South Africa vs Pakistan | 1st Test | Johannesburg | 1/2/13 | Day 1

[Bullet Drive]

Not many doosras from Ajmal.

 

[TM Riddle]

junaid should be bowling imo..ajmal needs someone to create pressure from other end.

 

[Bullet Drive]

to Amla. Lovely.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Hope this is the last match rahat ever played for Pakistan.

We already have a lot of years of sami

 

[Bullet Drive]

Played it late and elegantly

 

[A-1]

Lovely shot by a classy player

 

[Jeetu111]

113/2

 

[TM Riddle]

4 from amla..this time ajmal

 

[Bullet Drive]

Good fielding by Junaid.

 

[Osman]

we have no answer to kallis or amla lets be honest

 

[Bullet Drive]

Kallis never picked that ball. Edged away

 

[HASHAM2]

Rahat Ali is a real talent , he is the real deal!

Left arm version Of Sami

 

[TM Riddle]

edge and chance of a run out.! but he s in.

 

[saiyan0312]

we are getting hit.

 

[DOOSRA95]

At the moment Pakistan are on the ropes in pitch favourable for pace bowlers!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Gul back in the attack.

 

[JibranAnsari]

And the awful back into the attack.

 

[rockers2012]

Reverse swing ? any chance of it ?

 

[Jo_Don]

Yes, go boys! Time to up that run rate and bat them out of the game!

 

[Muddaser]

Honestly have not seen anything of note from Rahat Ali. God knows what our ex cricketers saw in him.

I rate Zia Ul Haq higher than this guy. In fact he's the best LF bowler in Pakistan not to have made his debut for Pakistan.

 

[Bullet Drive]

PAK need to create some pressure now.

 

[Jo_Don]

Reverse swing ? any chance of it ?

Ball is still relatively new.

 

[asif9138]

score are easy

 

[Bullet Drive]

Need some reverse swing now.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Yes, go boys! Time to up that run rate and bat them out of the game!

Any chances of rain?

 

[Jeetu111]

boring test .... the best visitors can hope for is a draw .

 

[Bullet Drive]

Perfect defense from Kallis

 

[asif9138]

gul make it or break it

 

[HASHAM2]

In PP Rahat Ali get 80 Vote few days ago
where are those Voters

 

[TM Riddle]

kallis cruising to yet another half century.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Kallis looks like hes could step it up a few more gears here which means trouble for pakistan. Also these two love batting together.

 

[DOOSRA95]

Give Rahat all the test to Establish his test credentials as a bowler.
Don't worry about the results just let his talent flourish any way Pakistan have a extremely poor record on bouncy pitches in South Africa.

 

[Jo_Don]

Any chances of rain?

Maybe later Some cloud cover coming in over Parktown, about 10 minutes from the ground.

 

[Bullet Drive]

It will get even easier for batting days 2 and 3.

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.A 117/2 - South Africas session so far this one!

 

[saiyan0312]

kallis is fully relaxed and amla is too.

 

[Jeetu111]

Any chances of rain?

day 4 & 5 appears dodgy .

 

[Bullet Drive]

Good over by Gul.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Looks like Kallis is using his experience to target the most inexperinced bowler in the pakistan attack which is rahat.

 

[asif9138]

yk to bowl soon

 

[JibranAnsari]

Maybe later Some cloud cover coming in over Parktown, about 10 minutes from the ground.

Good we need 20 overs cut everyday to save the game

 

[Bullet Drive]

Think Ajmal needs to bowl a few more doosras

 

[Amjid Javed]

day 4 & 5 appears dodgy .

Lets see if we get to day 4/5 1st!

 

[Bullet Drive]

Round the wicket.

 

[rockers2012]

I am looking forward to reading Flight_Club's review today.

His tigers ka kamaal.....LOL

 

[Bullet Drive]

Good delivery first up.

 

[Bullet Drive]

too straight from Ajmal.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Misbah allowing easy single on leg side.

 

[asif9138]

tanveer ahmed should have played

 

[DOOSRA95]

Rahat Ali is in T20 mode?

 

[saiyan0312]

wehn kallis fall we will come back. the question is will he fall.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ajmal bowling way too straight.

 

[Bullet Drive]

good ball. finally.

 

[JibranAnsari]

A total contrat of how poms played ajmal.

 

[asif9138]

needs to control those singles

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ajmal found his line now.

 

[A-1]

Good batting from these two. Not taking any risks and taking easy singles

 

[Jo_Don]

wehn kallis fall we will come back. the question is will he fall.

Still AB and Faf to come, I'm not too concerned This is a decent platform now after a shaky start.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ajmal going at almost 4 an over.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Need a wicket

 

[Amjid Javed]

wondering if YK should be given maybe an over here or even Hafeez, just as a surprise element to change things up abit.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Still AB and Faf to come, I'm not too concerned This is a decent platform now after a shaky start.

Back PAK to do well against them.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Gul make him play please..

 

[Bullet Drive]

No ball from Gul.

 

[saiyan0312]

very comfortable kallis.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Probably two of the best players of spin in world game right now v Best spinner in world = interesting contest

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Rameez is so annoying

 

[Amjid Javed]

SA 120/2 - I think 350-400 would be a good 1st inns total on this surface.

 

[Moh@n]

Rahat Ali is a real talent , he is the real deal!

Left arm version Of Sami

He rather looks like a left arm version of Abdur Rauf to me.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Gul has bowled well.

 

[rockers2012]

bring back junaid

 

[saiyan0312]

hard to believe in 97 he had just 28 average. tells how players improve.

 

[the Great Khan]

real batting lineup we facing today! gonna be very hard! bad move to play rahat.

 

[Bullet Drive]

My preffered 3 seamer was always Wahab Riaz.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Pakistan always screws up big tours byplaying useless bowlers..played abdurrauf against australia in 2009-10 and today rahat

 

[rockers2012]

or else get your nails working....gul and co

 

[waqar_ahmad]

Since i ma not watching this, is the pitch this easy to bat on? And is Rahat as crappy as his figures indicate?

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Rahat when u have wahab and irfan in squad what rubbish selection. I hope pak wnt suffer frm 4th bowler in this inning, i woud hav played riaz today. Poor captani thinking frm old misbah

 

[Bullet Drive]

Poor ball

 

[saeed-sohail]

South Africa v Pakistan |1st Test| Day 1, 1st February

You can't get good sides out with two bowlers. Rahat has been a let down so far.