MOMozart
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MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
05 Jun 2019, 15:39#1
The Proteas are experiencing another terrible start vs India. The top order totally imploded again. Maybe Rabada can make a match of it, but it seems unlikely. How did we get into this mess.....once again under performing our ranking:
1 Firstly we haven't got enough competitors in this team......guys who really welcome the pressure. Faf maybe, Tahir....who else. That's why we need guys like Willie, Faf de Klerk, Etzebeth and Louw in the team
2 Small deer in the headlights types like De Kock and Duminy will be smaller and more frozen at a WC. Quintie could have been out 5 times today. He should bat at 6 like the slogger he is.....move the ball and he is undone. Read Jantjies, Papier, Kleintjie Kriel.
3 Don't over play the old pros coming into the WC....Steyn clearly put too much pressure on his dicky shoulder. He could have made a difference. Let's not do the same thing to Vermeulen.
4 WCs are no place for frivolity.....van der Dussen should never have been playing a reverse sweep at that critical stage. The Boks should mostly take their points....our mauls aren't working that well.
Above all, the Proteas were dismissive of the Banglies....but when the pressure came on we imploded. Respect each opponent....but be determined to take them apart. When you only have 7 or so matches you have to play each like it's the last.
In truth the Proteas couldn't count on beating India and the Poms.....but they had to put the Banglies away. Likewise the Boks can't count on beating the ABs in the pools...but they have to put away the rest of the pool ruthlessly.
MOMozart
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MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
05 Jun 2019, 22:16#3
Oh boy ....what we wouldn't give for HMs results at the CWC. Smith, Kallas, Morkel, Steyn....gone, and not before so-called fans agitated for their departure. Only to be replaced by this lot....only 35 year old Faf looks at all like he belongs
MOMozart
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MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
06 Jun 2019, 03:30#5
'The player with the highest average is criticized by you'.....not so......I have not criticized van der Dussen. Get your facts straight you dumb old fool.
06 Jun 2019, 10:14#9
It is a perpetual cycle where the coaches are forced to pick players of colour. What happens is that you players of colour who the talent are thrusted into the team with never proving themselves or having gone through a few low points to build mental strength.
The politicians need to calm down with there demands and allow our sporting bodies to nurcher our raw talent.
On the proteas. There is not a single player in that team that shouts world class except for Radebe. But he had been overplayed completely.
None of them have proven they can cope with the pressure.
MOMozart
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MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
06 Jun 2019, 16:23#10
I was dead right in that comment van der Dussen should never have been playing that reverse sweep. He was well set, comfortable....no need for a high risk stroke.
That's not a criticism of his capabilities. He has looked comfortable out there.....Quintie has been an absolute deer in the headlights the last two games.
De Kock has a poor record in WCs, averaging 21 and being out for 10 or less half the time.
Put him at 6 where his slogging has a chance.
MOMozart
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MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
06 Jun 2019, 18:17#12
Quintie.....a 73% strike rate. I remember the day when you were all over Amla for a 90% strike rate. De Kock a small chappie looking smaller.
MOMozart
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MOMozartCaptain49,914 posts
06 Jun 2019, 21:30#14
Not in the ODIs that count Draad, as he is showing us again at the WC. At home, against average bowling Quintie is a world beater....not so much at the WC.
Because I see his flaws doesn't mean I'm deriding him Draad....for a small guy with dubious technique he has done well. I just have no faith he'll come through when it counts.
Our problem is grit, but that's up to the players....could the Proteas have come back from 5 for 79 to score 288 against the Windies....and it took one of the great catches by Cotterel to limit them to that.
