Second test against the Windies

Same team as played in the in the 1st Test.

Markram out for a duck in the first over bowled by the Windies.   Bad start,      

SA now 37/3   = Petersen out for 7 runs and  Van der Duseen for 4.   

Well this is more like the Proteas performance thus far.

Was the first test just a dream for all us Saffers?

Hold your horses...we've got this.

218-5...Thanks to a hard worked for 77 by Elgar and Quintie going well at 59...Verrynne's 27 was crucial too...we'll know how good or bad it was when the Windies have batted.

Elgar is much derided. But when the going gets rough he is often the only performer. De Ock looking good at 6, at least against the Windies. Verrynne not living up to the hype.

There must have been 60 balls that went passed his bat edge of his bat within a centimeter,  and he made  77 times from 237 balls/    The  much more maligned  De Kock is still batting and has now 87 rims from - 10 runs more facing 98 balls less.   He is  totally unreliable of course.          

There must have been 60 balls that went passed his bat edge of his bat within a centimeter,  and he made  77 times from 237 balls/    The  much more maligned  De Kock is still batting and has now 87  - 10 runs more facing 98 balls less.   He is  totally unreliable of course.          

’He made 77 from 237 balls’….says Pervert …..revealing yet again his total ignorance on matters cricket.

Do you know anything at all about cricket, - dimness,?    By the way according to you there should be an enquiry why your suggestion that Klaasen must replace De Kock and that was not followed up by SAC,    After all years ago you claimed   you  see things in sport that other experts fail to see.           

When did that miracle happen?     For which club did you play?   Stop polluting the Board with your BS.    

The Windies need to be bumped down a Tier.

...or perhaps not. Everyone needs a punching bag sometimes, like SA do right now.

Yes Plum, a short tour of the Islands is probably just what the doctor ordered for this young team. I like the balance of the current team...if we can build a bit from here, who knows? Elgar and vd Dussen won't be there for much longer, but hopefully long enough to guide the youngsters into a place of confidence.

It appears that the selectors have the confidence in their selections but the players selected don`t have any confidence in their ability to deliver the performance required at test cricket..

Markram faces six balls in two innings as an opener for a combined total of four runs which must have come of a lucky edge.

He has been a total disaster for SA at international level.

Petersen and Verreynne  received 108 deliveries for a combined total of  33 runs. Where do these two guys play their local cricket in SA.

Appears to be Prieska and Poffadder!

Just think of this the SACB had the cheek to ask de Villers to make himself available for selection with these players. No wonder he declined....would you have made yourself available if you were in his shoes.

A total disgrace to SA cricket and all the hard work and efforts of bygone players and results.

Sign of the times in RSA I guess.

Classical Ock…two strong knocks and then a duck. Six is the right place for him and he will score some runs for you if the ball isn’t moving. But not if the pressure is on. 

I’m not sure if Verrynne will score runs against the Southern Stars. Who was it who demanded the head of the coach if he didn’t select this dud?

Better than  2 dud scores and a good one by  Elgar with an average of  29 runs scored in 3 innings  as against an average of  118,5 runs in three innings by De Kock,   What a  raving  piss brain we have here on site.    

Question.....should Verry nne be dropped from the squad?

If you take the Kallis example who had no scores higher than 15 runs in his first 10 tests the answer is NO,   He must get further tests in other pitch conditions to determine whether he should be retained or not.   None of the other batsmen  bar De Kock were really roaring successes in the West Indies anyway.

We will have to wait and see what  the braindead selectors do though,       

"Now we have to persevere with Verrynne because he was finally selected? I say we were right not selecting the dud."

Wow, Moz, that's a bit premature...calling the kid a dud after 2 tests? I'd say his first class record is good enough to give him a few more opportunities...it's not like Bavuma is sitting on a stack of runs to force back his spot in the side.

Piss brain

Kallis started his test career against England on 1995 and the matches  you refer to was not in  his first 10 tests  for SA,    

His first Test appearance was on 14–18 December 1995 against England in Durban, but he struggled with the bat in his first few matches. Kallis made his World Cup debut in  1996 in Pakistan but did not have much opportunity to excel.[22] His breakthrough came in 1997, with 61 against Pakistan, and then two matches later, he salvaged a draw for South Africa with a fighting century against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[23]     

The Pakistani test and the Menbourne  one  was in fact two years after he started playing test cricket om SA,   When did your brain become disfinctiona?      

Liar…..dishonest prick…..here are his first 10 tests straight from ESPN cricket stats guru

Apologize…no don’t apologize take the deep dive like the coward you are.

Well a win is a win I guess.

Rabada was excellent in his opening spell this morning, his two early wickets set the WI up for defeat.

That Dolphins spinner  took a HATRIC and deserved it with his stats for this test.....excellent bowling M.

But two tests up against perhaps the weakest West Indies side ever proves nothing except it was a training tour for some SA players to perhaps build some confidence.

The batting performance from some of the more experienced players demonstrates that they are out of their league at test level.

Fragile batting line up at best with Markram's failure at opening once more placing enormous pressure on the newer members who follow him at bat and does not allow them to settle in and perform as they are perhaps capable of with the bat.  

But considering everything I suppose the SACB will be thrilled with the two wins.

Same old stuff from the pervert…..big mouth lie, more lies covering the original lie, denial of facts eg the ESPN records, insults.

Low class stuff from an uneducated government employee.

The fact is piss brain - you are the greatest BSter ever contributing to any site like this ever and it was pointed out that Kallis test career started on 18   December 1995 and you were asked to be HONEST about it and you as expected  FAILED  again.     

After 18 December 1995  Kallis played in every test  involving SA  and was never dropped frtom the team after that.    The 1sst test you quoted  above were in fact two years later,  = sdp ru ahain piss brain.            

Same old debris  of lies and  misrepresentation.   - Kallis first test was on 18 DECEMBER  1995 nd you were asked to be HONEST nest about it for a change -  and as expected  you FAILED again by quoting  tests played BEFORE that date,      

Verryenne is a "Dud" ?

Why?

Because Maaik is punting him.

No…..Kallis’ test career started on Dec 14 1995, just as the ESPN table which I produced above shows. In his first 10 tests he registered  a 101 against Australia in Melbourne and a 61 against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. 

You blathered out ‘if you take the Kallis example who had no scores higher than 15 runs in his first 10 tests’….hoping nobody would fact check you.

I did ….you lied. Correct your lie.

Ou Draad can’t you be honest for once on this Board and admit Ou Maaik is lying through his teeth.

Verrynne has been hopelessly hyped….his absence the reason we aren’t winning….evidence of an incompetent coaching staff. To me he looks marginal at best. 

It must be terrible for the liar to be caught out time and time again for what he really is - a rotten idiot who oppose players purely because of prejudice.  He attacked De Kock for failure because he did not make runs in one of the three innings he batted in - but praise Elgar for making two flops in three innings.   Typical BS on his part.   

His attacks on De Kock started in 2013 and I think his attacks on Verreynne will follow the same route,   What a farce his  contributions are  anyway,    The prize in cricket was his insistence that De Kock must be replaced by Klaasen - typical farcical BS.      .   

I thought not….you can’t take Bellville out the boy.

Bellville out of whom?.    

Mozart

It seems as if you've missed my question so let me ask you again.

You've dismissed Kyle Verryenne as a "Dud"? 

I'm curious as to your reason(s) why?

Perhaps a bit harsh…..but for somebody who was so hyped his 39 runs in 3 innings against average test bowling is hardly encouraging.