Yeah he looks fine out there but tbh, the flat decks and standard of bowling which would be of a lower standard than our domestic scene needs to be taken into account. Seems to lose concentration and play very loosely after passing three figures.
Easy mate, 2nd ton in succession & he batted the whole day, jeez he'd be tough on himself if he's disappointed.
Yeah, that came out harsh, what I meant was this was a golden opportunity to play a marathon innings. Guess there's no pleasing some of us.
During one of the few passages I watched, the commentator seemed to suggest Ntini himself specifically asked for the surface since it maximises his team's chances of playing out five days, and pointed out it was exactly the sort of pitch Makhaya would have moaned about as a player.
t's good he got there but it's also his 5th ton and he's yet to cross the 150 mark. I know it's harsh considering our dearth of quality openers since Richardson but he actually seems to have the ability to go on. That said iirc his only 150+ score domestically was that 261 so maybe he has a 100-140 mental block.
Honestly thought he might chuck it away before close in the 90s but if he makes three figures tomorrow morning expecting it to be a big one. Hope Taylor can ton up too just to keep his century tally ahead by 1.
Probably just needs to last the full day so he can start fresh on the next one.
I've been a critic of Latham and his inability to turn his undoubted skill into scoring Test hundreds, big ones and contribute to team success...but not at all going to be harsh on him for this series. He's made starts and gone on with them. Could've turned them into big hundreds, but he's showing improvement - albeit in Zimbabwe. That's a decent place to work on batting long periods of time, and transfer it into bigger series. Gee he's looked good to the eye, especially through the off side. Whether or not that creates issues for him on bouncier tracks with better bowlers, unsure. But there's so much to like about how he's batted this series. He's a gun, he just needs to get better and better mentally. And he will hopefully, he's only 24.
Yup, definitely inherited his fathers ability to effortlessly time a cricket ball, although obviously much more talented than Rod.
you showed a lot of strength when you chose to not edit this post.
Until Zimbabwe have batted on this I'm happy to blame the bowling/fielding effort.
You don't make it to 34k posts if you read your own posts. Dishwasher
