***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2018

[Top_Cat]

Damn Marsh with the old ball is lethal. Smith getting an unexpected bonus here.

 

[robbypark]

Lol South Africa. Their batting is garbage. I knew 243 was a good enough 1st innings score against them.

 

[Spark]

Exceptional bowling performance. Would have been unsurprising if they'd have dropped after bowling so well after lunch for no result.

 

[Bahseph]

Man this has been a great series already. Always something going on. Mitch Marsh bowling so well

 

[SeamUp]

Shot of the day

 

[OverratedSanity]

Different level batting.

 

[Bolo]

The talent gap between AB and just about every bat ever is enormous. Pity that there's been a recent application/ brainfade gap as well

 

[SeamUp]

Quality player.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The amount of times recently where he's looked 3-4 levels above every other batsman in the match is insane.

 

[Spark]

Not the worst delivery ever bowled

 

[Top_Cat]

Phwoar, that was a quality bit of bowling. The set up ball made it, fairly sure DeKock picked the wicket ball as the straight one.

 

[harsh.ag]

Excellent delivery. In a small way, also shows the peril of trying to look "correct" while playing for unorthodox players like QdK.

 

[Daemon]

Makes it look so easy, wac.

I feel like he's the best batsman in the world in low scoring situations, just always finds a way to score runs and counter attack. The problem is that of late he seems to play the same innings in the relatively easier conditions as well.

 

[Spark]

Makes it look so easy, wac.

I feel like he's the best batsman in the world in low scoring situations, just always finds a way to score runs and counter attack. The problem is that of late he seems to play the same innings in the relatively easier conditions as well.

The main problem is that he hasn't converted, really. Scored some great 70s and 80s without putting together the sort of score which turns an okay total into a dominating one.

Mind you, that's not necessarily always been his fault.

 

[Pothas]

The main problem is that he hasn't converted, really. Scored some great 70s and 80s without putting together the sort of score which turns an okay total into a dominating one.

Mind you, that's not necessarily always been his fault.

Yeah feels like not many have been his fault really, it is certainly not a Root like situation. The idea he is overrated in Tests seems to have been quite common on here in recent years (although that could just be Furball over and over again) but this sort of innings makes a nonsense of that really.

 

[Spark]

Yeah feels like not many have been his fault really, it is certainly not a Root like situation. The idea he is overrated in Tests seems to have been quite common on here in recent years (although that could just be Furball over and over again) but this sort of innings makes a nonsense of that really.

I mean, it's not hard to see why people here might say he's "overrated" when thinking in the context of people like the cricinfo commentator who just said he's a no-brainer pick for an ATG XI in any format. The difference between being an exceptional batsman, which is obviously true, and "literally one of the best five or six of all time", which is indefensible.

 

[SeamUp]

AB is freakish level talent that has scored so many vital runs around the world in big series.

Before I make judgement on his test career will see how it plays out. But these last 2 series have only cemented a few things in my mind with tough runs.

 

[SeamUp]

Overs racking up for the 3-main quicks.

I wonder if Australia would go to Richardson or Sayers first if they had to.

 

[Bolo]

Yeah feels like not many have been his fault really, it is certainly not a Root like situation. The idea he is overrated in Tests seems to have been quite common on here in recent years (although that could just be Furball over and over again) but this sort of innings makes a nonsense of that really.

People seem to overreact to anyone who is not a clear-cut ATG being highly rated, even if nobody is actually rating them up with the ATGs.

 

[Pothas]

I mean, it's not hard to see why people here might say he's "overrated" when thinking in the context of people like the cricinfo commentator who just said he's a no-brainer pick for an ATG XI in any format. The difference between being an exceptional batsman, which is obviously true, and "literally one of the best five or six of all time", which is indefensible.

True enough. Suppose that happens a lot with modern players and their reputation on here but seems particularly true of De Villiers.