South Africa down Pakistan for 273 to seal 107-run victory and 3-0 whitewash

[MenInG]

Simple equation

7 wickets in hand, 228 to get to salvage pride in this Test series.

Only problem is that Pakistan have had a horrible recent record of batting in 2nd innings so can this all, magically, change today?

We hope and pray!



RSA 262, 303
PAK 185, 153/3 (40.0 Ovs) CRR: 3.82
Day 3: Stumps - Pakistan need 228 runs

 

[imshally81]

Very tough situation... Almost impossible.....
Please show some fighting attitude.....

 

[Sunny_majoka]

At best they will pass 300 ..
Asad will again hit cute 70,80 babar will hit the same sarfraz with 30,40

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Alright boys, how many wickets are Pakistan winning by?

 

[DRsohail]

Alright boys, how many wickets are Pakistan winning by?

3 or 4.

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

Bazid thinks Azhar's knee injury from a few years ago might be the reason Azhar hasn't been able to duck under the short ball. Either psychologically or physically.

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

It's surprising how he has kept getting out the same way over and over again.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

I remember an ex-player (I think it was Biff) said something to the effect of, "if you want to know how strong your position is, add two wickets to the score".

Two quick wickets here would be devastating, methinks. Good luck though, Pakistan. You guys need this chase.

 

[Asif321]

This might finish inside one hour

 

[castortroy]

Think the game will be over just after lunch

 

[JibranAnsari]

What a poor shot.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Need to be careful in the first hour.

 

[Green Patriot]

Babar

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

A very long partnership needed here

 

[Shafi]

This match will be finish by lunch. This match will do more harm in future. Shafiq has already sealed the place and Azhar's poor performances will be covered by innings total.
Looks like both these useless seniors will torment us for another 3-5 years.

 

[Usman Chadda]

What's up with Olivier bowling 120 kph pies here

 

[Mainul]

Asad will play 100 tests like this , he didn't score a single run in the first innings when it really mattered. But when even a 80 won't do any impact he is here with a meaningless innings.

 

[Abdullah]

Can we support the batters today and discuss post mortems of careers later!!
That shot by Babar was horrid

 

[Mainul]

Asad is the luckiest guy to play so many matches for a team like Pakistan when better batsmen like Fawad is available.

 

[Asif321]

Chalo ji

 

[Green Patriot]

Gone Babar.

 

[Green Patriot]

This match will be over in the first session now.
Great delivery though.

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

Babar looked out of sorts since the start today.

 

[Naim]

6 more to go. this will not take much time.

 

[castortroy]

Should be over by lunch

 

[Usman Chadda]

Blimey, any half decent batsman will end Olivier's career. He does not have any conventional skills at all.

Pakistani batsmen just cannot play any sort of short ball.

 

[Naim]

MashaAllah

 

[Ahmed216]

Here goes our best batsman.
And the kaptaan as i type.
Awesome technique

 

[castortroy]

The bounce on these SA pitches has been ridiculous

 

[JibranAnsari]

and the captain goes too

 

[Green Patriot]

Olivier

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Good night guys. Its over

 

[Usman Chadda]

Oh dear )

 

[Ozymandiasza]

And another

 

[Stalin]

:

 

[Green Patriot]

Hatrick mat daina bhai.

 

[Amjid Javed]

As per usual one decent partnership, a new session starts and wickets start to fall. tempremant of our players is shocking.

Expect a losing 100 here from shafiq.

 

[Asif321]

Third duck for kaptaan in series

 

[Abdullah]

I think that first ball really messed him up because he decided after that not to take the short ball on.
Previously he was pulling and hooking

 

[castortroy]

Blimey, any half decent batsman will end Olivier's career. He does not have any conventional skills at all.

Pakistani batsmen just cannot play any sort of short ball.

The short stuff will only work in SA against the Asian teams.

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

Lanat

 

[Amjid Javed]

Brilliant Inns from the captain.

 

[Stalin]

6 more to go. this will not take much time.

Make it 5

 

[Green Patriot]

We all know who the Man of the Series is going to be.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Cant bat
Cant bowl
Cant catch
Simply pathetic performance

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

This is a joke...pak can never be a top team.. seriously

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pathetic end of tour for SA, please resign as captain or get rid of this useless player.

 

[iPakistani]

Please just get this terrible captain out of my team.

 

[JibranAnsari]

this should be the end of sarfrazs test career.

112 runs in the series @ 18.

 

[Shafi]

Our batsmen don't have any ability to play fast bowlers. Hope Shafiq will fail soon. Otherwise these idiots will torment us in future.

 

[Abdullah]

What's up with Olivier bowling 120 kph pies here

To bol laiy

 

[Faisalabadimunda]

All them posts last night on how pak can achieve the target lol... sab zayaa

 

[Mueez]

Yaarr

 

[Usman Chadda]

The short stuff will only work in SA against the Asian teams.

Not just Asians, only Pakistani. India and Sri Lanka have good batsmen to tackle this constant barrage of short balls. If someone can have a stat of the number of short balls he bowls, that would be an eye opener.

Bowls a full length floater, and gets driven for four

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Another hour or half an hour before it all ends?

 

[Ahmed216]

I think that first ball really messed him up because he decided after that not to take the short ball on.
Previously he was pulling and hooking

Yes the kind of thing we expect from our best batsman.

 

[AMSS]

Pakistan have opened their 3-0 franchise in South Africa following the bumper success in Australia.

 

[shariqnoor]

Olivier has been sensational in this series. He would've troubled any batting lineup on these tracks let alone Pakistan.

 

[Stalin]

Shot ! Shadab to score and win it with Tendulkar

 

[Shafi]

Looks like Sarfraz will have hard time this tour. We will be whitewashed in test, ODI and T20 as well. We will be lucky to win a single match from 11. Our T20 winning series will be end here.

 

[JibranAnsari]

shan masood will end up as our top scorer of the series unless shafiq scores 50 more.

 

[shariqnoor]

Philander getting injured in the 1st Test turned out to be Pakistan's biggest misfortune.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Looks like Sarfraz will have hard time this tour. We will be whitewashed in test, ODI and T20 as well. We will be lucky to win a single match from 11. Our T20 winning series will be end here.

Just like we lost to NZ in the test series, yet dominated them in the LOI series last month?

 

[barah_admi]

Kaptaan sahab playing anither clutch innings!

 

[dildilpak]

I remember an ex-player (I think it was Biff) said something to the effect of, "if you want to know how strong your position is, add two wickets to the score".

Two quick wickets here would be devastating, methinks. Good luck though, Pakistan. You guys need this chase.

What a profoundly prophetic statement!

 

[AAli98]

Olivier has been sensational in this series. He would've troubled any batting lineup on these tracks let alone Pakistan.

Oh please his just a poor mans Liam Plunkett azhar asad sarfraz should be no benchmark to judge a bowler as they get bounced out like a number 11 would!!

 

[ARK Rafay]

Oli'ph'ier can bowl short all day long and will get 5-fers

 

[Stalin]

shan masood will end up as our top scorer of the series unless shafiq scores 50 more.

Who would have guessed that before the start of this series ?

 

[castortroy]

Everyone was getting excited when Philander and Ndini were missing the first game

Little did they know that Oliver was going to absolutely destroy pak over the 3 games

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

24 wickets by Oliver, that is some Milestone. Tremendous

 

[Shafi]

Just like we lost to NZ in the test series, yet dominated them in the LOI series last month?

We are not playing in UAE.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Olivier has been sensational in this series. He would've troubled any batting lineup on these tracks let alone Pakistan.

Even Pandya here can get few 5-fers here against Pakistan

 

[jnaveen1980]

Olivier has bounced Pakistan out of the series.

 

[Green Patriot]

I do not want Shafiq to be the highest scorer of this series.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Tremendous energy from Olivier. He and Wagner would make a great pair.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Needed Babar and Shafiq to play the morning session out.

 

[Ahmed216]

Kaptaan should bat no above than no.8 across formats

 

[RyanRyan10]

Even Pandya here can get few 5-fers here against Pakistan

Well
He has a 5-fer in England

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan will smell the leather in Australia a lot.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Tremendous energy from Olivier. He and Wagner would make a great pair.

Olivier will only be successful in certain conditions. Playing him in Asia, will be suicidal for his career. The guy has zero conventional skills.