***Official*** South Africa in India 2015

[Howe_zat]

Worried about what? All they're doing so far is making a game of it.

 

[Hurricane]

Divy: "India should deliberately bowl bad deliveries to South Africans, and then mix up with some good balls in the end, this way they will probably start playing aggressive strokes and then get out. So bring on Saha and Rahane! "

I like this idea - bowl pies on purpose. They can be hard to block. Once I was batting out a draw and had been there for four hours and then skied out to a big loopy full toss he probably bowled on purpose. I was on 30 at the time. My tactic at the time was to make sure I played the odd stroke so that they didn't surround the bat. It backfired when he bowled the full toss as I felt obligated to smoke it.

It as an awkward one too around thigh height.

 

[social]

Something about test matches that makes me look at them on a per test basis rather than a series. As soon as we win an ODI series, I want to rest everybody and get in a second string side. Have never been able to look at a test match like that.

The only people that care about odis are the players and the broadcaster.

Tests are a different matter as they are a matter of national pride

 

[cnerd123]

Nah want to win 3-0

Something about test matches that makes me look at them on a per test basis rather than a series. As soon as we win an ODI series, I want to rest everybody and get in a second string side. Have never been able to look at a test match like that.

Yup, exactly. Would piss me off if we let them escape with a draw here, even though the series is won.

 

[Shri]

Ashwin with some leggies. Wag.

 

[OverratedSanity]

RR is 1 RPO and Kumble is commentating. Yeah, I think I'm done for the day.

 

[cnerd123]

Ashwin with some leggies. Wag.

Genuinely good ones too! Morphing into an all-round spinner.

 

[cnerd123]

200 balls up for Amla!

 

[Howe_zat]

Amla is ofc the holder of the slowest 200-ball innings in history.

Chris Tavare's 35 off 240 a record to aim for now, though what was special about that knock is that it was done in the first innings, while Gooch score 120 off 180 at the other end.

 

[social]

This is woeful

 

[Midwinter]

Hey Amla's just got a double Cowan !

 

[Furball]

Probably the first downhill skiiing innings from Rahane.

That's the joy of Test cricket. Tough it out then you earn the right to ski later on.

 

[Spark]

How nice of SA to finally show up on the second last day of the series.

 

[cnerd123]

Well done Amla and ABDV.

Tomorrow should be exciting.

 

[cnerd123]

Jadeja with the remarkable figures of 23-16-10-0. Must be close to breaking some records with that.

 

[Howe_zat]

How nice of SA to finally show up on the second last day of the series.

More like this is just the one thing they can always do.

 

[weldone]

Well played Amla and AB!

Tomorrow India will have to come up with a better plan against this ultra-defence. I think Ashwin will bowl a bit quicker through the air.

 

[Howe_zat]

Jadeja with the remarkable figures of 23-16-10-0. Must be close to breaking some records with that.

nah not even close, finger spinners in the 50s and 60s had figures like that all the time. The main reason there are batting records being broken here is because strike rates/balls faced weren't recorded back then.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Jadeja with the remarkable figures of 23-16-10-0. Must be close to breaking some records with that.

Nadkarni-esque

 

[Furball]

why do i feel like i've had this post in a gin + tonic

Who the **** puts lemon in a G&T?