Part of that was possibly down the fact that young South Africans get the opportunity to beat up amateurs in three day cricket early on in their careers and then have their averages slowly worsen as they play more professional cricket. I largely agree with you about the injury though.Piedt was actually a decent young offie with a great first class record until he dislocated his shoulder in the 2014 Champions League.Never really was the same after that.Had a FC bowling average of 24 or something before the shoulder injury compared to 32 now.
Why declare? Plenty of overs left in the day.That was fun. Get to 500 and declare.
Haha as if these two are lasting longer than 2 overs anyway.Why declare? Plenty of overs left in the day.
Because you think the other side is ****, and why waste any time basically. <500 declarations often have the stench of "let's not draw this out unnecessarily" to them.Why declare? Plenty of overs left in the day.
Basically, yea.Because you think the other side is ****
Lights, I think.Bowling Nadeem in the third over when both pacers got a wicket each is not something I would ever understand.
Ah. Sure? Have the comms on mute.Lights, I think.
Yeah it’s like when Lyon first toured. Just no respect at all. He managed to get 7 or something in the last innings when all was said and done so maybe Piedt has hope.Basically, yea.
This is not just India dominating South Africa anymore, they've treated them with absolute disdain here. Piedt in particular - I forgot which of the commentators said it, but he basically said the Indian batsman are not even considering him a bowler anymore and do not respect him.