Pakistan Tour of South Africa 2018/19

[Ahmad Zahir]

Sad to see Zubayr go out for a duck on debut

 

[OverratedSanity]

This got interesting again

 

[SeamUp]

Lead of 122/4

Wouldn't mind a nice fun chase.

Constant Runs/wickets = Wanderers

Just not the 330 type scores. A bit lower here.

 

[StephenZA]

It would be totally understandable if de Bruyn was left out of the test squad for Sri Lanka.

Unfortunately. Looking good occasionally is not enough. Need to give Hamza a shot.....

Bavuma needs some runs here.... perfect scenario for him to get a good fighting 50.

 

[Ahmad Zahir]

Fahim is Pakistan’s Pandya bowling wise

 

[StephenZA]

Just not the 330 type scores. A bit lower here.

SA should have got 350+ in this first innings such a good start.

 

[Borges]

Sad to see Zubayr go out for a duck on debut

Very unlucky to get that ball, first up/

 

[TheJammyTurtle]

Always been a big fan Faheem fan,just needs to get his batting up to this scratch at this level,which I’m sure will come.But he should be a lock in all 3 formats

 

[GRAB]

Unlucky for Hamza. Not the ball you want 2nd up after the first digs into your body...

 

[StephenZA]

Just for a change, I'd like to see a couple of absolute roads in SA, LOL. Was the Cape Town match where Stokes hit 258 the last one?

Flatter pitches might actually help SA, our bowlers are good enough to get wickets on most wickets and maybe SA batsmen need a bit of confidence. These SA pitches don't give batsmen confidence.

 

[SeamUp]

Hasan Ali you legend

 

[Ahmad Zahir]

Lol Hassan Ali bowling with sunglasses

 

[vcs]

Amla needs to push on and get a hundred here.

 

[StephenZA]

Took the cover off that ball... DRS wins again.

 

[artvandalay]

Balls shouldn't keep low and scoot this early in games. Pitch should quite rightly be rated poor again.

 

[Bahseph]

200 enough?

 

[TT Boy]

Wickets have been lively but batting on both sides has been so poor. Probably the worst South African batting unit I can recall.

 

[Ahmad Zahir]

Substandard umpiring in this match

 

[SeamUp]

Flatter pitches might actually help SA, our bowlers are good enough to get wickets on most wickets and maybe SA batsmen need a bit of confidence. These SA pitches don't give batsmen confidence.

I just wonder with our atmospherics. You take all grass off and with our small grounds (add thin highveld air) batting becomes too easy. There hasn't been loads of grass on this pitch but it has seamed and swung but runs have flowed at times as well.

Durban and PE are the grounds now where there can be dull periods. No movement, slow, difficult to time and you end up waiting for reverse.

I do enjoy watching test cricket in SA but maybe our batsman have got into this mindset of a constant fight and battle which doesnt help like you say. I remember Elgar was going through that before last summer v India.

 

[Stefan9]

Wickets have been lively but batting on both sides has been so poor. Probably the worst South African batting unit I can recall.

Some of the mid 90's top 6 weren't much better but got saved by the amount all rounders around.