*Official* South Africa in India

[Jono]

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah, that's exactly what it'd be like actually.

To be more specific, it'd be like Australia playing Manou as a specialist bat, Manou getting a duck, Australia trailing in their first innings and then Precambrian coming into a thread to claim that Australia's backup batting was crap and that they'd struggle when the current lot retired.

Which, to be fair, is probably exactly what would happen if Manou played as a specialist bat.

The thing abt precamb is he probably will leave the thread alone after that post.. That is not quite happening here, is it?

 

[aussie]

FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!!!

India will never be as good as Aust 2004!

We never claimed it will. You don't have toe be one of the best ever to be the best of the current time!!!

And FFS we have Badrinath, Vijay and Saha!

FOR ONCE AND FOR ALLL!!!

I never was suggesting IND should be or will be good as Aus 2004!

I never claimed it will. Nobody is saying IND have to be one of the best ever to one of the best of the current time. But rather if they are indeed "the best" of the current time.

Yes you have Bardinath & Vijay they are part of IND immediate depth under any circumstance. Saha is the only black spot, so what are you screaming FFS about?

 

[aussie]

Hmm.. Australia slipped to No.4 from No.1 in a amtter of 2 years since their main guys departed right?

I was refering to AUS glory years of 95-2006/07. Instead of post Ashes 06/07.

 

[honestbharani]

FOR ONCE AND FOR ALLL!!!

I never was suggesting IND should be or will be good as Aus 2004!

I never claimed it will. Nobody is saying IND have to be one of the best ever to one of the best of the current time. But rather if they are indeed "the best" of the current time.

Yes you have Bardinath & Vijay they are part of IND immediate depth under any circumstance. Saha is the only black spot, so what are you screaming FFS about?

if they are not the best, who are?


Everyone is winning and losing off and on. If we lose to RSA in this series, then it is clear no one is well ahead of the other although RSA would deservedly be on top of the rankings, just as India were, deservedly a few weeks back... Plus, there is always the point to ponder about how bad our batting stakes are in this match.. The difference between a good FC batsman playing for the national side on debut and a mediocre FC batsman playing for the national side on debut, both under pressure, is HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jono]

FOR ONCE AND FOR ALLL!!!

I never was suggesting IND should be or will be good as Aus 2004!

I never claimed it will. Nobody is saying IND have to be one of the best ever to one of the best of the current time. But rather if they are indeed "the best" of the current time.

Yes you have Bardinath & Vijay they are part of IND immediate depth under any circumstance. Saha is the only black spot, so what are you screaming FFS about?

Because we haven't even lost the series yet and we're missing Rahul Dravid and Laxman, players who took us to the top.

At least wait until the series ends.

 

[silentstriker]

I'm actually not upset at all surprisingly. Love fast bowling and of you get blitzes by a fast bowler like that - well that's going to happen. Steyn is awesome. Yea we'll lose the series and the ranking but full props to Dale.

 

[NasserFan207]

Calm down fellas. The game isn't over yet.

 

[honestbharani]

It is 90% over though..

 

[ret]

Indian fans, hold your breath:

Calcutta: The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) curator Prabir Mukherjee is in a fix. Mukherjee got a call from a top Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) official, “instructing him to prepare a turning track” for the second Test between India and South Africa.

“I got a call from one of the BCCI officials requesting me to prepare a turning track as per the wish of the team management. However, I have clearly told him that I want an official communication, like an e-mail, stating what should be the nature of the wicket. Also, I don’t know how we can change the nature of the strip overnight,” Mukherjee told The Telegraph on Sunday.

The nature of the Eden Gardens wicket over the past few years has changed a lot. The last Test match between India and Pakistan in November-December 2007 had ended in a draw.

There is an underlying fear that trying to change the nature of the wicket at this time may turn it into an “under prepared” one.

It may be recalled that Mukherjee had once turned down the team management (Rahul Dravid and Greg Chappell)’s request to remove the grass from the strip during an one-dayer back in 2005. The opponents then, too, were Graeme Smith’s South Africa. The Indians lost that match.

The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Sports | Eden curator in a fix

I thought preparing a turning track in the last test of a series is common sense! It's laughable that he needs an email from BCCI to do that

And it would be interesting to know what kind of a pitch that dumbass has prepared (if not a turning one)

 

[NasserFan207]

SA could still choke.

 

[silentstriker]

Nah, Kallis batted too quickly

BCCI will be filthy at the the prospect of losing match receipts from Day 5 which wouldnt have been the case if he'd batted with a s/r of 10

What match receipts?

 

[L Trumper]

if they are not the best, who are?

There is a reason why people don't belive ind is not the best side even in the current period. Every one is saying they are undefeated since SRI08 tour but they hardly have a tough series from then on. Played against aussie team in disarray and transition and won which is a good result. That is the only series can be considered tough. Through out the 2009 they beat NZ away which ENG,SA and AUS do for fun everytime. And they won against SRI in home which AUS and SA do for fun. Before that they had a series victories against ENG in 2007 which mostly achieved cause of the rain in lords test. Because their away record is nothing to write off, most of the aussies and saffers are hard to agree about IND being the best side, which is understandable.

 

[silentstriker]

Indian fans, hold your breath:




I thought preparing a turning track in the last test of a series is common sense! It's laughable that he needs an email from BCCI to do that

And it would be interesting to know what kind of a pitch that dumbass has prepared (if not a turning one)

BCCI are total morons. The first track should have been like that. Ugh.


Anyway, what an exhibition of fast bowling here. Awesome stuff Steyn. As a batting lineup, I would have hoped for slightly more resilience, but sometimes this happens. That middle spell after the ball change was unbelievable. Completely unplayable. So happy I watched it.

I love blaming India when they mess up, but sometimes you just run into a buzzsaw and you just can't do anything about it. Anyone who blames India more than they give credit to Steyn goes on my ignore list (if I were allowed to have one as a mod ).

 

[silentstriker]

Sorry folks but I love it when India get shellacked.

Must have been a very enjoyable 80 years of cricket for you then.

 

[Prince EWS]

BCCI are total morons. The first track should have been like that. Ugh.


Anyway, what an exhibition of fast bowling here. Awesome stuff Steyn. As a batting lineup, I would have hoped for slightly more resilience, but sometimes this happens. That middle spell after the ball change was unbelievable. Completely unplayable. So happy I watched it.

I love blaming India when they mess up, but sometimes you just run into a buzzsaw and you just can't do anything about it. Anyone who blames India more than they give credit to Steyn goes on my ignore list (if I were allowed to have one as a mod ).

Why did you quote my post?

 

[silentstriker]

Why did you quote my post?

Because I love you.


Steyn: 5 overs - 3 runs - 5 wickets. That's bloody marvelous. Finally, have we found a current fast bowler good enough to grace the hallowed pixels that are my avatar? Do we have a first post-McGrath fast bowler good enough to occupy the same place he once made his own?


I think we may have.

 

[honestbharani]

@IrishOpener:


NAH.. they only do it in multi team tourneys on a grand stage.. A bilateral series for them is unchokeable, really..

 

[ret]

Obviously, it's Steyn who changed the game single handedly

Ind vs SA has been producing some brilliant individual performances whether its bowling or batting. To name a few, Sri doing that in A'bad, Sree in Jo'berg, Steyn here, Sehwag's 319, Tendulkar and Azhar's partnership in SA, Kapil 125's in SA on a fast pitch if I am not wrong

 

[0RI0N]

India can't cope with life in teh fast Steyn I mean Leyn.
Steyn do work son. 10fer up Tuesday.

Inb4 Indian players effigies burnt.