South Africa v Pakistan | 3rd ODI | Centurion | 7th April 2021 | Pakistan innings

[Zeshan547]

I guess babar has scored enough to get that No. 1 rank in ODIs for first time ever? Can anybody confirm it.

 

[King_Kohli]

Visiting players to score consecutive ODI hundreds in South Africa:

Kevin Pietersen in 2005
Joe Root in 2016
Fakhar Zaman in 2021

 

[castortroy]

And Rizwan goes.

How can you have 2 wicketkeeper batsmen at 4 and 5

 

[Hasan123]

That's out. Rizwan needs to stop getting so excited in terms of movement when he is batting.

 

[shaz619]

What a knock from Fakhar in a decider, usually players have an avg performance right after a magical knock, he has some guts this lad, no doubt about that

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Not the best series for Rizwan

 

[angrypathan]

Gone

 

[Rana]

Why does Fakhar want to play this impotent shot against spinners?

 

[silentkiller187]

Sarfraz to show rizwan how its done

 

[BunnyRabbit]

Rizwan gone. :/
Send Fahim in. Sarfraz would be useless in current situation.

 

[Thanos]

You seem to have underestimated the trio of sarfraz, faheem and nawaz here.

Offer of 374 closed now after Zaman gone.
Looking at middle order new offer stands at 336.

 

[King_Kohli]

Most century opening partnerships for Pakistan in ODIs:

Imam-ul-Haq and Fakhar Zaman - 5
Imran Farhat and Yasir Hameed - 4
Nasir Jamshed and Mohammad Hafeez - 4

 

[imshally81]

Rizwan gone

 

[castortroy]

Fakhar wicket was massive. He completely lost concentration and gave it away cheeply

 

[Omer2002]

Wow Rizzy back to look like a rabbit when running and when batting pathetic honestly ..such a good start all messed up

 

[Titan24]

Mahraj really getting some spin. Qadir and Nawaz will be looking at this

 

[Zeshan547]

Never rated Rizwan specially in LOIs, it's time we look for alternatives, need to give chance to Rohail soon.

 

[Sunzi]

Damn since I've been on the Rizzy bandwagon he's not performed once

 

[Omer2002]

Offer of 374 closed now after Zaman gone.
Looking at middle order new offer stands at 336.

wont get 300 it looks like now...maharaj getting three so i am happy now in hindsight we have nawaZ and Qadir playing

 

[Markhor]

Thoughts on this batting lineup in general? Weakest you’ve ever seen?

The top order looks strong with FZ regaining form, and the consistency of Imam (dot ball issues in PP aside) and Babar.

However the middle order is a joke and being constantly messed around. Just play Haider at 5 and give him a proper run. After one bad series against Shamsi there's a narrative he can't play spin - yet he's never been dismissed by spin in the PSL.

As much as I dislike Imad for his unpenetrative ODI bowling, he's probably still our best #6. Faheem can slot in at 7 in all formats.

 

[hitthestump]

I'm a big fan of Rizwan but he is not a top 4 batsman. He is the best wicketkeeper/bat in Pakistan but that doesn't mean he should be in the top order.

 

[Major]

Rizwan has performed well during the year, one bad series is a non issue.

As usual, people who dislike him will take this oppurtunity to bash him

 

[shah_1]

Rizwan has such tail ender stats in ODIs

 

[JattMaula]

One of these two teams has got to change at least one colour on their kit! It's worse than the India-Srilanka dark blue clash.

Ground and both teams have almost the exact same colors!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Yikes. That middle order will make me throw up

 

[TheNightWatchman]

Maharaj the arm bowl specialist is getting turn which means qadir is going to spin it more than warne today

 

[imshally81]

Fakhar is averaging more than 50 now...

 

[Markhor]

I wouldn't have played him, but Sarfraz should do his thing against the spinners.

 

[naseem]

Good innings by Fakhar......but this is where problem starts......Sarfraz Nawaz r not hitters....would want Faheem to come now though....below 310 ...pak may loose

 

[sada90]

they know maharaj is bowling well.. why can't just play him defensively as possible and then hit next guy ....

 

[Amjid Javed]

Rizwan has been a let down here, needs to learn to settle for a while at crease rather than these tame dismissals.

 

[Thanos]

Pak gave too much respect to Markram. Should have scored 15-20 runs more in his 7 overs

 

[Markhor]

Anything less than 300 after that solid start would be criminal.

 

[castortroy]

Will be lucky to reach 300 here

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Babar lol, overrated

 

[UzmanBeast]

Personally, I don't think Rizwan is a good ODI batsman. His average is down to about the high 20s if I'm not mistaken, and that's quite unacceptable.

Rohail Nazir should be brought to the ODI squad.

If Sarfaraz does well here, he will make the spot his own.

All eyes are on Babar now, can he show us a more explosive gear to see the team post a good total.

 

[Amjid Javed]

With start we had we should have been aiming for 340, pretty poor effort here so far.

 

[Zeshan547]

Last thing we need babar getting out, than this misbah middle order will struggle to get 250 let alone 350. Maybe in hindsight it will good he is get exposed for being the clown he is.

 

[shariqnoor]

From getting 330 easily, they are not going to get 290 even.

 

[ChTab]

Poor batting by Pakistan playing too slow now won't reach 330.

 

[Mainul]

That is Pakistan.

 

[imshally81]

Dot balls

 

[castortroy]

Scandalous middle/lower order batting line up

 

[King_Kohli]

250 is enough for this SA team.

 

[Mainul]

Why Sarfraz the old bakwas batter

 

[UzmanBeast]

Need to rotate strike against Maharaj, we can't be sitting ducks otherwise we'll have too much to do in very little time.

 

[MHN1293]

Onus on to babar to prove he deserves the no.1 rankings. Peak kohli would have gotten india to 350 from here. Babar should be looking at 320-330

 

[ChTab]

last 5 overs Pakistan has scored just 17 runs. This is beyond pathetic

 

[Ahmed216]

Rizwan's recent T20 knocks show that he can accelerate when set. Where he struggles is getting off to a quick start.

Hmmm T20 os a different format. In 50 over u got be able mix big shots with 1's n 2's and over a longer period of time.

 

[Coolcapri]

What happend to babar all of a sudden, Time to express it self not go in shell.

 

[MHN1293]

Just like that

 

[TheNightWatchman]

Waste of a good base to accelerate

 

[redmaverik84]

If Sarfu gets a good 50-75 here, what are the chances of him replacing Rizwan in the near future? He would then be undroppable and you cant have him fielding.

 

[imshally81]

Welcome boundary

 

[King_Kohli]

Keshav Maharaj

 

[Coolcapri]

SHooot Saifuuuuu

 

[Titan24]

Good over for Pak

 

[Zeshan547]

70 runs and 300 hundred target should be bare minimum even for this middle order.

 

[imshally81]

Great shot by Sarfaraz...

444

 

[EngrOmair]

That's how its done Rizzy Bhai

 

[EngrOmair]

What happend to babar all of a sudden, Time to express it self not go in shell.

he does that approaching his milestones

 

[PerfectionPersonified]

Unforced dismissals so far

 

[Zeshan547]

70 runs and 300 hundred target should be bare minimum even for this middle order.

But where we were at 35 over mark 330 ws minimum we were looking at even 350 was in range, now those less 30,40 runs can be decisive in the end specially if we bowl poorly.

 

[Titan24]

If Sarfu gets a good 50-75 here, what are the chances of him replacing Rizwan in the near future? He would then be undroppable and you cant have him fielding.

He will be keeping today as well if I am not wrong and incase of a good score and future selections he will continue to keep in ODIs. Rizwan is an outstanding ground fielder so him fielding in such scenario would make sense.

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Rizwan gone. :/
Send Fahim in. Sarfraz would be useless in current situation.

Sarfraz is determined to set thinga right for him.
His innings in PSLs speaks a lot.
He will be scoring here in excess of SR 120

 

[Hasan123]

3 off Smuts lol.

 

[Ahmed216]

Babar should be able to convert this to a hundred if he stays till the 50th

 

[Titan24]

Time for Babar to accelerate and possibly bring in another 100

 

[Thanos]

Wasted complete over.

 

[imshally81]

50 for Babar

 

[Kashmirilion]

Poor selfish cricket.

 

[Mesozoic]

Why are they dead batting Smuts?

 

[IAJ]

Yaaawn yet another 50 by Babar

 

[Coolcapri]

Why not attacking part timers.

 

[Zeshan547]

3 off Smuts lol.

And it's 4 1st over and we have 7 wickets in hand, just shows game awareness of our lot.

 

[imshally81]

Another boundary by Sarfaraz

 

[Hasan123]

And it's 4 1st over and we have 7 wickets in hand, just shows game awareness of our lot.

Exactly. We don't need to save wickets now.

 

[IAJ]

Sarfraz is the best player of spin in this team.

 

[Coolcapri]

start hitting,.......Marrooooooo

 

[Thulsa]

What is this the South Africa D team?