South Africa in Pakistan - 2007

[Pak_cricketer]

First of all the comeback was good, but there was too much work at the end.

The line-up for the next game should be:

Kamran Akmal (Our openers suck anyways)
Yasir Hameed (Hey! I found that he's in the squad!)
Younis Khan (Must)
Mohammad Yousuf (Must)
Shoaib Malik (Captain)
Misbah Ul-Haq (He's been good enough to make it)
Shahid Afridi (AFRIDI!)
Sohail Tanvir (He can bat, and he's a good bowler)
Abdul Rehman (Spinner is always helpful)
Mohammad Asif / Rao Ifthikar (Pace Bowler)
Umar Gul (Death Bowler)

This team looks much, much better than what we played today.

 

[Dare]

i dont know man your sugesting that they drop Salman Butt the vice captain who by the way in my opinion was a bad choice for a VC.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

i dont know man your sugesting that they drop Salman Butt the vice captain who by the way in my opinion was a bad choice for a VC.

he was dropped for this game.. One more wouldn't hurt him.

 

[Dare]

o yea i totaly mised that, yea i would agree with you about Hameed and would also like to see Rehman in the 11.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Rehman has fantastic control and its worth giving Hameed a try after the successful tour of Australia A.

 

[Dare]

yes i agree, Hameed had a great series against Australia A and Rehmand has beend excellent in ODIs.

also it might have been easier to chase the target last night if there werent so many extras in the early overs. there were 27 from Pakistan and only 6 from SAF and Gul should open the bowling with Tanvir with Rao being 1st change, the death bowling might have worked in 20/20 but he needs to open ODIs.

 

[Sureshot]

Seems after yesterdays horrible suicide attacks on ex-PM Bhutto's convoy in Karachi has lead to the South Africans pondering their tour.

http://content-www.cricinfo.com/pakvrsa/content/current/story/316084.html

 

[nightprowler10]

Good news as the South Africans have decided to continue on with the tour.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

An interesting fact:

Malik @ #3

filtered              32   32   1  [B]1237 [/B]143  118   95   [B]39.90[/B]   2   9   1

Younis @ #3

filtered              46   46   3  [B]1093 [/B]101   93   73   [B]25.41[/B]   1   8   4

In Conclusion, Malik for #3, and Younis for opening.

 

[Karachi Xpress]

WTF! Afridi gone for 6!

 

[Pakistani Army]

Yousuf played extremely well today accompanied by Skipper Malik. 265 is a good score here.

 

[ZexyZahid]

Gul bowled Smith for a duck, but he bowled a no ball then. Also Pakistan dropped three catches, although last one was difficult. But you can't afford to make these kind of mistakes against South Africa.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Rao is the best bench man ever! EVER!

Our fielding, terrible. Our Batting, good. Our Bowling, Great. This game, Priceless.

 

[Pakistani Army]

Rao is the best bench man ever! EVER!

Our fielding, terrible. Our Batting, good. Our Bowling, Great. This game, Priceless.

I agree. Too many misfields and dropped catches.

 

[Pak_cricketer]

Hurrah!

26 Run victory! Good job guys.