South Africa v Pakistan in UAE Oct/Nov 2013

[Samuels]

Fixtures

Date and Time | Match | Venue Tue Oct 8 - Thu Oct 10
06:00 GMT | TBC v South Africans | TBC Mon Oct 14 - Fri Oct 18
06:00 GMT, 10:00 local | 1st Test - South Africa v Pakistan | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Wed Oct 23 - Sun Oct 27
06:00 GMT, 10:00 local | 2nd Test - South Africa v Pakistan | Dubai International Cricket Stadium Wed Oct 30
11:00 GMT, 15:00 local | 1st ODI - South Africa v Pakistan | Sharjah Cricket Stadium Fri Nov 1
11:00 GMT, 15:00 local | 2nd ODI - South Africa v Pakistan | Dubai International Cricket Stadium Wed Nov 6
11:00 GMT, 15:00 local | 3rd ODI - South Africa v Pakistan | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Fri Nov 8
11:00 GMT, 15:00 local | 4th ODI - South Africa v Pakistan | Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Mon Nov 11
11:00 GMT, 15:00 local | 5th ODI - South Africa v Pakistan | Sharjah Cricket Stadium Wed Nov 13
16:00 GMT, 20:00 local | 1st T20I - South Africa v Pakistan | Dubai International Cricket Stadium Fri Nov 15
16:00 GMT, 20:00 local | 2nd T20I - South Africa v Pakistan | Dubai International Cricket Stadium

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Squads:

South Africa

Tests

Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Imran Tahir, Jacques Kallis, Rory Kleinveldt, Morne Morkel, Alviro Petersen, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Thami Tsolekile

ODIs

AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Ryan McLaren, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Graeme Smith, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Pakistan

Tests

Misbah-ul-Haq, Khurram Manzoor, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Umar Amin, Adnan Akmal, Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Abdur Rehman, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Rahat Ali, Ahmed Shehzad, Shan Masood, Asad Shafiq

ODIs

Misbah-ul-Haq, Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Umar Amin, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Sohaib Maqsood, Asad Shafiq, Sarfraz Ahmed

In - Umar Akmal, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz
Out - Anwar Ali, Asad Ali, Haris Sohail

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So what do we have here? Steyn and Smith are back from their injury breaks while Kallis is ignored from the ODI squad. AB is the skipper of the ODI team as well. Clearly, CSA are looking to build a team for the future. Nice move this. de Kock is the man I will be waiting to watch play against Pakistan.

 

[War]

Ok well the obvious Proteas quota selection in this tour look like:

Test - Klienvelt for Kyle Abbot or Morris & possibly Tsolekile for De Kock

ODI - Definitely Parnell for Morris - utter madness this one.

I think off-spinner Simon Harmer who has been performing in A-team matches is unlucky not to make either of these squads also.

Good to see Philander back in the ODI set-up, looked more than a test specialist during the Caribbean Premier League.

 

[OKP]

Nice to see Tahir back in the ODI squad.

 

[Abishak11]

supports for south africa

 

[isrararrafi]

Given this was a massacre site of the former no 1 team in the hands of the same challengers, it would be interesting to see how south africa fares. My prediction 2-0 to south africa

 

[War]

Pakistan v South Africa 2013-14 : Amla, Steyn return to South Africa's T20 squad | Cricket News | Pakistan v South Africa | ESPN Cricinfo


Ha based on what evidence is Amla a world class T20 player? Amla style is not not suited in T20 - he is the proteas version of Michael Clarke and Alastair cook - simply a ODI/T20 player. He was totally out of his when he played in the T20 world cup - he wasn't the same that we see in tests/ODIs.

Until he can prove his T20 credentials, his pick can be interpreted again as an unfortunate quota selection - Colin Ingram should have been picked.

Similarly as well Parnell is continuously picked based on that policy. Surely Chris Morris is a better all-rounder choice than him. Also where is Robin Peterson?.

 

[Addy]

My prediction

1-0 to SA

3-2 either way

2-0 pak

 

[Salman_Ghaffar]

I back Pakistan to win the test series 2-0!

 

[Paki007]

I'd be over the moon if we managed to keep it 0-0.Recent form of our team is so pathetic that i am afraid we might have a whitewash.Remember SA aren't Eng when it comes to play spin.I'd give chance to Shan Masood instead of Ahmad Shehzad as the partner of Manzoor.I think we lack a good 3rd seamer in this squad.Haven't been following Pakistan's domestic cricket lately so can't say who should be in the team inplace of Rahat Ali.Wahab Riaz might have been a better choice than him ATM.

 

[cricket_icon]

Pakistan were doing very, very well in tests with the partnership between Misbah and Khan but ever since Whatmore has come into the set up, Pakistan have often looked hopeless.

The test squad is lacking too and the team selection for today, this new guy as opener? For such a big series? And they have only 4 bowlers and I don't see a single all rounder in there. Bad bad bad

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

I never quite get the logic behind pakistans selections. I am glad Manzoor is back in the team, though I never understood why he was even dropped. Last I remember of him were pakistan being dire in australia and the poor bloke toiling away for hours to slavage something with no support and then for no reason being turfed out the squad.

 

[Addy]

Yeah looking determined. I hope he doesn't get jinxed

 

[zeustrojanstark]

Hope Kallis finds some runs for him in this series.

 

[Samuels]

Meanwhile, Pakistan PM dissolves PCB.

 

[Addy]

Can we have a change in the thread title as South Africa v Pakistan in UAE Oct/Nov 2013