*Official* South Africa in India, Sep/Oct 2019

[mr_mister]

That wasn't 2016 you n00b

Made you admit SOK owned Kohli! Hehe

 

[harsh.ag]

One of these is not like the others.

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah, Latham is seriously over achieving

 

[weldone]

Rabada and De Kock having the worst visible spat between teammates I've ever seen on a test field the icing on the cake. Not a good look

What happened? They had a fight during WC too.

 

[StephenZA]

Amla in studio was saying Rabada and QDK are apparently good friends. Known each other since u19 days. Be a laugh in the change room later. Probably why they could speak to each like that.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Rabada's looked like the only one capable of taking wickets. Disappointed in maharaj so far, he's not been awful but his standards should be higher than that.

 

[mr_mister]

Amla in studio was saying Rabada and QDK are apparently good friends. Known each other since u19 days. Be a laugh in the change room later. Probably why they could speak to each like that.

QDK's born in '92 and Rabada '95 - would they have ever been in the same u/19 team?

 

[Prince EWS]

QDK's born in '92 and Rabada '95 - would they have ever been in the same u/19 team?

Nah de Kock played the 2012 WC and Rabada played the 2014 one. They were both the most hyped player going into them though so probably met through those programs despite not being in the same team.

 

[mr_mister]

Hmm, either way I'm not convinced it was all friendly banter. Audible swear words isn't a good look - even if they patch it up later theyl be people like me who will assume there are cracks in the team without CW to correct them.
maybe Amla was doing damage control

 

[h_hurricane]

Yeah, it was not good to see. May be the two of them lost it in the heat of the moment and the generally unforgiving October sun.

 

[StephenZA]

Not sure if they where in the same team. But played underage together. Don’t think it was friendly banter, clearly upset and frustrated. But don’t think it is some sort of problem with each other.

 

[weldone]

There's definitely some bad blood between the two.

 

[Dendarii]

Nah de Kock played the 2012 WC and Rabada played the 2014 one. They were both the most hyped player going into them though so probably met through those programs despite not being in the same team.

They both hail from Johannesburg, so would have known each other through the Gauteng/Lions youth structures even if they might not have actually played together.

 

[Contra]

Nice to see Kohli fixing up that average after a few low scores. Dude was accused of not scoring "daddy" hundreds just a few years ago

 

[Daemon]

Not sure if they where in the same team. But played underage together. Don’t think it was friendly banter, clearly upset and frustrated. But don’t think it is some sort of problem with each other.

Yeah, this sort of thing happens all the time in lower levels of cricket. Just two tired players getting frustrated at mistakes.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Yes, but I would still not agree with it. Tomorrow, there is a better chance of Philander Rabada or Maharaj hitting a fifty from 3 than Nortje.

Nope. Nortje has 4 first class 50s, Rabada has none.

I know who I would have more faith in

 

[TT Boy]

I may be wrong, but Nortje’s batting FC average is probably exaggerated due to amateur cricket. He has played far more amateur cricket than Rabada.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

I may be wrong, but Nortje’s batting FC average is probably exaggerated due to amateur cricket. He has played far more amateur cricket than Rabada.

Probably true, but I do think Rabada is overrated with the bat by some here

 

[Prince EWS]

Probably true, but I do think Rabada is overrated with the bat by some here

For what it's worth, and not many people more than just you in this thread will probably even get what I'm on about, but the CWPL recency-weighted and opposition-standardised averages estimate Rabada as being worth a Test average of 12.32 and Nortje 8.21 at the moment. So there's definitely an element of Nortje playing weaker opposition to get those FC runs, even if Rabada has flattered to deceive a bit with the bat so far in his career.

 

[Chrish]

Such a good chance for a triple if he wants it

Unless you are Sehwag, triple hundreds will only ruin your chances of winning..