Did you watch the game at all? As per normal other for the win and the contribution of Klaasen - you even got the spelling of his surname wrong - your factual contribution is really a superficial farce.
So Mozart5 - have you find out why you wrote a very misleading account of the match.
Lets do a realistic assessment of what actually happened during the second innings:-
The required run rate before the rain break was 5,8 rpo. Which of the batsman did not meet that run rate? It was Amla and Duminy, after the rain delay was 8.92 runs per over and it was obvious with those two players batting the rpo rate would not have been sufficient.
Miller's reference was misleading as well. A batsman can never be out from a no-ball and your reference is misleading. Miller played a major role in the winning of the ODI.
The situation is that the run rates of the players who actually won the ODI for the Proteasd we re as follows:-
De Villiers 26 from 19 balls - 136,84
Miller 39 from 28 balls - 135,74
Klaasen 43 from 27 balls - 159,26
Phehlekwayo 23 from 5 balls - 460
It is funny - Phehlukwayo was wearing shirt 23 in the game
I would much rather have batsmen in the team that meets the run rate requirement than those who do not..
It is always difficult to discuss issues with a person totally clueless when it comes to such discussions. So lets look at the situation as to Amla. He scored 72 runs in 4 ODI's at an average of 18 runs per innings, If that is what you call a player who scores runs you are kidding yourself. And his run rate was slow in all of those ODI's and he was what one would call a lower order batsman as well.
In ODI's the rate of scoring runs determine the winner in high-scoring ODI's and when that was insufficient teams normally lose.
So since when is the run rate of Amla higher than that of De Kock - go to cricinfo and check the figures. However, De Kock did not play yesterday so your reference to him is that of a simpleton.
So toe soos 'n klei-os se gat
Mozart
It is only an illiterate in any code of sport that uses a single incident or match to determine the career performance of sportsmen. Open your eyes and see reality.
Take for instance Amla. In three ODI's he scored only about 70% of the runs scored by De Kock and only in the fourth match did he get past De Kock's score. If De kiock played in all four ODI's he may have recovered form so your reference to him in the above situation is that of a sick and prejudiced mind.
By the way who is that Claasens you used in the heading of this thread, There was no Claasens for the Proteas yesterday,
Who is that player Claasens?
Hopefully now that they see these spinners are nothing special they'll stop giving them so much respect.
Stand tall and hit them back over their heads. Letting a spinner dictate to you is never gonna help you get runs.
Line them up and hammer them seems to be the only option. And not a bad idea considering these guys get hardly any turn. Treat them like a slow bowler and play positively from the front foot.
Duminy needs to let loose. He knows how to hit spinners too.
PS I can't seem Amla getting many more runs in this series. He should take a rest and get ready for the OZ tests where I think he'll do well again.
Plum
To keep on defending against bowlers is similar to kicking balls away aimlessly in rugby/ Sooner or later the batsman is going to miss a ball and he is out. Some players like Kallis developed defending to a fine art = others are not equally successful in that.
Be it as it may - it is better not to get stuck in the crease when spinners are bowling - it is better to attack than defend against them.
I think that the new potential players like Erwee and Klaasen should be given the opportunity to play in the T20 series against the Indians.
@ Mike, especially these spinners. They hardly turn the ball. Its like our batters are playing for huge spin and then getting done by flight.
I say, play strong and hard off the front foot, force them to bowl shorter and than pull and cut them to all corners. This is not India where the ball doesn't bounce. Getting the ball to pass the batter at knee height is much more difficult for spinners here than in India. We are allowing them to bowl the same here as on the Inidan tracks.
Klaasen showed this the other day. He swept well off the front foot and then as soon as they were short he showed how much time there was to hammer them.
