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South Africa finish Day 1 of first Test at 127/5 in response to Pakistan's total of 181

Terrible by Fakhar, both openers gone before 6 overs, yet we went to only play 6 batters and really short tail 🙄🙄🙄
 
This is turning ugly. Fakhar was just asking for it by pretending that this was an ODI. Azhar needs to bat long and get a century.
 
Arthur has made his career managing teams on these tracks - how can he send 3 lefti at top with Imam & FZ as opener? Sometimes I feel Arthur is just doing a routine job and keeping people happy at press conference. Ideally, Azhar & Shan/Imam should have opened with FZ at 6.
 
totally ******** team management.

why isnt azhar opening is beyond me , thats the only place where he can be useful and still the team management is totally clueless.

Ok you lack resources and talent but what are you doing to make maximum use of the available ones.
 
slip Practice by Fakhar, should have left in length, it was wide enough as well.... Terrible batting by both openers 👺👺👺
 
This is a joke. Open with Azhar and send Fakhar at 6.
Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that Steyn will expose Fakhar’s technique with the new ball.
 
Just when I thought things couldn’t get worse, Rameez comes to the commentary
 
Not a boundary but nice shot Azhar. I guess tuk tuking is the way to go to make batting easier for the rest of the lineup. And Makhaya Ntini is commentating? Man times change..
 
Terrible by Fakhar, both openers gone before 6 overs, yet we went to only play 6 batters and really short tail ������

Amir and Shah are pretty decent with the bat and Hasan is not a #11 either.
 
Just when I thought things couldn’t get worse, Rameez comes to the commentary

Lol, the torture begins.

"Pakistan need to score runs here, which they can do by building partnerships".

Thanks, Rameez. You truly are a former cricket player...
 
Pakistan will be lucky to get to 100 here. Pathetic batting so far. The team selection of selecting 3 openers aswell :facepalm:

Sheer stupidity by captain, coach and inzi.
 
totally ******** team management.

why isnt azhar opening is beyond me , thats the only place where he can be useful and still the team management is totally clueless.

Ok you lack resources and talent but what are you doing to make maximum use of the available ones.

Azhar was opening in England where we drew yet we changed the combination this winter to accomodate Hafeez, and moved Azhar to 3.

Hafeez retires and Azhar is now down to 4.

Nothing we've done in this winter Test season has made sense.
 
Let me jinx Shan by pointing out how different/better looks vs when I saw him in England in 2016
 
Pakistan will be lucky to get to 100 here. Pathetic batting so far. The team selection of selecting 3 openers aswell :facepalm:



Sheer stupidity by captain, coach and inzi.

Isn't having 3 openers okay? One wicket falls and you have an opener walking in
 
Edges will make sure that we score at a healthy rate , if we get out for 130 the will be scored in 40 overs.
 
Rameez is talking about Greek puzzles. I don’t know what those are
 
Bavuma has to be one of the best fielders in the world today. So quick and agile and you can just sense that a run-out is coming...
 
Sham looks to be an improved cricketer [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION].

Limited, but hard working guy. These type of players do well in their best few years. Shan is probably at his best batting form and at right age - might survive this SAF series.
 
When is [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] coming here to inform us that the crowd here is better than the one in Melbourne
 
Pakistan just needs to get to 250 somehow and give themselves a chance to stay in the game and to take the game deep. Day 4 and Day 5 will be curtailed by rain so you don't want to lose the Test match in the first two sessions.
 
Say what you may but Azhar is playing a masterclass and should surely serve as a teaching to young cricketers on how to play top quality fast going on a green wicket.

Leaving well, timing the ball, playing very late and not fishing outside the off stump.
 
Amir and Shah are pretty decent with the bat and Hasan is not a #11 either.

Amir I know, others are the reason we lost two test against NZ...third test, 315/5 to 348/10 in first innings, lead should have been more like 150/180... First test, after bowling them out to 150, we only got 75 run leads thanks to tail...6+4 does not works for us even at home, Pakistanis don’t understand test cricket :facepalm:
 
They are making fun of our openers who don’t know well basics of opening, don’t chase the ****ing ball 👺👺👺
 
Olivier in. Will batsmen assert themselves or continue to grind it out?
 
Knowing Pakistan, they are going to make an unknown commodity a hero in this series. Might be Duanne Olivier.
 
Olivier looks like he is in the wrong place. Weird action and awkward body-language. If we can tire Steyn and Rabada out, the other two bowlers can be targeted.
 
Had Haris been fit, who was supposed to play between FZ & Shan?
 
Olivier looks like he is in the wrong place. Weird action and awkward body-language. If we can tire Steyn and Rabada out, the other two bowlers can be targeted.

Lads bowling at 90 miles an hour and bowling a testing line. I don't know how you concluded he is in the wrong place.
 
Interesting batting by these two on the crease.

Just hope that one of these can stick and score a big ton.
 
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