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*Official* Sri Lanka in South Africa 2020/21 Tests
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Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
That's a good nut! Well bowled young man
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
yes the latter seems more of a root cause to me; new players having a good start can help, but established bats like Elgar & FDP should be the ones they bat around and they're struggling as much as anyone
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
Sipamla was going at 10 runs an over with the new ball yesterday. Be a brave man to give him the ball again first up.
Spark
Global Moderator
Oh I mean more the way they bowled rather than the identity of the bowlers
SeamUp
International Coach
As I said yesterday , Lutho has talent but I don't think he was ready. Saying that, if they going to back young players to try move forward I can understand opportunity.
For example I think the pecking order is.
1. Rabada
2. Nortje
3. Ngidi
4. Hendricks
5. Stuurman
6. Dupavillon
7. M.Pretorius
8. Sipamla
So it felt a little unfair Pretorius didn't play but balance of the team probably played a role.
I think those will be the 8 to work with immediately with Coetzee, Jansen, Ntanzi, Ntini the future and all have talent but it is just about the path to get there.
How many seamers did we lose to Kolpak/T20/retirement in the last few years ? Steyn,Morkel,Philander, Abbott, Olivier, Viljoen, de Lange ?
No excuses though. A poor bowling performance there. Some good batting in between from Sri Lanka.
For example I think the pecking order is.
1. Rabada
2. Nortje
3. Ngidi
4. Hendricks
5. Stuurman
6. Dupavillon
7. M.Pretorius
8. Sipamla
So it felt a little unfair Pretorius didn't play but balance of the team probably played a role.
I think those will be the 8 to work with immediately with Coetzee, Jansen, Ntanzi, Ntini the future and all have talent but it is just about the path to get there.
How many seamers did we lose to Kolpak/T20/retirement in the last few years ? Steyn,Morkel,Philander, Abbott, Olivier, Viljoen, de Lange ?
No excuses though. A poor bowling performance there. Some good batting in between from Sri Lanka.
Abbott, Olivier, de Lange big losses to kolpak, quotas have killed SA cricket
Bahseph
International Debutant
Coupled with what StephenZA mentioned earlier, while I don't think that Sipamla is a better bowler than Nortje of Ngidi,he does have a different style compared to them focused more on line/length. Ngidi and Nortje can't exist in the same team unless they both learn to pitch it up. So glad Mulder did his share. We would have been in bigger trouble if not.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Sipamla's fundamentals look good. Think if a young bowler has a well-grooved action that's a big tick. Same with Mulder too
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Elgar's not a good starter so he's going to have to fight his way through the new ball
