The Proteas' West Indies delusionary bubble bursts

De Kock looked like a deer in the headlights....Duminy bowled a series of long hops that Oz or NZ would have killed....Parnell was a massive liability with the ball.....Duminy, credited with steady nerves, played a silly shot when he was the last hope. Miller was very fortunate not to be out LBW before he ran himself out. A gutless mess.

I hope we get it and play competitors in the RWC.

I'm horribly afraid we are going to bring Abott in for Philander and leave to de Kock to start the innings. He should be our number 7 bat....and could have been if SA cricket had made an attempt to get Kallis to play.

Only Faf, Amla and AB looked comfortable at the crease....only Tahir, Morkel and Steyn looked comfortable with the ball.

What a load of crap, JP was one of our better bowlers, went for less than most. The Indians are the best players of spin, so Oz and NZ are less equipped to play him.

Miller looked very good but like AB got himself run out.

de Kock needs to move down to 7 with Roussouw opening. JP as I have said all along is more than capable of bowling 10. 

As usual we can't face facts.....Duminy was not flighting the ball but dragging it down as the commentators said. He only bowled 7 overs, mostly when India were still defensive.....and was still expensive. He can't bowl 10 overs against Oz or NZ.

As for Miller, he is a better bet than de Kock who doesn't get his right foot anywhere near the ball....Miller at least is technically sound....but he still lived a charmed life and was certainly lbw a few balls before the run out. He should be at 6 and de Kock should be at 7 or 8. Better yet we don't need de Kock, AB should keep in the big games.

Rubbish Miller should be at 5 where he belongs, he was not beaten, he was run out.

JP bowled flatter for a reason and it worked, he went for 5.5, better than Morkel or Parnell and the same as Steyn and you are trying to tell us he is not up to it ......the Indians are the best players of spin, so why on earth would Oz or NZ do better against JP.......that makes no sense at all.

As per usual you are wrong re JP and he keeps proving you wrong. In two games he has bowled well 

Nope I have never trashed Faf that is simply not true. I had reservations about him at the start given his strange technique but he proved me wrong much like Philander did with his medium pace.

I do prefer the more talented bats like de Kock, Rossouw, Kallis, Miller, v/Zyl, JP, AB and Amla....but there is always a place for the less technically gifted fighters like Faf and Graeme Smith who keep producing the goods.