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South Africa v Pakistan | 4th T20I | Pretoria | 16 April 2021 | South Africa innings

imshally81 said:
Babar Azam is clueless regarding bowling changes
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He needs to define the roles of his bowlers.

What role are Shaheen, Hasan, and Haris playing? What's Faheem's role?

Once there's clarity in the roles, the bowling will be more organized.

I'd personally make Shaheen our designated new-ball bowler, and bowl him three overs if needed in the powerplay, with one reserved for the middle overs.

Hasan would be my go-to man for the middle overs.

Rauf bowls in the death for me.
 
Bowling it quicker and on middle stump would be the better option for Nawaz. That's what he did to get Markram out, surprised that he didn't carry it to VDD.
 
Surely bowling needs to match the standards the Babar has set as the captain with his own performances
 
Sigh.. the last 3 overs have completely relieved the early pressure we had built.
 
Pakistan having proper coaches and plans for a start would be helpful.

At the moment they just seem to do the same thing on repeat in every match.
 
PakPremi said:
What could he have done. You cannot bowl Shaheen for more than 2 overs, as he is needed toward end. All teams do the same, keep couple overs of their best bowler.
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Except the fact that Shaheen isn't your best bowler at the death. He regularly goes for 25 or more in his last 2 overs. He's a good new ball over so it makes sense to have him bowl 3 overs up front. Pakistan needs to find a new death bowler.
 
PakPremi said:
What could he have done. You cannot bowl Shaheen for more than 2 overs, as he is needed toward end. All teams do the same, keep couple overs of their best bowler.
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He need to define the roles of bowlers..
Rauf should be used in death only.... Faheem should introduce early... Shaheen should only one over in death...
 
SA aren't running away here. A couple of wickets and they'll be in desperate trouble.
 
shariqnoor said:
Except the fact that Shaheen isn't your best bowler at the death. He regularly goes for 25 or more in his last 2 overs. He's a good new ball over so it makes sense to have him bowl 3 overs up front. Pakistan needs to find a new death bowler.
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This.

This is what people aren't understanding. Shaheen is superb with the new ball, let him bowl in a phase where he is actually consistent. He is a natural new ball bowler, not a natural death over specialist.

Death over specialists need to be made, you can't make a new ball bowler into a death over bowler at such a young age. He will need experience, and the international stage is not the stage to get experience.

Haris can land a good yorker, so he'd be an ideal candidate for the death right now.
 
Faheem is more accurate than some of the specialist pacers around, might be less skillful overall but knows his fields and bowls accordingly. Not a an option for death overs but a pretty decent option for middle overs
 
No matter who bowls at the death all four Pakistani bowlers will go for runs. None of them are economical. Someone like Mohd Amir may have been food.
 
Excellent over from Faheem. He’s been useful with the ball this whole tour
 
Titan24 said:
Faheem is more accurate than some of our main bowlers, might be less skillful overall but knows his fields and bowls accordingly. Not a an option for death overs but a pretty decent option for middle overs
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Could be bowled one over in the powerplay to save an over from Hasan/Rauf for the middle/death overs.
 
Van der dussen just loves playing against Pakistan. Hardly gets out early.
 
Pakistan going well here tbh

This is how Pakistan bat against the big teams on flat decks lol
 
Haider doing some good work on the boundary. He looks switched on
 
Good bowling by Faheem. Need to get Van der Dussen out before he strikes a 50, otherwise it will be raining boundaries.
 
When cycling his bowlers, Babar needs to look at bowlers who will build pressure.

Could have brought Shaheen to pin South Africa further into the ground at this stage.
 
Looks like a slightly slower pitch. 180 would be decent. Plus SA have Fortuin too who'll be difficult to get away compared to Hendricks.
 
Whenever SA look down and out, in comes Hassan Ali to bring them back into the match. What a match winner for SA he has been.
 
Hasan is being too expensive. Bringing SAF back into the game. Pressure is now on our bowling again.
 
Hassan Ali is so inconsistent, some days he looks like the best bowler & on the other days he looks extremely average.

I guess he will always perform better in Asian conditions.
 
This is why you don't bring on a bowler who has been dispatched at a time when you are dominating the other team through pressure. Haris or Shaheen should have bowled instead of Hasan.
 
UzmanBeast said:
This is why you don't bring on a bowler who has been dispatched at a time when you are dominating the other team through pressure. Haris or Shaheen should have bowled instead of Hasan.
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You have to complete overs of Hassan as well as there is no 6th option. They can bring in Hafeez if Linde comes in to have an over or.
 
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