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

[rockers2012]

just schedule bangla,zimb,ireland tours in the UAE and make these so called great bowlers super great bowlers

 

[saiyan0312]

rubbish ball by ajmal

 

[Bullet Drive]

Wahab Riaz was not selected to go on tour.

 

[Amjid Javed]

SA 44/0 in last 10 overs, so scoring well and without any alarms.

 

[ahmed778]

People need to calm down, The 2 are 2 of the top 5 best Batsmen in the world.
Pakistani bowling is talented, yet is still inexperienced.
Give them time IA they will improve.

 

[JibranAnsari]

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

pitch has help and yes rahat is crap

 

[Bullet Drive]

just schedule bangla,zimb,ireland tours in the UAE and make these so called great bowlers super great bowlers

Bangla/Zim/Ireland have NEVER played in the UAE against these bowlers.

 

[saiyan0312]

50 by kallis..... 58 test fifty.

 

[waqar_ahmad]

As I said before pakistani's bowling is being overhyped. There is potential, but it hasnt been put to test

 

[Bullet Drive]

58th test fifty. WOW.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

fifty for well played

 

[A-1]

50 for kallis

 

[Bullet Drive]

125-2

 

[DOOSRA95]

I thought Rahat Ali is the the Carbon Copy of his pack leader Umar Gul a hafl decent ,Half tracker and a run Leaking Machine!

 

[asif9138]

50 for kalli

 

[Amjid Javed]

Unless we say a brain fart from one of these two batsmen could be a long afternoon here for our bowlers.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Guys calm down. Even Steyn & co have have been in these situations as bowlers before.

 

[saeed-sohail]

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

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

Gul and Junaid has bowled beautifully. They could have had another team four/five down before lunch. Rahat looks ordinary.

 

[Bullet Drive]

good bouncer.

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

junaid khan and muhammad hafeez should come immediately now

 

[Amjid Javed]

50 for Kallis, seems to have just got there without breaking sweat!

 

[DOOSRA95]

only Two bowlers in test for Pakistan Junaid and Ajmal?

 

[lahoriyah1234]

No need for knee jerk reaction guys pak hav nt played any test for 6 month. We r not like india who r giving tuns of money to boards to play 16 test matches a yr. it wil take time for us to get bck to test mode.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Ajmal doesnt seem to have got any rythme today which is a worry.

 

[saeed-sohail]

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

These are seriously good batsmen and will take a great effort to bowl them out cheaply.

 

[asif9138]

missing abdul rehman! we need two spinners

 

[Amjid Javed]

Gul has bowled with good discapline but feel he needs to at times just pitch the ball up a little bit more and try and commit the batsmen to play strokes off the front foot.

 

[Bullet Drive]

What a catch!!!!

 

[rockers2012]

Kallis out...blinder catch

 

[Amjid Javed]

missing abdul rehman! we need two spinners

We have hafeez in the side and this is not a two spinners surface.

 

[asif9138]

outtttttttttttt

 

[Bullet Drive]

Best catch I've seen by a Pak fielder in ages!

 

[0tt0man]

Whatta catch by Shafiq!

 

[asifp]

Guys these two are best in the world.

Cant expect Gul and Junaid to dominate these two.

Alas cant stop thinking what would it be if it was Amir, Asif, Junaid and Ajmal!

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

:Kallis gone for a fifty, now we will see a collapse hopefully

 

[saiyan0312]

brillaint catch...... kallis gone by Asad shafiq.... he just proved his selection. bye bye great phenomenal catch.

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

Asssssssssssssssssssssssssssaaadddd

 

[Amjid Javed]

woohoo! kallis gone! brilliant catch! just what we needed!

 

[PakFan2010]

Great stuff...

South Africa have a long tail, Du Plessisand the others are terrible... Ajmal will clean them up for under 250

 

[DOOSRA95]

sensational catch Asad Shafiq the Lion

 

[Vegitto1]

Catches win matches!

 

[JibranAnsari]

and

Gul gets lucky again

Great catch by

 

[A-1]

What a catch by asad shafiq, full credits to him

brilliant stuff

 

[pakistanigoneaussie]

What a catch shafiq you beauty

 

[asif9138]

what a catch!

 

[NeVerMind]

Asad you beauty!

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

 

[Strike!]

Shafiq's wicket.

 

[Jo_Don]

Meh, was good while it lasted.

 

[Bullet Drive]

This should open things up again.

 

[Osman]

blinder of a catch

 

[malakian]

Gul bowls complete filth yet always seems to pick up key wickets. Fair play.

 

[Maher96]

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

What was that flying off asads hand??

Plaster i hope but looked like his finger.

 

[saiyan0312]

Best catch I've seen by a Pak fielder in ages!
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I agree. I dont even remember such catching.

 

[DW44]

... Another one for , caught by my least favorite player on the team.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Thats probably one of the best ever catches ive seen taken by a pakistani fielder in 25 years of watching cricket!

 

[Bullet Drive]

I honestly thought no-one could catch that.

Repsect Shafiq!

 

[FerozShahKotla2005]

Wow. Wow. Wow.

If Pakistan are taking catches like that, you know that we're up for this series and they're here seriously. Very impressed and proud of our team this morning.

We might lose to South Africa, they're a heavyweight team and only a spinner away from being an ATG team, but the team is putting in an excellent effort and doing justice to our nation.

 

[Bullet Drive]

What was that flying off asads hand??

Plaster i hope but looked like his finger.

Sunglasses I think..

 

[Amjid Javed]

Lets hope Amla decides to get out now as well

 

[Jo_Don]

Great stuff...

South Africa have a long tail, Du Plessisand the others are terrible... Ajmal will clean them up for under 250

Wth are you smoking?

 

[JibranAnsari]

Asad has made his contribution for the match

 

[Bullet Drive]

That catch could turn things around.

Pak need to be aggressive now.

 

[Gujra]

Asad Cheeethaaaaaaa!!!!!!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Just when S.A looked in comand we have struck back at perfect time!

 

[saeed-sohail]

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

Wth are you smoking?

Don't take him seriously.

 

[saiyan0312]

another and we will be back in the game.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Sa 125/3

 

[ads101]

Fantastic Kallis was looking good.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Gul has bowled brilliantly.

 

[Maher96]

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

Was plaster but looked like finger lol.

 

[ads101]

Were behind, but now we're about parity.

 

[asifp]

Gul has bowled with good discapline but feel he needs to at times just pitch the ball up a little bit more and try and commit the batsmen to play strokes off the front foot.

Gul has a short ball syndrome. Bearable in tests, sucks when it comes thru in T20

 

[Bullet Drive]

In my view Elgar is nothing special

Du Plessis is brilliant but Pak'll get him.

 

[asif9138]

hope ajmal does the rest

 

[Bullet Drive]

125-3

 

[Ahson8]

What a catch that was from Shafiq!!!

 

[saeed-sohail]

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

Gul bowls complete filth yet always seems to pick up key wickets. Fair play.

Your understanding of the game is seriously poor for an Englishman.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Ajmal to AB.

 

[FerozShahKotla2005]

So a colossus falls, and his successor, who hit 278* in his last series against us, replaces him at the crease. Never mind the bearded wonder at the other end.