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Pakistan tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa

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This test has revived the discussion around substitutes as Pakistan are effectively down to 10 with Saim Ayub's injury. Would be tough to police in areas where a fast bowler in particular goes into a game with a niggle that would then become undisclosed where possible. The case in point in this test would be a pretty straightforward one. I recall the supersub rule and we have something similar now in GCA 4 where you name 12 but 11 bat and 11 bowl. One is tempted to say as long as the AFL are nowhere near it, it might operate effectively and not be exploited by the coaches.
 

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Graeme Smith has a higher Test strike rate than Hashim Amla. I didn't expect to write those words.

Smith was ugly as s**t but was always a pretty positive proactive sort of batsman.

Amla scored more than half his runs in boundaries (mind you so did smith) so probably always felt like he was scoring quicker than he was - and looked so bloody good doing it: still surprising that his strike rate was not somewhere around 55 though
 

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Shan Masood scoring a century just in time to justify his selection and captaincy. Must be a hell of a leader and/or board kiss arse to be captain averaging 29 after 39 tests.
 
Enforcing the follow-on rarely works on a flat track. SA should not lose this test but had they put on another 200 before stumps, and Pakistan would have to have batted for the rest of the test to stave off defeat.
 
Enforcing the follow-on rarely works on a flat track. SA should not lose this test but had they put on another 200 before stumps, and Pakistan would have to have batted for the rest of the test to stave off defeat.


Looking at their selections - debuting Maphaka for example and dropping Bosch immediately after he was almost man of the match and Patterson also was almost man of the match dropping him as well: that looks a lot like a team experimenting before the WTC final and just seeing what they have. Getting Mulder back in the side, Maharaj back.

Probably a silly decision to bowl again given how flat it is but given how little they’ve had to toil so far this summer it probably won’t hurt them too much.
 
Temba surely his regretting his ridiculous decision. There wasn't really anything to recommend it. Would serve him right if the pitch broke up and they were in danger of losing the test.
 

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In a 1997 documentary about Lord's, Richie Benaud described the Adelaide Oval as the prettiest cricket ground in the world. One wonders how he'd describe Newlands.

If I ever get to the point where I just have a whole bunch of disposable income and no idea what to spend it on I think I might just do a 12-18 month long trip watching cricket at the great venues of the world. I can’t think of anything better to see out my latter days when, doubtless, lung cancer or a complete lack of life fulfilment start to whittle away the hours I have left and urgency forces me to actually do something meaningful.

Take a picnic rug to the Basin, watch a game at Newlands and maybe Port Elizabeth or Wanderers.
Kensington Oval or QPO, sit on the Fort at Galle drinking Singha and get silly listening to the waves. Dharamsala
 

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