**Official** South Africa in New Zealand

[RossTaylorsBox]

Not enough Crossfit.

 

[Flem274*]

whenever henry bowls a halfway decent ball he looks like getting a wicket

 

[Flem274*]

why did we invite kepler wessells?

 

[BeeGee]

Time for our opening batsman to roll his arm over.

 

[Flem274*]

that was a premeditated biff. completely deserved death rattle.

 

[otagoman]

although Neesham is all over the place, he gets good bounce and seems to have good pace with not too much effort. That is the skill more so than his batting that he needs to develop. He could become a good first or 2nd change seam bowler

 

[BeeGee]

Jesus, Neesh. Bowl a straight one.

 

[Bahnz]

Jimmy Chigumbura really struggling with the swing today.

 

[Bahnz]

I wonder whether Jimmy should reign himself in and look to bowl more in 120-125 range in ODI's and just hit a good length outside off.

 

[hendrix]

I wonder whether Jimmy should reign himself in and look to bowl more in 120-125 range in ODI's and just hit a good length outside off.

nah.

 

[Bahnz]

nah.

Well his Econ rate is 6.5, which simply isn't good enough for a predominantly middle overs bowler, so something has to change.

 

[Flem274*]

Faf dropping a c bomb on live tv

 

[hendrix]

Well his Econ rate is 6.5, which simply isn't good enough for a predominantly middle overs bowler, so something has to change.

Yeah but we have Corey Anderson bowling in the 125kph zone. On Aus and NZ wickets Neesham's pace and bounce could be useful if he can hit his lengths.

 

[BeeGee]

de Kock doing the business. Good batting.

 

[BeeGee]

Yeah but we have Corey Anderson bowling in the 125kph zone. On Aus and NZ wickets Neesham's pace and bounce could be useful if he can hit his lengths.

Ya.

 

[hendrix]

Ya.

well we can go back to Grant Elliot and Andy Ellis if you prefer.

 

[Bahnz]

Yeah but we have Corey Anderson bowling in the 125kph zone. On Aus and NZ wickets Neesham's pace and bounce could be useful if he can hit his lengths.

Yeah, but that's the whole problem. He's got one of the worst pitch maps of any mid-130's bowler that I've seen.

 

[Flem274*]

he might always be prone to chigging it but a lot of it is probably a mileage thing, and just getting his action to be second nature despite it's trickiness to maintain.

 

[Bahnz]

well we can go back to Grant Elliot and Andy Ellis if you prefer.

To be honest, Elliot was a much better LO bowler than Jimmy.

 

[hendrix]

To be honest, Elliot was a much better LO bowler than Jimmy.

yeah that's true and probably even a better batsman as well in terms of consistency but this is where the risk-reward of developing a player comes into it. And also the fact that there are other people occupying different roles in the team.