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

[tallashk]

Steyn vs farhat next ! Hafeez will happy to be at non strikers end

he will wait for some one who can't swing to make some scores.. par aisa hona nai laga wo punjabi mei kehta hain na..."GICHI sa pakar lo is ko" .lolx

 

[Kianig89]

6,2,17,0 what next

 

[mosh101]

Farhat looks good

 

[Kianig89]

Steyn is more lethal against righties.......so Imran can relax

 

[mosh101]

Hafeez off the mark.

 

[Kianig89]

Nice n solid so far by the DAmad....looks like he's worked on his techniques etc :milyas

 

[mosh101]

Farhat gets fourrr !!

 

[Kianig89]

444444444444444444444

 

[Badboy_1]

6,2,17,0 what next

maybe 100

 

[Sunny786]

by

 

[mosh101]

Farhat looks soliddd

 

[Sudais]

what a solid defence from sir!

 

[mosh101]

They dont deduct your runs if you play with the bat hafeez

 

[IAJ]

Really flat wicket and therefore Rahat Ali's 6 wickets was a big achievement!

InshaALlah the haters will change their view.

 

[RehanG]

Nice n solid so far by the DAmad....looks like he's worked on his techniques etc :milyas

Hèhè


Lara going well here

 

[Sudais]

Really flat wicket and therefore Rahat Ali's 6 wickets was a big achievement!

InshaALlah the haters will change their view.

exactly,

 

[mosh101]

Lunch it is then ! We havent lost a wicket surprisingly. Farhat has looked good thus far.

 

[tallashk]

They dont deduct your runs if you play with the bat hafeez

but i do get out so whats the point playing with bat

 

[JibranAnsari]

Good batsmen blossom when they are in their thirties .. to own these hyped trundlsters

 

[JibranAnsari]

The pitch is looking flat , let's see what the new comer does.

 

[style_guru]

This pair has already reached the highest opening stand in the series

 

[JibranAnsari]

Prof survives

 

[ViciousMachine]

decent start. but our problem has clearly been, once one wicket falls, 3 fall in the span off 5 overs (or 3 balls last in 2nd test....)

hard to see many options for win.... seems like draw would be best scenario from here.

 

[waqar goraya]

Hafeez looks out of sorts ,out of confidence

 

[ViciousMachine]

ouch, vernon may have hurt himself....

 

[JibranAnsari]

prof fishes again

 

[JibranAnsari]

So SA and Pak both will be bowler down I suppose

 

[pak4life]

oh dear Hafeez you have to be rubbish if Imran Farhat starts giving you advice.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Hafeez just hanging in there

 

[saiyan0312]

great stand guys first time seeing 19 for 0.... man our bowlers really ahd touble even though they were young... happy for rahat on getting a sixfer but those six wickets cannot hide the fact that he might become another sami, which means he kept giving them freebies and bowling wides and no balls. its either inexperience or lack of discipline but he needs to work on it. he kept bowling 2 good balls and 4 bad ones.... good to see adil getting some wickets too but adil also had the same problem of keeping it tight.

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

hafeez looks already a bonus wicket

 

[waqar goraya]

farhat has been amazing....

 

[style_guru]

What's wrong with Phil?

 

[JibranAnsari]

Farhat scaring the **** out of styen

 

[JibranAnsari]

Farhat breaking Steyn's heart.

 

[waqar goraya]

Hafeez has survived 22 balls still now...

 

[kungfu90]

Steyn against Lefties

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

So far so good.

9 overs gone....best of the series I think.

 

[Sunny786]

Why is Hafeez leaving everything? Some of them could easily have been driven straight or to cover. He has zero confidence right now and all this leaving is not gonna help his cause.

 

[waqar goraya]

I have a feeling Farhat might get out before Hafeez..

 

[mosh101]

Flashed hard and goes through slip and gully ! Farhattt cheetaahhhh

 

[mosh101]

Rory steaming up some pace

 

[JibranAnsari]

treating the the saffers

 

[tarrar]

With completely mega poor bowling line up & sand like batsmen Pakistan is heading towards a big loss.

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

imagine how farhat and tanvir would have opened for pak

surly misbah has no brains at all

 

[JibranAnsari]

Wow , that was a lovel straight drive , just couldn't make the contact.

 

[HaMmy FinE LeG StriKeR]

why is farhat trying to give away his wicket?

 

[mosh101]

Saffers at farhat now

 

[waqar goraya]

Ball is 10 overs old now..

 

[battler]

sir farhat playing a gem here.

 

[ViciousMachine]

Why is Hafeez leaving everything? Some of them could easily have been driven straight or to cover. He has zero confidence right now and all this leaving is not gonna help his cause.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!! Thats the funniest thing i've heard today.

What next? Take two steps down the pitch to Steyn???? Start doing the Dilshan scoop? Maybe Hafeez should try a switch hit cause less fielders on leg?

This isnt the garbage Pakistani pace attack. You leave EVERYTHING you can against RSA new ball attack.


Hafeez is playing perfect. Farhat got lucky that Kleinveldt over.

 

[ahmed778]

Sir Imran Farhat has survived 40 balls.
Pretty unexpected.

 

[mosh101]

Farhat is the mannnnnn

 

[ViciousMachine]

imagine how farhat and tanvir would have opened for pak

surly misbah has no brains at all

........
so you would open with a tail ender tanvir vs the best bowling attack on the world.....???


Thank god your there misbah !!

 

[JibranAnsari]

looks like farhat will get out , as rameez is praising him.

 

[IAJ]

Rameez making a good point of having 3 openers, but we sort have already 3 openers as Azhar Ali is also used to face the new ball.

 

[mosh101]

Farhat living up to his expectations so far

 

[mosh101]

Rory is getting some serious bounce

 

[Blistering Barnacle]

Ramiz says that when he played Aus in Aus, they played 3 openers - "and it worked".

Really? How many test series did you win in Australia, Ramiz? Ohh, that's right...none.

 

[johnnybrutal]

Can't believe i'm saying this but this is what we needed in the first two matches, some runs on the board while playing the new ball :/ well done Farhat

 

[saiyan0312]

wow now i have seen everyhting... farhat scoring.... guess he just bought his ticket for the test opening for two more series.... hope he scores big.

 

[IAJ]

Had a South African played the similar shot as Farhat to the third man (?) it would have been a four, where as Steyn stopped the boundary easily.

 

[ViciousMachine]

Rameez making a good point of having 3 openers, but we sort have already 3 openers as Azhar Ali is also used to face the new ball.

Rameez, like most Pakistanis, is a hindsight commentator.

If Farhat scores a 50 here, at some point he will state we should have played him for his "experience". If Farhat had made a duck, he would have said "Why did the Pakistani camp not play Nasir, he's so young. You have to give experience to young players"

Cant hate him cause he was part of 92 wc team, but try to add something to commentary please.

 

[ViciousMachine]

Ramiz says that when he played Aus in Aus, they played 3 openers - "and it worked".

Really? How many test series did you win in Australia, Ramiz? Ohh, that's right...none.

Beautifully said !! Rameez and his one-sided BS.

 

[saiyan0312]

Flashed hard and goes through slip and gully ! Farhattt cheetaahhhh

Cant believe it myself.... man go farhat. ( cant believe i am saying go farhat) looks like that 300 really boosted him up...

Can't believe i'm saying this but this is what we needed in the first two matches, some runs on the board while playing the new ball :/ well done Farhat

Join the club.... we make an opening 50 stand yes!!!

 

[khan1992]

........
so you would open with a tail ender tanvir vs the best bowling attack on the world.....???


Thank god your there misbah !!

tanveer has a better average than azhar ali this series

 

[Paradox]

Ramiz ) ) ) one of the funniest jokes he's made, and actually legitimately cheeky and funny for once

Pollock's reaction was the best ".. that was actually a good one Ramiz, for a moment it thought it was Mike Haysman sitting next to me here"

 

[Inswinging Yorker]

any link for live viewing?

 

[saiyan0312]

If Farhat scores a 50 here, at some point he will state we should have played him for his "experience". If Farhat had made a duck, he would have said "Why did the Pakistani camp not play Nasir, he's so young. You have to give experience to young players"

Exactly just like our analysts... i believe noone has forgotten rashid latif,s misbah is the third best captain ever and misbah should be quit cricket.

 

[saiyan0312]

Ramiz one of the funniest jokes he's made, and actually legitimately cheeky and funny for once

And you know your jokes suck when someone actually points out a good one.

 

[ahmed778]

Steyn bowling with pace now.

 

[ahmed778]

Sir imran farhat what a beauty!

 

[saiyan0312]

shot farhat.... ok question why is farhat able to play the best bowler in the world.? and steyn is no mug with the new ball ...he is very devastating.... well; hope farhat can keep it up.

 

[static]

farhat just made steyn his bunny

 

[JibranAnsari]

Sir Imran treating the trundler well :4

 

[waqar goraya]

For God's sake Rameez .....Bs kr do )

 

[khan1992]

stey is attacking body now looser

 

[ViciousMachine]

tanveer has a better average than azhar ali this series

I only hope you guys are drunk or high, or joking....

basing your decision on 1 innings.....

I guess if in this innings your #11 Irfan makes 1 and YK makes 0, we swap their places in batting line up?? RSA opens with Philander and demotes G Smith to 8th?

 

[ViciousMachine]

stey is attacking body now looser

So, you mean, Steyn is doing something perfectly legal and allowed.....?

 

[mosh101]

Oh uhhh