13th Match - India v South Africa

[Gnske]

What's this? Indians pacers bowling well? Now I have seen everything this world has to offer.

 

[cnerd123]

This has been pretty good from Shami; although tbf Faf and de Kock couldn't really put the loose stuff away.

Amla's been kept quiet and off strike, which is good.

 

[cnerd123]

Mohit has quite a long runup.

 

[Jimbo the giant]

Yeah.



Nah it's not. Nicks don't actually go for six, pretty frequently they don't even carry to the cordon. An edge through second slip goes for four regardless of the size of the ground. Yes, on a small ground, you get balls carrying for six that would otherwise have been four or caught, but that applies for both teams and typically doesn't change between innings. The thing that really changes between the first and second innings is the urgency of the batting team, and that's the thing that is really highlighted by a big ground.

It takes a lot more effort to run a three than it does to hit a four! Small boundaries mean that big hitters are never out of the game. Its not surprising all the big chases are on small grounds.

 

[viriya]

Mohit getting quite a bit of movement still.. wonder how long it will last.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I don't know what happens to Shami in tests. He's stuck to decent lines and bowled with good pace here. It's not as though this bowling will not work at all in tests... so why the **** does he bowl dross?

Maybe it's a stamina issue? I've seen him bowl good opening spells of 5-6 overs and then when he comes back, he sprays it all over the place.

 

[dermo]

omg

 

[Swingpanzee]

Best fielding side

 

[Contra]

omfg

 

[OverratedSanity]

Oh **** I thought that was gone... Rahane has a knack for pulling of some great runouts, esp against SA.

 

[ankitj]

WTF. Missed the stumps twice.

 

[cnerd123]

oooooohhh


Second throw probably wouldn't have caught him short, but the first one...

 

[viriya]

Reminds me of the Afghanistan run out miss of Sanga a bit.

 

[Gnske]

Still not as bad as Najib's miss earlier.

 

[SkyBlue]

The game looks like we're playing in Mumbai except in a bigger stadium with a bigger capacity.

And the runout was huge missed opportunity.Lets hope it doesnt cost us in the end.

 

[Prince EWS]

It takes a lot more effort to run a three than it does to hit a four! Small boundaries mean that big hitters are never out of the game. Its not surprising all the big chases are on small grounds.

I think you're interpreting his point a bit wrong. It's easier to defend 350 on a big ground than a small ground.. but it's easier to set 350 in the first place on a small ground than a big ground.

His point is that batting second is a bigger advantage on big grounds than small grounds; not that it's actually harder to restrict run-scoring on big grounds.

 

[cnerd123]

I don't know what happens to Shami in tests. He's stuck to decent lines and bowled with good pace here. It's not as though this bowling will not work at all in tests... so why the **** does he bowl dross?

Maybe it's a stamina issue? I've seen him bowl good opening spells of 5-6 overs and then when he comes back, he sprays it all over the place.

Definitely fitness. It clearly drains him to bowl 15-20 in a day, and then have to come back the next day and bowl again.

And with all the recent test series being so jam packed, he's pretty much broken by the 2nd or 3rd test.

Ohhhhh Raina should have hit that zzz.

 

[ankitj]

Where was Dhoni though? Should have been at the wickets.

 

[cnerd123]

Looks like they all thought it had beaten Rahane, but then he got up with the ball and rifled the throw in with no one at the stumps.

 

[Spikey]

Shane Warne just got 3 things wrong in the space of 10 seconds when talking about the 1999 WC