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Quote from: LDL on December 29, 2024, 04:52:38 PM

So far Australia has taken the lead by 333 runs which means that it is very likely that Australia will be all out in the first session of the fifth day and India will have the opportunity to bat for the whole day.
India will want to draw the match as there is a possibility of India going all out with aggressive batting and on the other hand if for any reason India's batting goes awry then there will be no option but to lose.
Moreover, Australia has taken a lead of 333 runs which is not enough to win against India but if India takes chances and can bat in ODI style then India has a chance to qualify for the WTC. If there is a chance then maybe India will try to win the match.

NB. South Africa already qualified.

Now if Indian batsmen can make a comeback in the second innings then maybe they will win this match. I believe that Indian batsmen have the ability to beat the score up to 350 runs.
But here I do not see any such hope and the reason for this is the performance of Indian batsmen in the past matches. Especially their experienced batsmen are continuously failing and as a result of which Indian team has to be eliminated from this year's ICC World Test Championship.

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Quote from: Shishir99 on December 29, 2024, 07:15:42 AM

What the hell is going on? How often do you see good batting from the lower-order batters when the top order actually fails? We have seen such a thing a couple of times already in the same series. A 55-run partnership in 10th wicket, what? Indian lower-order batters were doing the same thing the other day. It seems like Aussie bowlers want to show India they can also bat. or what? What an incredible series it has been.

I thought India would have a chance to chase this score when I saw Australia was struggling with the bat. But now, it feels like Australia has enough runs on the board already. Let's what India decides tomorrow after clearing up the last wicket.

It seemed a bit strange to me that the Australians would lose their wickets so quickly in the second innings, to be honest it was unexpected for me.
But anyway, that is also part of the game and that is why we will enjoy this fourth Test series. Although I thought that Australia would score another 400+ runs in this match and set a target of 500 for the Indian team, it is no longer possible to do so as they only have one wicket to go.
Anyway, even then, the Australian team has only one wicket I think there will late at least 350 Runs from the Indian team. And that would be fair enough for winning against the Indian team.

So far Australia has taken the lead by 333 runs which means that it is very likely that Australia will be all out in the first session of the fifth day and India will have the opportunity to bat for the whole day.
India will want to draw the match as there is a possibility of India going all out with aggressive batting and on the other hand if for any reason India's batting goes awry then there will be no option but to lose.
Moreover, Australia has taken a lead of 333 runs which is not enough to win against India but if India takes chances and can bat in ODI style then India has a chance to qualify for the WTC. If there is a chance then maybe India will try to win the match.

NB. South Africa already qualified.

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Quote from: Shishir99 on December 29, 2024, 07:15:42 AM

What the hell is going on? How often do you see good batting from the lower-order batters when the top order actually fails? We have seen such a thing a couple of times already in the same series. A 55-run partnership in 10th wicket, what? Indian lower-order batters were doing the same thing the other day. It seems like Aussie bowlers want to show India they can also bat. or what? What an incredible series it has been.

I thought India would have a chance to chase this score when I saw Australia was struggling with the bat. But now, it feels like Australia has enough runs on the board already. Let's what India decides tomorrow after clearing up the last wicket.

It seemed a bit strange to me that the Australians would lose their wickets so quickly in the second innings, to be honest it was unexpected for me.
But anyway, that is also part of the game and that is why we will enjoy this fourth Test series. Although I thought that Australia would score another 400+ runs in this match and set a target of 500 for the Indian team, it is no longer possible to do so as they only have one wicket to go.
Anyway, even then, the Australian team has only one wicket I think there will late at least 350 Runs from the Indian team. And that would be fair enough for winning against the Indian team.

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Quote from: ZAINmalik75 on December 29, 2024, 10:24:26 AM

Quote from: noormcs5 on December 29, 2024, 08:15:51 AM

In the last stages of the match, Pakistan reached close to the win but no problem they have lost the game, they are already out from the WTC because their performance was so poor in the previous series of test matches since Shan Masood became the captain of the team, won just single series against England but that does not make value if you lost from Bangladesh, Australia and one other team. Now they are losing from South Africa too. At the same time, even in the England series where the Pakistan won, there was not a good game from Shan Masood and did not make a good impact as captain for the team.

Unfortunately all pakistani team effort goes in vain because they unable to divert results in thier favor at very last stage of the game, when they have strong took grip on game but due to crucial and unexpected partnership of tail under rabada and janson things goes out of pak hands and thus lose. To be honest when they took a 150 around lead at that time no one except Pakistan to make a comeback but due to firey performance of Abbas they make a comeback of team on a track to victory and it was look like may be indian will have chance to play WTC final but later they unable to finish things according to required and thus not only runied indian chance to play Final but provide opportunity to his opponent to get 1-0 lead in test series

We have Pakistani team on back foot from the start of their first inning as mostly batsmen were throwing their wickets poor technique and not sense about hitting badly hurt them, and they were in hurry as well just because of this we have good success for South African bowlers, and they bowled out Pakistan on 211 after this in second inning we have same mistakes mostly batsmen give their wickets and never check how they can go for big total even Babar Azam in second inning after completing his fifty easily gone which was worst for them.

Bowlers give them good chance as they took 8 wickets before South Africa reach 100 but still they were short of runs and at the end we have good batting from tail enders which ensure win for their team and also spot into WTC final 2025.

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Oh my gosh unpredictable Pakistan put chokers South Africa on in deep trouble Mohammad Abbas wrack South African batting with his impressive bowling 99 for 8 with 49 still need to win, and we have Marcu Jansen and Rabbada on crease what a fightback by Pakistan as they are defending 148 runs in this first test of series.
Now we can say Pakistan on driving seat, but they need to give their best for having win in this match.

While Pakistan are in the driving seat at the moment, a 17-run partnership is likely to form between Rabada and Marco Johnsen. South Africa now need only 32 runs to win if these two batsmen can bat for a few overs then South Africa will win easily. Pakistan now have to fall these two wickets at any cost or Pakistan will be defeated after coming very close to victory. But now it will depend on how much confidence Mohammad Abbas can instill especially as beating South Africa with top favorites WTC points at the top for just 148 with six wickets would spring a surprise.

No one expecting result like this after Pakistan set target of 148 for South Africa to win this test match I was also expecting easy win for the World no 1 test team, but Pakistani bowlers have amazing stuff with Mohammad Abbas took 6 wickets which give a good chance to Pakistan but at the end we have Rabada and Janson take responsibility and have 51 runs partnership which give win to their team and also cement their place into final of WTC2025.

At the start of 4th day play we have 27 for 3 Markram and Bovuma started preceding for South Africa but Pakistan having good first session which give them 5 wickets with hope of win in this test match but sadly their bowlers fail and South Africa done good job for having one of the best win which is surely historic for them.

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In the last stages of the match, Pakistan reached close to the win but no problem they have lost the game, they are already out from the WTC because their performance was so poor in the previous series of test matches since Shan Masood became the captain of the team, won just single series against England but that does not make value if you lost from Bangladesh, Australia and one other team. Now they are losing from South Africa too. At the same time, even in the England series where the Pakistan won, there was not a good game from Shan Masood and did not make a good impact as captain for the team.

Unfortunately all pakistani team effort goes in vain because they unable to divert results in thier favor at very last stage of the game, when they have strong took grip on game but due to crucial and unexpected partnership of tail under rabada and janson things goes out of pak hands and thus lose. To be honest when they took a 150 around lead at that time no one except Pakistan to make a comeback but due to firey performance of Abbas they make a comeback of team on a track to victory and it was look like may be indian will have chance to play WTC final but later they unable to finish things according to required and thus not only runied indian chance to play Final but provide opportunity to his opponent to get 1-0 lead in test series

I think South Africa was doing good until they started to bat in the 2nd innings. After losing the three quick wickets, they needed to change their mind set as they were losing wickets quickly and they need someone to stay on the batting crease. The runs would have come automatically it was just a matter of staying on the wicket.

South Africa lost wickets early in the 2nd innings but they were able to turn the situation around quickly which led to their victory. The captain of the team, Temba Bavuma, batted relatively well but he was not at all satisfied with his batting. When he got out and returned, he was not seen in the gallery again. Perhaps he was upset with himself because even in such a winning match, if he could not do anything for the team, it would definitely be a failure. In that respect, the South African team can be said to be lucky. However, South Africa's situation towards the end was not good. If they could not score 300+ in the 1st innings, this match would have been lost.

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Quote from: WatChe on December 29, 2024, 12:39:09 PM

Pakistan lost because they don't have much runs to defend in second innings. Still Pakistani bowlers did there best to make SA work hard to reach target of 150 runs. Turning point of match was 81 runs by Corbin Bosch in first innings that gave SA vital 90 runs lead. If Pakistan had not given 90 runs lead in first innings, the result of match would be different. Muhammad Abbas was given chance in test squad after 3 years and he did well to pick 6 wickets in second innings. It's a two match test series, the only thing Pakistan can do right now is to draw the series.

You are right Pakistan bowling is outstanding in second inning but they didn't picked the last two wickets of south African bastman. South Africa is famous for chokers but this time, Pakistan chokes. I think poor captaincy is also a factor Shan masood didn't changes bowler when Naseem Shah poor bowling didn't bowl in line. The man of the match award goes to Aiden Markram for his magnificent batting performance in first inning markram scored 89 runs, just missed his well deserved century by few runs short. in the second inning, Markram also played well and scored 37 important runs and added to the team total. One main reason Muhammad Rizwan didn't pick the catch of Rabada was when Muhammad Abbas bowled his first over after the tea break. Pakistan team should learn from their mistake and didn't repeat in next match against South Africa.

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In the last stages of the match, Pakistan reached close to the win but no problem they have lost the game, they are already out from the WTC because their performance was so poor in the previous series of test matches since Shan Masood became the captain of the team, won just single series against England but that does not make value if you lost from Bangladesh, Australia and one other team. Now they are losing from South Africa too. At the same time, even in the England series where the Pakistan won, there was not a good game from Shan Masood and did not make a good impact as captain for the team.

Unfortunately all pakistani team effort goes in vain because they unable to divert results in thier favor at very last stage of the game, when they have strong took grip on game but due to crucial and unexpected partnership of tail under rabada and janson things goes out of pak hands and thus lose. To be honest when they took a 150 around lead at that time no one except Pakistan to make a comeback but due to firey performance of Abbas they make a comeback of team on a track to victory and it was look like may be indian will have chance to play WTC final but later they unable to finish things according to required and thus not only runied indian chance to play Final but provide opportunity to his opponent to get 1-0 lead in test series

I think South Africa was doing good until they started to bat in the 2nd innings. After losing the three quick wickets, they needed to change their mind set as they were losing wickets quickly and they need someone to stay on the batting crease. The runs would have come automatically it was just a matter of staying on the wicket.

I wasn't expecting Kagiso Rabada to make 31 runs at the end when it matter the most. I think his partnership with Marco Jansen saved the game for South Africa.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on December 29, 2024, 01:16:16 AM

Rohit Sharma's poor captaincy has been more damaging to India, compared to his poor batting form. Whenever tail-end batsmen such as Scott Boland or Nathan Lyon comes to the crease, he brings Mohammed Siraj to bowl hoping that Siraj may pickup a few of these wickets and Rohit can use it to retain him in the playing XI for eternity. But then Siraj is so horribly out of form, that even Boland and Lyon are now handling him with ease. He should ideally bring either Akash Deep or Nitish Kumar Reddy at the other end to provide support to Jasprit Bumrah. Rohit's love for Siraj is dragging India down in this series.

Recent BGT is going to be had some serious impact on Indian red-ball format approach because now it's time for selectors to go ahead for long time strategy and bring new blood which give them better results currently we have few players are not fully fit and need to give up specially Rohit Sharma which is having the worst time with bat and his approach as captain is also not good.

Media reports are also showing this is going to be his last series as he fails to impress Mohammad Siraj is also not near a quality but sadly Mohammad Shami is also not fully fit with selectors are not going for other options which are also problematic, but one thing is sure result of this series is going to be had positive impact on future of Indian test format because if they fail to keep momentum then surely this could be big below for them in the future.

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Quote from: WatChe on December 29, 2024, 12:39:09 PM

Pakistan lost because they don't have much runs to defend in second innings. Still Pakistani bowlers did there best to make SA work hard to reach target of 150 runs. Turning point of match was 81 runs by Corbin Bosch in first innings that gave SA vital 90 runs lead. If Pakistan had not given 90 runs lead in first innings, the result of match would be different. Muhammad Abbas was given chance in test squad after 3 years and he did well to pick 6 wickets in second innings. It's a two match test series, the only thing Pakistan can do right now is to draw the series.

Yeah, Pakistan played well against South Africa and gave them a hard time, especially the bowler Muhammad Abbas, who took wickets in one inning, which I think were a great headache for South Africa. Pakistan could have ended this game differently, but they gave a lead of 91 runs in the first inning. If they could have controlled it, then they would have been victorious in the match. Now they have one match left, which is a great opportunity for the Pakistan team to win that match and make it equal with South Africa. The next match will be started on 5 January 2025 to 7 January in the newland ground in cape town, as this is a two match series Pakistan have to take the benifts of it.

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Quote from: virasog on December 29, 2024, 11:32:21 AM

Yup, in the last overs Pakistan bowled well but if the batsmen would have scored some more run then they were able to take the game in their favor. I would call it was the mistake of the Pakistan batsmen that was the reason of the loss of this match. For the next matches, Pakistan should focus on their batting.

All Pakistan bowlers gave their 100 percent. Mohammad Abbas took 6 wickets and he single handedly gave hope to the Pakistan team.
Khurram Shahzad and Naseem Shah also took a wicket each.

Pakistan lost because they don't have much runs to defend in second innings. Still Pakistani bowlers did there best to make SA work hard to reach target of 150 runs. Turning point of match was 81 runs by Corbin Bosch in first innings that gave SA vital 90 runs lead. If Pakistan had not given 90 runs lead in first innings, the result of match would be different. Muhammad Abbas was given chance in test squad after 3 years and he did well to pick 6 wickets in second innings. It's a two match test series, the only thing Pakistan can do right now is to draw the series.

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Quote from: Fuso.hp on December 29, 2024, 11:30:48 AM

But according to those who were reporting the wickets, it will be easy for India to bat on the fifth day, let's see if the Indian batsmen can take advantage against a strong bowling line-up like Australia and give the team a win.

Easy for India against the Aussies on their turf? I don't think so. We have seen the top order and middle order fail multiple times throughout this series with the lower order rescuing them again and again which is why I wouldn't bet on India to win.

The best that they can hope for in this situation is a draw especially against the likes of Boland, Cummins and Lyon if you ask me. Exciting test overall.

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Hard luck for Pakistan and Indian fans, as Pakistan lost the first test game by a narrow margin. The South African team successfully Achieved the target of 148 runs. Pakistan made 237 runs in second innings and gave a lead of 147 runs to South Africa team. Pakistan bowlers were unsuccessful while defending this target, but at some stage, Pak bowlers destroyed South Africa's batting line by 98 runs by losing eight wickets. South Africa team win the game by 2 wickets and lead the series. The Pakistani team was very close to victory they just needed two wickets, but the ninth wicket partnership broke the back of the Pakistani bowlers and Kagiso Rabada scored the team the winning run 31 runs and helped South Africa to confirm their spot for WTC final

In the last stages of the match, Pakistan reached close to the win but no problem they have lost the game, they are already out from the WTC because their performance was so poor in the previous series of test matches since Shan Masood became the captain of the team, won just single series against England but that does not make value if you lost from Bangladesh, Australia and one other team. Now they are losing from South Africa too. At the same time, even in the England series where the Pakistan won, there was not a good game from Shan Masood and did not make a good impact as captain for the team.

Yup, in the last overs Pakistan bowled well but if the batsmen would have scored some more run then they were able to take the game in their favor. I would call it was the mistake of the Pakistan batsmen that was the reason of the loss of this match. For the next matches, Pakistan should focus on their batting.

All Pakistan bowlers gave their 100 percent. Mohammad Abbas took 6 wickets and he single handedly gave hope to the Pakistan team.
Khurram Shahzad and Naseem Shah also took a wicket each.

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Quote from: Shishir99 on December 29, 2024, 07:15:42 AM

What the hell is going on? How often do you see good batting from the lower-order batters when the top order actually fails? We have seen such a thing a couple of times already in the same series. A 55-run partnership in 10th wicket, what? Indian lower-order batters were doing the same thing the other day. It seems like Aussie bowlers want to show India they can also bat. or what? What an incredible series it has been.

I thought India would have a chance to chase this score when I saw Australia was struggling with the bat. But now, it feels like Australia has enough runs on the board already. Let's what India decides tomorrow after clearing up the last wicket.

Australia once again came to bat and now they are not batting in a serious mood, they are just scoring like you can say passing marks Cheesy

Because they were already in the lead as they bat too well in the first innings. India also came close to the Australian total when they were batting but they were all out at 369. Anyways now Australia is in the lead and winning the game. They already have 333 runs lead and now if they have to make 20 to 30 more runs then they will be surely confident about this game.

Australia's 228 in the second innings would not have been possible had the batsmen not provided good support for the team at the Australian end. Players who are not usually considered batsmen played a major role in Australia's 228 on the scoreboard in the second innings. Australia is not all out yet, the fifth and last day's game tomorrow if India can bowl Australia out early then there will be some chance of India coming back in this match but if Australia is all out at this moment then India will still have a target of 334 runs. But according to those who were reporting the wickets, it will be easy for India to bat on the fifth day, let's see if the Indian batsmen can take advantage against a strong bowling line-up like Australia and give the team a win.

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Quote from: noormcs5 on December 29, 2024, 10:40:59 AM

Quote from: Shishir99 on December 29, 2024, 07:15:42 AM

What the hell is going on? How often do you see good batting from the lower-order batters when the top order actually fails? We have seen such a thing a couple of times already in the same series. A 55-run partnership in 10th wicket, what? Indian lower-order batters were doing the same thing the other day. It seems like Aussie bowlers want to show India they can also bat. or what? What an incredible series it has been.

I thought India would have a chance to chase this score when I saw Australia was struggling with the bat. But now, it feels like Australia has enough runs on the board already. Let's what India decides tomorrow after clearing up the last wicket.

Australia once again came to bat and now they are not batting in a serious mood, they are just scoring like you can say passing marks Cheesy

Because they were already in the lead as they bat too well in the first innings. India also came close to the Australian total when they were batting but they were all out at 369. Anyways now Australia is in the lead and winning the game. They already have 333 runs lead and now if they have to make 20 to 30 more runs then they will be surely confident about this game.

Australia did not bat well at the beginning of the day and lost a few wickets, but Marnus Labuschagne was able to turn the game around. If Scott Boland and Nathan Lyon can score 20 to 30 more runs, they will definitely be confident of winning. Australia has given India a lead of 333 runs today, but they will have to bowl well enough to beat India on the next day. Since Australia lost 9 wickets today, they will not be able to bat for long. Since India were all out for 369 in their first innings, Australia will have to bowl well on their fifth day, and if they fail to meet Australia's target, India will lose.

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In the last stages of the match, Pakistan reached close to the win but no problem they have lost the game, they are already out from the WTC because their performance was so poor in the previous series of test matches since Shan Masood became the captain of the team, won just single series against England but that does not make value if you lost from Bangladesh, Australia and one other team. Now they are losing from South Africa too. At the same time, even in the England series where the Pakistan won, there was not a good game from Shan Masood and did not make a good impact as captain for the team.

Unfortunately all pakistani team effort goes in vain because they unable to divert results in thier favor at very last stage of the game, when they have strong took grip on game but due to crucial and unexpected partnership of tail under rabada and janson things goes out of pak hands and thus lose. To be honest when they took a 150 around lead at that time no one except Pakistan to make a comeback but due to firey performance of Abbas they make a comeback of team on a track to victory and it was look like may be indian will have chance to play WTC final but later they unable to finish things according to required and thus not only runied indian chance to play Final but provide opportunity to his opponent to get 1-0 lead in test series

In my opinion, if the Pakistan cricket team could have made the first innings a little longer, then perhaps the Pakistan team would not have had to face such a failure. Basically, the Pakistan cricket team had to face defeat in this match due to the wrong steps in the batting formula of the Pakistan cricket team. In my opinion, the Pakistan cricket team players should have stood on the ground with patience from the beginning and continued to fight. But the Pakistan team players have shown complete indifference in this regard. In fact, to be honest, I am very saddened by the defeat of the Pakistan cricket team by two wickets against South Africa in this match.

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Quote from: Shishir99 on December 29, 2024, 07:15:42 AM

What the hell is going on? How often do you see good batting from the lower-order batters when the top order actually fails? We have seen such a thing a couple of times already in the same series. A 55-run partnership in 10th wicket, what? Indian lower-order batters were doing the same thing the other day. It seems like Aussie bowlers want to show India they can also bat. or what? What an incredible series it has been.

I thought India would have a chance to chase this score when I saw Australia was struggling with the bat. But now, it feels like Australia has enough runs on the board already. Let's what India decides tomorrow after clearing up the last wicket.

Australia once again came to bat and now they are not batting in a serious mood, they are just scoring like you can say passing marks Cheesy

Because they were already in the lead as they bat too well in the first innings. India also came close to the Australian total when they were batting but they were all out at 369. Anyways now Australia is in the lead and winning the game. They already have 333 runs lead and now if they have to make 20 to 30 more runs then they will be surely confident about this game.

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Quote from: noormcs5 on December 29, 2024, 08:15:51 AM

In the last stages of the match, Pakistan reached close to the win but no problem they have lost the game, they are already out from the WTC because their performance was so poor in the previous series of test matches since Shan Masood became the captain of the team, won just single series against England but that does not make value if you lost from Bangladesh, Australia and one other team. Now they are losing from South Africa too. At the same time, even in the England series where the Pakistan won, there was not a good game from Shan Masood and did not make a good impact as captain for the team.

Unfortunately all pakistani team effort goes in vain because they unable to divert results in thier favor at very last stage of the game, when they have strong took grip on game but due to crucial and unexpected partnership of tail under rabada and janson things goes out of pak hands and thus lose. To be honest when they took a 150 around lead at that time no one except Pakistan to make a comeback but due to firey performance of Abbas they make a comeback of team on a track to victory and it was look like may be indian will have chance to play WTC final but later they unable to finish things according to required and thus not only runied indian chance to play Final but provide opportunity to his opponent to get 1-0 lead in test series

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They could have tried to bat quickly, to give the other team a chance to bowl them out etc.

Aggressive batting style won't help any team to win this test series. Because the pitch has nothing for the bowlers. They have made completely flat pitch. Afghanistan would only lose the wickets quickly if they tried to play in aggressive style. Now their batsmen are trying to make records of run in their name as they won't be able to win the match. It will end as a draw for sure.

Only a batting-friendly pitch and a flaw in the plan will not bring any result. There is no doubt that the Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan match will be a draw and you do not need to be a cricket expert to predict this. On a flat pitch, i.e. a road-like pitch, there is nothing for the bowlers to do. On such a pitch, only the batters rule and bowlers are lucky rather than skilled bowlers to get wickets. If both the teams could have played aggressively and tried to declare the innings, then maybe we could have got some results. Even if the match ends in a draw, rain also plays a significant role. We may not get any results in the entire series.

The plan to save themselves from a series defeat by creating a batting-friendly pitch against Afghanistan, a strong team in the bowling department, is really commendable. However, they should have come up with a bold plan rather than such a cowardly plan. There is no problem in taking your home advantage, but it should have been kept in mind that it does not spoil the beauty of cricket. Maybe Zimbabwe could have played to their strengths and created a balanced pitch. Maybe you were more likely to lose as a weaker team than the Afghans, but you can't improve unless you take bold steps.

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Quote from: Farhan99 on December 29, 2024, 08:06:58 AM

Hard luck for Pakistan and Indian fans, as Pakistan lost the first test game by a narrow margin. The South African team successfully Achieved the target of 148 runs. Pakistan made 237 runs in second innings and gave a lead of 147 runs to South Africa team. Pakistan bowlers were unsuccessful while defending this target, but at some stage, Pak bowlers destroyed South Africa's batting line by 98 runs by losing eight wickets. South Africa team win the game by 2 wickets and lead the series. The Pakistani team was very close to victory they just needed two wickets, but the ninth wicket partnership broke the back of the Pakistani bowlers and Kagiso Rabada scored the team the winning run 31 runs and helped South Africa to confirm their spot for WTC final

In the last stages of the match, Pakistan reached close to the win but no problem they have lost the game, they are already out from the WTC because their performance was so poor in the previous series of test matches since Shan Masood became the captain of the team, won just single series against England but that does not make value if you lost from Bangladesh, Australia and one other team. Now they are losing from South Africa too. At the same time, even in the England series where the Pakistan won, there was not a good game from Shan Masood and did not make a good impact as captain for the team.

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