South Africa secure narrow win over Pakistan after rain
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JOHANNESBURG: Rain ended an intriguing chase from Pakistan and handed South Africa a four-run victory via the Duckworth/Lewis scoring system in the first Twenty20 international in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Quinton de Kock top-scored with 43 as South Africa posted 153 for seven in their 20 overs having been put into bat by Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez at the Wanderers.
The visitors had reached 60 for two in 9.1 overs when the heavens opened and ended the game with the sub-continent side needing a further 94 to win from 65 balls.
The second and final Twenty20 international will be played in Cape Town on Friday.
Teams:
Pakistan: Mohammad Hafeez (captain), Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad, Sohaib Maqsood, Umar Amin, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Bilawal Bhatti, Junaid Khan, Anwar Ali.
South Africa: Faf du Plessis (captain), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Henry Davids, JP Duminy, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Imran Tahir.
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Nov 21, 2013 12:54am
Someone needs to take responsibility and clean up the mess. It cannot go on for a long time and hope a miracle will happen.
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Nov 21, 2013 12:55am
SA won by D/L method
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Nov 21, 2013 01:39am
well what can u say u don it again pakistan
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Nov 21, 2013 02:09am
Heavens became a scapegoat in this case.
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Nov 21, 2013 02:22am
I can't understand why Misbah and Saeed Ajmal were not included in the playing X1. It appears that Hafeez/Afridi/Moin Khan are determined to destroy the team!
Dirty politics not surprising in a Country like Pakistan.
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Nov 21, 2013 02:27am
South Africa is playing Pakistan, not Sub-Continent.
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Nov 21, 2013 02:41am
I wont call it a victory, just rained out Duckworth lewis result
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Nov 21, 2013 02:37am
Another excuse for the professor, "oh, we were on course of victory but rain was beyond our control". LOL
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Nov 21, 2013 03:13am
Once again bad luck for Pakistan Cricket Team.Hope they will fulfill their loss in next match
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Nov 21, 2013 07:01am
I cannot really blame Pakistan for losing this game as result was based on D&L. I was surprised though that they was no visible indication from management regarding a plan in case it does rain which was very likely. We fell 4 runs short. The more and more I see Pakistan I have realized some important changes need to be made. All the Akmals, Hafeez and Afridi need to be asked to leave the team permanently. They are not performers and are committed enough to play for Pakistan. We need to groom a captain for ODI, Test and T-20. I would say for Test probably Asad Shafiq. For T-20 and ODI, we need Ahmed Shazad. Misbah has done well but the maximum he can lead for is another year so we need to groom someone else.
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Nov 21, 2013 08:01am
this narrow win could have widen if the match was not called off due to rain.
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Nov 21, 2013 08:27am
When will Team Pakistan secure the so called narrow win against SA. Win or loss is a part of any game but continuously loosing points towards a big question mark more on the performance of the management than on the playing members.
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Nov 21, 2013 10:53am
Unfortunate... could have been a good match. However, shouldn't Pakistan team have made an effort to stay ahead of D/L score at all time - D/L requirement was being shown on the scoreboard every over.
Hope Anwar Ali is dropped and replaced by Ajmal in the second T20 tomorrow.
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Nov 21, 2013 01:03pm
An unfortunate defeat. Let us hope for the positive results for Pakistan Team in second T20.
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Nov 21, 2013 01:41pm
No hard feeling, Pakistan played much better cricket and showed very good attitude, Bilawal was very impressive, he seems to be a very talented player, at least wit the bowl, as he bowled very briskly, not seen his batting, well some other time he will certainly show his talent with the bat, anwar ali not very impressive but it is early days, Nasir Jamshed has lost all the touch and it seems that he does play with full flowing of his bat, pls do something with sohail tanvir he should be kept in pakistan rather in pakistan team. All the best for the next match, keep up the good show
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Nov 21, 2013 02:18pm
no excuse for ignorance. Hafeez should have kept an eye on the score board and the D/L par score. I dont know why he was over smiling?
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Nov 21, 2013 03:20pm
I am surprised that Misbah and Ajmal were not included in the playing eleven! It appears to be dirty politics by the trio of Moin/ Afridi and Hafeez
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Nov 21, 2013 04:21pm
this narrow win could have widen if the match was not called off due to rain.
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Nov 21, 2013 04:31pm
A win is a win! Narrow or broad, does not matter! That said I want Pakistan to win narrowly against SA and the question is, can they do it?
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Nov 21, 2013 08:14pm
Even Ms. luck is not on their side. This is indeed a very hard time for the green-shirts. In fact, it is just the beginning of yet another series of horrible and shameful defeats for Hafeez as well as Misbah-ul-Haq and party against South Africa.
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Nov 22, 2013 08:57am
Can we please give Sharjeel a chance or we have to wait till he is in his 50s. My God how asinine PCB has to be .....i mean where does it end.
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Nov 23, 2013 01:31am
This is the problem with all pakistani fans. Keep complaining !! Pls look at the records of all the old horses in the pakistani team. Mishbah is the top pakistani batsman in ODI and ranked No. 9. Hafeez is No. 1 ODI all rounder and No.2 Twenty20 all rounder. Afridi is No.7 ODI all rounder and No. 5 Twenty20 all rounder. These so called old horses are the ones who are really giving some semblance of international quality to the Pakistani team. Where are the so called youngsters ? where is their performance ? stop complaining and support your heroes like India supportd Sachin and its other cricketing heroes.
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