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I would say Pakistan is going to win the ODI series. 5 of South African players -Rabada, Quinton de Kock, Lungi Ngidi, David Miller, and Anrich Nortje are already leaving for IPL so its a advantage for the Pakistan. I'm going to put some money on Pak after checking Proteas new team.
On 7th April we will be having the third and final ODI match between South Africa and Pakistan. The series is tied 1-1 right now and the winner of this match will take the trophy. However, it will be difficult to analyze who is having the momentum right now. Fakhar Zaman and the lower order batsmen put up such a strong fight towards the end, and therefore I would assume that there is a slight edge for Pakistan.
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No doubt Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman are good players but only two batsmen cannot win the match for you. Strangely in the Pakistani team, no other player is making runs and you cannot depend upon only two players to win the match for you single handedly. If the rest of the batsmen don't perform well, don't expect much from the team.
Every team is nowadays dependent on 2-3 batsmen. Take the case of England. During their tour of India, they were overdependent on a few batsmen such as Roy, Bairstow and Stokes. Australia is overdependent on Smith and Labuschagne. If they could manage it, the dependence on a few players can be handled in an effective way. Yesterday, I though that the reason why Pakistan lost was that they sent Haris Rauf ahead of Mohammad Hasnain. Rauf made just 1 run from 5 balls, when the required run rate was close to 12 runs per over. If all the players in the team are not in form, then it is normal for the team to be dependent on a few special players. Look at the Australia and England squads. Every player on the team is very talented and skilled, but they are not in form so the team relies on a few special players. The team will be strong and resilient when all the players in the squad can play well from their own position.
No doubt Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman are good players but only two batsmen cannot win the match for you. Strangely in the Pakistani team, no other player is making runs and you cannot depend upon only two players to win the match for you single handedly. If the rest of the batsmen don't perform well, don't expect much from the team.
Every team is nowadays dependent on 2-3 batsmen. Take the case of England. During their tour of India, they were overdependent on a few batsmen such as Roy, Bairstow and Stokes. Australia is overdependent on Smith and Labuschagne. If they could manage it, the dependence on a few players can be handled in an effective way. Yesterday, I though that the reason why Pakistan lost was that they sent Haris Rauf ahead of Mohammad Hasnain. Rauf made just 1 run from 5 balls, when the required run rate was close to 12 runs per over.
These sort of performance from Pakistan will help them in the long run, they have some solid players like Babar Azam and Imam Ul Haq and now Fakhar Zaman showed how he can be a force in the team and the opening slot is settled and if he could come up with that performance on a consistent basis then their only worry will be to find young bowlers who can dominate batsman.
Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman have been the backbone of Pakistani top order for some time. Their main issue is with the middle order. The problem persist in this department and they lost the second match because the middle order batsmen could not give support to Fakhar Zaman. Players such as Danish Aziz and Shadab Khan needs to show some more patience. They should stay in the crease for some time and try to rotate the strike.
No doubt Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman are good players but only two batsmen cannot win the match for you. Strangely in the Pakistani team, no other player is making runs and you cannot depend upon only two players to win the match for you single handedly. If the rest of the batsmen don't perform well, don't expect much from the team.
These sort of performance from Pakistan will help them in the long run, they have some solid players like Babar Azam and Imam Ul Haq and now Fakhar Zaman showed how he can be a force in the team and the opening slot is settled and if he could come up with that performance on a consistent basis then their only worry will be to find young bowlers who can dominate batsman.
Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman have been the backbone of Pakistani top order for some time. Their main issue is with the middle order. The problem persist in this department and they lost the second match because the middle order batsmen could not give support to Fakhar Zaman. Players such as Danish Aziz and Shadab Khan needs to show some more patience. They should stay in the crease for some time and try to rotate the strike.
This will disappoint the players, because from one end they give the best to win the match and from the other end no support. From the very first ball to the end Fakhar Zaman have given the best, if some middle order have made a little better performance the match could've come to their hands. This could've given complete satisfaction. Now record has got added, but the outcome of the record hasn't brought anything to the team.
Shows a lack of team bonding and cohesion. In the first match everyone failed with the exception of Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq. And during the second match, the sole exception was Fakhar Zaman. Pakistan won't win matches if only one or two individuals are performing. Other players need to give support to those who are playing well. Pakistan would have won yesterday's match if at least one of the middle order batsmen made a half century.
These sort of performance from Pakistan will help them in the long run, they have some solid players like Babar Azam and Imam Ul Haq and now Fakhar Zaman showed how he can be a force in the team and the opening slot is settled and if he could come up with that performance on a consistent basis then their only worry will be to find young bowlers who can dominate batsman. Totally unexpected, when the Batting Lineup started collapsing. Fakhar Zaman almost took Pakistan to victory with single handed. It is unfortunate to see any team loosing despite such a fantastic innings, but there was no support from other end. This could have been one of the finest chase in Pakistan's cricketing history. The series is leveled, and their is the reason why I'm looking the next ODIs.
Shows a lack of team bonding and cohesion. In the first match everyone failed with the exception of Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq. And during the second match, the sole exception was Fakhar Zaman. Pakistan won't win matches if only one or two individuals are performing. Other players need to give support to those who are playing well. Pakistan would have won yesterday's match if at least one of the middle order batsmen made a half century.
Fakhar Zaman fell one run short of Saeed Anwar's 194. It was an incredible fightback from Pakistan, but they still lost the game. When Faheem Ashraf was nabbed by Andile Phehlukwayo, they were at 205/7 (38th over). But they finished at 324/9, thanks to that exceptional innings from Fakhar.
I did not expect Pakistan to score over 300 runs when they lost their 7th wicket for 205 runs and Fakhar Zaman played an innings of his career but still ended up short. Phehlukwayo bowled an incredible 47th and 49th over and if not for his tight overs Fakhar Zaman could have taken Pakistan to victory. Now the series is leveled and with the performance Pakistan showcased i am expecting another interesting series.
Fakhar Zaman fell one run short of Saeed Anwar's 194. It was an incredible fightback from Pakistan, but they still lost the game. When Faheem Ashraf was nabbed by Andile Phehlukwayo, they were at 205/7 (38th over). But they finished at 324/9, thanks to that exceptional innings from Fakhar.
I did not expect Pakistan to score over 300 runs when they lost their 7th wicket for 205 runs and Fakhar Zaman played an innings of his career but still ended up short. Phehlukwayo bowled an incredible 47th and 49th over and if not for his tight overs Fakhar Zaman could have taken Pakistan to victory. Now the series is leveled and with the performance Pakistan showcased i am expecting another interesting series.Andile Phehlukwayo is very good during the depth overs, and even during the first match he proved that. On top of that Fakhar Zaman looked extremely tired towards the final overs. His hits were not having enough power to clear the boundary and even at that point he had to go for risky singles and doubles (and in the end got himself runout). Anyway, when he was run out 30 runs were needed from 6 balls, and Pakistan had already lost the match.
Game seems pretty much over for Pakistan. Don't think this middle order can do some wonder here for the team.
Farkar zaman is keeping the hope alive and alone chasing this big total. Don't know if he could cover the line or not but salute to his commitment and struggle to making it so far. I haven't seen such a dedicated innings from any Pakistani player for a while.
Series will go to decider now, which is good thing for this tour.
He should get the MOM award for sure.
Fakhar zaman already have broken the record of Saeed Anwar in 2018 where he scored 210 runs. However, the innings of Saeed Anwar against India is still the most memorable one.
Here is the list of highest innings by Pakistani batsmen in ODI.
Fakhar Zaman fell one run short of Saeed Anwar's 194. It was an incredible fightback from Pakistan, but they still lost the game. When Faheem Ashraf was nabbed by Andile Phehlukwayo, they were at 205/7 (38th over). But they finished at 324/9, thanks to that exceptional innings from Fakhar.
I did not expect Pakistan to score over 300 runs when they lost their 7th wicket for 205 runs and Fakhar Zaman played an innings of his career but still ended up short. Phehlukwayo bowled an incredible 47th and 49th over and if not for his tight overs Fakhar Zaman could have taken Pakistan to victory. Now the series is leveled and with the performance Pakistan showcased i am expecting another interesting series.
Fakhar Zaman fell one run short of Saeed Anwar's 194. It was an incredible fightback from Pakistan, but they still lost the game. When Faheem Ashraf was nabbed by Andile Phehlukwayo, they were at 205/7 (38th over). But they finished at 324/9, thanks to that exceptional innings from Fakhar. Anrich Nortje went for more than 6 runs per over, which is very rare for him. Pakistan made one mistake by sending Haris Rauf ahead of Mohammad Hasnain. That probably cost them the match.
Game seems pretty much over for Pakistan. Don't think this middle order can do some wonder here for the team.
Farkar zaman is keeping the hope alive and alone chasing this big total. Don't know if he could cover the line or not but salute to his commitment and struggle to making it so far. I haven't seen such a dedicated innings from any Pakistani player for a while.
Series will go to decider now, which is good thing for this tour.
He should get the MOM award for sure.
Game seems pretty much over for Pakistan. Don't think this middle order can do some wonder here for the team.
Farkar zaman is keeping the hope alive and alone chasing this big total. Don't know if he could cover the line or not but salute to his commitment and struggle to making it so far. I haven't seen such a dedicated innings from any Pakistani player for a while.
Pakistan is back with another performance that is not surprising and i was expecting this as i do not remember Pakistan playing back to back matches where they dominated and that is what happened here. I missed watching the entire match but South Africa made sure Pakistan will not have an easy target to chase and i wanted to see Babar Azam to take on the challenge but that did not happen.
They changed like 3-4 captains after Ab De villiers. Last captain was Quinton De Cock.
What they could do after draining out of talents thanks to kolpak deals? They are really struggling to build a team like how they enjoyed during the times of 90's and early 2000's. But, this time they turned to a black captain which must be an appreciating move from CSA.Game seems pretty much over for Pakistan. Don't think this middle order can do some wonder here for the team.
But Fakhar Zaman is still batting from the opening which might the last hope for Pakistan. I am not seeing big depth in lower orders in Pakistan's line up hence getting 11.3 runs per over from the remaining 11 overs may not be possible today. After letting South Africa to score 341 runs, I guess Pakistan players might have got morally demotivated for chasing this much big total which simply reflected on their middle orders.
^^They changed like 3-4 captains after Ab De villiers. Last captain was Quinton De Cock.
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Game seems pretty much over for Pakistan. Don't think this middle order can do some wonder here for the team.
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Game seems pretty much over for Pakistan. Don't think this middle order can do some wonder here for the team.
Arey when did this Temba Bavuma guy become South Africa captain? Is he captaining for this particular tour or its a real deal for the proteas. He only played 8 ODI and got the chance of leading the team, great.. Just great!
Yup Temba Bavuma is the young South african captain . In recent times, he is the first black African cricketer to be the captain for South Africa.
Previously they had an era where they had Hansie Cronje, Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla and other white people as their captain. Will this be the beginning of a new era for south africa ?
I would have been much happier if he was made captain based on merit. There are South African players of color who gets selected solely on the basis of merit. I am talking about layers such as Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj. But unfortunately Temba Bavuma is someone who doesn't deserve a slot in the playing XI. If someone check his ODI and Test batting average, then it is clear. How can someone who averages 32 with the bat in tests become a regular part of the playing XI?
BTW... Bavuma made 92 today. Still my opinion remains unchanged.
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