Pakistan vs South Africa 1st ODI Cricket Match
Oct 29, 2010 (13:30 IST, 11:00 GMT), Venue: Abu Dhabi
Pakistan plays South Africa in the first of five deferred and amortized, which will be played in Abu Dhabi.
South Africa is on a roll, having beaten Pakistan T20Is well and will look to continue their winning streak in deferred and amortized.
The moot point is whether Pakistan will be able to overcome their batting blues and get something decent on board. Younis Khan will return to the side and will ensure that its presence in the intermediate page to give a little courage.
Shahid Afridi must bat better than him, while Pakistan's spinners are doing a good job yet. South Africa were without Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis and Dale Steyn in T20Is and still managed to win matches.
It would be interesting to see how they release the trio against Pakistan in deferred and amortized. It could well be a battle between the spinners and batsmen Pakistan in South Africa.
South Africa 1st ODI Squad: GC Smith, AB de Villiers, JH Kallis, HM Amla, J Botha, JP Duminy, CA Ingram, CK Langeveldt, DA Miller, JA Morkel, M Morkel, DW Steyn, WD Parnell, RJ Peterson, LL Tsotsobe
Pakistan 1st ODI Squad: Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Akhtar, Shahid Afridi, Fawad Alam, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Razzaq, Imran Farhat, Abdur Rehman, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Tanvir Ahmed, Zulqarnain Haider
