Other key fielding errors:
Quinton De Kock failed to collect a throw from Rilee Rossouw which would've removed Daniel Vettori. This was the easiest chance of those not taken and will leave a scar on the team for years to come, a team that prides themselves on excellent fielding.
Clearly cricket is not a strength of Prinsloo, whoever that fool is......if he thinks a misdirected throw that skidded was easier to collect than the hash made by AB in his run out attempt or better still the complete cock up between JP and Berhardien then he should do us all a favour and refrain from passing cricket related comments.......one certainty is that de Kock will carry no scars over that........he will have issue with his batting form in the early part of the WC and that's it.
The scars if any will be carried by Steyn, Philander and Amla.......the senior guys that failed big time and wont be contesting the next WC.
As for the majority believing it was an easy run out.....bullshit, that is the view held by followers who clearly know stuff all about cricket.
It's a term you don't give to a team that beats you.
De Kock was generally sound behind the stumps, but his nerves gave way in the semi-final when he missed at least three run outs. He failed with the bat too; take away his 78 not out in the quarter-final, and his remaining seven innings amounted to a mere 67.
This from an Indian evaluation of all the teams
Moz no guess work.......we are not talking byes, we are talking run outs.
As for the technique, well against Sri Lanka, it was clear to see that there was no issue at all in that department.....the slight technical issues are only apparent when the lad is out of touch, much like all bats.
As for fragile under pressure, what rubbish......what is that based on exactly?
What is certain is that he should have played in that semi after his knock against Sri Lanka
The side selected for that semi was 100% spot on.......but only if everyone was fit
That had stuff all to do with him being fragile under pressure and everything to do with him being out of form. He was out of form as he had not played cricket for some time because of the injury.
To suddenly make exceptions in the Sri Lanka game, a quarter final, something SA has never got past is weak......not to mention his own personal pressure to perform given how badly he had done prior to the QF. So to say there was no pressure on him is absolute rubbish.
He struck the ball beautifully in that game, reminding us exactly why the selectors stuck with him and why he will go on to be another SA great.
The kid is a class act and your anti the lad is poor form.......but given his talent he will be handing the egg out on a regular basis over the years to come......much like Miller will with you and Vlag.
Oh so they were disengaged because they opened with a spinner......what rubbish, it was a QF, they would have given it their all from the start.....the only time they would have been disengaged is when the game was well and truly lost.
Last I checked Miller made 49 off 17 balls in the semi....so try again.
As for Elliott, well fact is, he has mostly failed as a player at the highest level - been in and out of the Kiwi side, because in reality he has never been that good.
He hit a purple patch in the WC and good on him - is he a class act, not even close. Aged 36 the guy has an ODI average of 35 and a test average of 10. Say no more.
Faf was poor in the semi, his strike rate let us down.
Yes he has guts, I give him that......but so has Miller who is far more talented a bat.
I have no major issue with Faf other than a little more rotation of the strike on the day......his innings frustrated the hell out of me.
As for Miller, well he only arrived with less than 5 overs to go, so his innings was going to be slogging regardless of the innings Faf played and boy did he strike it well.
Thanks to Miller we had a competitive score.......sadly our senior bowlers let us down defending that very respectable total
No he did not.......he was positioned over the stumps waiting for the ball......the ball was thrown in underarm, was misdirected to his right and kept low given the wet field.....he had to lean around the stumps to try take the ball...so not only were the stumps in his way, the ball also skidded through......there was nothing simple about that chance. It was always going to be a swoop and hope for the best......we see it often on the cricket field at every level......mostly used when the ball almost yorks you when a fielder throws it in.
Yes it was a miss, but is was no worse than AB's cock up and the Berhardien/JP stuff up.
Well Draad if it was that simple he would have taken it would he have not for he is hardly struggling as a keeper in general.
What you seem to miss is the fact that he was hindered by the stumps.....so no you are wrong, for had the stumps not been in his way, he would have been able to take a misdirected throw with ease......but added to that, the ball skidded off the field as well.......so no you are wrong......I can see exactly why he did what he did with the swoop and I can see exactly why he missed it in the circumstances......the swoop method of taking a ball is always a bit of a hit and miss.........we see it often when a ball is thrown in and yorks the receiver.....in de Kock's case he used it as his was hindered by the stumps and could not get his body behind the ball.
AB's was more of a cock up......but that's cricket......JP and Berhadien colliding was just stupid.
Three costly misses that cost us, but the real issue was the bowling of Steyn and Philander.......we should have easily defended that total with Steyn, Morkel, Philander and Tahir on board. Our 5th bowler was always going to be targeted in a big run chase......but Steyn and Philander let us down as strikers and containers. That is the primary reason we lost........but then again the revelation of the text message the night before is enough to demoralise and piss any side off......so our lads were hardly perfectly prepared for that game thanks to those ignorant, racist pigs back home who know stuff all about the game and who's agenda has nothing to do with sport.