Saffers and Smith showing - How it has to be done...

[Dinx - the Jinx]

Watch this match carefully for a lesson on 1. How to pace a run chase. 2. How to give respect where its due (good bowlers) and thrash the crappy ones 3. How to use Power Plays to your advantage.. I hope Dhoni watches this game tonight, instead of what Umpton suggested in his report

[jusarrived]

we paced the innings better than SA , our RRR never went beyond 6.5rpo ...on the other hand SA have had to maintain 10+ in the last 12 overs ..only that lower order suks big time.

[The Outsider]

Is this thread a joke? SA need 69 off 35 balls with 4 wickets left

[flamy]

:hysterical: Is this how it is done?

[Dinx - the Jinx]

Is this thread a joke? SA need 69 off 35 balls with 4 wickets left

oops.. sounds like i've jinxed

[coffee_rules]

I thought SMith played run a ball, but others were too slow, esp Duminy. We were much better off. We needed 98 runs in the last 15 over. SA are goners...

[jusarrived]

oops.. sounds like i've jinxed

they wer never in the game

[zubinpepsi]

wtf is this threa.... joke.. fail thread.. INdia were doing good lastnite.. jus tht they last a wkt one too many..

[Dinx - the Jinx]

atleast they were in the game till 40th over or so.. we lost it around 35/36

[kabira]

their only hope was Albie Morkal but he got run out.

[The Outsider]

atleast they were in the game till 40th over or so.. we lost it around 35/36

They needed 100 runs in the last 10 - that's not being in the game.

[Guest Hiten.]

On a different note, whenever SA's backs are against the wall (i.e. chasing higher targets) expect Smith to put his hands up. At the top of my head, I gather 435 run chase in ODI's and Tests, 07 WC super six match vs Aus. He does not have 100% success rate but he gives his best during such harsh times.

[Sooda]

^true say. An innings like that at one end from say Gambhir or even a GG and Raina combo would have been ideal yesterday, but werent to be

[jusarrived]

On a different note' date=' whenever SA's backs are against the wall (i.e. chasing higher targets) expect Smith to put his hands up. At the top of my head, I gather 435 run chase in ODI's and Tests, 07 WC super six match vs Aus. He does not have 100% success rate but he gives his best during such harsh times.[/quote'] check his 3rd/4th innings avg in tests , you will be surprised ..if am not wrong , its higher than 1st/2nd innings avg

[Sooda]

well 6 of his 8 ODI centuries have come in chases, average goes up from 41 to 47...