*** Official*** South Africa in England 2017

[MW1304]

Just scrape to 200 for god's sake. There's no rush.

 

[Daemon]

dammit elgar

 

[91Jmay]

Yeah this has been a shambolic effort with the bat, arrogant and weak.

 

[honestbharani]

We have the big four, but it feels that (India aside) there's a real lack of depth in Test batting stocks at the moment. So many teams are reliant on one or two big names to carry the top order.

Yeah even with India you get the sense that things may change once the Eng/SA/Aus/NZ tours happen. I suppose I would still back Vijay, Rahul, Kohli, Pujara, Rahane to do well there but even we do not have a proper 6th batsman in the side who is going to be of good quality. Its just a very unusual phase in international cricket at the moment I feel.

 

[honestbharani]

Can't sing Maharaj's praises high enough.Just makes everything so much easier for South Africa and he hasn't even played in the subcontinent yet.

Maharaj and Shamsi will be one hell of a fun duo to watch when they play in the SC.

 

[honestbharani]

Tbf India's latest test batsman turned out to be not very good (even though he did triple ton up before leaving). Wouldn't say we have a lot of depth. Only for openers.

Have become more convinced of Karun post his Bangalore knock more than the triple, funnily enough. Think he and Shreyas Iyer will be the real deal if and when they get the chance. Has weaknesses he needs to improve but the upside is very very high, at least as a test batter.

 

[Spark]

Elgar's drop feels like the last real shot SA had here.

 

[Compton]

This TRJ-Moeen partnership has the potential to score some severe meme runs going forward.

Teams thinking they're getting England out for 150 and this pair put up a century partnership off 70

 

[91Jmay]

This is good from Moeen, no point plodding around and getting one with your name on.

 

[honestbharani]

Root's standard deviation must be a couple of standard deviations lower than the average standard deviation for batsmen with his average

I get the feeling you are deviating from the topic at hand, though.

 

[Stefan9]

Can't drop catches in games like this. 3 drops are totally unacceptable

 

[mr_mister]

Moeen looking to secure man of the series with a fast fifty here

 

[honestbharani]

Cook is actually quite close here. Has 55 to Tendulkar's 68.

he is giving it a real fist too, with all his non-conversions these days.

 

[Daemon]

This match to me is just one of the numerous instances that shows how 1st innings runs > 2nd innings

 

[honestbharani]

How?

 

[harsh.ag]

Elgar dropped the match?

 

[grecian]

This TRJ-Moeen partnership has the potential to score some severe meme runs going forward.

Teams thinking they're getting England out for 150 and this pair put up a century partnership off 70

Well, Woakes is back soon, TRJ being dropped will be very harsh, but it's really what should happen. Still a decent squad member.

 

[grecian]

Elgar dropped the match?

Possibly, I'm interested in how this pitch will play, on one hand the movement will be even more exaggerated, but the pitch is losing pace quickly, if you play sensibly and straight you could be able to score runs I reckon.

 

[Daemon]

How?

By > I meant more important ftr, not referring to quality.

It's harder to score in the 2nd innings, which is why you're generally toast when you **** up in the first.

 

[91Jmay]

Brilliant from Moeen. Can feel the Saffers deflating in field.