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South Africa end Day 3 of the 1st Test on 187/4 with a lead of 29 runs

Amazing comeback :)))

Once the spinners bowl with confidence you can see SA looking like they're playing in a World Cup semi :rabada2
 
Yasir isko bahir kar

Right at the stumps with a top spinner!!
 
Yasir Shah is the most under appreciated genius from Pakistan. When he retires, his loss be felt. Such a match winner. On par with Wasim, Waqar
 
QDK needs to play his natural game, I dont think he can play like Markram or Rassie here.
 
South Africa is the mentally weakest team of all. Doesn't matter if they have talent... they can't WIN big moments to save their lives. Weak and pathetic.
 
Still not over. Will need to come out tomorrow to bundle them out cheaply, avoid tail swinging from the hip.

Anything north of 100 will lead to PAK wobbling.
 
Terrific four days of cricket, good batting, decent fast bowling, variable spin...all down to the wire on the final day. If Pakistan can continue and get SA out for less than 150, they will be in a tough but achievable chase.

Also, imagine if those 2 catches were taken?
 
Good last 20 mins for pakistan, need to run through rest of SA batting tomorrow and hopefully not have to chase to many runs.
 
Pak did really well in the last few overs but, Pak’s frontline pacers have been disappointing. Yasir was the pick of the bowlers followed by Nauman and Faheem. Pak needs to sort the fast bowling issues out if they want to compete against good teams and overseas conditions.
 
SA would be desperate for a heavy roller in the morning. That is the only hope they have left on this match.
 
Dean Elgar update:

No fracture was detected on the X-ray. He will be evaluated and managed by the medical team overnight and reviewed in the morning.
 
Rajdeep said:
SA would be desperate for a heavy roller in the morning. That is the only hope they have left on this match.
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When playing against Pak irrespective of the situation hope is one thing opposition should keep till the very end as you never know when Pak chokes or messes it up. This is what it has been for some years now unfortunately.
 
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mastimasti said:
Terrific four days of cricket, good batting, decent fast bowling, variable spin...all down to the wire on the final day. If Pakistan can continue and get SA out for less than 150, they will be in a tough but achievable chase.

Also, imagine if those 2 catches were taken?
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PK hai kya? What are you smoking man because I would love to share.
 
mastimasti said:
Terrific four days of cricket, good batting, decent fast bowling, variable spin...all down to the wire on the final day. If Pakistan can continue and get SA out for less than 150, they will be in a tough but achievable chase.

Also, imagine if those 2 catches were taken?
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It was the third day. :/
 
Still even stevens pak will struggle chasing anything over 100, even though I think anything under 200 is easily achievable
 
Titan24 said:
Pak did really well in the last few overs but, Pak’s frontline pacers have been disappointing. Yasir was the pick of the bowlers followed by Nauman and Faheem. Pak needs to sort the fast bowling issues out if they want to compete against good teams and overseas conditions.
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Hassan ali bowled well, he was countered by high quality batting from markram and rvd
 
Firebat said:
They will take their lead well above 200, and Rabada and Nortje will very likely blow us away in the 4th innings. How have we thrown away such a great position :facepalm
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I totally had faith in us the entire time :ds
 
KARACHI: Kagiso Rabada became the eighth South African to claim 200 Test wickets on an improved day three of the first Test against Pakistan, although late wickets tipped the scales strongly in favour of the hosts in Karachi on Thursday.

The Proteas reached stumps at the National Stadium, limping on 187 for four following a horrendous final half-hour in which they lost star batting duo Rassie van der Dussen (64 off 151 balls, 5 fours) and Aiden Markram (74 off 224 balls, 10 fours) as well as the dependable Faf du Plessis (10).

Their twin top-order half-centurions had batted together for a large part of the day, digging in, and working their socks off for a second wicket partnership of 127 that had taken the tourists to 175 for one, before the late meltdown.

Before that, the tail of the home side had bitterly frustrated South Africa, with the last two wickets taking their lead from 88 overnight to a mighty 158 as they were eventually dismissed for 378.

Despite that, though, it was a much better day for Mark Boucher’s side, which began with Rabada (3/70) joining the 200 club alongside countryman Dale Steyn, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini, Allan Donald, Morne Morkel Jacques Kallis and Vernon Philander.

The 25-year-old, who bowled Hasan Ali (21) to reach the milestone, also became the third quickest to the mark in terms of deliveries, behind Pakistan’s Waqar Younis and Steyn, while his strike-rate of 40.8 is the best in the world amongst bowlers to have claimed 200 wickets.

But after that, Rabada and co struggled to claim the final wicket as Yasir Shah (38 not out) and Nauman Ali (24) added 55 for the final wicket, before Keshav Maharaj (3/90).

The batsmen then faced a tough task to get the visitors back in the game, but to their credit, openers Markram and Dean Elgar dug in by batting for 16 overs for their opening stand of 48.

Their partnership ended when the latter, who had been struck on the baby finger of his left hand a little earlier, fell to Yasir (3/53) for 29, the wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan claiming a very good diving catch.

It was then over to Markram as he and Van der Dussen produced one of South Africa’s best partnerships witnessed in the sub-continent during recent years to get their side back in the game.

They worked hard to erase the deficit and put the Proteas into the lead, before Yasir struck again to unseat Van der Dussen, caught at silly mid-off.

Du Plessis then became Yasir’s third wicket when he was trapped plumb in front and things got worse for the away side three balls later when Markram offered another chance to silly mid-off Abid Ali, this time Nauman (1/27) the bowler much to the frustration and disappointment of the batsman.

It left nightwatchman Maharaj (2*) and captain Quinton de Kock (0*) holding on until stumps with their side precariously placed only 29 ahead.
 
sindhiboy said:
Hassan ali bowled well, he was countered by high quality batting from markram and rvd
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He was definitely getting the reverse but he had to be more consistent and should have pushed himself a bit more at that time.
 
Titan24 said:
He was definitely getting the reverse but he had to be more consistent and should have pushed himself a bit more at that time.
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Didn’t watch the entire day’s play but sounds like neither SAF nor PAK were actually able to take wickets with reverse?

It was certainly reversing for SAF yesterday and sounds like it was doing the same for us.
 
Those 3 wickets were crucial for Pak - now Pak are def in the driving seat.

I think they can bundle SA out for 300 -320 tomorrow then chase around 160 which wouldn’t be hard as the pitch hasn’t deteriorated at all - in fact it seems to have gotten better.
 
Yk313 said:
Didn’t watch the entire day’s play but sounds like neither SAF nor PAK were actually able to take wickets with reverse?

It was certainly reversing for SAF yesterday and sounds like it was doing the same for us.
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It’s Reversing but top order batsman just play it much better these days - low back lift, get your leg out of the way and play it straight.

It’s still a good weapon against the tail.
 
With our chasing blues and panic buttons, this game is wide open. A decent batting lineup would chase down 250 on here with ease. The wicket is flat with the biggest threat coming from the occasional ball misbehaving off the pacers.
 
90MPH said:
It’s Reversing but top order batsman just play it much better these days - low back lift, get your leg out of the way and play it straight.

It’s still a good weapon against the tail.
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They play it better, but bowlers also bowl it worse. None of the bowlers on both sides had the 145+ pace or slingy action needed to become a good exponent of reverse swing the way Waqar Younis or Shoaib Akhtar could do it.
 
I strongly think that taking De Kock's wicket would mean that we bowl them out for under 240.

Yasir and Nauman need to maximize the new ball, and bowl with a lot of intensity.

Take out De Kock, and then you have Linde batting in the rough as well. Even Rabada is a lefty.

We can really win here if we bowl well tomorrow morning. We can't be tempted to bring in pace early on, it's not worth it. Start with Yasir and Nauman in tandem.
 
90MPH said:
It’s Reversing but top order batsman just play it much better these days - low back lift, get your leg out of the way and play it straight.

It’s still a good weapon against the tail.
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People play it better as it is no longer a new phenomenon but it also works better when bowled fuller at pace.

SAF were slightly more in the full-ish to good length region yesterday it seemed. No clue about PAK today.
 
So Pakistan are in strong position in this test and its probably 70-30 in their favour.
This match has proved yet again that Yasir is Pakistan's best matchwinner.
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
They play it better, but bowlers also bowl it worse. None of the bowlers on both sides had the 145+ pace or slingy action needed to become a good exponent of reverse swing the way Waqar Younis or Shoaib Akhtar could do it.
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they only play it better because it is picked up earlier as the pace is not waqars or wasims. The key to those guys was the late dip at extreme pace. I haven't seen any modern bowler bowl it at that pace with that dip. When Waqar was on song the batsmen didnt have time to do the above. I saw him live and I couldn't see the ball from side on..
 
If we can get De Kock quickly we should win comfortabley. He can bat at a good pace . That is SA only hope that he plays a blistering knock.
 
The runs by the tail were huge. Without those, SA are 70+ runs ahead and definitely ahead in the game.

The first hour tomorrow will be massive. If Pak don't get 2+ wickets, I think SA can comfortably add 150+ runs which would effectively bats Pakistan out of the game
 
Match is over,Qdk needs to up his game, except Kane other young ones have not been great captains
 
Mainul said:
If Pakistan wins ,Fawad should the MOM
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Yasir is about to get a 9 or 10-fer, plus contributed 38* valuable runs as number 11 which pushed the game out of South Africa’s reach. Fawad saved the game, but Yasir is the biggest MVP right now.
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
Yasir is about to get a 9 or 10-fer, plus contributed 38* valuable runs as number 11 which pushed the game out of South Africa’s reach. Fawad saved the game, but Yasir is the biggest MVP right now.
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Yes Yasir is 2nd candidate
 
Amazing i love test cricket. Very good game from both teams dussen and markram were phenomenal. Yasir and nauman's hard work put pakistan on top for now.
 
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Thunderbolt14 said:
They play it better, but bowlers also bowl it worse. None of the bowlers on both sides had the 145+ pace or slingy action needed to become a good exponent of reverse swing the way Waqar Younis or Shoaib Akhtar could do it.
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Wasim Akram along with Waqar were the masters of reverse swing. It all started earlier with Sarfaraz Nawaz being the pioneer.
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
Yasir is about to get a 9 or 10-fer, plus contributed 38* valuable runs as number 11 which pushed the game out of South Africa’s reach. Fawad saved the game, but Yasir is the biggest MVP right now.
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Never count your chickens before they hatch. Pakistan is in a dominant position but SA is still very much in the game. If Pak fails to bowl out SA early tomorrow then chasing 150-200 in the 4th innings can be really tricky.
 
Hyperion66 said:
Never count your chickens before they hatch. Pakistan is in a dominant position but SA is still very much in the game. If Pak fails to bowl out SA early tomorrow then chasing 150-200 in the 4th innings can be really tricky.
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Yasir already has 6 in the match, and even if SA make another 500 runs for the remaining 6 wickets, chances are that Yasir will have 3-4 of these remaining 6.

Overall he’s looking at a 5-fer in this innings and minimum 8 wickets overall in the match, plus a 38* where he outscored half the specialist bats as number 11.

If SA puts on a good partnership they can definitely still take the game away, I’m just saying that between Yasir and Fawad, Yasir has so far done much more than Fawad has and will continue to do more.
 
I'd say Pakistan are only just marginally ahead. Quinton de Kock is a world class batsman, and if someone can just stuck with him, they could easy set Pakistan a target of >150 which could be enough on a Day 4/5 Pitch.
 
Thunderbolt14 said:
Yasir is about to get a 9 or 10-fer, plus contributed 38* valuable runs as number 11 which pushed the game out of South Africa’s reach. Fawad saved the game, but Yasir is the biggest MVP right now.
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lol ... don't worry. I've this infamous prophecy saved. This was rendered within the first 15 overs the match on day 1.

And it looks like this reverse jinx trick actually works for Pakistan.

Thunderbolt14 said:
SA going at 5 an over. We’ve already lost this match.
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