What a disgraceful test batting line up

Dave you get my vote.

Shocking to see the failure rate from the so called mature experienced players game after game.

Sure enjoyed the knock from Jansen and the Verreynne once more.

The rest are a waste of time watching.

Denny once again you summed up the series correctly weeks prior to the first test.

Not watching it live but only the short report on YT.

What a mess.

Arthur you can get the cricket on Willow, it’s decent value for money. Right now the Indian and Pakistan tests get preference, but you get some action and a good highlights hour.

Thanks mozart but I have a "Fish Stick" that gives me access to almost every sport and TV channel world wide.

I am not watching the live broadcasts because I cannot tolerate watching the dismal performances from most of the players in the Proteas line up.

Shocking.

Sad but true.

Thanks.

I feel your pain. The irony is the Aussie team that is beating us has first  6 bats….36, 36, 28,33, 28 and 33 years old. Age is not the issue, nor is youth a general solution.

The question is what happened to the class headed by Ock and Markram. These other old players were just latecomers. They are failing  predictably. But why did the youngsters of 2015 never emerge.

Mozart

Age s not the issue - but Dave gave the provincial stats of some players,   Not won of the failures come near to 40 points on provincial level.    That is where the problem lies,   You cannot start building up a team if you have shit batsmen.   That is the long and the short of the matter.      

We can debate why this debacle has occurred but I agree with you that line up are never going to be competitive. By the way, in the first test Oz had Boland who is 33 at 6 and Green at 7.

Yep just figured that out looking at his batting averages…..my bad.

Mozart

You agree the batting line-up is bad - yet you seem to disagree that they should be replaced "since they are the best in their positions".    That is rather at ods with the position as outlined by Dave as set out above.   

When such a real investigation is done and the only norm is to compare apples with apples - compare how the test players perform on provincial level with how competitors perform on that level.   

Don't you think that the above should be a major issue when a crisis level of incompetence is revealed and exists?    Why is the policy to select only older players and exclude players younger than 27 from selection correct?         

You agree the batting line-up is bad - yet you seem to disagree that they should be replaced "since they are the best in their positions".

Sounds like our resident cricketing genius is at odds with himself.....confused.....or just plainly clueless.

Either way "since they are the best in their positions"  delivers  on  a steady flow of comic relief.

I'm not complaining.

Disgraceful selections...no wonder Bouch left...

Lunch Day 1 the Proteas were 48/4........you'd have to question the sanity of this statement.."since they are the best in their positions"

The best isn't good enough with no hope of it getting better, commonsense tells us that there's hope in backing the future, a future selected on merit.

The dwarf and his club standard mate Zonko are just ANC noms who are never going to score runs.....Dad's army who make up the balance is never going to cut it.

But then it doesn't stop there, throw into the mix a clueless CSA as well at their clueless Director of Rugby and the new coach who replaced Boucher. The Titanic has set sail.

I warned about the decline in our cricket long before the team flew out.

Dave I have had mine since January and it works very well.

Most if not all my friends here in Canada and RSA have connected and thus far I have not heard of any issues regarding the programs and/or the service.

Cheers.

AJH, where can one go to find out more about your setup specifically?.....

I have family overseas that would really like watch some SA sport, but have no idea where to start or what to get...

Another duck for Elgar.   When will he be shown the door?   

Another duck for Elgar.   When will he be shown the door?   

DA,

      The item is called a pre-programmed stick.

       Here is the email address and Text #.

Pitstop Technology

email: ed@guinasso.com

Text # (206) 650-7176 (USA)

Important to also mention to him what voltage your country uses for appliances plus the frequency.

ie. USA   110 V   60 Hertz

     RSA   220 V   50 Hertz (Sometimes.....)

All prices are in US Dollars.

He will purchase the Stick and program it for you.

Two prices one for the purchase of the stick and the second is an annual re-program price for the stick.

Not sure what the cost is now but I have to renew my stick at the end of January 2023 then I will be able to let you know what the annual renewal fee is.

All the subscriber requires is the Internet and a Smart TV.

Trust it helps.

Thanks so much AJH, that is a massive help

DA if you Google IPTV you will find many other contacts for this service.

The one I selected for my service was just across the border in the U SA but there are many, many other companies besides this one on the internet.

Plus cheaper than my provider.

Shot, thank you for that AJH