Just so people will always have a chance to argue he is an inventive & aggresive captain. Doesn't matter it's a flawed argument.Such a weird decision. Why wouldn't you get literally 3 more runs
Hardly makes a difference, does it?Such a weird decision. Why wouldn't you get literally 3 more runs
I guess I just figured that letting your number 9 play out an over of part time off-spin meant that you weren't going to declare behind. So then doing so seems odd.Hardly makes a difference, does it?
They probably took a few minutes to actually decide they were going to declare after Temba got his hundred.I guess I just figured that letting your number 9 play out an over of part time off-spin meant that you weren't going to declare behind. So then doing so seems odd.
Doesn't Gibbs count? He was mixed heritage.Ok, awkward question, but.....
Having been to SA once, I was corrected that Ashwell Prince was not black, but brown. Completely baffled, I got a lecture on it, which I took reluctantly. During tea, Nasser said Bavuma is the first black batsman to get a 100 for SA. I guess I still don't understand SA's racial classifications. Why is Bavuma black?
Which is very odd. If anything, Temba approaching his hundred should have complicated things for Amla, as surely they would have preferred to declare about 30 minutes earlier.They probably took a few minutes to actually decide they were going to declare after Temba got his hundred.
The point being (iirc), that mixed doesn't count as black, but as coloured. In SA, there is white, black, coloured & indian. At least that is how I understood things. To me, Bavuma looks mixed.Doesn't Gibbs count? He was mixed heritage.
The Home of CricketArchivebtw what's the highest first innings score when that team has gone on to lose the match?
I'm guessing that Adelaide in 2006 is somewhere near the top of the list.
Let's be honest, draw is already secured barring idiocy. There's just zero in this deck.Saffers needed at least one wicket there I think. Bat till tea and draw will be secured.
We might as well count Cook's pull that hit Bavuma in the last over (though it was a no ball) if we're going that far. It's only a catch if you happen to be wearing a jumper in 37C heat and it sticks in the wool ala Voges.Anyone seriously thinks Taylor's first 'drop' of Amla was one then they need their head testing.
It's nearly always an hour before the end isn't it?Yeah, when is the earliest they can shake hands?