South Africa finish Day 1 of the second Test against Pakistan in a commanding position at 316/4

[Ahmed216]

Shan Masood wanted to bowl first

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bavuma is in good form.

 

[batandballbattle]

We look dead on our feet, just waiting for something to happen

 

[lazy cricketer]

that's what happens why you do not have a bowler who can bowl above 140 and has decent accuracy in sena countries. 500 loading and a defeat by 1 inning

 

[Rana]

Jamal too easy

What a pointless selection

 

[sweep_shot]

Jamal too easy

What a pointless selection

He was very good in Australia. I think his selection is understandable.

Just didn't click in South Africa.

 

[Rana]

This is poor Test bowling

In fact, this guy really isn’t a Test quality bowler

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Kl legend Rahul averages in the 30's

Gill averages in the 30's

No wonder Kohli and Rohit wont retire.

They don't get to face this 120 kph attack though.

 

[Rana]

He was very good in Australia. I think his selection is understandable.

Just didn't click in South Africa.

Even Rauf bowls well in Australia. Doesn’t mean they are good bowlers

 

[sweep_shot]

This is a dead rubber for South Africa. They are already in WTC final.

I guess they are playing without much pressure.

 

[Devadwal]

Nice batting. Keep the pressure on.

 

[Human786]

229/3 & the dude wanted 2 bowl first !!!

 

[jnaveen1980]

What’s the average first innings score here?

There are two types Newland pitch offers. One is unplayable. Another one is road. you see very high scores. You also see very low scores here. Not seen how it behaves. We will know when how Pakistan bats on this pitch.

 

[Hellion]

These bowlers would be just as mediocre even if they chucked the ball.

 

[Rana]

This is a dead rubber for South Africa. They are already in WTC final.

I guess they are playing without much pressure.

I mean they never lost to Pakistan in Cape Town.

 

[Devadwal]

This is a dead rubber for South Africa. They are already in WTC final.

I guess they are playing without much pressure.

Excuse ,keep them coming .

 

[TheSultan]

Technically it's 215-2. One of those wickets was a tailender who was promoted to no 3 for some reason.

Absolutely right brother.

Our “fans” are like scavengers. Scavenging for any excuse to defend these lame duck 120k, slower than 15 year old bowlers.

We keep getting gaslighted with that earth shattering argument “we don’t have anyone better”.

They did that about t20 openers - and Saim showed we do.

They did that with Babar in tests, and we get Ghulam. Now we’re getting that with so called fast bowlers who are an insult to that profession. Pure floaty trundlers. Such an embarassment.

I refuse to believe that’s the best we’ve got. And no gaslighting will convince me otherwise.

 

[The Bald Eagle]

Pakistan have already lost the match...very hard to think of even a draw.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I went through cricinfo comments i see this

Firdose points out that this was the 107-over disaster strip from last year. "What I can tell you is that it's the same pitch and that last year, Western Province did some soil analysis and discovered there were no problems. So…" Ricks is finding it true enough this year!

 

[m.shah]

229/3 & the dude wanted 2 bowl first !!!

He is mentally retarted

 

[Mainul]

that's what happens why you do not have a bowler who can bowl above 140 and has decent accuracy in sena countries. 500 loading and a defeat by 1 inning

Shoib Akhtar,Bumrah could have made a difference. Yes.

 

[Devadwal]

Dances down the track and its 2nd sixer for bavuma

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Afghanistan v Zimbabwe seems more interesting

 

[mominsaigol]

Absolutely right brother.

Our “fans” are like scavengers. Scavenging for any excuse to defend these lame duck 120k, slower than 15 year old bowlers.

We keep getting gaslighted with that earth shattering argument “we don’t have anyone better”.

They did that about t20 openers - and Saim showed we do.

They did that with Babar in tests, and we get Ghulam. Now we’re getting that with so called fast bowlers who are an insult to that profession. Pure floaty trundlers. Such an embarassment.

I refuse to believe that’s the best we’ve got. And no gaslighting will convince me otherwise.

Their are better pacers in domestics. Infact ali raza is better then all these clowns.

Problem is theirs a lack of fc pacers in pakistan atm. The only solution is to do what Australia did and that's shoving a 19 year old with only 11 Fc games to play Bumrah.

Pakistan need to be brave, but they won't be. They play safe, don't take risks and it costs them.

Infact the reason we won ct is because we replaced Ahmed shehzad for a debutant and that debutant ended up becoming our best opener since saeed Anwar, with only saim being his competition atm.

 

[Rana]

Must have gone to the same school as DeQock? Looks so similar in stance and bat flow

 

[Rana]

Hell of a shot on the backfoot

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Jamal banging it into the deck at 138 kph. Good stuff. You need a point of difference from the rest of this attack.

 

[Devadwal]

Exactly one year ago india had bowled out South Africa for just 55 runs on the same ground .

 

[The Scorer]

This is a worse Pakistan attack than last time in South Africa in 2018, which was: Shaheen Afridi, Amir, Hasan Ali and Yasir Shah. and that team lost 3-0. They've had 6 years since then and still not managed to build a decent bowling attack.

 

[Rana]

Zindabad batting

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Their are better pacers in domestics. Infact ali raza is better then all these clowns.

Problem is theirs a lack of fc pacers in pakistan atm. The only solution is to do what Australia did and that's shoving a 19 year old with only 11 Fc games to play Bumrah.

Pakistan need to be brave, but they won't be. They play safe, don't take risks and it costs them.

Infact the reason we won ct is because we replaced Ahmed shehzad for a debutant and that debutant ended up becoming our best opener since saeed Anwar, with only saim being his competition atm.

They did that in Australia in 2019 when they fielded an attack comprising of Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi and Musa Khan. Australia pretty much annihilated them. Naseem got injured. Musa got probably the worst beating going wicketless at nearly 6 RPO. Ponting called it the "worst bowling attack to ever tour Australia."

There are no shortcuts to being successful in test cricket.

 

[Devadwal]

Jamal banging it into the deck at 138 kph. Good stuff. You need a point of difference from the rest of this attack.

Still smashed by Rickelton, two four already in this over.

And more

 

[jnaveen1980]

He looked hackish in Tests. Today he looks like QDK

 

[mominsaigol]

Did babar just drop 2 catches?

Why does this clown even play test cricket? He and Abdullah are the worst fielders in pk team atm.

 

[Mainul]

My prediction is correct so far. SA is in charge and Pakistan has no clue what to do

 

[Fazzy321]

Exactly one year ago india had bowled out South Africa for just 55 runs on the same ground .

I think that was a different pitch

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Only possible if bowler can Swing the ball and some deflection can be found when ball is around the bat.

Umpire can give that out based on deflection.

So honsala rakho.

Still festering I see. ICF not to your taste ?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Still smashed by Rickelton, two four already in this over.

And more

Rickleton is practising his range hitting for SA20 which is far more important for them than this Test match ( now that they have qualified)

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

This pitch was created to nullify Pakistan's seamers. Which is fine. But South African pacers will also have to bowl on his pitch. No excuse for Pakistan batters to not score on this pitch. It is flat as a pancake and will be for atleast the first few days.

 

[RidiculousMan]

It's Pindi smash all again

 

[RidiculousMan]

This pitch was created to nullify Pakistan's seamers. Which is fine. But South African pacers will also have to bowl on his pitch. No excuse for Pakistan batters to not score on this pitch. It is flat as a pancake and will be for atleast the first few days.

But they know Pakistani batters are no threat.

Pakistan can never out bat another team

 

[Rana]

Just checked

Quinton and Rickleton didn’t go to the same school.

Rickleton was coached by his dad.

 

[Devadwal]

Still festering I see. ICF not to your taste ?

I just giving some tips to takes wickets as Pakistani trundlers are looking harmless.

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

But they know Pakistani batters are no threat.

Pakistan can never out bat another team

South African batters aren't exactly averaging 50 ether. Most of them average in the 30s and are at the start of their test careers.

 

[Devadwal]

Rickleton is practising his range hitting for SA20 which is far more important for them than this Test match ( now that they have qualified)

Good point

 

[Fazzy321]

What a home advantage does to a team. They knew that Pakistan have trundlers so they won’t survive on this flat pitch

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Just checked

Quinton and Rickleton didn’t go to the same school.

Rickleton was coached by his dad.

Rickleton, Mulder, Rabada, and Maphaka all went to the same school in Johannesburg.

 

[Rana]

“A sporty child, who played schools' rugby, provincial squash and once held the Gauteng under-14 record for weight-lifting, Ryan Rickelton added keeping wicket to his skillset to become a better cricketer. By then, he was already a batter, coached mostly by his father Ian, who was director of sports at what would become his high school St. Stithians, and inspired by Australian left-handers Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist.”

Guy is a weight lifter too.

He should become Governor of California one day

 

[RidiculousMan]

South African batters aren't exactly averaging 50 ether. Most of them average in the 30s and are at the start of their test career.

That doesn't matter. Pakistani batting won't be able to score even 300

 

[jnaveen1980]

After their 392 against SL in 2017 the scores have been

1st innings scores at newlands

SA 286 vs India they won 2018
SA 311 vs Aus they won 2018
Pakistan 177 they lost 2019
England 269 they won 2020
India 223 they lost 2022
SA 55 vs India they lost 2023
SA 251/3 vs Pakistan in progress

So 300 or there about in recent times.

 

[RidiculousMan]

Rick should get his double hundred today

 

[MMHS]

This pitch was created to nullify Pakistan's seamers. Which is fine. But South African pacers will also have to bowl on his pitch. No excuse for Pakistan batters to not score on this pitch. It is flat as a pancake and will be for atleast the first few days.

It’s a much harder surface, and drier as well. For that SAF has picked three “hit the deck” fast bowlers, dropping two cricketers taking 10 wickets in last Test. On top, they have picked a genuine finger spinner. It’ll not be easy for PAK batsmen, particularly if SAF has 450+ on board - they’ll put 6 catching men and bowl aggressively; run rate might be higher, but PAK won’t bat longer.

 

[Rana]

This is the difference in culture. SENA countries producing high quality talent in private schools. You can boast about product coming out through quality coaching at these schools.

What can we boast about? Which madrasa in Pakistan is producing the next big fluke to play cricket?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I went through cricinfo comments i see this

Firdose points out that this was the 107-over disaster strip from last year. "What I can tell you is that it's the same pitch and that last year, Western Province did some soil analysis and discovered there were no problems. So…" Ricks is finding it true enough this year!

Poles apart , these pitches. That was the 3rd toughest batting conditions in tracking history per Cricviz. Especially from the Wynberg end.

 

[jnaveen1980]

SA has a bit more variety in their bowling attack. A tall lanky bowler who can get something out of this benign surface. But if Pakistan sees off new ball they can also bat well here.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Poles apart , these pitches. That was the 3rd toughest batting conditions in tracking history per Cricviz. Especially from the Wynberg end.

yEa seemingly. We still have to see how it plays out when Pakistan bats.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

yEa seemingly. We still have to see how it plays out when Pakistan bats.

Even when they bat , it's not going to be anywhere near as challenging as it was a year ago.

4th innings will be tough though.

 

[Rana]

“South Africa May end up over 300”

Ramiz Raja

Aitchinson college ki shaan!

 

[imshally81]

Any updates on Saim Ayub?

 

[jnaveen1980]

i think Pakistan should try to slow down the scoring rate

 

[batandballbattle]

Rickyleton Ponting. Our heritage of making superstars out of unknowns continues

 

[jnaveen1980]

They are trolling Ramiz lol

 

[Devadwal]

May be slip of tongue otherwise over 450 is guaranteed.

“South Africa May end up over 300”

Ramiz Raja

Aitchinson college ki shaan!

 

[jnaveen1980]

Scoring rate is a big problem for Pakistan

 

[Human786]

He is mentally retarted

I agree . 262/3

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Getting bullied by Bavuma hadd ho gi

 

[Rana]

Rickyleton Ponting. Our heritage of making superstars out of unknowns continues

Actually, we as fans have a heritage of not having knowledge of our opposition

Rickleton is highly rated. This is no surprise

 

[jnaveen1980]

Mir is grunting a lot is he?

 

[RidiculousMan]

Need to bowl Babar and Shan. Bring in the part timers.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

I just giving some tips to takes wickets as Pakistani trundlers are looking harmless.

Obsessed

 

[Devadwal]

Getting bullied by Bavuma hadd ho gi

 

[jnaveen1980]

How much that Grunt adds to Mir Hamza's speed?

 

[jnaveen1980]

30 fours and 3 sixes today. That is about 138 runs in boundaries.

 

[jnaveen1980]

What is worrying for Pak bowling is control percentage of batsmen

Bavuma 95%
Rickleton 94%

That means they have to give away their wickets

 

[jnaveen1980]

Ramiz Raja calls Rickleton King. lol KIng Rickleton. Can Pakistan king respond?

 

[mango_bite77]

Shan Masood last 5 days as a test captain

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Rickleton 150. Flat pitch, even flatter bowling attack but runs nonetheless

 

[Devadwal]

150 for Ricketon

 

[mango_bite77]

What is worrying for Pak bowling is control percentage of batsmen

Bavuma 95%
Rickleton 94%

That means they have to give away their wickets

Looks perfect pitch for batting. Clown Masood wanted to bowl first

 

[jnaveen1980]

Pakistan's only hope is lapse of concentration from SOuth African batsmen at this point. No demons.