South Africa v Pakistan | 3rd T20I | Pretoria | 14 April 2021 | South Africa innings

[shariqnoor]

klaasen should've come in in place of VD dussen. He's he man in form.

 

[Devadwal]

But India is not a fast bowling factory.

Good one

 

[Energy]

Two vital breakthroughs. Should keep them under 200.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

SA will score less than 190 now. Easy win for Pakistan..
Congrats.. Signing off now.. Good night from Melbourne.

 

[Abdurmirr]

Any other team like India would have been going at 15 an over by now.

Yeah your 100% correct. It's not like India was able to out bowl Australia in their own conditions while our pathetic excuse for a team let Australia score 550+ in two consecutive innings. But yes India would have definitely be doing worse than our GREAT bowling line up

 

[sharmaji]

I feel that the run rate will go down now. SA doesn't have a good middle order. Pak will restrict SA to less than 200 and chase the target, watch.

 

[Rana]

Has anyone noticed, That Danish Aziz bloke is in the reserves of our T20 squad. This guy has not played a single PSL match as far as I can remember.

Looks like Misbah is as clueless about this job just like his team selections

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Saffers may not make 200.

 

[Ab Fan]

Good comeback from Pakistan. Never underestimate the power of common man!

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

On current form, would you rather have Malan, Maakram and Klaasen in the team or DeKock, Bavuma etc?

SA top order is the best they can put out.

Bowling is weak though.

Pakistan is still in it.

 

[Ahmed216]

They will not do anything in the WT20 and neither will we.

This series has proved that South African reserves are actually capable of beating Pakistan’s first choice team, so I am not sure why our fans are excusing this performance.

This series has been a real eye-opener for our deluded fans.

None of the fans said this tour was going to be a cakewalk. U must be hallucinating

 

[Rana]

Klaasen has been in Vehshi form lately

He is the beast incarnate right now!

 

[imshally81]

Dropped

 

[zain7077]

Pakistan is Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan level team. The sooner our fans accept the reality, the easier it will be for them to cope with the embarrassment.

Would Any of them be able to beat SA in an ODI series in SA? Even if a few top players left for the last ODI.

 

[Fazzy321]

By law of averages Klaasen should not make a big score here

 

[Sunzi]

Can't drop that. Dolly.

That's the sort of chance you have to take to pull this game back somewhat.

 

[Ahmed216]

Crucial drop

 

[Rana]

Rana Faheem Ashraf is the all rounder we have always wanted since Razzaq left. Very good cricketer MashaAllah

 

[Corridor of Uncertainty]

Poor drop from Nawaz. Need to keep standards up even when things are going against you.

 

[Omer2002]

Folks as long as we win i dont care.lets be honest 200 will be the norm in india to chase so they need to get used to chasing it the problem is our batting is awful

 

[Rana]

Nawaz has been decent today so we can let him off a bit

 

[Rana]

Well it looks like a soft 70+ score to come from the bat of Rizwan against depleted saffers bowling attack is on the cards...

 

[shariqnoor]

This is comfortably a 200 run ground. Even SL B team will score 180 here. The score isn't the issue. The problem is Pakistani batting is not that great.

 

[imshally81]

Rana Faheem Ashraf is the all rounder we have always wanted since Razzaq left. Very good cricketer MashaAllah

What he did?

 

[Sunzi]

Rauf is trash.

 

[Ahmed216]

Koi na our comeback king buttler will do it today

 

[imshally81]

Good fielding by Nawaz

 

[world cup captain]

Well it looks like a soft 70+ score to come from the bat of Rizwan against depleted saffers bowling attack is on the cards...

If only Sharjeel consistently made these soft 50+ scores instead of flopping around in the field trying to be a plus-sized model.

 

[Abdulm123]

asif alis fielding has drastically improved

 

[Ahmed216]

First game they did bowl a few yorkers. Dont know what went wrong after that

 

[imshally81]

Out

 

[Abdulm123]

Rauf is trash.

Still better than Hasnain.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Is Babar seriously kidding right now? Hasan has just been tonked around, and instead of bringing on Shaheen who bowled better than everyone else, he brings on the bowler under the pump?

Had Shaheen and Rauf bowled in tandem, there would be the chance of a wicket and less runs being given, making it easier for Hasan to bowl the final over.

Genuinely this captaincy is quite concerning. A bad idea to try and finish the spell of a bowler who's being pummeled early when there's destructive batsmen on the crease.

 

[Sunzi]

Klaasen gone. Can be destructive so that'll help.

 

[Fazzy321]

What did I say law of averages works

 

[sindhiboy]

Pakistan doing well as soon as it is time to break roza.

Coincidence??

 

[Sunzi]

Still better than Hasnain.

Didn't suggest otherwise but not a bowler of international quality IMO.

 

[Abdulm123]

Pakistan doing well as soon as it is time to break roza.

Coincidence??

not time to break roza back in south africa

 

[Abdulm123]

oh my god Hasan Ali got a wicket! after leaking 50 runs in 3 overs.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Now Shaheen needs to hold his end.

Has been a poor bowler in the death to say the least.

Needs to land the yorker and bowl the bouncer to the newcomer.

 

[UzmanBeast]

oh my god Hasan Ali got a wicket! after leaking 50 runs in 3 overs.

Let's see if he makes it up with the bat.

 

[imshally81]

6666

 

[Abdulm123]

Let's see if he makes it up with the bat.

I was being sarcastic, Hasan Ali not impressive at all. He should convert to being a batsman

 

[Deewana Mastana]

But India is not a fast bowling factory.

That was about batting

 

[Titan24]

Not a good day for Hassan but, was pick of the pacers in first 2 T20s so part and parcel of being a bowler I guess.

 

[Ahmed216]

Shaheen has been ordinary

 

[Usman Chadda]

Shaheen )

 

[castortroy]

When has afridi ever been successful around the the wicket

 

[Deewana Mastana]

200 and it is game

 

[shariqnoor]

Shaheen has to be the most overrated bowler in the world right now. Has to be the worst death bowler along with Shinwari.

 

[Omer2002]

Shaheen is all hype aswell i was hoping he would go starc way once he reduced his run ups

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Dussen needs to go big

 

[Omer2002]

Y is he bowling around the wicket

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Rauf meanwhile

 

[sindhiboy]

Haris to rassie, potentially high over

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Needs boundaries

 

[Usman Chadda]

South Africa should get 220, anything less will be disappointing.

 

[imshally81]

666

 

[Fazzy321]

200 is on

 

[Usman Chadda]

Stage set for Shaheen to concede 15-20 runs and get South Africa close to 210.

 

[UzmanBeast]

Stage set for Shaheen to concede 15-20 runs and get South Africa close to 210.

He's not a death overs bowler. Our management just doesn't see it.

 

[Ahmed_99]

Why has Hafeez not bowled at all? Could have been a good option considering how expensive everyone has been?

 

[Fazzy321]

Its South Africa match to lose here

 

[Shaddy86]

Why has Hafeez not bowled at all? Could have been a good option considering how expensive everyone has been?

Saving it for the world cup, can't risk getting banned now.

 

[Sunzi]

Don't get me wrong 200 is a lot but this should have been much worse considering the start SA had and maintained up to around the 14th over.

We've pulled it back a bit, but gut feeling is that the damage is done.

 

[Titan24]

Would be interesting to see how Babar and Rizwan go about it as they will require to start at a good tempo.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Don't get me wrong 200 is a lot but this should have been much worse considering the start SA had and maintained up to around the 14th over.

We've pulled it back a bit, but gut feeling is that the damage is done.

We might end up losing by 100+ runs here. Our captain has no business playing in a team chasing such totals.

 

[Ahmed_99]

Saving it for the world cup, can't risk getting banned now.

Maybe an over of Fakhar would have been decent shout instead then. The surprise element could have worked in our favour like Markram did when he bowled in the ODIs

 

[Titan24]

Bit less than average 1st innings total of 209 though.

 

[Fazzy321]

Below par score here

 

[Yasir_ch]

So it's been 7 years since any team scored 200 against Pakistan.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Embarrassing.

All I can say.

Honestly PCB should pull this lot out of the T20WC. We are playing Australia, New Zealand and West Indies. New records will be made against these losers.

 

[nextover666666]

Not impressed by pak bowling today that being said fantastic batting by south africa

 

[MRSN]

Embarrassing.

All I can say.

Honestly PCB should pull this lot out of the T20WC. We are playing Australia, New Zealand and West Indies. New records will be made against these losers.

Yes. It will be true humiliation. Our bowling is so overrater and batting is built on shoulders of Rizwan and Baber. Loool

 

[world cup captain]

The overreaction on this thread is incredible. Only short-sighted thinking. Meh.

 

[Rafa]

Pakistan has never chased a target of 190+

 

[Pakhs]

Road batting track plus short boundaries this can be chased down.