1st ODI - Pakistan Vs South Africa at Centurion Park (Updates)

[Shahid A]

2 Fours off asif get him off
cant bowl 10 staright up

[Saqib_Boss_Man]

86-0 (15)

[SUPERSAMI]

haha, great stop by Asif, saves two

[PlanetPakistan]

at this point i would have liked Danish Kaneria!

[SUPERSAMI]

Awesome pullshot by AB, goes for 4

[invincible]

devilliers reminds me so much of rhodes - be it in his fielding or batting ...

[SUPERSAMI]

98-0 from 16 overs, Pak's gonna be chasing over 300

[dirk diggler]

graeme smith had been having a cr4p 2+ years, we've helped him get his form n confidence back...just b4 the WC!

[PlanetPakistan]

devilliers reminds me so much of rhodes - be it in his bowling or batting ...
you mean fielding?

[Master Blaster]

Sami gives away 2 FOURS..................

South Africa: 98/0 (16.0 Ovs)
AB de Villiers 45(60)
Graeme Smith* 47(37)

Mohammad Sami 3-0-22-0

[SUPERSAMI]

Rana replaces Asif and starts off with a wide.

[OZGOD]

Hundred partnership nearly up between the openers.

[CrickFan]

MIP - Massacre in Progress .. They shouldn't have played Saffies before the WC Finals ..

[invincible]

you mean fielding?
sorry abt the typo ... yes - i meant fielding ...

drinks being taken ... score update : 16 overs 98/0

[SUPERSAMI]

No ball smashed straight down for 4, 50 for Smith, great innings.

[Master Blaster]

Rana Naved brought back into the attack now

[SUPERSAMI]

Down the ground, another 4.

[CrickFan]

Rana and Sami are going to make Younis eat his words

[SUPERSAMI]

Pulled for 4, another hat-trick for Rana

[SUPERSAMI]

Fourth 4 in a row, Rana looks horrible

[invincible]

rao ifthikar is better than rana naved hassan in pitches such as this one ... he has an econ. rate of 4.63 while naved has over 5 ...

[Usman Chadda]

Rana is just being destroyed here by Smith!

[SUPERSAMI]

Fifth consecutive 4, great batting by Smith.

[CricketBuff]

Should be the end of WC dreams for Rana

[WasimG]

They shouldn't have played Saffies before the WC Finals ..
Yeah why do we always play SA just before the world cup? And that too in SA?
Rana: 1wd 5nb 4 4 4
Still 3 balls to go

[Imy]

rana is a jerk

[Nice-N-Fresh]

is this a 20/20 charity mach or an important odi??

[CricketBuff]

Guys, this team has no chances in WC, we need massive overhaul and inzi to please stand down now.

[dog_again]

Worst. Over. Ever.

[SUPERSAMI]

Another wide, pathetic bowling, 23 so far off the over

[Ahmad]

rao ifthikar is better than rana naved hassan in pitches such as this one ... he has an econ. rate of 4.63 while naved has over 5 ...

Have a field day man..

[Usman Chadda]

Another four, fifth one so far in the over. Rana looks absolutely clueless!

[Master Blaster]

16.4 Naved-ul-Hasan to Smith, FOUR
16.3 Naved-ul-Hasan to Smith, FOUR, carnage, simply carnage! Overpitched, marginally, and Smith's in such form that he just leans forward and drives it to the right of Inzamam at mid-off, who just lazily turns around and knows all he has to do is collect it from the ropes
16.2 Naved-ul-Hasan to Smith, FOUR, ho ho, make it three in a row, folks! Rana's misery continues as he tries the bouncer and gets no assistance from the pitch, Smith just pulls that well between midwicket and square leg for four more
16.1 Naved-ul-Hasan to Smith, FOUR, again he looks to get on top of Rana, and advances down the track to a shorter one, collecting it with one hand and finding the gap on the offside for another boundary
16.1 Naved-ul-Hasan to Smith, (no ball) FOUR, its a no-ball, to which Smith advances down the track and smokes that powerfully straight back down the ground for four, and thats his 50


Rana is leaking runs like anything...........

5 fours in 5 balls............


South Africa 120/0 (16.4 ov

[SUPERSAMI]

Another 4, 27 off the over, Rana being violated.

[SameerAhmad]

Damn it Rana, stop bowling crap!

How I wish for Gul and Akthar to come back and replace some of these goners

[SUPERSAMI]

Finally a freakin dot ball, 27 off Rana's last over.

[azcali78]

Rana is needed to be droped.

[WasimG]

Rana's making Sami look like Garner.

[Daoud]

Thank god that over has finished. I suppose days like these exist to put stuff like the Karachi Test match of last year into perspective

[Usman Chadda]

I think Inzi should forbid Rana from bowling in this innings. Not only for the good of the Pakistan team, but to rid Rana of this torture too! 27 runs from that over!

South Africa 125/0 in 17 overs

[Noman]

I hate Rana and all Ranas fans included by father who is a big Rana fan..

[dirk diggler]

is this the strength in depth (in bowling) everyone was lauding about not so long ago? i dont think any of us will now be deluded into thinkin we're WC contenders

[sajad mohammed]

rana looks well out of sorts, and inzi just over bowling asif which is the last thing he wants to do after being over bowled in test matches, hes our best so we've got to save his overs or then theres cannon fodder once when razzack and co comes on

[CricketBuff]

Rana should appeal to UN for abuse by Smith.

[CrickFan]

Yeah why do we always play SA just before the world cup? And that too in SA?
Rana: 1wd 5nb 4 4 4
Still 3 balls to go

bcoz PCB have an IQ which is worse than that of a donkey ...They keep repeating the same mistakes again and again .. As a neutral observer - I feel sorry for the fans ..They deserve a better deal

[azcali78]

Why cant inzy give a ball to spinner.

[Easa]

27 runs of the damn over.

[Saqib_Boss_Man]

what the crap is rana doing 27 runs of that over.

[Master Blaster]

LOL Rana is bowling crap.............

Smith is running away with the match.........

27 runs came of his over..........

South Africa 125/0 (RR: 7.35)

[SUPERSAMI]

slower ball spanked for 4, 50 for AB

[WasimG]

Rana's over: 1wd 5nb 4 4 4 4 1wd 4 . lol
And then Sami goes for a 4

[Usman Chadda]

Its official: South Africa looking forward to breaking that record of 438. At this rate they might end up getting 500!

[PlanetPakistan]

what can i say.

[Saqib_Boss_Man]

so guys who fancy are chances of chasing 400 runs here.

[SameerAhmad]

Inzi should bowl, I'm sure he'd do better than idiot Rana...What is wrong with him! :(

[sharuk]

Another miss by Akmal for 4!!!!!!!


F!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nice-N-Fresh]

pak will have to chase 400+ it seems

[CrickFan]

The damage was done in 20/20 match itself ..unfortunately many fans did not realise that ..

[Saqib_Boss_Man]

4 more

[invincible]

sami competes with rana :)))

[Jonty]

400 on the cards again

[Easa]

Sami gets hit for 4 now!

[Easa]

*** is happening here? Have we completely lost it?

[CricketBuff]

So this was the highly touted great fast bowling attack.

[feather]

I would love to watch more of this match with you guys but I am going to go get some sleep!

[PlanetPakistan]

oh dear....now M Sami!!!

[CricketBuff]

Sami and Rana have no place in this team.

[invincible]

taking the PP3 wasn't a great idea by inzi ...

[Noman]

Have anyone heard the song indian song?

mutko Ranaji maaf karna khadi humare se hogi

[SUPERSAMI]

15 off the last over and thats an improvement from the previous one.

[PlanetPakistan]

we need to break the momentum....get M Hafeez on!

[sajad mohammed]

i've always had my doubts over this team, were good against ordinary opposition but s. africa are a good side and now were struggling

[Usman Chadda]

Inzi bring on the spinners! What is he waiting for?!

[Noman]

Have anyone heard the song indian song?

mutko Ranaji maaf karna khadi humare se hogi ...


..

[Easa]

Afridi needs to be brought on NOW.

[CricketBuff]

At least now we can relax. We have no hopes for WC with these bunch of jokers!!!

[Nice-N-Fresh]

14 exrtas already

[RumiNYC]

Funny thing is, i'm not all giddy up about this one day...i'm just lookin' forward for today's SUPER BOWL....LET'S GO COLTTTTTTTTTTTTTT :)

[dirk diggler]

with this cannon fodder bowling smith may be in contention to challenge THE holy grail od ODI...Saeed Anwars 194

[ZM]

yep afridi needs to come on
and maybe needs to open the inns aswell

[Usman Chadda]

taking the PP3 wasn't a great idea by inzi ...

Selecting Sami wasnt great in the first place. Rana+Sami bowling = Runs galore!

[aamir]

Sami gave away 14 in the last over and it seems like a good over after the Rana special :-)

[ali_ed2006]

Akmal finally gets a stumping

[PlanetPakistan]

Mohammad Asif 8 1 33 0 4.12 (1nb, 1w)
Naved-ul-Hasan 6 0 69 0 11.50 (1nb, 5w)
Mohammad Sami 3.6 0 37 0 9.25 (1w)[

[Easa]

edit

[SUPERSAMI]

Akmal takes a stumping, Smith gone, Hafeez strikes.

[Usman Chadda]

Afridi needs to be brought on NOW.

More like Hafeez and Malik need to be brought on now. Afridi is no better than Rana and Sami when it comes to buffet balls

[ZM]

yessssssssssss
hafeez gets smith stumped

[CrickFan]

Who is to be blamed for selecting the same old players who epitomise mediocrity .. Can any new bowling talent in Pakistan be worse than Rana ?

[Easa]

Smith stumped, Hafeez strikes!!!!!!!!

Brilliant move by Inzamam! :D

[CricketBuff]

taking the PP3 wasn't a great idea by inzi ...

By the way Inzi has no brains. He always gets thry the Power Plays first. Never thinks about the situation.

[azcali78]

Why cant Inzy do this earlier. Inzy is so dumb as a captain. I cant belive it

[RumiNYC]

update....INZY is non-sense captain..why does he always stick with player's who are obviously out of form ? akmal, rana ?

[SUPERSAMI]

Great innings by smith, well played.

[Noman]

Ramiz Raja: gooot stumping by Akmal its a important event in his life..........
LOL

[PlanetPakistan]

we need to break the momentum....get M Hafeez on!
:22:

[Nice-N-Fresh]

stumped by akmal, wah bhai wah

[Noman]

update....INZY is non-sense captain..why does he always stick with player's who are obviously out of form ? akmal, rana ?


he think form is tempory class i permanent

[CrickFan]

*** is happening here? Have we completely lost it?
Welcome to the real world

[RumiNYC]

anybody usin' VISTA here ? ;)

[WasimG]

A change of bats coming out for Smith, courtesy Roger Telemachus. What do they have in those things anyways?
Even a bat can take so much! Thanx to Rana and Sami bat manufactureres around the world dont need a durability test!

[Noman]

:))) :))) :))) stumped by akmal, wah bhai wah

[PlanetPakistan]

update....INZY is non-sense captain..why does he always stick with player's who are obviously out of form ? akmal, rana ?
In the LAST series that he played Rana was the man of the series!!! and Kami scored a half century!

[CricketBuff]

If God had given some brains to Inzi too !!!!!

[SameerAhmad]

Shukar hai!!! I was getting worried that they'd actually beat the world record score.

I dont have much confidence in the Pakistani batting to overcome this target, but I must still watch. Let's believe! :D

[RumiNYC]

btw..how about those kiwi's ? giving tuff fight to AUS huh...beat them last time already..are u guys taking them seriously now ?

[SUPERSAMI]

Hafeez strikes, Bose gone

[Usman Chadda]

Ya Allah khair! South Africa still in Twenty20 mode :(

[Easa]

Welcome to the real world
27 runs of Rana's over.

[MIG]

Calm down ! This is a 50 over game. A LOT of cricket to be played.

Save the chest beating for later.

[SameerAhmad]

OYE HOY HOY...another out yeaaaaaaaaa!

[Noman]

hafees got the batsamn edge...
Akmal did catch it

[Daoud]

Where have the PP cheerleaders gone. Easa and Hash, where are you

[Easa]

Hafeez with a double strike, Bosman departs! :D

144/2, inspired bowling from Hafeez.

[Noman]

27 runs of Rana's over.
::J

[PlanetPakistan]

double break through for PAK....

[SUPERSAMI]

Akmal taken two out of two chances, kiyamat is coming boys.

[CricketBuff]

Feez strikes agaoin

[RumiNYC]

wattttttttttttttttttt another out ???????????????????/

[Noman]

Akmal taken two out of two chances, kiyamat is coming boys.


NAMAZ PARO..

[Saqib_Boss_Man]

another one out come on pakistan

[Noman]

we need to get kallis here,

[pacman]

Credit where its due. Akmal has been able to dismiss two behind the stumps. In both cases, good piece of work behind the stumps. Will this give the confidence that Akmal needed?

[SameerAhmad]

Hopefully this will calm SA down a lil bit from boundary madness...Two wickets in one over can do wonders really!

[Easa]

Where have the PP cheerleaders gone. Easa and Hash, where are you
I'm right here. :D

[invincible]

Great over by the young lad ...

[ZM]

afridi on :D :D

[SUPERSAMI]

Afridi on, looks so odd without hair.

[Saqib_Boss_Man]

kallis in now

[RumiNYC]

damn i cant even hate Rana bhai..he got like 4/5 lil kids and very down to earth kinda guy ..
But 27 runs in a over ?

[dog_again]

Hopefully this will calm SA down a lil bit from boundary madness.
Kallis is in, that'll do it.

[invincible]

Good to see Akmal chatting :) feel sorry for what he had to go through ... poor guy had to learn it the hard way ...

[OZGOD]

And the Beast of South Africa is gone trying to cowlash one. Jaaps 2 down.

[SUPERSAMI]

Afridi on target, just one off the over.

[CricketBuff]

good opening over by pathan afridi

[darkmoon459]

good to see that the part time bowlers are doing the job.

[Daoud]

I'm right here. :D
Good, you two were needed during the hammering we got before Hafeez's over. Only so much doom and gloom one can take.

The spinners need to keep it tight now

[ZM]

brilliant over from the beast

[Easa]

Very good first over from Afridi, just 1 from it.

[feather]

You guys need to grow some brains instead of taking cheap shots at Inzi...he has been very active however Rani and sami have been poor...rana being extremely poor.

[PlanetPakistan]

wooh Kallis is batting...now PAK can get back in the match!

[WasimG]

Keep Kallis on strike now. Dont get him out till Ntini's on the other end.

[dirk diggler]

146/2 after 20 overs would be a respectable 20/20 score! its all down to the slow bowlers to close em down for 15 odd overs

[Master Blaster]

Saffers onece again panic at the sight of a spinner.....

good bowling by hafeez

[MIG]

You guys need to grow some brains instead of taking cheap shots at Inzi...he has been very active however Rana and sami have been poor...rana being extremely poor.

Dont worry Feather, Have just deleted some nonsense posts here about Inzi by some posters above - pls dont repeat such stuff on this thread. Last warning.

[WasimG]

You guys need to grow some brains instead of taking cheap shots at Inzi...he has been very active however Rani and sami have been poor
He has been very active selecting his beloved Sami for every match. There are tons of bowlers like Rao, Arafat, Nazir who're better and deserve more chances. Inzi is officially the dumbest captain ever.

[ali_ed2006]

154-2 after 22 overs.......Akmal needs to shut up!

[SUPERSAMI]

4 from the over, decent bowling from Afridi.

[CrickFan]

No captain in the world can set field for pathetic bowling that was dished out by Sami and Rana ..

[feather]

Dont worry Feather, Have just deleted some nonsense posts here about Inzi by some posters above - pls dont repeat such stuff on this thread. Last warning.Good stuff MIG :D

Not having a good time already and seriously don't need to read idiotic posts.

[MIG]

He has been very active selecting his beloved Sami for every match. There are tons of bowlers like Rao, Arafat, Nazir who're better and deserve more chances. Inzi is officially the dumbest captain ever.


Nazir, yes our star bowler from Test matches....

[Daoud]

154-2 after 22 overs.......Akmal needs to shut up!
On the contrary. Chatter behind the stumps helps lift the team, especially after two wickets have fallen. I'd rather our keeper be talkative then be a mute like Dhoni (obviously Kamran needs to also take any chances that come to him as well, which hes thankfully done today)

[SUPERSAMI]

Big 6 from AB

[Noman]

why are inzi giving the free singles+??

[Daoud]

No captain in the world can set field for pathetic bowling that was dished out by Sami and Rana ..
Exactly. I suppose as punishment, they should have been made to retrieve the ball

[Noman]

On the contrary. Chatter behind the stumps helps lift the team, especially after two wickets have fallen. I'd rather our keeper be talkative then be a mute like Dhoni (obviously Kamran needs to also take any chances that come to him as well, which hes thankfully done today)
:19:
I agree with you....

[Nauman]

This nepotism is drowning Pakistan team and will take them out quite early in the world cup if this doesnt come to an end. At first this was confined to team selection now even the support staff is selected on friendship basis. Rediculous.

[Obsessed_in_a_good_way]

Interesting stats about Kallis:

.................. Runs ................ Wkts ............................. Catches
Tests ......... 8,430 .............. 213 (av 31.71) ................ 105
ODI ........... 8,327 .............. 218 (av 31.31) ................. 93

Vow ... what an parallel!!! And what amazing performance!

[RumiNYC]

i thought villiers was struggling ....

[OZGOD]

i thought villiers was struggling ....

Not any more. 65 not out.

[MIG]

My God, have just read some of the comments from Page 1 to now - really pathetic stuff - saddening to see our standards dropping like this.

[Noman]

Nazir, yes our star bowler from Test matches....

Rao should have played-..

IF the batsman are after him he knows that odi pitch up delievery can do the job..

RANA Keep bowling short and the more he gets hit the shorter does he bow..?? what logic is behind that?

[ali_ed2006]

afridi strikes!!

[CrickFan]

Exactly. I suppose as punishment, they should have been made to retrieve the ball
Sami and Rana would not mind that - they would use that opportunity to vanish in the crowd and not return at all

[Master Blaster]

3 down for 167.........

once again a spinner strikes............

[dirk diggler]

Interesting stats about Kallis:

.................. Runs ................ Wkts ............................. Catches
Tests ......... 8,430 .............. 213 (av 31.71) ................ 105
ODI ........... 8,327 .............. 218 (av 31.31) ................. 93

Vow ... what an parallel!!! And what amazing performance!

effin awesome player!

[Noman]

For god sake. RANA DIDNT DROPPED IT

[darkmoon459]

My God, have just read some of the comments from Page 1 to now - really pathetic stuff - saddening to see our standards dropping like this.
so is Pakistans bowling and inzi's captaining standards.

[RumiNYC]

hmmm...SUPER BOWL anyone ?

[SUPERSAMI]

Prince walks out, these two should bring the run rate down

[Obsessed_in_a_good_way]

BTW ... if anyone is following the AUS-NZ game, Australia's required rr has climbed over 8 runs/over. Ponting (63*) and Hodge are at the crease.

New Zealand 290/7 (50 ov)
Australia 157/3 (33.2 ov)
Australia require another 134 runs with 7 wickets and 16.4 overs remaining

Australia RR 4.71
Required RR 8.04
New Zealand RR 5.80

[Daoud]

Prince walks out, these two should bring the run rate down
Yep. We need to take advantage of these two at the crease

[Nice-N-Fresh]

so is Pakistans bowling and inzi's captaining standards.
so if Pak once play badly, you have the license to act childish? I dont think so

[WasimG]

i thought villiers was struggling ....
Trust our bowlers to rescue any out of form batsman to stardom, specially a Saffie...like Gibbs and Symcox.
Afridi's da mon.

[JustAnotherFan]

eish, this is rather dumb putting in Prince now ... he bats slower then Kallis ... I would rather watch Kemp, Boucher or Pollock who are all attacking players

[feather]

People who are complaining about Inzi...are you freakin watching the match? He has been super active...couple wides from Afridi and he moves the fielder so he can ball straighter...

Seriously if Inzi balls himself I bet he could have done better job than both Rana and Sami!

[PlanetPakistan]

Good wicket...these 2 will surely score at less than 5 runs/ over!

[sharuk]

useless captaincy by Inzamam, completely Brainless this man is. you need to stop runs from new batsmen and he is giving them free singles. Stupid

[JustAnotherFan]

I guess they want Kallis/Prince to bring the run rate down to give the your side a chance :)

[dog_again]

Can't believe we've sent Prince in with Kallis. Wake me up in over 40.

[Daoud]

People who are complaining about Inzi...are you freakin watching the match? He has been super active...couple wides from Afridi and he moves the fielder so he can ball straighter...

Seriously if Inzi balls himself I bet he could have done better job than both Rana and Sami!
Exactly. That was excellent captaincy from Inzi. But we wont hear that will we

[WasimG]

Seriously if Inzi balls himself I bet he could have done better job than both Rana and Sami!

And you still wonder where Inzi went wrong?

[sharuk]

Brainless captaincy from Inzamam again., giving free singles to Kallis and Prince, both of who rely heavily on singles. stupid captaincy. absolute stupid

[dirk diggler]

Good wicket...these 2 will surely score at less than 5 runs/ over!
unfortunately that still means a 300+ total :O

[RumiNYC]

Breaking news...Symonds is in doubt for the world cup.....anyone remember what he did to us last time ?

[feather]

It is easy to talk all that on here and on tv however when your in the middle you have to think about enough things. SA basically has 200 on the board...how aggressive do you want Inzi to be right now...he is just trying to slow them down for a while.

[sharuk]

It is easy to talk all that on here and on tv however when your in the middle you have to think about enough things. SA basically has 200 on the board...how aggressive do you want Inzi to be right now...he is just trying to slow them down for a while.

slow them down? kallis and prince are not agressive at all, yet inzamam is giving free singles. brainless

[dog_again]

couple wides from Afridi and he moves the fielder so he can ball straighter
That was excellent work from captain and bowler, pack the off side, keep the ball outside there, then switch a player leg side and give the batsman something on the stumps. Well planned wicket.

[darkmoon459]

so if Pak once play badly, you have the license to act childish? I dont think so

I understand that teams do have bad times ,but my point is that rana's first spellwas expensive and he was taken to the cleaners by SA , and what inzi does brings rana back for another and he goes for 27 , he should have brought the spinners to calm things down and gave rana and sami to gather their thoughts before the second spell.

Thats all, and as a team and cricket fan ,i have the right to critisize as well as praise when needed.

[WasimG]

It is easy to talk all that on here and on tv however when your in the middle you have to think about enough things.
Then why is Inzi in the field and not posting on PP like us?

[RumiNYC]

alllrite...time to hit the bed..it's freaking 5 in the morning here..

[sajad mohammed]

listen we cant blame inzi for the shocking bowling dished out from rana and sami, a captain is only good as his bowlers, a couple of more wickets and were on top

[darkmoon459]

listen we cant blame inzi for the shocking bowling dished out from rana and sami, a captain is only good as his bowlers, a couple of more wickets and were on top

No my man ,its the leader who leads the team , he is final and only say in the field ,he should and is responsible.

[sharuk]

maybe he shouldnt have selected Rana after his spanking in tests. out of form and you still play him?

[Hash]

No my man ,its the leader who leads the team , he is final and only say in the field ,he should and is responsible.

in that case he is respossible for all our victories as well

[Noman]

No my man ,its the leader who leads the team , he is final and only say in the field ,he should and is responsible.


I agree on that... Sa are good players of pace and bad players of spin,,,

Inzi should have taken the pace out of the bowl by making spinners bowls a lot earlier..

[Daoud]

maybe he shouldnt have selected Rana after his spanking in tests. out of form and you still play him?
Rana has always been a good ODI bowler and a poor test bowler. YOu cant predict his ODI form based on his test form. Besides, he only played 1 test

[Nice-N-Fresh]

I understand that teams do have bad times ,but my point is that rana's first spellwas expensive and he was taken to the cleaners by SA , and what inzi does brings rana back for another and he goes for 27 , he should have brought the spinners to calm things down and gave rana and sami to gather their thoughts before the second spell.

Thats all, and as a team and cricket fan ,i have the right to critisize as well as praise when needed.
What you did just now was excellent. You discussed with good behaviour, that you SHOULD be allowed to do, but not critsizing as a dehati jaahil anpar, which I think none of us in this forum are.

[Noman]

in that case he is respossible for all our victories as well


YOu misunderstood the point....

[Daoud]

I agree on that... Sa are good players of pace and bad players of spin,,,

Inzi should have taken the pace out of the bowl by making spinners bowls a lot earlier..
That makes sense, and is something I agree with

[feather]

No my man ,its the leader who leads the team , he is final and only say in the field ,he should and is responsible.
No offense but bit of common sense wouldn't hurt.

If bowlers are rubbish and totally forgot to bowl...what is Inzi suppose to do? He had long chats with Asif, Rana and Sami...working with the spinners as well...the only thing left to do is roll his arm.

[Hash]

YOu misunderstood the point....

well why don't you explain it to me then

[Obsessed_in_a_good_way]

We need a wicket now ... If South Africa enters the last ten overs with wickets in hand, they will demolish our bowling. As it is, Rana/Sami are struggling ... hit a boundary off of them, and they completely lose it!

On the flip side, if Pakistan can make a game out of this, imagine what that'd do to the morale ... not just for the rest of this series, but even in WC. Like chasing India's 349 at Karachi two years back. With 344 runs, they still lost, but set a tone for the series.

[sajad mohammed]

No my man ,its the leader who leads the team , he is final and only say in the field ,he should and is responsible.
so if the bowlers are bowling both sides of the wickets what field can the captain set, look at ponting in the ashes last year, he looked clueless, because of a inept attack, but this time round better attack and his captaincy looked good

[mooz]

i am back, did i miss any thing?

[Nauman]

Cant understand what is Inzi's theory behind giving away 1s and 2s, Prince and Kallis have shown no intention what so ever of attacking but still a defensive field is set and then people wonder why Inzi is being held responsible here.

[CricketBuff]

Pathan Afridi bowling well, cementing his WC spot.

[feather]

Lets imagine Afridi/Razzaq fire today which is highly unlikely for Afridi atleast...but when SA bowlers are being spanked around the park...would that make smith a bad captain...least there is more chance of his bowlers bowling to a plan...in our case no hope!

[WasimG]

Inzi's faults in my opinion:
-Sticking with Sami (how many 'last chances' has he been given?)
-Giving the ball back to Rana over after over when even Rana himself would've brought in someone else had he been the captain.

These are the only two (and HUGE) mistakes I'm mad at, something anyone with a common sense could've avoided.

[Master Blaster]

I think Inzi has nothing to do with the initial poor bowling of the fast bowlers....

The bowlers were just not good enough to bowl well and Inzi or any other skipper cannot set fielding for poor bowling ....

If Inzi is to be blamed for the initial stick he should also get the credit for bringing in Hafeez into the bowling which has brought back pakistan into the game............


South Africa 189/3 (29.0 ov)

[Nauman]

Lets imagine Afridi/Razzaq fire today which is highly unlikely for Afridi atleast...but when SA bowlers are being spanked around the park...would that make smith a bad captain...least there is more chance of his bowlers bowling to a plan...in our case no hope!
Smith is a terrible captain we all know that already.

[feather]

I should add I don't think Inzi should be giving these singles away...I am talking about the time when the fast bowlers were being spanked...he wasn't doing much wrong at the time.

[PlanetPakistan]

i am back, did i miss any thing?
The best performance by K Akmal since 2005

[Easa]

Afridi has bowled really well.

194/3

[darkmoon459]

in that case he is respossible for all our victories as well

i will never deny him that , you missed the point.

[Easa]

Malik into the attack.

[CricketBuff]

Why Razzak not tried so far !!!

[Easa]

Prince reverse sweeps for 4.

200/3

[Hash]

i will never deny him that .

Whether I missed the point is irrelevent. Just making sure that you agree he is responsible for all our victories (which are mroe than defeats) so overall he has been fairly successful.

[WasimG]

Afridi has better figures than Asif. :)

[CricketBuff]

At this rate 400 will be on the cards.

[PlanetPakistan]

Off topic
It's 5:14 am and i feel like eating a paratha!

[sajad mohammed]

afridis bowled well so far, but i fear for the attack if they keep wickets in hand we could be chasing a mammoth total

[CricketBuff]

Need 2 more wkts in next 5 overs !!!

[SUPERSAMI]

10 off Malik's last over

[mooz]

The best performance by K Akmal since 2005

did he take a catch or something?

[mooz]

Off topic
It's 5:14 am and i feel like eating a paratha!

aik mere liye bhi bana do please.

[CricketBuff]

Off topic
It's 5:14 am and i feel like eating a paratha!

its 5:17 here as well and I am having a nice cup of tea.

[Noman]

I think Sa will score 355

What do you guys think?


Pakistan have 10% of winning the match,

[mooz]

so freaking Rana got hit for 6 fours in one over? What the heck. This must be a world record huh?

[CricketBuff]

Afridi's analysis looking good. Apart from Asif no bowler has impresses other than the all-rounders. Sami and Rana have no place in WC squad.

[darkmoon459]

Whether I missed the point is irrelevent. Just making sure that you agree he is responsible for all our victories (which are mroe than defeats) so overall he has been fairly successful.
make sure you think of him the same way you do now ,when his mistakes cost us the WC.

[Adeel786]

Justin camp and boucher still to come. I will say around 380

[OZGOD]

Off topic
It's 5:14 am and i feel like eating a paratha!

This late night cricket sucks, doesn't it. At least it's a weekend and I can sleep all day today (who wants to do anything when the weather is 19F).

[Hash]

make sure you think of him the same way you do now ,when his mistakes cost us the WC.

I will.

Because I don't base my opinions of a 15 year veteran on what he does in one tournament.

[PlanetPakistan]

aik mere liye bhi bana do please.
accah bhai kia yaad karoo gay...aup kay liyee Aloo walla banoo ya keemay walla.

[Disco_Lemonade]

Good Afternoon everybody.. looks like a 310+ score here..

[Obsessed_in_a_good_way]

SA 206/3 in 32 overs.

So ... how much are we looking to chase today??? It seems 325+ is very much on the cards ... and a couple of really bad overs can push them over 350. It's going to be very tough ... will require a lot of mental discipline.

[Noman]

Justin camp and boucher still to come. I will say around 380


380 than we have no chance of winning this match...

[sharuk]

Why the hell isnt Razzaq bowling!!!?!?!?!

[mooz]

I think Sa will score 355

What do you guys think?


Pakistan have 10% of winning the match,

0% if SA get to 350.
I think we'll keep them under 350.

[the Great Khan]

we'll be chasing around 350 at this rate unless we can pull it back in the slog overs..looks like karachi 04 all over again...

[CricketBuff]

someone in the team said that our bowling attack is the best in the world, better than Australia !!!!

[Noman]

we'll be chasing around 350 at this rate unless we can pull it back in the slog overs..looks like karachi 04 all over again...


Sa bowling is much better then the indians...

[Hash]

320 or so it looks like

[Noman]

someone in the team said that our bowling attack is the best in the world, better than Australia !!!!


YOunis KHan...

Well if we have bowlers like Rana we will never be a world class attack..

[Daoud]

320 or so it looks like
I'll be happy with that, considering the position they had got into

[sharuk]

someone in the team said that our bowling attack is the best in the world, better than Australia !!!!

it actually is, considering a team like NZ and England can score more than 300

[sehsan]

335

[mooz]

This late night cricket sucks, doesn't it. At least it's a weekend and I can sleep all day today (who wants to do anything when the weather is 19F).

make sure you don't sleep through the Colts SuperBowl win.