South Africa vs Pakistan | 2nd ODI | Durban | Jan 22, 2019 | Pakistan innings Thread

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

lol. What was that

 

[babajee]

Ughhh

 

[Rana]

Oh my God! that was a soft, soft wicket!

 

[imshally81]

i have a feeling shamsi will atleast pick up 3 wickets today

Poor decision to go with shamsi imo...

 

[Markhor]

Bad wicket, Babar was looking fluent.

 

[shah_1]

Out

 

[Green Patriot]

What has happened to Babar?
Why does he lose his concentration all the time.

Awful shot.

 

[Rana]

Thats pretty meek by Babar! he has gone out softly in 2 matches!

 

[mak36]

I am talking about England as the WC is in England. We saw what happened to Australia in England with 3 out and out pace attacke. Pace with low bounce and good ODI wickets are easy to hit.

I know you are. But England produce completely different wickets for tests and ODIs and the ball is a big factor. Generally there is little to no movement in LOIs in England.

(P.s. I was referring to James Anderson).

 

[barah_admi]

Was that even a short ball? It came up to waist height hahaq

 

[Titan24]

Keep posting today please. Your analysis was near spot-on last game and I'm not watching atm so will be catching up on this thread later today.

Thanks. Really appreciate it. Will definitely try to keep up today.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Bad wicket, Babar was looking fluent.

Brain freeze shot

 

[Boi]

Pitch clearly looks 2 paced. Need to get to 250+ somehow.

 

[castortroy]

There goes the match. Pak will probably limp to 210

 

[Green Patriot]

What a bad start

 

[Ahmed216]

For a batsman rated so highly by everyone, bobbys dimissals are way too soft

 

[Amjid Javed]

Babar Pathetic dismissal.

 

[Pakhs]

BAD shot by Babar. Just wanted to tap it for a single.

 

[barah_admi]

Yep, the shot came about as the ball stuck in the pitch. Clever from kg.

 

[dragon751]

What has happened to Babar?
Why does he lose his concentration all the time.

Awful shot.

very good player but mentally weak ?

 

[DRsohail]

We have to see what the seniors can do now.Last match was a complete halwa.

 

[castortroy]

Should have stuck with Imad in the line up

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Fakhar need to score blasting hundred here

 

[MMHS]

Again short ball - and this one was more of a long hop than short!!!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Last recognised batsmen in hafeez then "Bits and pieces" and the tail.

 

[m.shah]

Two soft dismissals

 

[JibranAnsari]

What a poor shot!

 

[NauV]

This is my problem with Babar Azam! He gives it away far too often . . Last bowl by Rabada . . most likely last over of the spell . . there's a deep square leg . . and you go for a half hearted pull shot . . just doesn't make sense . . cricket is about skills but the best players have succeeded because of how they use their brains!

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Babar continuing the legacy of Akmal family 'talented but poor short'

 

[Ahmed216]

Thats pretty meek by Babar! he has gone out softly in 2 matches!

He gets out softly way too often

 

[castortroy]

Pak batters still getting bounced out

Ridiculous

 

[Amjid Javed]

Fakhar will now need to reign his game in as well

 

[Fineline]

Wonder what Grant Flower is doing when these guys still haven't learned to cope with the short ball!

 

[shah_1]

Bad start

 

[Theo_14]

Rebuilding process - patience.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Looks like that akmal genes are taking over babar.

 

[Ahmed216]

very good player but mentally weak ?

Yes he is, i have said this here before as well

 

[Titan24]

Gareth Dukes and Marcelo Peidt as well. Bowling all-rounder isn't a big issue for them, even Majraj can also come. It's the batting that needs to cover for AvD's loss, Markram somehow couldn't turn it in ODI so far.

Janneman Milan is a good batting prospect across formats, yes but not a lot of batsmen coming through.

 

[shah_1]

Grant Flower needs to be sacked after this WC

 

[Khan12]

awful shot by babar.

 

[Pete Rose]

Would have preferred babar to face Olivier, not Fakhar

 

[Green Patriot]

very good player but mentally weak ?

Sure we were wicket down but that does not mean there was alot of pressure anyways.

We are not chasing and there are lots of overs to come.It was just more of an issue of losing focus for a second or so i guess.The way his hand slipped off the bat as he played the shot showed that.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Wonder what Grant Flower is doing when these guys still haven't learned to cope with the short ball!

There wasnt much to cope with this delivery , just a poor poor shot. Batsmen need to make shot selection themselves.

 

[Something]

Who has Hussain Talat replaced? Is it Shadab?

 

[Pakhs]

Now chance of a big score is gone.

 

[shah_1]

Too slow

 

[m.shah]

Who has Hussain Talat replaced? Is it Shadab?

Imad

 

[Rana]

Fakhar 18 off 30

How is this kind of batting better than a number 9 or 10?

 

[Khan12]

250 will be enough I reckon.

 

[Titan24]

To be honest this doesnt look a good LOI wicket.

Wickets have been poor in SA for this tour.

 

[letme alone]

Who has Hussain Talat replaced? Is it Shadab?

imad

 

[castortroy]

Can you rely on Hafeez and Malik batting 40 overs

 

[angrypathan]

Fakhar's regression is depressing

 

[dragon751]

Sure we were wicket down but that does not mean there was alot of pressure anyways.

We are not chasing and there are lots of overs to come.It was just more of an issue of losing focus for a second or so i guess.The way his hand slipped off the bat as he played the shot showed that.

exactly losing focus is a sign of mental weakness in a batsman no ?

 

[Rana]

Rebuilding process - patience.

Fakhar is a walking wicket at the moment. The process will begin after he goes

 

[DRsohail]

250 will be tricky here.

 

[imshally81]

Fakhar 18 off 30

How is this kind of batting better than a number 9 or 10?

Better than 8(15) and out

 

[Pakhs]

I know you are. But England produce completely different wickets for tests and ODIs and the ball is a big factor. Generally there is little to no movement in LOIs in England.

(P.s. I was referring to James Anderson).

Yes those kookaburra ball don't miss behave in England at all. 80-85mph bowlers are more effective as they tend to move the bowl around a bit more with variation.

 

[castortroy]

Have to win this match. With De kock and Steyn back in the next 3 games, don't see pak winning any

 

[Khan12]

To be honest this doesnt look a good LOI wicket.

Wickets have been poor in SA for this tour.

Seems 2 paced. Evident from Babar's dismissal.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Short ball masters

 

[m.shah]

Fakhar hasn't middle a single shot today

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Damn i have replaced rabada with olivier in FC.

 

[Titan24]

Somebody will need to play out of their skin to get the total to 250 plus on this wicket

 

[dragon751]

250 will be tricky here.

i think 280 is par here, pak have lost 2 soft wkts

 

[Fineline]

There wasnt much to cope with this delivery , just a poor poor shot. Batsmen need to make shot selection themselves.

Both batsmen got out in a similar fashion which raises questions on their ability to deal with the shorter length.We had this issue in the test series as well.If the batting coach had worked with them,the results would have been speaking for themselves!

 

[Markhor]

To be honest this doesnt look a good LOI wicket.

Wickets have been poor in SA for this tour.

Pitch has been double paced. Some balls have carried, others coming off the surface slowly.

Pakistani batsmen need to assess the conditions instead of swinging blindly. Par score may be lower than we first thought.

 

[castortroy]

I'm sure Oliver will bounce a few of our batters out

 

[Titan24]

Seems 2 paced. Evident from Babar's dismissal.

Yes considering the quality of ODI pitches all around the world this one is a poor wicket.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

shot

 

[barah_admi]

Pitch is a lot slower than what I've seen here previously. Talk of Big scores here may not be accurate but as the weather cools, it will become better to bat. Pakistan will need to bowl lots of cutters and slower balls and spinners.

 

[NauV]

It is a pleasure listening to Holding! He is a great thinker . .

Smith or Pollock said earlier that it is a 300 pitch. This does not look like a 300 pitch . . I think anything over 250 will be competitive.

 

[imshally81]

 

[YousafTheBeast]

At this point, I’d rather have Misbah over Fakhar

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I would rather these two take the score to 170-2 by 40 overs rather than having them 150-5 in 40.

 

[DRsohail]

i think 280 is par here, pak have lost 2 soft wkts

For me it will get slower where Shadab and hafeez will have a role.250 and game on.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

fakhar is going nowhere hea

 

[Pete Rose]

Still can’t get over the idea that fakhar helmet is always askew

 

[Pete Rose]

Have to concur, it’s not a dangerous pitch, but not a good one. You don’t need every delivery to misbehave, just one or two are good enough to put doubt

 

[letme alone]

can we make 435?