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***Official*** South Africa in England

Should Freddy be included in team for the second Test?

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stumpski

stumpski

International Captain
Lead of 122, I think England would've taken that at the start of the day, and at lunch for that matter.

Keep South Africa down to under 300 and we should be favourites to win sometime on Sunday.
 
Richard

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Goughy said:
FFS.
Gutted. Harmison is one of my favourite batsmen to watch. Im heartbroken for him.

Love to watch a good old fashioned tailenders thump.
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Always flabbergasted me that people enjoy watching tailenders swing unworthily at the ball TBH. Oh well, each to their own.
 
Stapel

Stapel

International Regular
A prediction:

This time Cook will cling on, so Smith will be dismissed on Harmison's first ball :) .
 
Richard

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Napier16 said:
No, it was a "straight ball" apparently.

At least that's what we keep being told by the inept commentators, even though it clearly turned back in a bit.
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It swung away from the left-hander, rather than turned.

Harris doesn't bowl a Doosra.
 
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Goughy

Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
Richard said:
Always flabbergasted me that people enjoy watching tailenders swing unworthily at the ball TBH. Oh well, each to their own.
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Why? He does it well and strikes the ball cleanly and has scored useful runs in the past. Id rather a 'blacksmith' innings from a tailender than a dead batting bore zone.
 
Richard

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
Goughy said:
Why? He does it well and strikes the ball cleanly and has scored useful runs in the past. Id rather a 'blacksmith' innings from a tailender than a dead batting bore zone.
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Maybe - I'd just prefer to see tailenders knocked-over cheaply so the batsmen get batting again.

I prefer to watch a batsman batting properly than a tailender, however the tailender bats.
 
T

Tom Halsey

International Coach
Napier16 said:
No, it was a "straight ball" apparently.

At least that's what we keep being told by the inept commentators, even though it clearly turned back in a bit.
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I doubt it was a doosra, though I haven't seen it.

If it was a genuine arm ball (ie not the straight ball that idiot commentators call an arm ball) it will have swung away, though (from the left hander).
 
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Manee

Manee

Cricketer Of The Year
Richard said:
Maybe - I'd just prefer to see tailenders knocked-over cheaply so the batsmen get batting again.

I prefer to watch a batsman batting properly than a tailender, however the tailender bats.
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I'm sure you'd enjoy watching me bat more than Graeme Smith.
 
Goughy

Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
Richard said:
It swung away from the right-hander, rather than turned.

Harris doesn't bowl a Doosra.
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No, it swung into the right hander. Hence, my arm ball comment. Pitched on middle and would have hit middle (to the left handed Anderson).
 
Richard

Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
SpaceMonkey said:
Well i actually rate Harmi above Anderson. Its not the first time Harmison has scored a few and wont be the last.
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Well hopefully it might be. I've always rated Anderson above Harmison, Anderson can clearly play some proper strokes and in 9 innings out of 10 is likely to last longer than Harmison is.
 
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