It's no state secret that Pakistan's Achilles heel is their batting. Watching their familiar collapses leaves you with a feeling of numbness these canicule. It's the aforementioned script that seems to be playing on an endless loop: the openers bake mindlessly, Umar Akmal plays couple of appealing shots afore throwing his wicket away, Shahid Afridi biffs a few big shots afore holing out, and the innings meanders aimlessly in the end.
Pakistan (possible): 1 Imran Farhat, 2 Mohammed Hafeez, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Umar Akmal, 5 Misbah-ul-Haq,
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The Big Picture
"You've got two guys [Morkel and Steyn]. One has bounce and he can hit 145 kph, the added has swing and can hit 140 to 150kph. They are admirable assets to have. "
Graeme Smith knows his team's strengths
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Johan Botha's career bowling average is 39.57 but it skyrockets to 102.50 from 5 matches against Pakistan. His abridgement rate climbs from a career average of 4.62 to 5.06 against Pakistan. Dale Steyn is yet to play an ODI against Pakistan.
Graeme Smith He averaged 28 from three games adjoin Zimbabwe. He hit a assiduous, but basic,
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Will the one-day series against South Africa turn out to be different? Younis Khan is back but there is no Mohammad Yousuf or Shoaib Malik. Much will depend on how fast the hugely-talented Umar Akmal matures and how continued Shahid Afridi can abide calm. Mohammad Hafeez bowled well in the Twenty20 games but didn't last long with the bat. Again, it was the same-old failing: brace of superior hits preceded an adrenalin blitz that led to his adjournment. Can he about-face it about in the ODI series?
South Africa will be able by the acknowledgment of Jacques Kallis,
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Younis Khan is back but won't get much breath space to affluence into the aggregation. The middle order lacks the experience of Yousuf and Malik, and Pakistan will achievement that Younis can authority the innings together in the middle overs. He has struggled in the last two years, though: in the 27 games he played during that aeon, he averaged 25.11 with just one hundred. In the eight matches he played in the last year, he averaged just 11.12. He doesn't have a great record against South Africa: he averages 25.92 from 29 ODIs at a bang rate of 66.97
Form guide
South Africa have won their last nine ODI games. Their antecedent eight wins have come against West Indies and Zimbabwe.
Series Facts
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South Africa (possible): 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 AB de Villiers (wk),5 JP Duminy,
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Pakistan have a few boxy batting decisions to make. It's a battle between the old and the new: Younis and Misbah v the youngsters they will displace. Will Asad Shafiq and Fawad Alam get chances? Will Shahzaib Hasan be alone or will it be Imran Farhat? Will Hafeez be played as an opener?
Will Pakistan's batsmen stand up to be counted?
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