*Official* Pakistan v South Africa in Dubai

[Xuhaib]

Why is the last game on a Monday and not a Sunday. Lame.

Sunday is a working day in UAE so no difference.

 

[Shri]

Fridays are holidays iirc.

 

[Jono]

Meant for me

 

[Faisal1985]

Yeah Final on a stupid Monday...darn it....have to take another fake sick day from work....

 

[Xuhaib]

Steyn vs Pak batting could get hilarious.

I was right

 

[Faisal1985]

I was right

You should have known better with Pak playing.

 

[Xuhaib]

I sometimes wonder how it feel to be an Imran Farhat.Oppositions call me a walking wicket, teammates only play me with reluctance or due to lack of choice fans call me a sifarshi and the wife knows that I make my living only through her father support.

lol what a life.

 

[Faisal1985]

I sometimes wonder how it feel to be an Imran Farhat.Oppositions call me a walking wicket, teammates only play me with reluctance or due to lack of choice fans call me a sifarshi and the wife knows that I make my living only through her father support.

lol what a life.

Well, it all depends on internal satisfaction.....he is probably satisfied with what he is....

A low life dick head!

 

[Prince EWS]

Sunday is a working day in UAE so no difference.

No-one goes to these games anyway; they should've scheduled it for international television.

 

[smash84]

Well, it all depends on internal satisfaction.....he is probably satisfied with what he is....

A low life dick head!

I can't think of something worse so I will agree with you.

 

[Daemon]

If the current form of ODI teams continue through to the world cup, I honestly can't predict a clear winner. South Africa, Sri Lanka, India and even England are the stronger contenders, but you can't write off Australia and Pakistan that easily too. Not to mention Bangladesh making a couple of upsets. Should be a great WC this.

 

[social]

If the current form of ODI teams continue through to the world cup, I honestly can't predict a clear winner. South Africa, Sri Lanka, India and even England are the stronger contenders, but you can't write off Australia and Pakistan that easily too. Not to mention Bangladesh making a couple of upsets. Should be a great WC this.

UAE conditions are very similar to those in the subcontinent and given that SA is currently struggling against a side without 3 of its best players (not to mention their "record" in big tourneys), I honestly dont see how they are a main contender

 

[Jono]

Yeah I agree. SA have to seriously get their **** together in all facets of the game.

Their death bowling is atrocious, their batting in the middle overs is mediocre and the less said about their fielding the better.

 

[smash84]

Yeah I agree. SA have to seriously get their **** together in all facets of the game.

Their death bowling is atrocious, their batting in the middle overs is mediocre and the less said about their fielding the better.

This tournament seems a bit of an outlier in terms of SA fielding. And tbh their fielding wasn't quite so bad in the first half of the Pakistan batting.

 

[TT Boy]

On the point of no Rusty, he isn’t in the test side and being the number 1 test side come early 2011 is more important to CSA then pinging down their ODI side. These are warm up games for Steyn and Parnell. Steyn only started bowling again on Thursday. Though now that its 2-2, Theron will probably have to play on Monday. Biggest worry for South Africa is that they are very easy to contain in ODIs on subcontinent like wickets, they don’t collapse against spin, they just can’t effectively score heavy against it, and so they target bowlers of the class of Shoaib to hit out against.

For Pak, they should get Hafeez in the test side. South Africa batsman just don’t have clue how to get him off the square and whilst he will never amount to much with the bat, saves Pak from fielding Kaneria as their second spinner.

 

[TT Boy]

There was no need to bring back both Steyn and Parnell. Both were rusty as **** tbh. So much leg side crap from them. Lots of wides by SA.

Hence why they were playing. Better Steyn bowling dross here than in the first test.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hence why they were playing. Better Steyn bowling dross here than in the first test.

Yeah AWTA.

 

[Kylez]

Good result for Pakistan and also a good result for the ODI format. I couldn't believe Steyn's figures when I saw them this morning, I don't think Steyn will bowl any more dross like that though.

Hafeez would be a decent shout for the test team IMO, he seems to have the temperment for test match cricket. It's great to see Akhtar bowling pretty well in these ODI's. The more Shoaib bowls, the fitter he becomes.

 

[Prince EWS]

Good result for Pakistan and also a good result for the ODI format. I couldn't believe Steyn's figures when I saw them this morning, I don't think Steyn will bowl any more dross like that though.

Hafeez would be a decent shout for the test team IMO, he seems to have the temperment for test match cricket. It's great to see Akhtar bowling pretty well in these ODI's. The more Shoaib bowls, the fitter he becomes.

Hafeez is weird. He looks okay technically and he seems to know how to build an innings, but he loves throwing away starts and goes through weird periods in his career where he decides to massively fish outside off stump for a few games.

 

[Jono]

Hence why they were playing. Better Steyn bowling dross here than in the first test.

Is Parnell playing the first test? Otherwise pick the guy who helped win you a ODI last match.

Don't pick two rusty bowlers IMO.