcoming u19 bowlers a chanceAmir has been given way too many chances than he has deserved. The others may do a ten times better job than him if given the same amount of chances