The second one day between South Africa and Pakistan eneded in a dramatic way with SA just managed to clung to the victory. It was yet another nail biter and an entertaining game of cricket.
Pakistan did well to restrict SA to 228, however as usual Pakistan batting looked edgy, underconfident and occassionally reckless.
If I were to describe ONE reason of Paksitan NOT winning the match yesterday was Fawad Alam's SHORT RUN.
There are three things that Pakistan should consider for the upcomming two games if they want to seal the series in their name.
1. You cant afford to waste first 10 overs at Dubai. The wicket tends to get slower and it gets hard to score runs and pick up boundries as the game progresses and bowl gets older . Therefore its imperative that you capitalize on the initial overs and score minimum at 6 to 7 RPO.
2. Opening slot continues to be a problem, one pair should be selected and should be given a long run till the world cup in order to give them confidence
3. Get Umar Akmal and Umar Gul playing ... you cant keep match winners out ... no matter how much out of form they are. Misbah and Farhat SUCKS !!!
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