South Africa vs Pakistan | 2nd ODI | Centurion | 15/3/13 | South Africa innings

[Shayan]

Important game for Pakistan, I fear a loss here and a whitewash could be on the cards.

 

[Strike!]

South africa win the toss and bat.

 

[A-1]

SA have won the toss and choose to bat

Shafiq out - Iran In

 

[IAJ]

Only 1 change for Pakistan then. Irfan replaces Asad Shafiq. No Umar Akmal this time either.

 

[ScotRaz]

Important game for Pakistan, I fear a loss here and a whitewash could be on the cards.

What a positive first comment, at least let the 1st ball to be bowled and then give them both barrels

 

[A-1]

One change for SA too - Dale Steyn comes in for Rory Kleinveldt

 

[JilaWatan]

wow no umar akmal or wahab riaz... what a shame

 

[Aman]

What are you guys really thinking? Dropping a youngster .... You guys are carrying too many snr players who don't deserve a spot... Where on earth is umar akmal! 2-0.

 

[MRSN]

YK and Misbah will make sure that Pakistan doesn't chase down whatever the target is..

 

[IAJ]

Batting second, 1 batsman short from previous match, Irfan instead of Riaz, well good luck chasing.

 

[xkalibur80]

oh god - look at this batting line up....tail starts at 5!

 

[Asif321]

wht did malik do to remain in team

 

[saiyan0312]

STILL NO UMER AKMAL.... misbah has lost his mind.... both umer and shafiq should have been their.... now this time is entirely made of seniors....

 

[WNC]

As expected, bechara Asad gets the drop. The batting fails in the last match and what does the genius team management do? Bring in another bowler and reduce the number of batsmen )

YK, Malik, Afridi and Kamran. Pretty cheap wickets for Steyn and Co.
Not to mention Hafeez is Steyn's bunny.

 

[IAJ]

oh god - look at this batting line up....tail starts at 5!

I think you are too kind, for me tail starts from 3 in ODIs.

 

[Aman]

Batting second, 1 batsman short from previous match, Irfan instead of Riaz, well good luck chasing.

Its 2-0.... A shame considering how close this series could of been if the pakistanis actually played their best XI... the politics of cricket are a real killer...

 

[ScotRaz]

I think you are too kind, for me tail starts from 3 in ODIs.

I think you'll find that the tail starts ate the 15th over.

 

[IAJ]

STILL NO UMER AKMAL.... misbah has lost his mind.... both umer and shafiq should have been their.... now this time is entirely made of seniors....

So this is what the seniors discussed in that meeting.

 

[saiyan0312]

game over.... this is crap yaar... how can you drop shafiq and not have umer in a side and play Younis,afridi,malik and kamran...... not too mention both umer and shafiq are great fielders...

 

[Aman]

Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal†, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Shoaib Malik,Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan

Weakest middle order I've seen in my life

 

[Maher96]

Only way for Pakistan to win is bowl SA out for under 120. Anything above too much t ask.

 

[Osman]

awful selection....malik and afridi both playing...would have had akmal in for asad if a change in batting was to be made ...and irfan in for malik

 

[saiyan0312]

So this is what the seniors discussed in that meeting.

Drop every youngster and keep trying the BIGGEST TTF .... I am not umer fan but he really should have been in this team... keep him out of test is fine but keep him out of limited overs game is madness and for what, for the likes of younis,malik.afridi and kamran,....

 

[Aman]

I was actually planning on staying up to watch screw that lol Saffas are going to win easily

 

[Bullet Drive]

In my view this team should have played:

Kamran
Jamshed
Shafiq
Umar
Malik
Hafeez
Afridi
Riaz
Gul
Khan
Ajmal

 

[Bullet Drive]

Can't believe Umar akmal been dropped.

 

[saiyan0312]

Only way for Pakistan to win is bowl SA out for under 120. Anything above too much t ask.

120... i say over 100 and this match is over unless jamsheed fires...

 

[Nuekboi]

Younis and Malik are still in... yay

 

[KA$H]

terrible terrible selection AGAIN

 

[saeedhk]

Brainless from Misbah.Why are Kami and YK still playing?UA should have played.

 

[Bullet Drive]

7 bowling options today.

 

[khan1992]

Now This Is Taking The P

MISBAH NEED TO GO ASAP

 

[PTI tsunami]

Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal†, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq*, Shoaib Malik,Shahid Afridi, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan

Weakest middle order I've seen in my life

Top order ain't much better but I agree

 

[saiyan0312]

younis 250th ODI 72 runs away from 7000 runs... ahh crossed the 7000 mark faster then a certain somebody who took over a 100 more matches to break it

 

[barnold]

Polly looked at the pitch and reckons ball should seam for first 5 to six overs, in his words, a good pitch to bat first

 

[m.shah]

Pathetic team...

 

[Sherlock]

Cannot believe No Wahab or even Akmal being considered.

We could only hope now.

 

[xkalibur80]

I think you are too kind, for me tail starts from 3 in ODIs.

I was actually going to say 3 too but didn't want the backlash from all Akmal lovers...

 

[saiyan0312]

7 bowling options today.

Yep .... misbah is making sure if anybody is hit he could bring another..... i feel like i have gone back in the time and this is the 2007 team without yousaf and inzamam.

 

[Bullet Drive]

10 min

 

[Bullet Drive]

Insha'Allah Misbah'll go

 

[Aman]

How do you guys let your team get away with all this lol? Clearly the best XI isn't playing

 

[saiyan0312]

We could only hope now.

What hope? ajmal and junaid go crazy and take the opposition out before 100.

 

[Sherlock]

So if the batting fails (which it will), Misbah will no doubt blame the gazillion bowlers we have and not the batsmen.

 

[ScotRaz]

Misbah's Army

 

[Sherlock]

What hope? ajmal and junaid go crazy and take the opposition out before 100.

No, hope as in get a lucky win.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Moments away

 

[Shayan]

What a positive first comment, at least let the 1st ball to be bowled and then give them both barrels

Just my personal opinion, stressing how important this game is for the series. Don't see what's false about it.

 

[MenInG]

The game hasnt started yet!

 

[saiyan0312]

No, hope as in get a lucky win.

Fortune favors the brave not coward misbah.... luck went out when steyn came in

 

[Aman]

Buddy if i could shot everybody responsible i would... what can we do? We protest and media protests too but the PCB ignores it and the analysts too.

It's quite sad you guys have a lot of talent being wasted on the sidelines for one reason or the other

 

[Lara400]

Utter shambles, kick out another promising young lad for the the freeloaders.

And Umar Akmal on the bench too boot.....

Dads army in for another rude awakening

 

[Bullet Drive]

In my view this team should play for PAK in all ODI's

Shehzad
Jamshed
Shafiq
Umar
Fawad
H.Sohail

 

[saiyan0312]

Just my personal opinion, stressing how important this game is for the series. Don't see what's false about it.

Nothing... you nailed it... if they win this then winning the series will become next too impossible and misbah picked the worst line up ever....

Its a loss loss situation...

If the TTF click then they will stay with them for the next four tours and if they dont then we will lose very badly.

 

[Saurav]

lol Asad dropped?doesnt make any sense at all to me

 

[Bullet Drive]

Predictions for today:

Misbah to lose PAK the game.

 

[Nuekboi]

4 minutes away

 

[saiyan0312]

It's quite sad you guys have a lot of talent being wasted on the sidelines for one reason or the other

Story of our cricket... when two youngsters are dropped for such failures then losing becomes a norm.

Dads army in for another rude awakening

Rude awakening? the last match we lost by over a hundred runs, I doubt there is anyway they will awake .

 

[saiyan0312]

lol Asad dropped?doesnt make any sense at all to me

Join the club... the members are everybody

 

[barnold]

Game on!!!!!! Amla and Smith opening

 

[style_guru]

Steyn back for SA. Will Hafeez open today?

 

[cricguru]

No need to waste 8 hours, Pakistan going no where !

The team we are playing with today has no chance to win 2nd ODI, chances of Pakistan wining this ODI in less than 10%, this is just because to our Kaptan shaib's approach

Another massive ODI defeat on cards, no need to waste 8 hours and frusturate your self and feel bad afterwords, when I see the team today I just cancelled my day off and now on my way back to my job

Misbah will never let his defense tactics go

Team management continue to pick Mishbah, YK, Shoaib Malik and Kamran

Pakistan ranking will be ruined so do the confidence of young members in the team.

 

[saiyan0312]

saffers on the crease.... Irfan to open the bowling.

 

[Bullet Drive]

Pundits just love Irfan!

 

[saiyan0312]

Steyn back for SA. Will Hafeez open today?

I think conveniently kamran will open.

 

[IM NOT YOU]

4 tail enders and afridi and malik .........so basically once we are 3 down the game is lost


lmao



worst team i have ever seen fielded in 10 years

 

[saiyan0312]

billy is the umpire so if there was any chance before it over.

 

[KA$H]

hate to say it, but its difficult to disagree

unlesss our bowlers pull off a miracle and skittle this Saffie side - which is also really difficult to see

 

[saiyan0312]

Wrong end yaar... RUN OUT CHANCE MISSED!!!

 

[Safar55]

missed opportunity... great chance for a run out... lazy fielding

 

[saiyan0312]

Irfan bowling good soo far.

 

[IAJ]

And they call this joker Professor

 

[CalculatedRisk]

Bowden: don't want to see this face

 

[barnold]

Amla looks nervous

 

[saiyan0312]

gul and afridi just jogging in.... we will see alot of this kind of fielding today.

 

[Safar55]

very bad fielding so far... could have had smith with that run out

 

[saiyan0312]

3 from the over.....

 

[PTI tsunami]

Joke of side come on Africa crush these minnows

 

[Safar55]

these seniors need to be woken up and more lively in the field

 

[Safar55]

junaid from the other end