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*Official* India in South Africa

Briony

Briony

International Debutant
centurymaker said:
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SA barely has more than two anyway with Kallis just about past it as a bowler and Tsotsobe not really up to test standard. And of course they have no spinner. With Tsotsobe in, their tail is rather long. The openers are a worry with Petersen problematic and Smith unable to make a run against India because he's out of his depth against Zaheer.
 
Rant0r

Rant0r

International 12th Man
Briony said:
SA barely has more than two anyway with Kallis just about past it as a bowler and Tsotsobe not really up to test standard. And of course they have no spinner. With Tsotsobe in, their tail is rather long. The openers are a worry with Petersen problematic and Smith unable to make a run against India because he's out of his depth against Zaheer.
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Tsotsobe took some vital wickets last test and bowled quite well in a couple of spells, which surprised me. Spin will play a part once the conditions dry up a bit and the pitch wears (as I speak Harbhajan on). It looks rather slow. South Africa's tail is no longer than India's to be fair. On India's side Pujara is yet to be proven and Vijay is still green really.
 
Briony

Briony

International Debutant
Rant0r said:
Tsotsobe took some vital wickets last test and bowled quite well in a couple of spells, which surprised me. Spin will play a part once the conditions dry up a bit and the pitch wears (as I speak Harbhajan on). It looks rather slow. South Africa's tail is no longer than India's to be fair. On India's side Pujara is yet to be proven and Vijay is still green really.
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Vijay is not playing. Zaheer and Harbi are better tailenders than any of the SA ones. Harbi is a much better bowler than Harris and Tsotsobe remember was bowling on a bowler-friendly pitch in Durban and for the first innings at least in Centurion.
 
Rant0r

Rant0r

International 12th Man
Briony said:
Vijay is not playing. Zaheer and Harbi are better tailenders than any of the SA ones. Harbi is a much better bowler than Harris and Tsotsobe remember was bowling on a bowler-friendly pitch in Durban and for the first innings at least in Centurion.
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Woops my bad.

Seriously questionable that Zaheer is better than any South African Tail ender. Take out Harbhajan's hundreds against a pop gun attack on a road and he's barely better than any of them either other than nuisance value.

I reckon if Harbhajan was South African they'd still pick Harris, Harbhajan's record away from home is deplorable at best, as well as he bowled last test. Harris does a job for South Africa, his record is far from embarrassing and has claimed more than a few big scalps.
 
smash84

smash84

The Tiger King
Bhajji has to be the tail-ender of the year 2010. In fact he almost crossed into the genuine all-rounders league in 2010
 
Cevno

Cevno

Hall of Fame Member
AB with the technique he is adopting here ,will be in massive trouble if one kicks for Harbhajan or if one keeps low.
 
Briony

Briony

International Debutant
With sunny weather expected the pitch probably won't stay green. Looks like a massively good toss for Dhoni to have won. Maybe it's worth losing some incidental ones if you win the important ones.
 
MW1304

MW1304

Cricketer Of The Year
smalishah84 said:
Bhajji has to be the tail-ender of the year 2010. In fact he almost crossed into the genuine all-rounders league in 2010
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North tbh.

And, under circumstances, Broad's 100 was moooch more impressive than anything Bhajji's done. But yeah, he's obviously got the most runs.
 
Cevno

Cevno

Hall of Fame Member
Briony said:
With sunny weather expected the pitch probably won't stay green. Looks like a massively good toss for Dhoni to have won. Maybe it's worth losing some incidental ones if you win the important ones.
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THE Toss in the first match was massive.
 
M0rphin3

M0rphin3

International Debutant
Briony said:
With sunny weather expected the pitch probably won't stay green. Looks like a massively good toss for Dhoni to have won. Maybe it's worth losing some incidental ones if you win the important ones.
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Yeah, green wicket + cloud cover. Should compensate for the loss of toss in the first game.
 
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