from the Proteas in T20 #2? If true to their inconsistency then they should rebound and win.
Well, that's one way of looking at it, another way is to go by their #7th ranking on the ladder and expect another wipe out against the best T20 side in the world.
But it's cricket, and while it's cricket there remains hope....we'll just have to wait and see if our dreams for the unexpected and the consistency of their inconsistency works in their favour.
Go the Proteas!
So they could win or they could lose….brilliant.
Ingenious perhaps?
Thanx, I'll take 'Brilliant' it's so very sweet of you.
If they score more runs than India they should win.
Well finally some life in the Proteas at last.
Quinton comes through with a good innings, long overdue.
Trust we can continue with additional wins in the last few games.
Quinton comes through with a good innings, long overdue.
And the much hyped white ball specialist Henducks........fails again.......adding to the opening bat conundrum.
One has to wonder whether the Proteas success solely rides on Quinton's back.
Appears to be so.
Well as we blogged earlier when Quinton fails in the 20/20 or one day games the outcome is mostly another loss for the Proteas.
But they did make India batsman work to earn the runs for the victory.
Well let’s see. If we define 25 as succeeding Ock has failed 8 times since his return and succeeded 5 times. In the 5 times he has succeeded we have lost 3 times and won twice. So nope the theory that an Ock success drives a Protea success doesn’t hold….based on a limited data set.
I’m more concerned with this statistic….since Ock’s return we have won 4 matches and lost 9. Not all Ock’s fault obviously, but having a lucky packet at opener doesn’t help. He should bat number 5….the swinging ball is not his friend.
You make a very valid point Mozart regarding Quinton.
But who in this squad is capable or making runs in this format as an opener.
Agree that some changes have to be made but the selectors remain stubborn on selections and repeatedly stick with the same non performers.
Surely their must be some young blood who are knocking on the door both with the bat and ball.
You got me Arthur. I’d probably try Breetzke, but his form has also been spotty. Somebody also needs to talk to Brevis….fabulous talent, but there are times he needs to be a little more measured, like the last game.
We can put together a team of super fast scorers for the T20 WC….Markram, Quintin, Miller, Brevis, Jansen and others. But if we are collapsing in the first few overs you lose momentum it’s almost impossible to regain
You are correct.
The limited over cricket contests (20/20) are won or lost in the first 5-7 overs in my view.
The fielding side is restricted and the new ball allows runs to be made with this restriction if the batsman have the talent to score instead of building up the bowling stats for the fielding side.
Some of the Indian, English and Aussie batsman have taken advantage in the opening overs to make a good start but alas the RSA teams mostly appear to struggle.
Exceptions have been Quinton for example but no other opener has shown the skill/talent to make a great start, more failures from good batsmen has been the case.
Sure Quinton has blown many an innings by going after the bowlers but most other openers have failed dismally at opening an innings.
Brevis is very talented but he has never had the chance to show us, perhaps it is worth a shot.
But we need to score at the start of an innings and set a scoring pattern/plan not at the tail.
Sadly, the Proteas have an absolutely dismal open batting record.
Brevis is very talented but he has never had the chance to show us, perhaps it is worth a shot.
Well that's been my call all along.......a striker who goes over the top should bat closer to the top order to take advantage of the powerplay. The foundation of an innings is laid in the powerplay.
There ah a beena problem with Mozart trin g to blame De Kock for everything under th sun since 2013. His most recent performance unclude 2 centuries against the Windies,
There area a number of fators that smells bad in the squad and we wil have to see what happenss ove the course of the tournament.
Quinton is by a distance still our best white ball opener.
Suck it up!
And yet he has failed when the chips were down in every WC. There is a difference between real pressure and hitting long hops for six in a nothing game back home. He has always been devastating in easy conditions. The WC won’t be like that. Maybe he’s finally matured enough or maybe his technical flaw will re-emerge. Time will tell.
Quinton is by a distance still our best white ball opener.
De Kock is not areal champion type _ bu ten times a brttrt batsman in he shorter versions of the game then G raem Smith ever was.
In the shorter versions fo the game the run rate is important, To bat at a rate of 4 rpo isdfinitely a losing match. I can remember how slow batsmen lost 90% of T20 matches. Th fact is that basmen have to ht out at balls and fr an opne there can be problems b having to hit out all the time.