*Official* Pakistan v South Africa in UAE

[OverratedSanity]

Elgar beaten all ends up first ball. He's so dire.

Then again I said the same thing about Tahir when he bowled a long hop in his first over. Elgar to ton up

 

[Manee]

I found Irfan's dismissal off Tahir very funny. Leaving a googly is always a fun thing to see.

 

[smash84]

57/1......this is going to be one long innings for Pakistan

 

[smash84]

edit.....make that 61/1

 

[Prince EWS]

edit.....make that 61/1

If you're going to do this every time the score changes, it's going to be a loooonnnng thread.

 

[smash84]

no it won't, at least not when pakistan are batting

 

[Prince EWS]

Elgar beaten all ends up first ball. He's so dire.

Good to see you learning the lingo quickly.

 

[CricAddict]

More like the Pakistan we know!

No wickets for Philander is disappointing.

Yes, wanted him to be the fastest to 100 in so many years.. still has a chance to pick up 6 wickets in the next innings..

 

[OverratedSanity]

Good to see you learning the lingo quickly.

Lurked here for a while, so familiar with dire... I know it's probably an overused word though. It's kind of being used in quite a few places so it's hardly CW specific. Dire that it's being used in lots if places now

 

[kykweer.proteas]

its odd the pakistani fast bowlers havent been bowling sa to pieces in these seam/swing friendly conditions. It has to be because Steyn looked like he bowled well on a sub continent pitch.

 

[kykweer.proteas]

Babar going off and with Irfan quite a dodgy player and who has already been warned for running into the pitch, things are looking ominous for Pakistan

 

[Daemon]

Tipu: "Zulfiqar and Ajmal are great but genuine leg spinners seem to have dried up...with afridi out of sorts and not playing tests maybe a leggie might be just what we need..."

Lol at Pakistani fans. Nothing is ever enough.

 

[Howe_zat]

Good to see you learning the lingo quickly.

snrk.

 

[salman85]

Elgar gone. In comes Kallis, and Misbah brings on Junaid instantly.Very good move.Junaid seems to be getting the better of Kallis off late.

Pakistan's best bet is to dismiss by SA by 150-160, and then bat well enough to leave SA with a similar target in the 4th innings.

I'm pretty confident of our ability to defend a total in the 150 range on this wicket.But the batting really REALLY needs to step up if we need to have the slightest chance of that happening.

Pakistan is heading towards a heavy loss as things stand at the moment, but stranger things have happened in Cricket.Plus, it's Pakistan. Always capable of the unexpected, in both good and bad ways.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Elgar gone. In comes Kallis, and Misbah brings on Junaid instantly.Very good move.Junaid seems to be getting the better of Kallis off late.

Pakistan's best bet is to dismiss by SA by 150-160, and then bat well enough to leave SA with a similar target in the 4th innings.

I'm pretty confident of our ability to defend a total in the 150 range on this wicket.But the batting really REALLY needs to step up if we need to have the slightest chance of that happening.

Pakistan is heading towards a heavy loss as things stand at the moment, but stranger things have happened in Cricket.Plus, it's Pakistan. Always capable of the unexpected, in both good and bad ways.

Dismissing them for 150-160 odd is not an easy task especially with ABCD still to come.

In the commentary it was menioned that Steyn was getting the ball to reverse. Any chance of that hapenning with Junaid?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Kallis lol... He's been poor this series

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Our poor bowlers work so hard to get these wickets depite not being as good as the opposition and yet the stupid batsmen can't even put up a decent total for them.

 

[Manee]

its odd the pakistani fast bowlers havent been bowling sa to pieces in these seam/swing friendly conditions. It has to be because Steyn looked like he bowled well on a sub continent pitch.

I get the tone of the post but I think Steyn is the type of bowler for whom conditions won't matter too much really. It is all about how much swing he can get with the new and the old ball. Some conditions suit reverse more than conventional swing but that isn't too much of an issue considering he does both and the new ball swings everywhere really for the best bowlers. His two top order wickets seemed to be earned in the air with swing rather than off the pitch and that seems the norm for Steyn.

 

[smash84]

so true about Steyn....he doesn't really need the conditions

 

[smash84]

well, safe to say that unless SA do a real big **** up, the match is safely in the bag for them. I can't see Pakistan scoring 200 against this attack in the 2nd innings. If the series ends 1-1, do Pakistan still end up 4?