***Official*** India in South Africa 2013/14

[OverratedSanity]

Jeez. Cool stories

Cool stories but true stories, bro

 

[Garson007]

This is my biggest worry.

No one is taking responsibility.

I said earlier on, right when the booing started, that whomever made the decision is dead.

 

[akilana]

Lol at expecting tailenders to bat like proper batsman and saying that you can push and take a single. If it was that easy, SA should have won by an innings. If Philander nicked it, it would have sent others coming to bat into panic mode.

 

[akilana]

Cool stories but true stories, bro

Ya for you for sure.

 

[OverratedSanity]

If Philander nicked it, it would have sent others coming to bat into panic mode.

And that's the fear of asphyxiating under pressure is it not?

 

[akilana]

Philander, the tail ender with an average of 23 and coming off a 60 in the first innings. Steyn, the guy who famously fought it out vs Australia in a much more dire situation, and the man that was being bred to be our number 8 before Philander established himself.

Besides, the point isn't that they could or couldn't do it, the point is they didn't try. Again.

Shame Steyn and other tailenders couldnt do this in India when Amla almost singlehandedly won the series.

 

[Spark]

Lol at expecting tailenders to bat like proper batsman and saying that you can push and take a single. If it was that easy, SA should have won by an innings. If Philander nicked it, it would have sent others coming to bat into panic mode.

If Philander had nicked it he'd probably have gotten four runs because every fielder was on the boundary.

 

[OverratedSanity]

If Philander had nicked it he'd probably have gotten four runs because every fielder was on the boundary.

Exactly

 

[akilana]

If Philander had nicked it he'd probably have gotten four runs because every fielder was on the boundary.

What a smart reply. I agree with you now.

 

[akilana]

Btw what was Dhoni doing on the boundary?

 

[MrPrez]

Having a smoke. Guess he passed you the pipe.

 

[rza]

I didn't really mind though. We go into Durban even Stevens atleast. What pisses me off is that if SA win in Durban, people will turn around and say "See, the tactics were right, they en the serues" . **** that. Wht the **** wouldn't you want to win NOW when things are obviously in your favour? It's just stupid beyond measure

Since when is getting a run-a-ball with 2.5 wickets left in the batting team's favour, when the opposition has all fielders in the boundary? India needed three balls to win, surely they were favourites.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Shame Steyn and other tailenders couldnt do this in India when Amla almost singlehandedly won the series.

Yes, 16 off 18 balls is the same as getting 57 runs just to make the opposition bat again.
Also it's not as if Steyn, morkel, Harris and parnell batted 160 balls between them that day in kolkata
Oh, wait

 

[Garson007]

Btw what was Dhoni doing on the boundary?

Catching the balls Khan was bowling from long on.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Since when is getting a run-a-ball with 2.5 wickets left in the batting team's favour, when the opposition has all fielders in the boundary? India needed three balls to win, surely they were favourites.

That's like saying if the target is a 100, the bowling use are favorites because they only need 10 balls to win. Ridiculous.

SA were in a far, far better position to ein at that stage than one. I don't know how people can have an other opinion

 

[Garson007]

Yes, 16 off 18 balls is the same as getting 57 runs just to make the opposition bat again.
Also it's not as if Steyn, morkel, Harris and parnell batted 160 balls between them.
Oh, wait

Parnell is a good batsman and could make first class teams purely on it.

Steyn and Morkel have both regressed in batting ability.

 

[rza]

Lol at expecting tailenders to bat like proper batsman and saying that you can push and take a single. If it was that easy, SA should have won by an innings. If Philander nicked it, it would have sent others coming to bat into panic mode.

Exactly. And people think Steyn is a better tail-ender when he hasn't done anything since for many innings now? How long did he even last in the firs innings? SA fans should be grateful that Vern didn't throw away his wicket otherwise they would have lost.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Parnell is a good batsman and could make first class teams purely on it.

Steyn and Morkel have both regressed in batting ability.

If they've regressed do much that they can't keep out 10 balls between them + Tahir then that's just incredibly pathetic.

 

[akilana]

Yes, 16 off 18 balls is the same as getting 57 runs just to make the opposition bat again.
Also it's not as if Steyn, morkel, Harris and parnell batted 160 balls between them.
Oh, wait

What 57 runs? SA had just an over to block out to secure a draw and win the series IIRC.

 

[rza]

Shame Steyn and other tailenders couldnt do this in India when Amla almost singlehandedly won the series.

I'm glad you remember that. People have short memories. Didn't Harbajan take the wicket in the last over, or one of the last few?