South Africa defeat Pakistan by 6 wkts to win the 1st Test & take a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series

[Something]

Losing by 8/9 wickets on a bowling-friendly pitch is a proper thrashing.

Say what?

 

[Asif321]

Both captains with pairs )

 

[castortroy]

Amir looked injured

 

[Canford Cliffs]

King Pair for skipper. Maybe he is saving himself for Cape Town

 

[Asif321]

That dropped catch and umpiring blunder costed Pakistan here

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Much more sensible from bavuma. Single taken.

 

[Mamoon]

Say what?

Oh what an honorable defeat. I think the momentum is with us now.

 

[Cuts_and_cuts_hard]

Say what?

These wickets are meaningless. SA are already safe. Even if another wicket falls it will be a misleading margin. We have been beaten soundly.

 

[IMMY69]

Azhar, Shafiq and Safaraz take the blame for this loss....

 

[aukhan]

Tribute to (Shahid) Afridi from the two captains.

 

[Canford Cliffs]

If any team can choke from here...its South Africa

 

[asadee]

Shafiq Azhar and Sarfaraz hang your heads in shame

 

[jagatk]

I remember the days of Kirston, Smith, Kallis, AB

You must be the only one who remembers that day, given Kirsten retired 6 months before Abd made his debut in tests.

 

[shariqnoor]

Like I said in the pre series threads that Pakistan winning in SA rests on us getting these green tracks. This is because it elevates our average bowling attack and exposes SA batting a little bit more making Pakistan and SA relatively equal. Thus it has proved in this Test match where Pakistan had more than enough chances to kill SA.

If the pitches are batting friendly, Pakistan batters are not good enough to capitalise while our bowling becomes even poorer.

For Pakistan's sake, i hope SA puts these green pitches in the remaining 2 matches as well. That's Pakistans best chance

 

[Usman Chadda]

That team faced a peak Steyn, de Villiers and Amla. The 2013 South African team would whitewash this South African side, so I am not sure how much heart we can take from this performance.

This team would have hardly done better against that side.

Doesn't matter. That team had two considerably experienced batsmen in Younis and Misbah too, aswell as the best spinner in the world in Saeed Ajmal. Yet we were never even competitive in all three tests by the end of first innings of both sides. So, this was a bit refreshing to see.

 

[Ramsay]

If any team can choke from here...its South Africa

You are under estimating Pakistan’s choking capability.

 

[JibranAnsari]

A couple more wickets will give me some satisfaction.

 

[topspin]

Say what?

What a garbage post this is - stop acting like we're about to win this test. These wickets are as meaningless as they come because SA had already sealed victory, so the pressure was off the bowlers.

 

[Asif321]

This has happned first time in history
Both captains bagging a pair

 

[Zakaz]

Champions Trophy Final highlights are still available on YouTube.

thanks for the reminder

 

[Madplayer]

Will this pitch be rated poor?
Match over in 3 days

 

[Usman Chadda]

Amir looked injured

He is not fit. It's pretty clear. The guy is trundling in at 120 kph, just to get through his overs.

 

[shariqnoor]

I think Pakistani fans are getting carried away in thinking that drop catch and umpire blunder cost Pakistan. This is an excuse to put blame elsewhere. The fault truly lies in the batting where Asad Azhar and Sarfraz lost the great initiative that Imam and Shan built.

 

[Madplayer]

He is not fit. It's pretty clear. The guy is trundling in at 120 kph, just to get through his overs.

Or maybe he knows he doesnt need to give it his all as match is lost.

 

[dravidthewall]

Pakistan themselves to blame after getting 100 for 1 ..bundled out for 190 and give match to southafrica..

 

[aukhan]

Thats it. Its over now.

 

[dravidthewall]

2 runs required now.

 

[Titan24]

I guess Shan Masood with one wicket and 60 odd runs has already done more than Sarfaraz will do in this series and even some part of NZ series combined. Other youngsters have also outperformed so called seniors.

Seniors (Azhar and Asad) and captain in 2nd innings:

Faced 25 balls and scored 6 runs. If your seniors and captain do this in the most criuicial part of the test what do you expect.

 

[Gullycricket]

I think Pakistani fans are getting carried away in thinking that drop catch and umpire blunder cost Pakistan. This is an excuse to put blame elsewhere. The fault truly lies in the batting where Asad Azhar and Sarfraz lost the great initiative that Imam and Shan built.

+1

 

[shariqnoor]

That team faced a peak Steyn, de Villiers and Amla. The 2013 South African team would whitewash this South African side, so I am not sure how much heart we can take from this performance.

This team would have hardly done better against that side.

Don't forget that team also had a bowling attack of Rahat, Irfan and Ehsan Adil with Steyn, ABD and Amla.

I would say the fact Pakistan only lost by 4 wickets in the 2nd test with that attack was a much better performance than this one.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Will this pitch be rated poor?
Match over in 3 days

No, as per ICC only Asian pitches are poor if match gets over soon.