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

Mike Haysman is... Mike Haysman. What does it matter? Biff, Pollock, Holding etc. are awesome. Ignore Haysman if you must. They HAVE to talk about your team, some stuff are going to be negative.

Agreed. Nicholas, Pollock, Smith and Holding are on another level. Haysman is very very bad. One of the worst.
 
Our bowling just like the whole team is struggling with consistency
 
Shame Abbas is injured, too early to say yet but likely would have had more impact than Amir.
 
More than batting, really depressing to see the pace bowling on this wicket, no swing either. UAE wickets has robbed everything out of PAK cricket - Sarfraz must be missing Hafeez here against 2 lefti openers :(
 
Another symptom of playing so much Test cricket in UAE. We seem to have lost the ability to bowl with the new ball.

In UAE you look to bowl defensively until the ball is old enough to reverse.
 
Last ball from Shaheen was perfect. That's the length and the extra bounce from the wicket.

Keep it there and suprise them once with a yorker ala Starc.
 
350 is what SA should be looking up to, although tough as middle order is weak and no Philander at lower order either.
 
30 overs left in the day & this rate , hosts could be near 150 mark today & 350 by Tea day 2 . Forecast now is for 90% & 70% rain on day 3 & 4 & it would be a good idea to have a bowl in last session of day 2 .
 
Keeper sets the distance, not slip fielders. Normally, 2nd slip & WK stands parallel, 1st slip 2 steps behind and 3rd slip 1 step in front to make it like an umbrella.

Of course. My comment implies that the WK is standing too far behind. Needs to come up a few paces.
 
Looks like Amir has nothing to offer even a green pitch. We really need to find 3-4 decent batsmen, 2-3 genuine fast bowlers and a good young spinner.
 
This time, Amir should be given a longer spell, may be 6 overs and Hasan replaces Shaheen from other end with a semi old ball. SAF might end 4-5 down tonight if Amir gets it right.
 
I think Shaheen Shah Afridi is a work in progress, he is mentally not ready for Test Cricket. I think he has been rushed into Test side.
 
Amir has bowled better than Steyn and Rabada here.. so far... hope the spiteful Mike Haysman is watching it :amir
 
Massive wicket by Shaheen. Perhaps THE most important wicket. Dean elgar has been prolific for SA.
 
If PAK can keep things tight, either side of stumps, SAF might struggle to take a lead here. Their tail isn't that great any more.
 
Big wicket of Elgar.

One or two more before close would be huge for Pakistan.
 
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