*** Official *** West Indies in South Africa 2014/15

[Bahnz]

Seeing Ambrose so fired up in that pep talk made me so nostalgic for the 90s. Hoping once Taylor and co get smashed again, "Curtly talk to no man" sounds on the loudspeaker and a reggae song starts playing and Curtly runs out to join the team.

Haha, very WWE. Love it.

 

[test cricketer]

I love the pe band, especially when sa is playing well and they play stand by me and the crowd joins in, its just beautiful

 

[dogwalker]

By day 3 I'm normally pretty sick of Stand By Me.

Peters looks completely useless.

 

[Prince EWS]

No idea why Peters thinks around the wicket is a good idea here.

 

[Swingpanzee]

I'm only watching this test because of the band.

The atmosphere here during the match with Australia was amazing imo.

 

[MrPrez]

Injured, i think he has a finger injury, he would have probably played ahead of bavuma if he wasnt injured. He is in the sqaud as a replacement for de kock though

He wouldn't have played.
1) It would show up that Bavuma was originally a token selection for the sake of political correctness, and
2) With all due respect, this series would be a great one to debut a new black player just to silence those who believe that SA has an agenda against black players (there was a genuine outcry from certain circles when Tsolekile never got a run back when AB was given the gloves).

Unless Bavuma cracks a century under difficult circumstances, he won't find his name on any teamsheets against decent opposition in the near future. There is precedent for debuting players against weak opposition purely for 'experience' as a one-off.

 

[morgieb]

He wouldn't have played.
1) It would show up that Bavuma was originally a token selection for the sake of political correctness, and
2) With all due respect, this series would be a great one to debut a new black player just to silence those who believe that SA has an agenda against black players (there was a genuine outcry from certain circles when Tsolekile never got a run back when AB was given the gloves).

Unless Bavuma cracks a century under difficult circumstances, he won't find his name on any teamsheets against decent opposition in the near future. There is precedent for debuting players against weak opposition purely for 'experience' as a one-off.

Yeah as long as flogs like Moonda still exist they pretty much have to try and at least look like black players are given fair goes.

 

[Bahnz]

Haha, what a dreadful shot!

 

[Athlai]

Despite that wicket, West Indies are going to get owned.

 

[dogwalker]

I think we can consider that shot Petersen's resignation letter.

 

[Howsie]

Is this on in NZ?

 

[Athlai]

Good nut that.

Na not on here.

 

[WindieWeathers]

Shocking start from Taylor once again but Holder and Gabriel doing ok here and have dragged it back...Peters looked ok and wasn't too expensive so i won't fault him yet. Worried that we've gone in a batsman short though...we're certainly gonna need a big score by Kraigg or Shiv methinks.

 

[Flametree]

I kind of get the 6-batsmen, 5-bowler thing in theory, but does it really make sense when your 7 and 8 aren't genuine allrounders, and your number 1 and number 6 average about 26...

 

[MrPrez]

Yeah as long as flogs like Moonda still exist they pretty much have to try and at least look like black players are given fair goes.

I don't see how Moonda is relevant. She has no pull in internal matters.

 

[OverratedSanity]

How is Alviro still a test opener?

 

[Prince EWS]

How is Alviro still a test opener?

Injuries. He'll be gone when everyone's fit again.

 

[Athlai]

Jeez you can't leave those.

 

[dogwalker]

Aye. van Zyl will open when Duminy and de Kock are back.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Injuries. He'll be gone when everyone's fit again.

Which opener is injured?