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South Africa end Day 1 at 123/2 after bowling Pakistan out for 177

It’s too bad that we don’t have the quality of batsman, but first and second change bowlers are pretty much keeping everything short.
 
only 4 outta 12 shafiqs hundreds have come in victories and 6 in losses.

so if he scores a 100 there is 50 percent probability we will either win or draw. Lets score a 100 shafiq.
 
Against Pakistan you need three bowlers, because we will be done in 30 overs...

We will give wickets from guy in crowd who can bowl short balls, we are completely out of place in AUS/SA, nothing special about wicket...

We have gone worse with low slow wicket of UAE...
 
Our cricket is finished.Dont have any hope from Saads or Sauds.I remember Farhan being hyped to the moon but what happened.These Saads,Sauds failed againist no name Indain team
 
Asad Shafiq should get out quickly. Dont want him to secure his place. Babar on the other hand should look to score a 100 today.
 
iRfaN_LA said:
Honestly I don’t even know why i am up at 4:30 watching this horror batting line up. Not to mention the entire day will feel like crap due to lack of sleep.
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Pakistani fan:Doesnt know why he watches these clowns who also don't know what they are doing
 
In 10 years time, we will not invited by the likes of Australia at all and more humble nations like England and South Africa would only give us token 2 match series every now and then.
 
Cuts_and_cuts_hard said:
Correct. Even apart from the no-ball, he played a lot of aerial shots that didn't come from anywhere near the middle of the bat. One miraculous and lucky innings has blinded us Pakistan fans.

He has a very dodgy technique and the glaring weaknesses will be ruthlessly exploited.
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Yes, it's happening but he can overcome and there is no reason why he cannot. Kohli has lots of weakness in the starting and bowler do exploit it but he overcome that . Hope he will do something for his weakness , till then bowler will nullify him.
 
We have won games from 39/6 and 99 all out comfortably so this isn't over yet.
Actually they were against bang average teams
 
When you look at this SA pace attack, you cannot help but laugh when some people say that Pakistan has one of the best bowling attacks in the world. The attack is at best just slightly better than Sri Lanka's.
 
They are making fun of tailunder technique of our best batsman, how good he looks on short ball. :facepalm:
 
Mamoon said:
In 10 years time, we will not invited by the likes of Australia at all and more humble nations like England and South Africa would only give us token 2 match series every now and then.
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I even doubt that.
 
Azhar has been well and truly exposed. Looks very very bad. Shan has played better and made himself look a good technician!
 
When I watch Asad bat, I expect every delivery to get him out.
 
Right there is the core issue UAE, has ruined our cricket... UAE as vase has destroyed the cricketing culture, combine that with religion on steroid...Soul of Pakistan cricket is gone 🤬🤬🤬
 
Shandarchowka said:
Azhar has been well and truly exposed. Looks very very bad. Shan has played better and made himself look a good technician!
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He was never a proper batsman and as bad as Umar Amin. The later didn't get selected because of no back up but Azhar keep getting selected because of his huge back up from former and present captain along with formers.
 
Innings not over by a long shot, but I can't believe people were doubting Faf. He may not be in the best of form, but he's an excellent captain.
 
shariqnoor said:
When you look at this SA pace attack, you cannot help but laugh when some people say that Pakistan has one of the best bowling attacks in the world. The attack is at best just slightly better than Sri Lanka's.
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Unfair comparison! Pakistan's bowling attack are bowling against more capable/gritty batsmen.

How many runs do you think this current batting line up will make when facing Amir, Afridi etc.... They will be bundled out for next to nothing.

This whole premise of blaming the bowling line up for the struggle is simply not right.
 
Last time, PAK were 33-4 and went on to make 338. This is why bowling first here is never a good idea.
 
Not surprised by what's going on.

Expected Pakistani batsmen to get out in single digits :yk

A 3-0 phainta. No positives from this series!
 
Commies reminding us of the last time we played here. We let Robin Peterson take the match away from :facepalm:

One of the worst losses
 
To be honest these are very difficult conditions and the best in the business would struggle here against these pacers.
Playing in UAE also hasnt helped us
 
I cant understand the logic. Why the best batsman is being sheilded at no 6?? He is much better than massod, shafiq, ali etc.
 
Azharcand Shafiq have terrible technique, yet they have played 50+ tests, this is again thanks to UAE. UAE masks guys like Azhar, Hafeez, Sarfraz, Shafiq...People look at avg of 35, 45 (mainly based on first innings score in uae, which are easier than scoring on cement)...When UAE is bench mark, this is what you get :acp
 
This Olivier guy reminds me of a school friend who had an identical action and used to get the ball to rear up from a length consistently.

To be honest we can't be critical of these batsmen. Everybody is asking them to do what they simply arent capable of. Imagine your boss asking you to create a program code when you are a marketing major. These guys don't have the skill to bat in Test cricket and secondly, they are so attuned to playing in the UAE where the ball doesn't bounce more than your waist that dealing with this kind of bowling and pitch is near impossible.

What is criminal and unforgiving is that Pakistan's pace bowlers are equally pathetic. They should be shutting out teams for under 200 in these favorable conditions but they don't.
 
Hopefully Shafiq will fail once again otherwise he will be there another 10 series.
 
Pitch looks dangerous,If deliverys are going to misbehave of a good length umpires should call the game off.

Sarfraz & co going to end up in hospital.
 
Masood looks like a totally different player.

Calm, composed and picking his shots very precisely. Very impressive
 
AAli98 said:
Pitch looks dangerous,If deliverys are going to misbehave of a good length umpires should call the game off.

Sarfraz & co going to end up in hospital.
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On the same pitch enjoy how our premier pacers will get whacked by Amla, Elgar, de Bruyn, and Bavuma.
 
WhenSultansBowled said:
Even in his last innings SRT was a better batsman than Shafiq will ever be.

And I 100% believe that, not saying it out of frustration or anything ;)
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I believe that too. Just pointing to the fact that some people dared to comapare him to The little Master.
 
Pitch easing out a little.. Asad should just stick there and make use of this start!!! Not going to get many starts like these in SA
 
How can we give so many wickets to Oliver?? - He pitches 75% short, how the hell you can then get out on short pitch??
 
The key with watching Shafiq and Pakistan in general is not attaching any hope, soon as you do they get out
 
yasir said:
How can we give so many wickets to Oliver?? - He pitches 75% short, how the hell you can then get out on short pitch??
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Lol I don’t know why this made me laugh. I feel like PCT brings out the aggressiveness in all of us
 
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