So here we have a case that England had 318/9 and the idiocy took over at top speed. Du Plessis effectively only have one strike bowler and one cheap bowler at his disposal.
So what did he do - he brought on Patterson and Hendricks and the 6's and 4's start coming at jet speed. That ended the saga at 400 all out, Wood and Broad made 82 runs from 50 balls,
This is just not acceptable anymore. Time to get a new captain - sad to see how the team went into decline in the last few tests.
Ja Maaik. I'm a Faf fan, but ATM he's destroying his legacy. Nothing seems to be going his way...in fact everything seems to go against him. Even the toss is going against him at stupendous odds.
Watch how he tosses the coin, Everyone I have seen - even kiddies - let the toss go up spinning in the air and it goes higher than the hand is. In the case of Du Plessis the coin left his had and there is no spinning in the air, In the case where the coin say heads up leave his hand it will invariably ends heads up - if tails up it will land tails up.
The opposing captains know exactly what is happening and they invar iably make the correct call.
As to that bowling decision and the bowling of Hendriks and Patterson was severely criticized by the commentators, If there is one thing clear. Those two should never again in any SA side in future, The under 19's bowl better than those two bar club players,
Smith and Boucher must be crying in their sleep in the inevitable nightmares they will have. Time to get rid of the selection committee as well.
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Malan made 15 runs from 63 balls. that is less than 1,5 runs per over. I believe that standing around blocking inevitably leads to a low score, because it is inevitable that sooner rather than later you will be out without adequate runs, Another strong candidate for dropping from the squad,
Van der Dussen out for a duck from 7 balls. Early retirement called for.
Elgar is out 26 runs from 64 balls, Another candidate for early retirement. Clean up time is near.
So the score is 88/6 32 of which were scored by De Kock,
Faf was out for 3 runs after facing 29 balls.
Nortje scored double that number as a night watchman
Bavuma scored 6 runs after facing 28 balls.
Now lets get this straight - the Japan Under 19 cricket team would have done better that that lot. It must by now be absolutely clear that the whole team structure is deficient - that it is in fact a disgrace to call them the SA test cricket team,
There has been only two players out of the 11 players who deserve in that team and those s in fact are De Kock and Nortje, The rest should be out and Smith and Boucher should be instructed to start a rebuilding programme of a new Proteas team,
For heavens sake the SA invitational team made more runs against the same English bowlers that the present clowns managed, So did the SA 'A team, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE? .
Well, this is addressed to all the folks who welcomed Bavuma back into the side for another GALANT batting display.
True to form he did not deliver.
Ever wonder why.
Denny summed it up in another posting earlier....so I would refer you guys to that posting as I for one supported his version 100%.
So lets put a team together which will not be 88/6 in future,
1 Janneman Malan
2 Markram/Breetzke/Ackerman
3 Van Tonder
4 Verreyne
5 Hamza
6 De Kock
7 Phehlukwayo
8 Maharaj
9 Rabada
10 Sipamla/Ngidi
11 Nortje
There are other players as well that could be considered U believe a set of trials should be held and the better players identified, Tat should n followed by an intensive training progam, Perhaps they should ask Erasmus for adv ice as to the way forward,
I agree with Denny on Bavuma anyway,
Please make suggestions for the way forward.
"....sad to see how the team went into decline in the last few tests."
And it's all Faf's fault Huh? Even the way he flips the coin is wrong Huh? Funny, last year he couldn't lose one!
As expected the blame game has started and it's Faf's fault.
Man you're a laugh, sometimes you're too opinionated for your own good.
Faf was extremely unlucky today with that umpire’s call shaving the top of the stumps. They should revert to the tennis rule, each team has renewable challenges...but if it hits the wickets it’s a dismissal.
Faf would still have been out today, but at least he wouldn’t be left regretting the marginal umpire’s call. All this Umpire’s call/soft call stuff is unnecessarily complex.
As for the captaincy issue, I suppose Faf could have switched things up a bit better, but is it his fault when two of his specialist bowlers can’t dismiss the number 11 batsman,
Mike you just don't get it.....let me ask you this, Smartarse...
Ever wonder what it's like to Captain a side with 1 decent batsman and one decent bowler?
Must be hell on earth if you are one if the failing batsmen. '
Go on your knees SA Cricket and get AB back into the team. He is NOT too old.