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**Official** South Africa in England 2012

Scaly piscine

Scaly piscine

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Need more Durham bowlers. Should get a result then, plus they're used to the disappointment of watching their team-mates undo their hard work by batting like ****wits.

Anyway Onions had better play, he outbowled Finn, Finn got randomly picked ahead of him based on some meaningless ODIs. Time to pick the Test bowler. Finn has a bit of Morkel about him in the way that he's a lot less than the sum of his parts in Test cricket. I don't know, he just doesn't seem to actively take wickets. I get it that in county cricket particularly if you're tall and quick you'll get plenty of wickets as long as you put the occasional delivery on a length - Harmison has demonstrated that this season in particular. Finn just seems to randomly pick up wickets with his awkwardness rather than being methodical. He doesn't give the impression that he knows his game.
 
Valer

Valer

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Weren't we just told it (KP Genius) couldn't be a current England player because they have a no phones policy? :laugh:
 
Top_Cat

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Has to have been some conspiracy, what else could explain Steyn's bowling to KP between 500-100?
 
Spikey

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Valer said:
Weren't we just told it (KP Genius) couldn't be a current England player because they have a no phones policy? :laugh:
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No phones or internet during play (match fixing policy). Obviously they're feel to use them at 9pm or w/ever
 
Spikey

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It doesn't read like that at all, but if KP, Steyn and AB had been busted for using a phone during 11am-6pm (or w/ever the day's times were) they'd all be getting some heat from the ICC and their national boards . Like I said, match fixing policy = kinda a big deal if busted
 
MrPrez

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Prince EWS said:
Yeah, I think it comes from our natural human inclination to feel better about having the best players in the team regardless of balance. Adding Finn or Bresnan to a team just feels a lot better than adding Bopara or Morgan to one even when the latter would be more likely to help it.

New South Wales are a good example of this.
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Yeah agree with this. There's no way a 5th bowler is needed over an extra batsman.
 
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NickDB

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Faisal1985 said:
One of my favorite Saffers. Will be missed.

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Big time, I remember saying who the hell is this Boucher bloke when he came in for Richardson (was a huge fan of Richardson since I got to play beach cricket with him at the age of 14 :) ) and was set to hate anyone who took over from him.

Well have to say that changed and will seriously miss Mark.
 
Thriel

Thriel

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Yea, he is a machine, not a man ....

we need to make a moer of a score if we bat first at lords, or get them out quickly if we bowl first then make a massive score in first innings. need to put england under pressure early in the game... they will be going into the game under pressure already, so SA will have that advantage.

our bowlers bowled VERY POORLY last game, they will have to pull up their socks.

Anything is possible in Test Cricket, but I cant see us losing easily the next game. We normally don't play bad twice in a row, so it will be our turn to come back strong.
 
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TT Boy

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KungFu_Kallis said:
Yep, since it was all legit the account owners pocketed a tidy 5 figure sum from Pietersen to take it down. Not a bad way to make a buck, parody a sensitive yet rich soul.. wonder if any copy cats will get wise to it.
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KP is 32, married, has a child and is wealthy and he was getting worked up about this. Sad ****.
 
Teja.

Teja.

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Arachnodouche said:
Thing with KP is...if he just said the **** with it, I'm going to do what serves my best interests, then regardless of how unedifying it might appear to external observers, it would still be a guy doing his thing. Selfish as it may seem, you have to respect it. But the coyness gives off this blackmailing vibe, and it's like he's testing his relationship with the board to have his way. And that smacks of a bit of a preening, precious little ****.
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Yeah. This sums up my opinion perfectly.

If KP was trying to be a scheming, mildly dishonest **** while negotiating with the ECB, He deserves to be leaked, in all honesty.
 
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