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Started by Mozart2 REPLIES119 VIEWS· 04 Apr 2014, 19:11
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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
04 Apr 2014, 19:11
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04 Apr 2014, 19:11#1

A fine game. South Africa played percentage cricket and lost to a great batsman. Kholi played a brilliant innings....no wild slogs just classic attacking batting. And how classy of Dhoni to block that one ball giving Kholi the honour.

 

One wonders why McLaren and Steyn couldn't produce a few yorkers at the death....but that would be a bit churlish. Faff was great and Duminy did his part.

 

But it's well done India.

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DennyCaptain12,893 posts
05 Apr 2014, 02:07
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05 Apr 2014, 02:07#2
 Yes well done Kholi. Still think we lack a quality spinner and that our attack lacks a good backup for Steyn and a good allrounder. Our top six batsmen is as good if not better than any around.
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MozartCaptain49,914 posts
05 Apr 2014, 02:36
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05 Apr 2014, 02:36#3
Not sure de Kock is there yet. There is a huge difference scoring big runs at home in routine T 20 internationals and producing the goods in a WC. There are lessons here for our cricket chaps and also for our rugby, de Kock might have been better down the order.
There were four  key points in the game. The edgy start with de Kock, which required a period of consolidation. The loss of Faff and  AB when we seemed to be getting on top....both out to errors of commission. The poor first five overs with the ball, when we needed to establish pressure. And finally when we still had a shot the two disastrous overs by McLaren and Dale.

I'd say we were a bit short with both bat and ball. That said, if necessary I think Kholi could have found another 20 runs if needed. Like it or not this game was likely to be decided by the AB vs Kholi contest, and on the day Kholi showed great maturity.  We were well beaten in the end.
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