kykweer.proteas
International Debutant
Good fight from Pakistan in the second innings.
Weird tour
Sa dominate t20
Pakistan dominate ODI
Sa dominate Tests
Weird tour
Sa dominate t20
Pakistan dominate ODI
Sa dominate Tests
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*** Official *** Pakistan all format tour of South Africa 10 December to 7 January
- Thread starter SeamUp
- Start date
Silver Silva
International Regular
A combined Test XI ?
1.Aiden Markram
2.Shan Masood
3.Ryan Rickelton
4.Babar Azam
5.Temba Bavuma (C)
6.Kyle Verreynne (WK)
7.Corbin Bosch
8.Marco Jansen
9.Keshav Maharaj
10.Kagiso Rabada
11.Mohammad Abbas
1.Aiden Markram
2.Shan Masood
3.Ryan Rickelton
4.Babar Azam
5.Temba Bavuma (C)
6.Kyle Verreynne (WK)
7.Corbin Bosch
8.Marco Jansen
9.Keshav Maharaj
10.Kagiso Rabada
11.Mohammad Abbas
England and Pakistan should have their own competition on who can collect the most over rate penalties.
Pakistan could now finish bottom.
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Pakistan could now finish bottom.
Pakistan docked five WTC points for slow over rate during Cape Town Test
They have now lost a total of 13 points during the 2023-25 cycle, putting them in danger of a bottom-place finish
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Chin Music
State Vice-Captain
I'm still mega confused that they didn't choose a spinner in the second test, not because of the over rate issue but they had a very one paced bowling attack that wasn't going to trouble SA on a flat deck.England and Pakistan should have their own competition on who can collect the most over rate penalties.
Pakistan could now finish bottom.
Pakistan docked five WTC points for slow over rate during Cape Town Test
They have now lost a total of 13 points during the 2023-25 cycle, putting them in danger of a bottom-place finish
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
They did say they'd have bowled first if they'd won the toss, so that was probably why they had no spinner.......which of course was wrong on pretty much every front.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Just had a quick flick through the results again, one interesting factor is that SA won 6 tosses out of 7. The only one they lost I reckon was a T20 (a game they won). Pakistan did particularly well to win all 3 ODI's against the coin.
Chin Music
State Vice-Captain
SA made clear that they knew the nature of the pitch by picking Maharaj, so it just looked nuts to me before a ball was even bowled.
kykweer.proteas
International Debutant
To put all your eggs in one basket away from home is just poor planning.
kykweer.proteas
International Debutant
I agree, the toss matters and much more so in test cricket... it will never happen but alternating between teams over a series could make sense, home team going first.
Other than that not sure how else they'd manage that, luck shouldn't be a factor.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
I've often wondered that too, but if the home team knows which way the toss is going they'll just prepare pitches to suit. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't, but that's cricket.
SeamUp
International Coach
Without doubt you play a spinner on our coastal wickets at Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban.
Chin Music
State Vice-Captain
Yeah, I've followed enough from afar (i.e. watching on tv)of games in SA over loads of years to figure out that you usually get more helpful surfaces for spinners/less heavily weighted in favour of pace bowlers on those grounds. You would have thought that an Asian side who have had more recent success with spinners actually use one of those spinners instead of a likely ordinary seamer.