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

[MW1304]

Pollock's are atrocious. Deluding himself.

 

[Burgey]

Be interesting to see how he bowls in Aus.

He'll average >50 with the ball and <20 with the bat. It's a finger spinner's graveyard, and he doesn't like the short stuff. It's not a promising recipe.

Be happy if he proves me wrong as he's one of the most likeable players in world cricket ATM.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Team of the series (bat/bowl)

1. Dean Elgar (36)
2. Alastair Cook (33)
3. Hashim Amla (41)
4. Joe Root* (57)
5. Ben Stokes (37/43)
6. Johnny Bairstow + (41)
7. Moeen Ali (36/15)
8. Vernon Philander (44/23)
9. Toby Roland-Jones (21/22)
10. Morne Morkel (15/26)
11. James Anderson (6/14)

Could also pick Maharaj (13/30) given he took a lot more wickets than Philander or TRJ

And no, there were no other batsmen to average more than low 30s

I'd almost be tempted to ditch Elgar and have Root alongside Cook as a makeshift opener making room for Bavuma. Definitely not a great series for opening batsmen.

 

[ImpatientLime]

is the moeen doesn't like short stuff now just a meme? swear he just hooks most of it happily now.

 

[_Ed_]

**** that's an impressive series from Moeen. Well played, sir.

 

[Daemon]

If Philander had no fitness issues he'd have got more runs and wickets than Mo

 

[honestbharani]

Time to revisit those predictions:

• No
• Nope
• Lol
• Erm...
• Er...

Other statements of mine during the series include: 'Anderson is on his way out'. I don't know how I do it.

Its called Gambhiring.

 

[cnerd123]

Glad to see Ali winning the Moeen of The Series award.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Pollock's are atrocious. Deluding himself.

Giving a passing grade to someone who was dropped after one Test, was sent home and whose Test career could be done is something else.

It's amazing how often these 'Marks Out Of 10' player series ratings are done so badly.

 

[DriveClub]

Looking at how duminys replacements fared I feel all the quota accusations on Duminy were a bit unfair, quotas may have played a part in his selection but de bruyn etc didn't fare any better. Duminy did have a fairly decent stint at no 4.

 

[Adders]

If Philander had no fitness issues he'd have got more runs and wickets than Mo

And if my Aunty had balls etc

 

[cnerd123]

And if my Aunty had balls etc

if?

 

[mr_mister]

Why are you all so offended by Pollock's positivity? Looks really petty lol

 

[Starfighter]

Difference between positivity and delusion.

 

[_Ed_]

Factual inaccuracies are pretty poor too, considering how easy it is to look through people's scores during the series. Such laziness.

 

[DriveClub]

Factual inaccuracies are pretty poor too, considering how easy it is to look through people's scores during the series. Such laziness.

Cricinfos new layout may have contributed to that, it's not that easy to navigate now so Pollock gets a pass on that

 

[vcs]

Bavuma needs to start converting more starts, and fast. Averaging 30-odd and grinding out the occasional half-century when SA are 4 down for FA won't save him for long.

 

[Adders]

He'll average >50 with the ball and <20 with the bat. It's a finger spinner's graveyard, and he doesn't like the short stuff. It's not a promising recipe.

Be happy if he proves me wrong as he's one of the most likeable players in world cricket ATM.

You could well be right about him ave over 50 with the ball but I wouldn't discount him scoring some decent runs.......his dislike for the short stuff is overplayed imo.

I havent got high expectations for this Ashes tour but I am really looking forward to seeing how the Stokes, Bairstow and Ali trio go with the bat.

 

[JRC67]

You could well be right about him ave over 50 with the ball but I wouldn't discount him scoring some decent runs.......his dislike for the short stuff is overplayed imo.

I havent got high expectations for this Ashes tour but I am really looking forward to seeing how the Stokes, Bairstow and Ali trio go with the bat.

I'm not sure Ali dislikes the short ball. He is one of the worst hookers of the ball I've seen in international cricket. He'll always get some early in a series to see if they can get him hooking. S.A. put the bouncer to bed against him after the second test as he didn't play a hook shot until yesterday. When he ducks and sways he plays the short ball pretty well.

 

[Spark]

How many runs do we have to take off Elgar for clanging so many catches?