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

[saiyan0312]

Ajmal should be bowling instead of Lala.

Ajmal was taken off bcz misbah wants this to go to the 50 over....... this is normal play... ajmal comes in does 3 overs and is taken off the attack till power play.

So Robbie can be hafeez bunny too

Hopefully.

 

[Safar55]

gul been expensive

 

[WebGuru]

farhan has a back to back 30 in this series...

so he got a solid case for his placement in at least the ODI team but in t20 i don't think he can ever replace Duminy.

 

[saiyan0312]

Afridi running like Irfan.

Was a bad sight.. just jogging on their...

 

[from_da_lost_dim3nsion]

Hafeez is the destroyer of left handed-ers !

 

[Maher96]

Time for a quick. And thunderstorm
Coming!

 

[saiyan0312]

so he got a solid case for his placement in at least the ODI team but in t20 i don't think he can ever replace Duminy.

Yep this pressure knock must really lite up the ODI resume.

 

[Safar55]

wide from afridi gone for four

 

[H2O1]

What a poor bowling ! Total insane

 

[Maher96]

Four off afridi

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

some crappy bowling going on here....our spinners are really crapping up past few games

 

[imranraf]

If they bat 50 overs, they will have 300. We need to get them out for 150 or less to give our senior batsmen a chance to win this game.

 

[Safar55]

afridi has been poor... lets just bring irfan and ajmal and finish this

 

[waqar_ahmad]

Afrid and Gul are the weak links in this bowling lineup. And yet they seem undroppable. Afridi makes a comeback for I dont know what

 

[saiyan0312]

by afridi.

 

[Lara400]

Farhaan is better than our middle order, knows how to keep it ticking rather than tucking!!!!!

 

[KB-24]

This strategy of taking off Ajmal after 4-5 overs is what cost us the series against Australia in UAE last year when he was on song and running through Aus batting.

 

[saiyan0312]

Afridi was selected for his bowling? That tells you how retard our selectors are.

Yep so far in both matches he has conceded 73 runs with no wicket.

 

[WebGuru]

Afrid and Gul are the weak links in this bowling lineup. And yet they seem undroppable. Afridi makes a comeback for I dont know what

Can you explain why you use IN flag? i know you are from PK

 

[saiyan0312]

This strategy of taking off Ajmal after 4-5 overs is what cost us the series against Australia in UAE last year when he was on song and running through Aus batting

Yep and now farhan is rotating the strike with an odd boundry and soo peterson will pull of another second test knock.

 

[Safar55]

afridi seemed to be aiming for the rough square there

 

[xkalibur80]

Pak losing the plot again and making mediocre plays look like super heroes!

 

[shah_1]

who is this new commentator

 

[saiyan0312]

Farhaan is better than our middle order, knows how keep it ticking rather than tucking!!!!!

Exactly.... hits when he hits and rotates when the needs come for it...

 

[imranraf]

They are playing the spinners quite comfortably. Time for a change in the bowling. Either bring in Junaid or Ifran for a quick two overs burst.

 

[KB-24]

Anything over 180 and it's game set & match.

 

[waqar_ahmad]

Pak would have been better off having Hammad Azam in place of Afridi

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Too easy. 200 and sa are favourites.

 

[saiyan0312]

22 from 29 balls without a single risk... thats called strike rotation.

 

[WebGuru]

See the rotation of strike i am feeling so embarrassed again somebody tell me what can i do to get out of this embarrassment ? Maybe i should think that its Pak batting not SA?

 

[taqi]

should bring junaid or irfan dont let them go away with it

 

[saiyan0312]

Pak would have been better off having Hammad Azam in place of Afridi

Or have umer akmal and have younis do pace bowling....

they reached 130 come on.;.... this is pathetic.

 

[WebGuru]

Anything over 180 and it's game set & match.

And if its raining thn u can imagine what gonna happen...

 

[Lara400]

Afridi has no drift whatsoever, his bowling is cooked big time.

 

[imranraf]

Pak would have been better off having Hammad Azam in place of Afridi

That would be against "all seniors club" policy of uncle Misbah. I am surprised that Dave Whatamore is also going along with that.

 

[liaqat]

Irfan gone off the field looked to be injured

 

[Safar55]

irfan leaving the field holding his right hamstring

 

[Lara400]

Irfan is cooked too

 

[mithun_minhas]

Pak giving away easy singles.

If Saffers can score over 170, they have a chance in this ODI.

 

[liaqat]

Umar akmal 15th ranking highest of the pak team lol

 

[saiyan0312]

their bowlers can rotate the strike... choke the singles misbah...

 

[soso_killer]

Lousy fielding from Pakistan, lol

 

[NeVerMind]

Worst fitness ever for a professional team!

 

[liaqat]

Pak giving away easy singles.

If Saffers can score over 170, they have a chance in this ODI.

I think easily 220

 

[imranraf]

Almost every ball seems to be yielding a run. No pressure on these two so far. We are playing four spinners on this game.

 

[Executioner]

RP and Farhaan doing a brilliant job rotating the strike, misbah and co. should learn from them

 

[Lara400]

If SAF's get to 220 Game set and match.

Misbah needs to bring on a fast bowler to keep the pressure on. Singles being taken with ease

 

[saiyan0312]

Pak giving away easy singles.

If Saffers can score over 170, they have a chance in this ODI.

Chance????? they will win... the moment they cross 150 i doubt this will be chased.

 

[WNC]

Pak would have been better off having Hammad Azam in place of Afridi

Agreed 100%.

 

[Safar55]

pollock mentioning afridi was upset with irfan running in field... afridi needs to look at himself

 

[KB-24]

This is why Misbah will always remain a mediocre player and captain. Just doesn't have it in him to read game situation.

And now Umar is on to field for Irfan. Poor guy is reduced to being a bench scrub.

 

[UsmanhailsAfridi]

Trivia:

1) Last time Afridi got any drift?
2) Last time Afridi executed a googly?

 

[WNC]

RP and Farhaan doing a brilliant job rotating the strike, misbah and co. should learn from them

Blasphemy! Our esteemed seniors don't need to learn anything.

 

[MenInG]

Junaid needs to come in now and ajmal also

 

[saiyan0312]

Misbah is thinking... these both are going 4 an over so they are putting pressure but the reality is the pressure is already there and they are relieving it by giving away easy singles.

 

[mosh101]

They've lost the wickets but not the RR ! Expect them to get somewhere between 220-250

 

[NeVerMind]

Two off the over. run rate now less than 5...

 

[liaqat]

Now with Irfan injured ,,, u can expect pak to bowl the spinner until the 35th over,,

and let saffer add up another 50 runs easily

 

[imranraf]

irfan leaving the field holding his right hamstring

That would be a shame. He is totally unfit to play international cricket if he keeps on getting injured like that. Let's hope, it's not something bad. He looks like a bright prospect. Only if he could stay healthy. Junaid hasn't looked very good in this tour. I was expecting him to really take off from this series after the way he performed in India.

 

[Safar55]

rain clouds seem to be closing in

 

[KB-24]

If SAF's get to 220 Game set and match.

Misbah needs to bring on a fast bowler to keep the pressure on. Singles being taken with ease

We struggle to chase 220+ in UAE/Sub-continent, how will we do it in SA? 180+ will be enough to beat us.

 

[saiyan0312]

wy does misbha think this match will go to the last ball... he shoudl have brought his best to choke them... poor defensive captaincy at its best

 

[IMMY69]

Storms coming in... Even the sky transmission is lost... So we go into Sunday still one nil down.

 

[Maher96]

What sort of a joke is that.

Thunderstorm??

No more pictures.

 

[NeVerMind]

pollock mentioning afridi was upset with irfan running in field... afridi needs to look at himself

I recall when Afridi was captain and Irfan played for the first time in England and had numerous misfields stating 'I don't like this guy' in the post match statement!

 

[saiyan0312]

if wickets fall then it will be due to our bowlers and batsmen mistake...

 

[liaqat]

Bring on Junaid and tell him to bowl all 6 balls yorker s who ever the batsmen is.



Huge problem for pak is that Gul is bowlin rubbish

 

[A-1]

Easy singles on offer. Good batting by these two and poor tactics from Pakistan.

 

[WebGuru]

Rain seems not so far now...All our efforts seems to be going wasted

 

[ViciousMachine]

need some aggressive captaincy like most have said.... bring in Ajmal. try to get them all out now rather than letting them score 40 runs in next 10 overs off Hafeez & Afridi. At this stage, RSA will gladly take that.

Unfortunately, we probably wont see any change until over 35.

 

[saiyan0312]

I recall when Afridi was captain and Irfan played for the first time in England and had numerous misfields stating 'I don't like this guy' in the post match statement!

Irfan just took more wickets in this match then afridi in his last 5 matches combined.

 

[saiyan0312]

140 reached... likely we will lose this match to thanks to misbah.

 

[saiyan0312]

farhan reaches 50....

 

[Lara400]

Misbah is thinking

 

[Safar55]

farhan reached 50

 

[liaqat]

Bad captaincy and im surprised Dave doesn't cry about this negative cricket while batting and bowling and fielding,


Pictures are back on sky

 

[Lara400]

Really like the look of Farhaan

 

[NeVerMind]

when's the ball change due?

 

[Pete Rose]

need some aggressive captaincy like most have said.... bring in Ajmal. try to get them all out now rather than letting them score 40 runs in next 10 overs off Hafeez & Afridi. At this stage, RSA will gladly take that.

Unfortunately, we probably wont see any change until over 35.

Ridiculous suggestion.

 

[Safar55]

looking nice and sunny...