2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore

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Re: 2nd Test: Pakistan v South Africa at Lahore

They picked up the pace a little after lunch.

Smith finally out for 133. Kallis still in there on 96.
That was a 207 run partnership.

South Africa is 275-3, that's a lead of 426.
 
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Kallis has his century, Prince out for 11

290-4, that's good for a lead of 441


AB de Villiers comes in to join Kallis in the middle.
I guess they're going to declare at tea, in about 15 minutes.
 
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South Africa declared at 305-4, good for a lead of 456.

In this 2-test series, Kallis has put up scores of 155, 100*, 59, and 107*.
Yeah, he's good.


Salman Butt fell early, but Kamran Akmal and Younis Khan put together a great partnership to take Pakistan to 108-1 at the end of the day's play. Pakistan still need 349 runs to win, but if these two can hang around, they just might go for it. They were scoring at more than a good enough rate for the win on Day 4. Hopefully they don't change their minds on day 5.
 
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They're picking up where they left off yesterday!
Pakistan is up to 172-1.
They still need 285 runs, but they're keeping themselves in it.
Younis is up to 86, and Kamran Akmal is up to 68.
 
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Pakistan are 2/216 needing another 241 for victory off around 50 overs.

Younis Kahn is on 104 and Mohammad Yousuf is on 19.

Kamran Akmal is the last man out bowled by Harris on 71.
 
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222-2 at lunch, they need 235 more to win

they're going to have to pick up the pace to win, but with wickets in hand, they have that opportunity, and with Inzi coming in next, there's the chance for a dramatic farewell
 
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OMG, I cannot believe this!! If Pakistan manage a victory here, it would be the strangest one, truly historic as they're calling it. It will be fully deserved if they actually manage such a feat. But think about how slow South Africa batted yesterday morning. They should've put on at least 50 more runs in the same amount of time, to set a formidable 500+ target. I think Smith should have batted lot faster and not sent in Prince to bat and waste time. Anyway, what has happened has happened. Are South African bowlers really incapable of taking 8 wickets in 2 more sessions?
 
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Pakistan should go for it in my opinion. They should at least have a crack and if it doesn't pay off then perhaps play the safety game.

There's a minimum of 46 overs left in the day and they need to score 235 runs at 5.11 runs per over. There might even be some more overs in there if they get lucky. This is a too good an opportunity for Pakistan to pass up, it's Inzi's last test and he deserves to go out on a high.
 
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That's it!!! Inzi's career is over, just like that!!! Gone for 3 runs in the last inning of his life.

Could it be a victory for the Saffies now?
 
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4/282 at tea. Younis Khan made 130 and then Inzi was stumped for three, falling three runs short of Javed Miandad's record.

Need 175 runs with a minimum of 25 overs remaining. That's exactly 7 runs per over. Can't see them going for it now.
 
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Pakistan finish 4/316 with the game ending in a draw. The total was just too much for Pakistan and they left their efforts far too late.

Jacques Kallis was Man of the Match and Man of the Series.

The one-day series starts on the 18th of October.
 
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Could have turned out a lot better with Timmyj format (200 total overs
per side, per match).

SA 1st: 357 in 125 overs
Pakis 1st: 206 in 63 overs

With Timmyj format SA would have only 75 overs in their second. If they bat out their innings @ 4 runs an
over Pakis would have 137 overs to make about 450. Fans would at least get
a result for their money, not five days of batting practice.
 
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timmyj51;185890 said:
With Timmyj format SA would have only 75 overs in their second. If they bat out their innings @ 4 runs an
over Pakis would have 137 overs to make about 450. Fans would at least get
a result for their money, not five days of batting practice.
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That's almost the same scenario as what actually happened. Pakistan needed 457 runs to win the match but only batted for 107 overs, 76 of which were bowled on day five. That means there was still another 14 overs to be bowled meaning the final equation for Pakistan to win was 457 runs off 121 overs at 3.78. Your Required Run Rate is 3.29 (451/137), both scenarios are similar and both targets are highly unlikely to be achieved successfully.

Pray tell, how does your format actually make the game any better? The result will still be the same regardless of which way you use.
 
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Ljp86;185894 said:
That's almost the same scenario as what actually happened. Pakistan needed 457 runs to win the match but only batted for 107 overs, 76 of which were bowled on day five. That means there was still another 14 overs to be bowled meaning the final equation for Pakistan to win was 457 runs off 121 overs at 3.78. Your Required Run Rate is 3.29 (451/137), both scenarios are similar and both targets are highly unlikely to be achieved successfully.

Pray tell, how does your format actually make the game any better? The result will still be the same regardless of which way you use.
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Can't make 451 in 137 overs at 3.29?
The difference is the Pakis would HAVE to chase the total. Couldn't just
play out the time. And if any team's facing an insurmountable second
innings total its most likely because they were outplayed in the first innings.
And why should a team be allowed to escape with a crappy draw if the
other team has totally outplayed them in the first innings? Good play
should be rewarded. Crappy play should suffer the consequences.
 
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timmyj51;185902 said:
Can't make 451 in 137 overs at 3.29?
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That's a lot of runs to make. The world record chase for a fourth innings isn't that much. Something in the 300's I think.

137 overs also gives the fielding team ample time to bowl them out.

timmy51 said:
The difference is the Pakis would HAVE to chase the total. Couldn't just play out the time. And if any team's facing an insurmountable second innings total its most likely because they were outplayed in the first innings. And why should a team be allowed to escape with a crappy draw if the other team has totally outplayed them in the first innings? Good play
should be rewarded. Crappy play should suffer the consequences.
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What happens if the team that bats second falls short by 10 runs? Should they lose because they fell a measly ten runs short even though they had maybe six wickets in hand?
 
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Ljp86;186009 said:
That's a lot of runs to make. The world record chase for a fourth innings isn't that much. Something in the 300's I think.
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records are there to be broken and should be attempted. Anyway West Indies won with 7/418 against Australia in 2003.
 
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Jolldo87;186010 said:
records are there to be broken and should be attempted. Anyway West Indies won with 7/418 against Australia in 2003.
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There we go, 418 is the record. It is very high though and it would be a supreme effort to get near it let alone break it.

Very, very rare that a side would score such a high fourth innings total in order to win a game.
 
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