South Africa beat Pakistan by nine wickets in the second Test to take 2-0 unassailable series lead

[Abdullah719]

41 to win for South Africa.

 

[ARK Rafay]

5 for Amir and Abbas each.
South Africa - 35 All out in 12.4 overs

 

[Asif321]

Anything losing by less than 6 wickets will be good

 

[emranabbas]

Our boys will do it it's only 41 runs we have to defend

 

[Wristy_Shuffler]

Some short pitched stuff from Shaheen, give them a few scares, concede a few boundaries and call it a day.

5 slips and gully? third man up, silly mid on and mid off, short leg and silly point? lol, nothing to lose.

 

[Wristy_Shuffler]

Pak were probably one partnership short of making today a proper contest. That's why it was sooooo annoying when Joel Garner gave Sarfraz out and when Fakher played that shot.

 

[MenInG]

Day 4 seems an achievement atm

 

[dravidthewall]

Good positive intent by pakistani fans...37 allout on cards

 

[imshally81]

Good over by Amir..

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Don't lose faith, brothers. Australia were 21/9 on this pitch last year.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Day 4 seems an achievement atm

Indeed. The game should have been over yesterday...

 

[Green Patriot]

37 runs now.

 

[imshally81]

At least 2-3 wickets please...

 

[imshally81]

 

[MMHS]

Must not loose by 10 wickets, and now Markram is rested/injured as well.

 

[BreadPakoda]

what a start!

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Collapse incoming

 

[Madplayer]

1 down. 8 to go. Because Markram probably wont bat i guess?

 

[Oligochaetes]

:

1 down

 

[Green Patriot]

 

[BreadPakoda]

de Bruyn is the worst batsman I have seen. Won't get into the Zimbabwe B side.

 

[Madplayer]

Get them down to 15 for 5

 

[imshally81]

Must not loose by 10 wickets, and now Markram is rested/injured as well.

Mission accomplished

 

[BreadPakoda]

1 down. 8 to go. Because Markram probably wont bat i guess?

He would. Minor bruise. They didn't want to risk him.

 

[Madplayer]

He would. Minor bruise. They didn't want to risk him.

9 to go then

 

[BreadPakoda]

35 runs and 9 wickets. Riveting.

 

[emranabbas]

Come on boys we can do it

 

[Oligochaetes]

: Byes

 

[MMHS]

Mission accomplished

Has to take one more - this De Bruyn guy is a gifted wicket

 

[IndianHero]

I have been watching pakistan play since CT 2017,, I couldn't believe my eyes on how much Amir has changed !

He comes running fast & screams uahhhh at the crease & bowls at 125kmph ! Unbelievable this is the same guy who bowled 145k + in CT with much ease , how come he drop so much pace in 1.5 years ?

 

[Green Patriot]

 

[BreadPakoda]

No ball

 

[JibranAnsari]

What a pathetic over.

 

[Oligochaetes]

what sis happening

 

[Green Patriot]

Amir winning the match for SA.

 

[fasihulhaq94]

useless over from amir this

 

[BreadPakoda]

Amir gave away 25% of target as extras in 2 legal deliveries of an over.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Anyway doesnt matter.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Should get 3 more wickets before they reach the target. Some solace.

 

[MMHS]

Amir is dishing out his frustration, but this is not the right way. PAK should have tried to make is as tough as possible. I can recall WIN in 1987, they lost a Test in NZ after some of the most biased umpiring in game - NZL needed 32 to win and WIN made it 25/6 .......

 

[JibranAnsari]

Amir is dishing out his frustration, but this is not the right way. PAK should have tried to make is as tough as possible. I can recall WIN in 1987, they lost a Test in NZ after some of the most biased umpiring in game - NZL needed 32 to win and WIN made it 25/6 .......

Dish out his frustration by bowling fast , not short. Speeds havent been that high.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Saffer batsmen are not getting their timing right. I guess they are playing for 140 kph + balls are too early into their shots. These 126-131 kph balls reach a fraction later and they haven't adjusted methinks.

 

[Green Patriot]

Lightning fast outfield.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Doing it in a hurry now.

 

[AFM]

The stump microphones lol

 

[JibranAnsari]

You can understand that abbas is a medium bowler who bowls line and length but mohammad amir could crank it up to 90 mph , so disappointed to see his speeds.

 

[Madplayer]

That must have hurt Amla

 

[imshally81]

Amla bhai key lag gai....

 

[Madplayer]

Amla going off. This must have hurt. Struck his bicep full impact.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

That must have hurt Amla

Sarfraz asking Aamir to target that crack.

 

[Saurav]

The stump microphones lol

Yeah,someone going non stop

 

[Madplayer]

Sarfraz asking Aamir to target that crack.

Seeing how their quicks bowled against Pakistani tail enders, i dont blame him.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Sarfraz asking Aamir to target that crack.

 

[Green Patriot]

On the field no friendship
Lol Amir.

 

[Green Patriot]

Amla r.h

 

[MMHS]

Can Amla bat again today if required?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Seeing how their quicks bowled against Pakistani tail enders, i dont blame him.

Not blaming him at all. If Saffers create such pitches, they should be willing to take such blows as well. Might as well hurt them as much as possible before 3rd test.

 

[Madplayer]

126 kph from Amir.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Imagine what could walsh and ambrose have done on this wicket.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Should give it to shaheen and tell him to bowl as fast as possible.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Imagine what could walsh and ambrose have done on this wicket.

No need to imagine. Ambrose bowled on a lot of such wickets in the Caribbean and away.

 

[MMHS]

After his pair, FaF is going to be MoTM this time.

 

[imshally81]

Review time...

 

[Green Patriot]

Bring on Shaheen.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Review time

 

[Fahdi]

"awaz te ayi ae... Awaz ayi thi... Awaz ayi si"

 

[Big Mac]

It's OK boys, we've got them right where we want them.

 

[JibranAnsari]

And not out

 

[AFM]

"awaz te ayi ae... Awaz ayi thi... Awaz ayi si"

Love the stump mics

 

[MMHS]

Is the wicket really that bad? I watched whole game yesterday and it was a fantastic Test wicket; close to 340 scored for 14 wickets and we even didn’t have 90 overs.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Should end the innings with a shan masood over.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Is the wicket really that bad? I watched whole game yesterday and it was a fantastic Test wicket; close to 340 scored for 14 wickets and we even didn’t have 90 overs.

Odd ball leaping up but nothing like the wicket they served India in the 3rd test last year.

 

[Green Patriot]

Someone should stand behind Sarfaraz when Amir is bowling

 

[Joginder_Sharma]

Once again really horrible pitch by South African curators. I didn't see the 1st match so can't comment on that but this pitch and the pitch in 3rd test against India are not the kind of pitches you want to play cricket on. I am all for green mambas and matches getting over in less than 3 days but those pitches shouldn't endanger the batsmen playing on them.

 

[Saurav]

malcolm marshall

 

[Madplayer]

Pathetic

 

[Big Mac]

Azhar learning the quicker you bowl the quicker it goes off the bat

 

[Green Patriot]

Just a couple more.

 

[Green Patriot]

Azhar finishes it off.

 

[Junaids]

Congratulations to South Africa: they’ve made the most of a mediocre batting line-up by employing a good pace attack on bowlers’ wickets.