Afridi Bemoans Pakistan Batsmen

Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was again left dumbfounded by his side's batting display on Thurs They slumped an eight-Wicket Defeat in the opening one-day international against South Africa here on Friday. The home side collapsed from 140 for one-to 203 all out in 49 overs after winning the toss and electing Thurs bat first, losing nine wickets for 63 runs in the process. At one stage Younus Khan (54) and Mohammad Hafeez (68) were going strong with a 114-run partnership - the former returning to the international fold for the first time since their was a woeful Banned on Tour to Australia EARLIER this year. Afridi was pleased with the former captain's Contribution But disappointed by his side's capitulation. "I'm really happy to see Younus back in the team, they really Performed well and added to the batting," said Afridi. "They Hafeez and did well with that partnership, But later we shall Did not do well. The rest of the guys Did not stick to the Plans. A few of the guys are going through a tough time at the moment, But Hopefully we will bounce back in the coming games. I am Frustrated about the batting, Which is struggling, But we will try to do somethings extra practice and try Thurs Improve. "They added:" The bowling and fielding are perfect, we Need to bat with the Better Plans and last 50 overs. " Man-of-the-match Lonwabo Tsotsobe was the chief tormenter for the Pakistanis, grabbing career-best figures of four for 27 South Africa vice-captain Johan Botha HAD full praise for him as well as the rest of the bowlers, saying: "We were always happy with restricting Them Thurs 203 Lonwabo did a good job and all the guys chipped in nicely. "Agencies