*Official* India in South Africa

[Blaze 18]

There have been quite a few batsmen who specialise in doing well against India in the recent past.

Younis Khan and Andy Flower the first names that come to mind.


Also Misbah-ul-haq and Michael Vaughan IIRC.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is another one.

 

[vcs]

Hope Amla remains not out and India clean up the rest..

He really does love hammering India but it's impossible not to like him.

 

[Jayzamann]

Kallis

ABdeV

 

[vcs]

There have been quite a few batsmen who specialise in doing well against India in the recent past.

Younis Khan and Andy Flower the first names that come to mind.


Also Misbah-ul-haq and Michael Vaughan IIRC.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is another one.

Kamran Khatmal is the most annoying.

Loads of Pakistanis on that list, especially in ODIs. Aaqib Javed is another one.

 

[Contra]

Good stuff. Zak to get Prince early after lunch.

 

[Cevno]

This year Zaheer has 43 Wickets at 22.32 Strike rate - 40.8

While Steyn has 58 Wickets at 21.12 Strike rate - 38.7


Champions!!!!

Jimmy Anderson and Mohammad Aamer ,the only ones that come close.

Zaheer has done that in pretty tough conditions as well.


Won't be wrong in saying the 2 best current bowlers as well as Batsmen playing in this series.

 

[vcs]

Now we might come to rue the fact that our tail didn't show a bit more application, especially if their lower order batsmen make things hard for us. Granted they have Steyn and we don't, but still...

 

[Blaze 18]

@ Cevno - it isn't just his numbers, it is the positive effect he seems to have on the other Indian bowlers when he is around. He gets himself injured a bit too often for my liking, though.

 

[Jono]

Meh, Bhajji and Zaheer were out to good balls trying to defend. They didn't do anything wrong.

Sree's shot was typical selfish ****ness, but that's about it.

The top order wickets which were thrown away (Sachin and Pujara) will cost us really.

 

[Blaze 18]

Now we might come to rue the fact that our tail didn't show a bit more application, especially if their lower order batsmen make things hard for us. Granted they have Steyn and we don't, but still...

Very true. Another twenty-thirty runs would have been invaluable.

 

[vcs]

Meh, Bhajji and Zaheer were out to good balls trying to defend. They didn't do anything wrong.

Sree's shot was typical selfish ****ness, but that's about it.

The top order wickets which were thrown away (Sachin and Pujara) will cost us really.

Yeah agreed. Sreesanth was last man out as well I guess, so makes it a bit less terrible.

 

[Cevno]

Now we might come to rue the fact that our tail didn't show a bit more application, especially if their lower order batsmen make things hard for us. Granted they have Steyn and we don't, but still...

Harbhajan did get a very useful 21.

Zaheer got a beauty from Morkel .

Ishant was trying his best to hang around as well .Sreesanth was the only real one who threw it away.

 

[Contra]

Now we might come to rue the fact that our tail didn't show a bit more application, especially if their lower order batsmen make things hard for us. Granted they have Steyn and we don't, but still...

Yeah this sort of thing always happens doesn't it. After a point we just give up.. saw that happen last test where SA scored what 200 in a session?

Not complaining too much though if it wasn't us getting out quickly this morning we wouldn't have got as many wickets as we have now before lunch

 

[weldone]

There have been quite a few batsmen who specialise in doing well against India in the recent past.

Younis Khan and Andy Flower the first names that come to mind.


Also Misbah-ul-haq and Michael Vaughan IIRC.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul is another one.

Jimmy Adams, Saeed Anwar

 

[vcs]

Yeah this sort of thing always happens doesn't it. After a point we just give up.. saw that happen last test where SA scored what 200 in a session?

Not complaining too much though if it wasn't us getting out quickly this morning we wouldn't have got as many wickets as we have now before lunch

Yeah, that was so so costly in the bigger picture. Imagine if they had used up one more session to score the runs they did.. we would have had a much better chance of saving the game in hindsight.

 

[Blaze 18]

Ten Cricket sucks.

 

[Contra]

Why isn't Zak opening. I wanna see him against Prince especially since he has just come in.

 

[Blaze 18]

Enough of the no-balls, please. We only have two hundred runs to play with.

 

[Cevno]

We should bring Harbhajan round the wicket too Ashwell Prince.

He often gets LBW to him early on.

He has him out 4 times in 9 goes.

 

[weldone]

Why isn't Zak opening. I wanna see him against Prince especially since he has just come in.

Zaheer HAS TO bowl to Prince NOW, really...