The references are as follows:-
Boucher himself on five key takeaways from the Proteas' Test series win | Sport (news24.com)
Stern talk stung Proteas into cruising towards series whitewash | Sport (news24.com)
Interesting about the second one - I think the player who got it in the neck was really Ngidi, the most experienced in the bowling component in the team,
My take on Ngidi is fully justified by facts and the facts are -
* of the bowlers he took the least wickets in the latest SriLankan series;
* he played in 7 tests and took 22 wickets in tests as against the 8 tests of Nortje in which he took 30 wickets;
* he bowls at an average pace of 132 kph - which is a medium pace bowler and not a fast pace bowler - he is inaccurate when bowling at speed higher than 130 kph;
* he took no wickets in the first innings in the second test against SL and due to inaccurate bowling gave away runs; and
* he can be effective in two to three overs - provided his pace is reduced to roundabout 130 kph - but in any more overs bowled in the session he becomes expensive and ineffective,
Bowlers like Ngidi get found out by top batsmen and become less effective sooner rather than later in their careers.
Being ineffective in bowling in the first innings and being inaccurate in the second innings were sufficient grounds for a tongue-lashing by Boucher,
Ngidi was a miracle bowler when he came on the scene and became less effective subsequently. At present he is an average medium pace bowler - nothing more. The fact is that he got found out not only by top batsmen - but also by his IPL club and whatever you may think, a bowler doing badly in IPL - where he has to bowl against the top batsmen from all over the world - is not ever going to be effective in other formats of the game.
He may be sent to Pakistan - but as a result of the return of Rabada from injury he is unlikely to be used in any games. Please also note that there was not a word about Ngidi said by Boucher in his interview and high praise of Sipamla and Mulder - so would he have criticized them and also Nortje after the latter's sterling performance in the first innings - hence my deduction that Ngidi was the one who were in hot water with Boucher when it came to bowling,
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Well - you may carry on - but I believe for obvious reasons I clearly spelled out the player who got it in the neck from Boucher is Ngidi, He was not up to standard against hte English and came a poor fourth in wicket taking against SriLanka/
He cannot be bowled more than 2 to 3 overs becoming very expensive the longer he bowled, And his pace bowling now equites to that of Mulder - who bowls much more accurately and with mnore better-planned purpose than Ngidi does - hence his higher wicket taking, Please note that in both matches Ngidi bowled less than either Nortje and Mulder did because he was not up to standard. He was even given extra overs to try to get rid of the tailenders and get him a five wicket haul in the innings and was not successful - while Sipamla took three wickets quickly. What does that tell you about his effectiveness n bowling? .
saffex..
this idiot just argues without any evidence.
my god,
i almost want to just agree so that he shuts up.
cos when he starts talking crap, my fuck i get irritated.
You are welcome as to having your own ideas about Ngidi - but him bowling at 145 when he is rated as a medium fast bowler on ESPN - not a fast bowler - means that his average bowling speed is below 140 kph and in the past series was in fact 132 kph.
He took the least wickets taken by the four main bowlers used and he was in the main inaccurate, Even 2 of the 7 wickets were taken with poorly directed balls - which would have been called wides in ODI's and would mean that the batsmen got themselves out by touching them - that shows poor batsman-ship being out as a result of poor deliveries,
However I believe that the Batsmen have "found him out" and he will have to work hard at getting to be an acceptable international bowler. At present there are better propositions coming through - eg Sipamla and others, His chances of playing international cricket will be diminished if he does not get well above his present performance level.
The one took eleven wickets and the other one 7 - that is a new one on me, you really are very funny. Keep it up - I love jokes.
If he did ESPN would not rate him as a medium fast bowler. His fastest ball this series was 136 kph - but the accuracy was gone. His average balls were 132 kph, and only accurate when it was below that pace,
Sure they found him out and hit him for plenty in his recent matches a slowish pace bowler who is read easily, and easily countered. You should ask Daw id Malan about that though.