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*Official* Pakistan v South Africa in Dubai
- Thread starter slowfinger
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Prince EWS
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Excluding minnows, De Villiers has scored 2348 runs @ 75.74 in his last 25 Tests. That's seriously awesome, especially for someone who plays half his Tests in South Africa.
guys im tellin you now. AB is the real deal and will be rated higher than KP and Michael Clarke. lets not forget he was awarded the ODI player of the year as well.
phenomenal in tests and ODI and 20-20's.
Just like how ppl talk abt sachin and ponting and forget kallis.
exciting times for SA fans with Amla and AB.
phenomenal in tests and ODI and 20-20's.
Just like how ppl talk abt sachin and ponting and forget kallis.
exciting times for SA fans with Amla and AB.
smash84
The Tiger King
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The Tiger King
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smash84
The Tiger King
smash84
The Tiger King
So true.
kingkallis
International Coach
If not him, Amla would have done it. He was unlucky twice so at least the umpires are consistent here.
Blaze 18
Banned
Pakistan have had the worst of the umpiring in this match, but if you take the whole tour into account it becomes much closer; Pakistan may have even had the better of it.
anyone else think its about time gul was dropped from the pak team?
a new guy comes in on his debut and takes 6 wickets - so whats guls excuse?
he is too inconsistent, he has had all the time and matches to establish himself and realise this potential he is meant to have.
a new guy comes in on his debut and takes 6 wickets - so whats guls excuse?
he is too inconsistent, he has had all the time and matches to establish himself and realise this potential he is meant to have.
Blaze 18
Banned
Umar Gul bowled a brilliant match turning spell in the last game. I don't see why he should be dropped after one bad innings. Besides, Wahab Riaz took a fiver on debut just a couple of tests ago. He is not even in the side now!
That is exactly the problem with Pakistan. They do not persist with players. Virtually no-one is a certainty in the Pakistan side. I read somewhere that Pakistan have changed as many captains in 2010 as Australia have over the last two decades. That says it all.
That is exactly the problem with Pakistan. They do not persist with players. Virtually no-one is a certainty in the Pakistan side. I read somewhere that Pakistan have changed as many captains in 2010 as Australia have over the last two decades. That says it all.
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riaz is injured
look at guls record, its pretty average
now and again he can come up with the goods but when he is bad he can get tonked all over the place, like this innings, he is far too hot and cold for my liking, not a good enough return for all the faith the selectors have put in him.
when i say drop him what i really mean is give him a chance to iron out the kinks in his bowling, like inconsistent line and length, because there is something there
If you can I'd like you to count the instances of umpiring decisions going in favor of each team so far. By my count its SA in the lead by some distance. The only instance I can think of atm in the whole series that SA can feel aggrieved about is Amla's.
AB survived a nick and a stone dead LBW appeal. Kallis survived an LBW appeal from Sami which was also plumb.
In the first match first innings I remember every decision going SA's way too. Smith survived many 50-50 LBW shouts (at least 3, and some could rightly argue that some of the shouts were more than 50-50). Petersen also survived an edge. Those are just some of the decisions I remember.
And with similar result
Blaze 18
Banned
I was talking about the whole tour, not just the test series. Pakistan had quite a few going in their favour during the T20's and ODI's.
If we are talking about the test series only then Pakistan have had the worst of the umpiring. I can recall only three decisions that have gone in favour of Pakistan in the test series : Smith and Peterson were wrongly given out in the second innings of the first test and Hashim Amla was given out wrongly in this match. Everything else has gone in favour of South Africa.