*Official* South Africa in Pakistan

[pasag]

Well doen Smith and Kallies.

 

[Dasa]

Kallis. What a star.

 

[The Sean]

What a series from the big man. Three tons in four innings - gun.

 

[biased indian]

461

I think he will declare as soon as Kallis gets his hundred which means another 10 to 20 runs, The lead is 424 now.

5 runs off..but closer than you

 

[Perm]

Kallies. Legend.

 

[Prince EWS]

this is poor batting when u r trying to set a target

Current partnership 3 runs, 4.5 overs, RR: 0.62 (Kallis 3, Prince 0)

Who?

 

[pup11]

Kallis is such a great batsman and he has answered all his critics in the best possible way, Kallis batted 4 times in this series and made a century 3 times now that's batting of the highest quality.
Smith also batted well in this test and credit needs go to the Proteas for the way they have dominated in this series and Pakistan have generally looked very very ordinary through this series, Pakistan's dire team selection haven't helped them either.

 

[The Sean]

Who?

 

[silentstriker]

Kallis, how good is this bloke? I keep saying it, but the man is crazy good. He's not going to have a score of less than 50 in the whole series. Four chances to bat, two fifties, two centuries. Gun.

Make that four chances, three centuries and one fifty. Haha, he's a batting God.

 

[pasag]

For Tests this calendar year, it beats Sangakkara's performance because it was against Bangladesh, he failed once and was at home. Don't know about Shiv vs England though.

 

[SJS]

Make that four chances, three centuries and one fifty. Haha, he's a batting God.

...machine

 

[biased indian]

Who?

didnt get you !!!!!!!!!!!!!

that was his contribution in that partnership

 

[Prince EWS]

didnt get you !!!!!!!!!!!!!

that was his contribution in that partnership

Haha, it was a joke based on the fact that haroon always calls Kallis by the names "Kallies" or "Kalies".

 

[biased indian]

Haha, it was a joke based on the fact that haroon always calls Kallis by the names "Kallies" or "Kalies".

oh never seen that before

 

[Beleg]

the game's pretty interestingly poised at the moment.

I hope they try to win it tommorrow. They certainly have the batsmen to do it, if they wish to do so. The key would be not to get into an ultra-defensive mindset.

 

[shortpitched713]

Despite the way Akmal and Younis batted towards the end, a win is really not a realistic possibility. Pakistan should be happy to bat through the day and secure the draw tomorrow.

And gun batting from Smith and Kailies. Showing our batsmen how it should be done tbh.

 

[shortpitched713]

the game's pretty interestingly poised at the moment.

I hope they try to win it tommorrow. They certainly have the batsmen to do it, if they wish to do so. The key would be not to get into an ultra-defensive mindset.

There's nothing wrong with being defensive, and I daresay if we lose a couple of our middle order stalwarts early on chasing quick runs it would effectively spell the end for our chances to save the match.

 

[Prince EWS]

There's nothing wrong with being defensive, and I daresay if we lose a couple of our middle order stalwarts early on chasing quick runs it would effectively spell the end for our chances to save the match.

Best member.

 

[Beleg]

Umm, there would be nothing wrong with being defensive if Pakistan were WINNING the series. As it stands, we are losing. If we win this match, the series is levelled. If we lose, well, there isn't much difference between 1-0 and 2-0. The focus is NOT on saving the match, but saving the series.

It's the winning mentality which seperates mediocre teams from great ones.

 

[Prince EWS]

there isn't much difference between 1-0 and 2-0..

DWTA. This is a test match we're talking about here. There's a big difference between losing it and drawing it regardless of the state of the series.