South Africa vs Pakistan | 3rd Test | Centurion | 22/2/13 | Day 1

[johnnybrutal]

Good Umpiring from Steve Davis

 

[JilaWatan]

Rahat is awful. Yes he took a wicket, mubarak to him. But he has no pace, no bite. I cant believe guys hyped him. If these are the leading domestic quicks in Pakistan - the future is not green.

i hope rahat gets another one just to hush you up

 

[Asif321]

hope ehsan adil wont bowl like tanvir ahmed

 

[JilaWatan]

rahat should try to bowl these outswingers to smith. he can def get that swing

 

[style_guru]

Can any SA fans tell me as to why is Merchant not playing? Or why have they persisted with Kleinveldt instead of De lange?

 

[HASHAM2]

Need to get Amla early

 

[ViciousMachine]

Rahat Ali reminds me of Amir.left arm,hair,action all same

Amir was a diff league. Swings both way, good pace, perfect lengths. 24 avg in ODIs at 19 years old??? not to mention his ability with the bat and his energy in field!!

Cant wait until he's back

 

[doctordamor]

God shot i never thought it will go for 4 whoaaaaa what timing

 

[Silverlion]

bio amla should be taken quickly.

 

[Sandeep]

Waiting for Ehsan Adil after all the hype..

 

[ares1000]

i hope rahat gets another one just to hush you up

I hope he gets another one too! I am cheering for the lad but he is pants.

This test will pan out as follows:

RSA: 350 odd
Pak: 200 odd
RSA: 300 odd
Pak: 250 odd

3-0 smashing complete.

 

[HASHAM2]

hope ehsan adil wont bowl like tanvir ahmed

Ehsan is Younger,Taller than Tanvir
plus has 10kph more pace than Tanvir

 

[johnnybrutal]

Irfan needs to learn how to set up a batsman

 

[Sandeep]

South African batting looks pretty thin!

 

[HASHAM2]

Good bowl by Irfan

 

[lahoriyah1234]

I hope he gets another one too! I am cheering for the lad but he is pants.

This test will pan out as follows:

RSA: 350 odd
Pak: 200 odd
RSA: 300 odd
Pak: 250 odd

3-0 smashing complete.

K thank you.

 

[Asif321]

wht a ball

 

[JilaWatan]

I hope he gets another one too! I am cheering for the lad but he is pants.

This test will pan out as follows:

RSA: 350 odd
Pak: 200 odd
RSA: 300 odd
Pak: 250 odd

3-0 smashing complete.

you've got it all figured out. watching this game must be really boring and pointless right?

 

[iafzal]

Irfan seems to be tiring in the 3rd over

 

[ViciousMachine]

Ehsan is Younger,Taller than Tanvir
plus has 10kph more pace than Tanvir

I think most people on this forum could match Tanvir and his 120s for pace.... plus he's too old, not like we going for a #1 ranking. We playing to build a young team, his selection makes no sense.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Great shot :4

 

[HASHAM2]

Amla 9 runs on 10 ball
Soon Amla Caught Behind Ehsan Adil

 

[JibranAnsari]

Irfan seems to be tiring in the 3rd over

Bowling 140s

 

[JilaWatan]

amla is just class...

 

[Saurav]

Peterson was in my fantasy team

 

[JilaWatan]

Amla 9 runs on 10 ball
Soon Amla Caught Behind Ehsan Adil

or rahat

 

[lahoriyah1234]

One u must admire abt SA, is that they always looking to be positive, pak need to do that as well, not tuk tuk 40 overs and lose the test.

 

[ares1000]

you've got it all figured out. watching this game must be really boring and pointless right?

I will hardly watch 90 mins of it over 5 days. I've been up for hours for work purposes. I love Pak cricket but we dont have the strength in batting to compete in RSA.

 

[HASHAM2]

******** Wicket kepper Sarfarz is

 

[JibranAnsari]

Crap keeping

 

[CalculatedRisk]

Sarfraz crappy as ever

 

[Asif321]

sarfraz untidy , good tht it wasnt catch

 

[Sandeep]

Snaking the ball in! Get it fuller dude!

 

[JibranAnsari]

Rahat doing well now , gul ke saayese nikal aaya hai

 

[Asif321]

shabash rahat ali looking much better

 

[JilaWatan]

im telling you rahat is gonna bring an odd one back in and amla wont have a clue

 

[Aman]

Can any SA fans tell me as to why is Merchant not playing? Or why have they persisted with Kleinveldt instead of De lange?

He's just coming back form injury.

 

[Saurav]

Amir was a diff league. Swings both way, good pace, perfect lengths. 24 avg in ODIs at 19 years old??? not to mention his ability with the bat and his energy in field!!

Cant wait until he's back

I just said he reminds me of Amir,not hes as good

also dont wait for Amir.judging by his recent pics,hes not coming back,into movies I think

 

[iafzal]

wowwww

 

[speed]

Lol this guy has no control

 

[JibranAnsari]

Rahat needsa lot of guidance , bat we do not have anyon like akram in the team.

 

[CalculatedRisk]

PAK would have been 4/2

 

[JilaWatan]

I will hardly watch 90 mins of it over 5 days. I've been up for hours for work purposes. I love Pak cricket but we dont have the strength in batting to compete in RSA.

ok bye

 

[doctordamor]

that was crap bowl

 

[iafzal]

I thought he was bowling well troubling Amla but the last 2 balls seem to strongly suggest otherwise.

Cannot play ODIs Check

 

[Sandeep]

Shot Sir! Amla!!

 

[JibranAnsari]

Rahat seems like a ODI bowler more.

 

[akamaka]

need to swing it back in

 

[iafzal]

Rahat seems like a ODI bowler more.

Are you serious? with that line?

 

[Asif321]

kya baat hai irfan

 

[ahmed778]

Good Bounce by Irfan.

 

[akamaka]

Surprised Irfan hasn't bounced the SA batsman

 

[Aman]

Rahat seems like a ODI bowler more.

If he bowls on a length in ODIs he'd be hit into the stands.

 

[ares1000]

ok bye

When the game pans out as I said, will you accept you were wrong and my pessimism was well founded?

 

[Sandeep]

Smith is as ugly as he is effective!

 

[johnnybrutal]

yar ajmal ko laa kar smith ko toh out karo then continue with the pacers

 

[ahmed778]

Give 1 More over to Rahat and than give the newish ball to Ehsan.

 

[iafzal]

Irfan bowling a few gems here and there and cranking it up to mid 140ks as well

 

[ahmed778]

Smith is Lucky.

 

[doctordamor]

luck smith went in gap good bowling

 

[JilaWatan]

When the game pans out as I said, will you accept you were wrong and my pessimism was well founded?

it aint til its over! ill see you in the 4th innings and we'll talk aright?

 

[ScotRaz]

Whats going on today, PP's more interested in picking arguments with mods than concentrating on the game?

 

[JibranAnsari]

Good pace by irfan , needs to attack the stumps more.

 

[alberto]

Jamshed, Gul and Tanvir out, Ehsan, Farhat and Rahat in

Great Team selection except Imran Farhat!

 

[johnnybrutal]

I wish pak had a player like clarke

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Bowl fuller plzz will get wickets.

 

[doctordamor]

oh man didn't carry this pitch is slow

 

[JibranAnsari]

Needs to see stumps shattered , havent seen one from our quicks this series.

 

[lahoriyah1234]

I wish pak had a player like clarke

We have in making ASAD SHAFIQ INSHALLAH

 

[akamaka]

What SA commentators have been talking about.

90% - SA t20/ODI team composition

10% - Current Game

 

[ahmed778]

Good bowl by Rahat.

 

[johnnybrutal]

rahat can be very effective if he cranks up his pace to the 140s

 

[zarak]

why is he bowling so slow

 

[ViciousMachine]

Irfan really needs to start getting some wickets. For all the hype, still doesnt get any new ball wickets.... all his 3 wickets were lower batsman

 

[doctordamor]

Gawd why ramis is so dumb?

 

[lahoriyah1234]

Irfan must take 1 wicket atleast he is hyped up to be honest. Would rather had rehman.

 

[johnnybrutal]

irfan has no game plan when he's bowling, kinda like sami, he's more effective than sami because of his height

 

[JibranAnsari]

Good bowling.

 

[johnnybrutal]

Ehsaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllllll!

 

[JilaWatan]

roookieee