South Africa vs Pakistan | 1st Test | Johannesburg | 4/2/13 | Day 4

[battler]

10 fer for steyn!!

 

[NeVerMind]

Well years of cricket in sub-continent, coming for this tour with zero preparation it doesn't happen overnight. There has been hardly any preparation gone into the toughest tour in recent history of Pakistan.

We should have had the ODIs before the test series. It's the only way to get in any sort of form on tours like these...

 

[doctordamor]

I again don't see hot spot i see on top of pad flap not on bat

 

[Justcrazy]

261 / 9

 

[Kianig89]

Time for Rahat tp show something............as this could be his last apperance for PAk for some time

 

[Nitin Tomer]

I again don't see hot spot i see on top of pad flap not on bat

Pakistani phir ro rahe hain

 

[Justcrazy]

Thats all Pakistan could have mustered, if they had got 260 in first innings , they could have drawn

 

[shane]

Surely hot spot is the most useless piece of technology ever produced. The only time it ever shows anythng conclusive is when there could never have been any doubt about the edge anyway.

 

[Justcrazy]

Styen continues to dominate. What a bowler he has been for SA

 

[Kianig89]

YA this hotspot is baffling....................but PAK are lodging an official complaint against Davies .....Cheema spoke to Crowe heard on radio an hour ago............it interesting........

 

[Justcrazy]

There is not much pakistan can do about this , probably the best SA pace attack ever.

 

[Saurav]

Thats all Pakistan could have mustered, if they had got 260 in first innings , they could have drawn

no,thier bowling 2nd innings was poor too

 

[Kianig89]

AB's finger hurting .......................hope they bring Thami in for next game

 

[Justcrazy]

Sarfaraz Ahmed is said to have good record with bat in first class , so far he has been pathetic with the bat

 

[Kianig89]

214 to go................

 

[Justcrazy]

Asad is a good batsman , but needs to get beyond 50s and 60s

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan require another 218 runs with 1 wicket remaining

 

[Kianig89]

212

 

[Justcrazy]

Any moment SA will get the final wicket here.

 

[style_guru]

Meanwhile, Lunch has been extended by half-an-hour now!

The quicker this torture ends, the better it is

 

[Justcrazy]

Byes

 

[Kianig89]

looks like Steyn will have 11fer

 

[shakil]

Only 8 runs to win by scoring more than South Africa could do in two tries

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan do not have any exceptional batsman in the squad , do not see any one getting dropped.

 

[Kianig89]

101 overs........Hmmmm if only we get at the rate 3.4/3.6

 

[Saurav]

lol not out?

 

[Justcrazy]

10 overs in a spell for a out and out pace bowler!! Steyn is the complete package, he has the stamina of Ntini and the pace of Donald and the cleverness of Pollock. Superb performance!! You will not find one Pakistan who is not in awe of Steyn!"

Cricinfo

 

[Kianig89]

Smith knows Hotpot will not show anything......

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan manage to survive 100 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Styen bowling 11th over on trot.

 

[Saurav]

out

all over

review?

 

[Asif321]

junaid review for fun

 

[Justcrazy]

SA have outplayed Pakistan in all departments here. AB has been brilliant.

 

[Saurav]

review halts the celebrations

 

[mosh101]

Thats crashing into middle leg !! All out Pakistan.

 

[Saurav]

lol what a review

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[mosh101]

Really poor game by Pakistan. Need to take some tough decisions for next game and more importantly perform much much better than this.

 

[Kianig89]

This is it capitulation done......hopefully this will not be one of many..........

 

[battler]

Khatam!!

 

[Kianig89]

What lol Review he had one Review so why not use it............

 

[yasir]

I understand test cricket , but when the bowler are bowling a lot of good balls one is bound to take you sooner or later. Good batsmen do not let bowlers dictate their terms , theytry to change their line and length by improvising which does not necessarily have to be a slog. Try watching pietersen and clarke. Rotation of strike is another thing. Do not let a bowler to set up up batsman by allowing him to bowl all 6 deliveries at him. Batting planning is missing. Survival should also have some purpose.

Clark and KP are world class batsmen, with a very solid technique against seamers. Comparing them with tulas is not a justice to their methodic agression.

One thing I do complain about Pakistan batting strategy is that somebody has to be developed to play carefree stroke making role without that you just cannot have a strong batting lineup. That role has to be developed rather than assuming any batsmen can perform that role. Umar Akmal was suitable for that role, he has shots and technique to be developed into that role, but I don't think team strategy thinks that as a must have skill team needs, which is disappointing. You need to dedicate a slot to for that role, he will not always be successful but will give the balance the team needs.

For example KP gets away with bad dismissals that others in English team are not allowed to, simply KP is different class of player and has that aggressive role others don't have in their batting. AUSes prefer Warner (who technique is not probably as good) as one of the opener, because of the aggressive value he adds to the team. With Jamshed we may have somebody that can have that role.

Great batting lineups have always aggressive players that made a difference. Pakistan rarely has those type of players, that one of the reason we are not a strong batting unit, specially in seaming conditions. The part of the reason is that we don't look to develop and fill that role. Umar Akmal plays one bad shot whole Pakistan is after him and he is dropped for next 3 series... He will be forced to change his game and approach, with this attitude we will never develop stroke makers... Others are not measured with the same yard stick, for example see the pitch map of Younis Khan, he has gone out 70% of the time against seamers on balls that should have left (2 feet outside the off-stump)... One has basic technical flaws, other got out because of aggression, one is punished other gets the lee way...

Don't get me wrong, I think Misbah is doing excellent job as a player and Captain. The only thing I want to see a color of aggression (not by everybody) but as a strategy that needs to be addressed in the batting lineup. Umar Akmal looks like the best bet but maybe management has a reason to think otherwise. Umar Akmal still has a time to develop more patients and defense (which is also important) but I am afraid those things are hard to develop in Pakistan Domestic cricket (like all batsmen are finding out in SA).

 

[leatherface58]

Congrats to saffers. Steyn was unstoppable.

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

I'll be a contrarian- I believe Pakistan have shown enough in this game for me to believe that they will do a heck of a lot better the next time around.