jamie smith
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need to get bavuma and rickelton asap
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In cape town I expected him to play in place of JamalNauman Ali should be in XI today
But line is offJamal's pace is up
The only change needed was for Noman for JamalI can't get over what a blunder they made leaving out Noman. Khurram, Abbas, Jamal was a good enough pace attack on this pitch. The second innings edge Noman would have given us will be missed, especially looking at the cracks on the pitch. South Africa have plenty of right-handers and have been known to struggle against quality-spin bowling as well.
Oof that was savage lolAbd Shafiq doesn't have hands, he has holes pretending to be hands
Think you're going a bit overboard there. Jamal's batting ability is perfectly good for a bowling all-rounder. He also offers something different with his extra pace. Mir Hamza should have missed out for Noman.The only change needed was for Noman for Jamal
Nauman is also not big of a batting downgrade to Jamal
Why the lack of short stuff to Bavuma? When you know he likes to take it on...especially early on in his innings
Pakistan clearly missing a spinner. They should try to get a replacement for Saim in form of Noman asap.
Why? Did Saim get injured?Cannot happen under the current rules.
is saim that badly injured or whatSo Babar will have to open with Shan?
Yes.is saim that badly injured or what
Dude scans mean he won’t be playing this Test I recon.is saim that badly injured or what
Its really annoying .i understand when a bowler bowling long spells but he was doing in his first over .Mir "yeah" Hamza
So what happens? Babar and Shan open? . Pakistan will be 2 down for 10 off the bat.Dude scans mean he won’t be playing this Test I recon.
Most likely Grade 1 sprain so Likely to be fit in 2-3 weeksIf Saim ayub is badly injured then our only hope of Champion Trophy is gone
I didn't say he was a bad player of short pitched bowling. Just that he is a compulsive hooker of the ball. And that in there is an opportunity to get a wicket. But Pakistan made no such effortActually he is good player of short pitch bowling but don't know how as he is not much tall.
Mir Hamza should be the first name in bowling sheet, as he’s the best bowler in Pakistan right now.
Shan Masood
Saim Ayub
Babar Azam
Saud Shakeel
Kamran Ghulam
Agha Salman
M Rizwan
Nauman Ali
Mohd Abbas
Mir Hamza
Khurram Shahzad
Brother is finding the excuse that pitch is not bowler friendly like last test.How's the best bowler in Pakistan looking now, brother? Will that Test average ever come down to 40 and below?
I absolutely agree.This was the danger of the 80mph bowler. As I said many times Mir Hamza is a FC bowler and a decent one by PK standards but not an international bowler. He was barely good enough for county cricket
Shan is aggressive and has a loud mouth that's all. Hence in aus it seemed as if he was the one making the calls.It was indeed M Hafeez that set the plan and field placing right when Pakistan toured Australia for the Tests. People thought it was Shan. Now Shan has been exposed since the Bangladesh home series.
Why should South Africa want to draw when they can win it.Both needs to bat long and kill the game.
Averaging 54 with the ball in his last 6 FC matches.My favorite trundler is Irfanullah Shah.
He gets lovely movement in air and is really tall.
I'm generally against trundlers but I'm intrigued by the idea of seeing him bowling on a spicy pitch.
Not a long term bet though.
Must've been dead pitches. He would obviously be useless on good batting wickets.Averaging 54 with the ball in his last 6 FC matches.
I don't have with the skill issue at times but my issue will always be about reading the game.
Shan said & I quote, if we'd win the toss, we would have bowled first. That's a really unintelligent thing to say on a pitch that's dry & the weather is sunny. The moment these players step in as analysts, all of a sudden they become smart sounding but the moment they step on the cricket field, it feels that they leave their brains somewhere else.
Hamza was perfect for the 1st test match. This is not his pitch.
Only one of Abbas or Hamza should play unless it's a green mamba but here we are.
Post lunch session, we started with Jamal & Agha, & while Jamal is our fastest bowler, he is not cut out to do that role unless there's reverse swing on offer. Then instead of Abbas, other two were called in for a spell to preserve Abbas. Preserve him for what, I ask.
A bad bowling line up makes watching test cricket dull, a bad bowling line-up & an inept test captain together as a combination just makes watching cricket impossible.