This is a rejoinder to my Blog on the 2nd test between SA&Pakistan.Blog Dt
15th Feb 2013 refers.
on the 1st& &3rd day Pakistan do perform well to emberass SotTh AFRICA
PARTICULARLY sAEED aJMAL WHO CLAIMED 6 IMPORTANT WICKETS OF SA.The
followingthe victims of Ajmal
Capt Smith-19runs
A.N.Petersen-17runs
H.M.Amla-25runs
F duPlessis(the big hitter)-28
VeteranJ.H.Kallis-2 runs
D.Elgar-23 runs
South Africa who looked at the verge of Collapsing was ,however ,
lifted by RJ Petersen who did not shine with ball did so with Bat posting
a challenging 84 runs with the able support of man in Gloves ABdeVilliers
who made an attractive61.South Africa were all out for 326 runs with the
debutant Mohmed Irfan claiming 3 wickets of deVilliers,Steyn&Philander.
Pakistan who had taken a lead of just 12 runs had every right to rejoice
with the hope of making a come back to level the series .Just a repeat
of some with Bat like YounisKhan&Shafiq in the first innings was enough
to do fulfil this dream!
However,when it was a matter of action to fulfill the dream,nothing
worked as planned by Misbah-ul-Haq at the end of first test.He had
said in the Posttest interview that Pakistan would be a different team
in the 2nd test as they had sufficient potential in respect of Batting &
and balling besides fielding.
They were all out for a paltry 169 runs.Just Captain Misbah&Azar Ali
made significant contribution of 44&65 runs respective
South Africa just needed 182 runs to win with almost 4th day&5th day to
bat
They ,however won the test match on the 4th day itself though they lost
6 wickets.
H.M.Amla made 58 run
South Africa won the match with b12.5 overs tp spare on 4th day.&lead the
series 2-0
SreedharanMundanat
17th February2013
21-20Hrs(IST)
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