T20 World Cup, June 1-29

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Heinrich Klassen and David Miller putting up a partnership of 50 (56) after another top order failure for SA.

SA 73/4 in 13.4 overs.

[Durhamfootman]

114 the target

SA bowlers will flatten the BD batters, won't they?

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All out for 113 runs. Same wicket which was used in yesterdays match between India and Pakistan.

SA has very good pace attack. Bangladesh batting is also not that good for such conditions. Moreover their fielding is expected to be better as well with David Miller at long on and tall Marco Jansen in deep. Aiden Markram at mid-on will also put pressure on batsmen trying to take singles. Still SA need to execute bowling skills well.

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Bangladesh 29/2 in 6.1 overs.

[Durhamfootman]

I think Canada's 137 has been the highest score in NY thus far and Ireland didn't get close to chasing it down

Poor fare in NY

I don't think BD will get to 100 batting second on this pitch

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Bangladesh 50/4 in 10 overs. Good short wicket taking balls by Anrich.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Looks like being a close one.

[mikesiva]

Looks like being a close one.

These slow pitches are producing some real nail biting matches.

South Africa 113-6

Klaasen 46
Miller 29

Tanzim 3-18

Bangladesh 109-7

Hridoy 37

Maharaj 3-27

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SA win by 4 runs.

Last two balls by Keshav Maharaj were full toss. Mahmudullah gave catch to long on and Taskin could only hit the full toss for 1 when they needed 6 of the final ball.

[Arthur Crabtree]

SA fail to choke.

[Durhamfootman]

they will

BD did better than I gave them credit for..... but only by 10 runs

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Saurabh Netravalkar who took 2 / 28 has played for Mumbai in Ranji Cricket. Although he could not maintain his place in Mumbai Ranji team, he has won a historic match for USA.

Pakistan has made some blunder selections. The totally unfit Azam Khan is in team because of Moin Khan who is his father. Azam is dropping catches so frequently that even Kamran Amran will feel his a much better wicket-keeper.

Babar Azam and Mohd. Rizwan are two accumulators which are not suited to bat together in modern day powerplays. Their strike rate in T20i is an issue and more so if they bat as a opening pair in these times. They tried with Saim Ayub to solve this issue but it didn't work. Back to same accumulators.


The situation is so dire that they have to go back to Iftikhar Ahmed as lower middle order hitter. Also to have Iftikhar as second spinner is a joke. Pakistan have better spinners than him. Add to it the bad release shot selection by Usman Khan at long off where fielder was positioned.

Babar Azam after being dropped from captaincy got it back because Pakistan Prime Minister changed. This interference of politicians in Pakistan cricket is not at all new and is not letting the team settle. When Inzamam Ul Haq was chief selector, he always picked his nephew Imam Ul Haq irrespective of his merit and form. Nepotism is making the Pakistan team much worse. This is not a blip. Pakistan lost to Ireland recently. Also lost to NewZealand C Team as NZ main team players were playing in IPL.

Ireland should also look to win against them.

107 to win.

Pak are indeed trying Saim Ayub. Babar Azam moves to one down. Saim comes in team replacing Iftikhar.

After two defeats Pak have made an attempt to make the change at top and middle order tweak by removing Iftikhar.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Well it's NY, so who knows. But surely Pakistan will bag the points.

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Pakistan lose first wicket. Saim out scoring just 6 runs from 12 balls.

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Shadab Khan did not bowl against Canada as well after not being given an over against India. They continue to bench proper batsman for someone who was a specialist spinner once and could score few runs. Yes, his bowling has massively declined but how come Iftikhar was given the ball last match and he did not. Even there is more trust in Imad Wasim now bowling full quota.