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***Official*** Pakistan in South Africa

FRAZ

International Captain
Cricket would be a lot better if there were more pitches like this. What does test-quality mean anyway? Just because there are no run-mountains being piled up doesn't mean the pitch is defective.
Pitches like this and the ones with the run - mountains ,both are not suitable for test cricket . A good pitch is the one which gives support to every aspect of the game through out the 5 days .
A traditional good pitch in my opinion is the one which is a little bouncy in the morning session and gives enough to the fasties and the post-lunch session should be helpful for the middle-order to consolidate and the pitch should start turning after day 3 .. Thats what I call a good pitch . It's not like, these pitches are not so common .
 

Fiery

Banned
Pitches like this and the ones with the run - mountains ,both are not suitable for test cricket . A good pitch is the one which gives support to every aspect of the game through out the 5 days .
A traditional good pitch in my opinion is the one which is a little bouncy in the morning session and gives enough to the fasties and the post-lunch session should be helpful for the middle-order to consolidate and the pitch should start turning after day 3 .. Thats what I call a good pitch . It's not like, these pitches are not so common .
That's pretty much bang-on Fraz
 

Slow Love™

International Captain
Smith gone! Thought initially it might have pitched outside leg, but looking at the hawkeye strip it's fine. Can Pakistan pull this off?
 

haroon510

International 12th Man
wow asif is in fire today. can he and kunaria pull this match of for pakistan? lovely bowling from both of these guys. there is now a hope for my fivrate team to win this match.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
I can't believe Sami keeps getting selected in tests despite showing no signs of improvement. It sends a clear message that averaging over 45 with the ball is fine if you can bowl one at 145km/h every six overs. I really think he'd be a much better right now if he had been dropped earlier in his career. He has no real incentive to figure out what is wrong with his bowling and fix it at lower levels because he gets selected for Pakistan regardless.

They've continued to select him to show him confidence in him and give him faith, but I think it has been a detriment to his career. Dropping him until he had improved his game at domestic level would have done him the world of good.
 

social

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
SA doing their best to keep Pakistan in it by batting so negatively - only 90 odd to get they should be pushing the ball around and playing the odd big shot at least and the total will disappear in no time
 

Beleg

International Regular
Congragulations to SA on a deserved series win.

Say what you may about Kallis, but his doggedness won them this series.
 

Slow Love™

International Captain
Good win for the Saffies. Showing some steel at the end of the series, once again in what's been an interesting home season for them. TBF, this wicket wasn't the greatest, and was hard to bat on, but I don't think it was excessively dangerous or comparable to Mumbai '04.
 

jot1

State Vice-Captain
Excellent competition between Kallis and Prince and Kaneria and Asif. Great to watch. Nice match, Pakistanis. Great to have won though.:D
 

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