Well if De Villiers had to step in and keep right now it'd be a toss-up. If they told him he was going to be their keeper for an extended period and that he had to keep working on it, though, I have absolutely no doubt he'd be a league ahead of Prior within a Test or two.
Oh okay cheers. Would like to see his action, just too much pressure on the back or does it just look ungainly?
Bit of both. It is worse then Andre Nel (similarly build/height to Andre just quicker) and at the point of delivery he does a Paul Adams and looks down at the ground. Pretty strange to watch especially when he bowls at the death for he still kinda of knows if the batsman is charging him despite being in no position to see if he actually is.
You can't bowl it full either, he's incredible on the front foot. Or wide, you'll get smashed through cover and point. Or on the pads, he's fantastic there too. It doesn't sound so simple now, does it...
Fair point. I wouldn't want to bowl to him at all either.
From a patriotism angle yes, from watching true competition no. Saffers aren't giving a yelp. Also suggests that there's a big gap between #1 and #2 in the world.
put out a sweeper and give him 1 for a great shot. Worked in 05 against Australia, take away the 4's and you unsettle our game. ATM this is a walk in the park.
Didn't work in the following series, though.
not having the cattle was certainly a factor
With the way ODIs have headed, players have become increasingly good at running between wickets. Besides, they already have two men out on the pull, and he's finding the boundary anyway.
So was not having a 400+ day 1 head-start to defend.
Well Steyn bowling at 145+ just outside off with a bit of movement is exactly that, he did this in Australia. I presume he is injured as his pace has been well down whilst the rest of the bowlers from the previous series have kept pace, thus ruling out conditions. Back to my original point, bowling short mid height bouncers isn't going to work.
Lol, I have barely had the chance to watch a session of this test.
Blabbering on about his poor technique and discomfort against the shorter balls.
Quite.
Don't forget his apparent leg-side bias despite scoring over half his runs in the off-side.
