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

Bharat Arun would have Plan A, B and C for these batsmen, and probably another set of plans for the 2nd innings.

What the hell is this multiple times failed coach Waqar Younis doing with this lot ? Just bowl line and length and the wickets will come ? If so, you could replace him with a chaiwala.
 
They are batting so quick. Might get a 70-80 runs less by the end of the day .
 
If VD Dussen didn’t get run out in the first innings, South Africa would already have had a 100+ lead.
 
I saw it at lunch itself that we got complacent due to taking lead. Showing now. We need spin from both ends
 
VD Dussen is the type of person who could end South Africa’s World Cup curse.

What a character.
 
We rely heavily on Yasir in Asia if he doesn’t fire we’re in trouble Abbas is better in these conditions not like we’ve got a great bowling line up to drop him.
 
This what happens when two of your front line pace bowlers (Wahab and Amir) suddenly “retire” from test at the same time, leaving a rookie In Shaheen to lead the pace attack. Shaheen is not the finished test article yet and is still very young.
 
Nado_ said:
This what happens when two of your front line pace bowlers (Wahab and Amir) suddenly “retire” from test at the same time, leaving a rookie In Shaheen to lead the pace attack. Shaheen is not the finished test article yet and is still very young.
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Wahab is ok but will never forgive that leech Amir
 
As expected, if batsmen play properly there's nothing in this pitch to warrant a team being bowled out cheaply.
 
Desperation creeping into the Pakistani dressing room. They are already worried about crumbling in the fourth innings.
 
The pitch is now the flattest it’s been probably with day 4 likely to be similar it will be a tough chase on day 5.
 
Gullycricket said:
Hasan was top class few weeks back. What happened to him. Don't tell me it's Waqar
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He was not top class. He was bowling to associate level domestic batsmen and our fans got fooled.

These days he can only talk. He no longer has the ability to dominate international class batsmen unless they offer him gifts.
 
Mamoon said:
He should get the Test captaincy if de Kock continues to show lack of interest.
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Yes definitely can be an option but, I think Markram is the one they have in mind for the role.
 
Slim said:
Where were you on Day 1?
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I know the reality of Pakistan cricket like the back of my hand, which is why I don’t dance when we have a good day. I leave the stage for fans who lack perspective.
 
Always confused why teams play #3 Test bats in middle-order in LOIs.

Guys like Van Der Dussen and Labuschagne should open in ODIs.
 
Runs flowing quickly now, people have mentioned our bowling but what about Barbers captaincy, fielding placement bowling changes etc he’s letting the game drift away
 
Lead going only 1 wicket down SA steadily becoming favourites the draw isn’t out of the question as well.
 
Hassan Ali is a trundler.

What good is reverse swing at 80mph?
 
Rayyman said:
Always confused why teams play #3 Test bats in middle-order in LOIs.

Guys like Van Der Dussen and Labuschagne should open in ODIs.
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QdK and J. Malan should open in white ball cricket with him at 3.
 
Rayyman said:
Do you guys think that Haris Rauf should play the next match?
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Not sure about next match but they should have played Tabish here instead of Hasan. Tabish I heard has picked truckloads of wickets on this pitch.
 
Need to bring on spin from both ends.

Reverse swing isn't working at all.

Nauman + Yasir haven't been bowled in tandem at all, which is just pathetic.

It's an old ball, it will spin, have one bowl out in the rough and the other from over the wicket.

Bring in fielders near the bat.
 
Mamoon said:
I know the reality of Pakistan cricket like the back of my hand, which is why I don’t dance when we have a good day. I leave the stage for fans who lack perspective.
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What do you think is the max we can chase?
 
damage limitation now guys i am afraid..Umpire could have given that out i guess.

Nauman should keep bowling in the rough they should have done this 2 hours ago...
 
South Africa trail by just 5 runs now.

I think Pakistan should fancy a target anything below 200.
 
Hasan ali has actually bowled pretty well.

It's just high quality batting from markram and rvd
 
Babar has missed a massive trick here - he never asked his main spinner to bowl into the rough or around the wicket, with at least two fielders in and around the bat.

Nauman Ali has just started to do that now but there is still no second fielder on the offside and it may all be a bit too little too late.

Hasan Ali is also getting the ball to reverse and will likely be bowling it full yet he had no protection on the leg side boundary. Why?

Someone needs to give him some help here.
 
Stage is set for an aggressive QdK innings that will completely floor Pakistan.
 
Just checked the score and see that they have wiped off the 150 lead with only 1 down.

Is the wicket a dead pancake? No spin nothing? Catches dropped?
 
Shocking umpiring by Dar again. He has been poor for a while.
 
Aleem Dar gives the extremely tight decisions as not out and gives the most blatant not outs as an out decision!
 
Mamoon said:
Shocking umpiring by Dar again. He has been poor for a while.
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Pathetic comment. What examples/evidence you have to back this up? He has been at the top for so long, one or a few bad decisions doesnt makes him poor all of a sudden.
 
Man If ur gonna bowl inswing every ball then at least try an offcutter to deceive them
 
Slim said:
Pathetic comment. What examples/evidence you have to back this up? He has been at the top for so long, one bad decision doesnt makes him poor all of a sudden.
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He has had a lot of shockers lately. I don’t keep a list with me but if you would have watched him over the years you would know.
 
The blunder of not playing Saud and Sajid will haunt Pakistan.

Both have phenomenal stats at the NSK and were in great touch.

Pak management is either not intelligent or just doesn't make use of stats
 
Slim said:
Pathetic comment. What examples/evidence you have to back this up? He has been at the top for so long, one or a few bad decisions doesnt makes him poor all of a sudden.
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To be fair, he's made a couple of bad decisions in this test.

The first one was worse than this and was missing by a foot.
 
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