Video 2 in search of the "Yawning Gap"
Video 2 in search of the "Yawning Gap"
V3 Remember it's not just a gap.....we're told it's a "YAWNING GAP"
Denny
The attacks by Mozart started after the third ODI played in December 2013 - when Smith was shown the door by SA Cricket. He was attacked ever since by Mozart for first of all being unable to play fast bowlers from Australia and then for unable to play spin bowling and ultimately being unable to face medium-paced swing bowlers. According to Mozart he cannot face any bowling at all.
Since De Kock succeeded Smith as ODI batting opener his comparison with Smith in that position is pertinent:-
Total Number of Matches Centuries scored Strike Rate
Graeme Smith 194 10 80,82
Quintn de Kock 135 17 96.03
Mozart spouted hatred of De Kock from the start and that included technical deficiencies - but he never criticized Smith and neither did he write anything about the much more serious technique problems of Smith,
We should bear in mind that De Kock is still a highly rated batsman worldwide - but that the village cricket idiot concerned thinks otherwise He spent half his contributions on this site attacking Erasmus, De Kock, Du Toit and De Allende and he does not mind using strings of lies in doing that.
I know, there were connotations in his "seuntjie" attacks on you as well, and still is. Well, Quinton is still in the top 3 of world batting averages in ODI's. You're right Smith was deeply flawed but he never carried on about it like he does with Quinton. Elgar has poor technique and zero skills and hasn't scored any decent runs for quite some time but he wants him to be retained.
It's quite blatant how he hates Quinton.
Notice how fat lip Plum has avoided giving an opinion on the above video evidence, just wait until his master arrives and spins his usual BS......that's when he'll massage his head deeper up his master's arse.
Anyone found the "Yawning Gap" flaw in Quinton's technique?
There is no gap
de Kock had a few technical flaws like most bats but the boy was pure class and an absolute joy to watch
By some distance the best wicket keeper bat SA has ever produced
Oh that’s lovely…..Comrade September uses ‘clean bowled’ to argue De Ock has no gap. Then I prove he is clean bowled more often than ANY other top bat I checked, and I add the equally damning stat that he is hardly ever lbw, which means his pad is rarely in the vicinity of the ball.
Comrade September cowers for a few days and then he produces a few highlights tapes of de Ock. Show us his innings against NZ in the 2019 WC ….one that counts.
What a tit.
This is interesting, the top South African WC batsmen:
Klusener 124
AB de Villiers 63.52
Faf du Plessis 57.57
Gibbs 56.15
Miller 51.11
Hudson 47.58
Kirsten 47.41
……..
De Ock 29.8….way down on his ODI average for all internationals of 45.57. More proof that de Ock simply doesn’t come through when it counts. If we exclude the non crucial ODIs his stats plummet further.
That would include the Sri Lanka match in 2015, where their total was so low, pressure was alleviated and the dead rubber match against Oz when we were already out. Take those matches out and his average drops to a less than mediocre 22.64.
Pressure and poor technique…he was really a number 6 bat where he would occasionally come off.
Go ahead Quisling show us another highlight innings if it makes you feel better after being schooled again.
Mozart
We are in 2023 and you carry on about De Kock as if he is playing international cricket. I have no idea what you will write on site without spouting hatred of De Kock - will you continue with BS about Erasmus, Du Toit and De Allende. Find something else to write about otherwised you will lose the plot completely
As I've said many times before, if one strips his QDK posts then there's nothing he posts about cricket.......oh other than Markram's technique is close to perfection. He comes across as a bigger Doos everytime he tries to sound like he knows the game. That bit about reflexes is painfully funny..
Who started the string Clever…..the man that thinks you are a moron, not me. The debate was over on the prior string where I used his own measure and showed de Kock was flawed.
He then used your technique of hiding for a few days. Then starting a new string on the same subject and pretending he hadn’t already been schooled.
It fools nobody except apparently you.
Defining de Kock based on WC’s is laughable
Psssssstt Pompous Piles....down here for a moment.
You seem to be confused, let me help you.
I don't go into hiding neither do I do the deep dive.......let me explain, it's quite simple. As I've told you, I don't have your obsession with the board besides unlike you my life isn't that lifeless where my only activity is to post for the need of something to do.
That said I do find your cricket posts quite funny and so should you, take that one on Markram for example.......Markram is close to technically perfect....your latest funny, thank you so much for starting our year with a hearty laugh.
So there, never let it be said that your humour is wasted.
Looking forward to your next gaffe....have a fat year.
Okay…..your turn, explain to us what is technically wrong with Markram. Hope your ticker holds up through all this strain though.. Just tell me when it’s too much
Dave defining de Kock based on the WC is not laughable. It’s the biggest stage in the 50 over game. As tests are one step up from club cricket, the WC is the next step. One de Kock has failed.
This is what happened to Ockie in the crucial game against NZ in the 2019 WC according to a reporter:
During the 25th match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between New Zealand and South Africa at Edgbaston, New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult drew first blood as he dismissed South Africa opening batsman Quinton de Kock in his first over itself.
It all happened on the penultimate delivery of the second over when de Kock had no answer whatsoever against Boult’s in-swinging delivery which not just bowled him but saw the stumps flying all over the place.
Lack of feet moment in addition to de Kock leaving significant gap between his bat and pad were the major reasons behind the southpaw getting out cheaply. His brief stay in the middle saw him score 5 (8) with the help of one four.‘
Lack of feet movement and a significant gap between bat and pad!
Shami to de Kock, OUT. 
Bullseye! Gem through the gate! Fullish length angled in on middle, de Kock prods at this but it tails in and splits the gap between bat and pad hitting middle stump three quarters of the way up.
.. ……
Both Philander and De Kock were bowled through the gate, having left huge gaps between bat and pad with careless drives.
It’s time to apologize Quisling.
No cricketer is defined by the odd few WC games, that would be very short sighted
de Kock played his own game, the fact that he was playing in a WC game would not have changed his outlook
By all accounts he made runs in some WC games as well as failing in some - that’s the life of a cricketer especially one as attacking as de Kock was
Moz nothing you say will detract from the fact that de Kock was one of the best in the business - he was a precious talent with the averages to prove it across all formats
Dave this is just another example of your favorites can do no wrong. De Kock is a talented player, but he has flaws which should be obvious to all. Those flaws become more apparent when he feels the pressure as in WC matches.
He failed in the 2015 semi against NZ, failed also in the pool games against India, West Indies and Ireland.
In 2019 he failed against India, West Indies and NZ to take us out of the knockouts.
The only innings out of 18 WC knocks that amounted to anything was his 68 against England opening the 2019 WC. The rest were failures or meaningless..
Mozart
There has been two threats on the De Kock issue. In the one dealing with the total failure of the Proteas batting you in desperation turned the issue to attack De Kock in your normal BS fashion. De Kock was never part of the present failures - when for the past two years you were defending the two major failures in the team - Elgar and Van der Dussen. A diversion was accordingly necessary - and that diversion was to bring De Kock into the discussion.
You attacked Markram constantly in the past and now suddenly he is the player without technique problems. That surprised everybody.
I was right about Markram and right about de Ock.
Mike just laugh at him, he's got nothing better to do with his lifeless life.
Remember that nauseating scenario that carried on forever, the one about the jacket, its colour, size, width, length then the buttons, size, colour, shape.....that is where this is heading.
Scenario about a jacket? Play the tape.
I was right about Markram and right about de Ock.
Now there's a laugh.
I guess you have conveniently forgotten the jacket
Go to bed, it's 12am for the love of Mary. And get a life you're drowning in obsession.
I, love the story about Klusener - h single-handedly lost the 1999 WC semi-final of the WC.
QdK .................. compare his stats with other international wickie/batsmen, even without google I'm confident that his numbers are up there with the best .
No Moz I saw de Kock for what he was, an absolute class act
The best keeper/bat we have ever produced
A test average of 39 batting mostly with the tail and an ODI average of 45 opening the batting says it all
The stats don’t lie - and no bat is ever defined by his WC innings’s
You are not right about de Kock or Markram given de Kocks stats and Markram still has 6 years of cricket left in him
Sorry, great batsmen come through on the biggest stage….de Kock was great playing Sri Lanka in Pretoria . I mean ffs ask yourself the question…do we actually want to win the WC. And if the answer to that is yes, no single South African cricketer I can think of has underperformed more significantly on that stage.
Blaming one player for a poor WC campaign is laughable
The whole side has always been shit at WC’s
de Kock was world class any cricket follower in the world will tell you that
Saying de Kock was not good is on par with saying the same about Kallis, Amla, AB, Steyn, Donald or Rabada
The team game argument is better made about rugby. In cricket you have individual performance that can be measured. And de Kock’s performance was inadequate at WCs. Even Smith who had a relatively poor WC in 2011 was way ahead of him.
Most of our cricketers have been piss poor at WC’s
Not really:
Klusener 124
AB de Villiers 63.52
Faf du Plessis 57.57
Gibbs 56.15
Miller 51.11
Hudson 47.58
Kirsten 47.41
Over a number of WC’s that’s evidence of piss poor returns from our bats
What was de Kocks WC average?
De Kock’s average was 29.8.
Blaming one player for a poor WC campaign is laughable
Exactly right. Can't say any of the others won us a world cup so why is QDK being singled out.
Because of our leading batsmen he did worst.
Denny
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please point us to the "Yawning Gap"....