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

[Riggins]

Yeah and playing out the first over of the innings as a maiden is just part of the Kallis show. Do South Africa even want to win?

 

[Shri]

Kallis MotM?

 

[Jono]

Every single away tour we hear how India's batting looks good but they need to strengthen the bowling. Probably will hear this until the end of time.

 

[Garson007]

top 3 run scorers are all Indian bats, which just shows how badly our tail/lower order with the exception of Rahane batted.

Always been top heavy. It doesn't look like that will change. I was very impressed though, South African batting order is nothing to sniff at.

 

[Contra]

whats with the lame short deliveries.

 

[kykweer.proteas]

how lame would it be if these two smashed 60 and kallis does not hit the winning runs?

 

[Riggins]

Sheesh I hope Amla gets bowled leaving the ball again.

 

[Neil Pickup]

That's bollocks, the rule change doesn't mean you have to run out the way of the ball. It says you can't change direction to block it.

Had he turned straight back and blocked the throw he would have been absolutely fine.

 

[91Jmay]

Kallis couldn't have opened the batting?

 

[Riggins]

What did sharma say there?

 

[Jono]

Sheesh I hope Amla gets bowled leaving the ball again.

thought a wicket had fallen. damn you.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Every single away tour we hear how India's batting looks good but they need to strengthen the bowling. Probably will hear this until the end of time.

Any more tours between now and visiting England? NZ, apparently.

What changes might we be looking at between now and then - I assume the top six will be reasonably similar, then MSD, Ashwin/Jadeja plus Shami. Are Ishant / Zak likely to be in danger? If so, who might be in? Bhuvneswar?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Was wondering why all the philander hate, then saw that. He was a bit of a doos.

What is a doos, may I ask? Is that an Afrikaans insult?

 

[91Jmay]

There is no point bringing Ishant, bloke is absolute garbage. Zak worth it for experience and swing, Shami I think will do a pretty good job as well.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Ajay Jadeja > this current one.

 

[Jono]

Any more tours between now and visiting England? NZ, apparently.

What changes might we be looking at between now and then - I assume the top six will be reasonably similar, then MSD, Ashwin/Jadeja plus Shami. Are Ishant / Zak likely to be in danger? If so, who might be in? Bhuvneswar?

Yep I think that's it.

Can't see the top 7 changing by the start of the England tour, but Gambhir should make his way back when Dhawan fails in England.

Zaheer will play in England I imagine as I don't think he'll have a poor NZ tour. That leaves one of Bhuv or Yadav in for Ishant. Always hard to predict how the Indian selectors will handle Ishant though. He could very well line up in the first test vs. England and it wouldn't surprise me.

Ashwin vs. Jadeja is a tough one really, I can see Ashwin have taking wickets on this pitch so its unfair to compare their output, but wickets are wickets. You imagine if Jadeja had hung around even for a 20-30 he'd have locked himself in. Idiot.

 

[Jono]

Ajay Jadeja > this current one.

Oh man I cracked up so hard at this

 

[kykweer.proteas]

What is a doos, may I ask? Is that an Afrikaans insult?

Its a card board box in afrikaans.

 

[kykweer.proteas]

it is pretty amazing how Ishant played 50+ tests.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Oh man I cracked up so hard at this

Jeez. Just looked up Ajay's cricinfo page. He's still playing first class?!? Look at that batting average. Forget Submarine, forget Suresh Raina. Time for an Ajay recall!