I personally didn't care which way, but if you think Kohli would want to finish a Test match without making some runs...I haven't watched the last couple of days' play - what was the general consensus on India not enforcing the follow-on, both in terms of this thread and the commentators? Mustn't be many golfers in their side...under Baz, he would've had 36 holes booked for days 4 and 5 as soon as the 10th wicket fell in our first innings. Hope Kohli's mrs doesn't understand cricket, too. 'You didn't enforce the follow on? WHY? THERE ARE JOBS TO DO AND I HAVE A BABY'
General consensus is that it was fine. I mean you could make reasonable arguments for it both ways, but from India's point of view I think the risk of NZ scoring 400 and setting up a nervy 4th innings chase is marginally higher than the risk of India batting again (though it's obviously vanishingly small in both cases), so it was probably the right call, even if it did lead to pretty forgettable viewing for the first couple of sessions of day 3.I haven't watched the last couple of days' play - what was the general consensus on India not enforcing the follow-on, both in terms of this thread and the commentators? Mustn't be many golfers in their side...under Baz, he would've had 36 holes booked for days 4 and 5 as soon as the 10th wicket fell in our first innings. Hope Kohli's mrs doesn't understand cricket, too. 'You didn't enforce the follow on? WHY? THERE ARE JOBS TO DO AND I HAVE A BABY'
haha yeah sorry mate, should have realised something was astray, it just sounded funny.This is a very long post when you've misunderstood the point. Which is that, given Jamieson is a lock in the side as a bowler also capable of batting 8, CDG becomes less valuable than before as a lesser bowler who can bat 7. Especially when Mitchell is also an option who bats and bowls part-timers. It would be possible to select both Jamieson and CDG in a bowling attack, so I'd say they're not competing for the exact same spot, but it would have to suit the rest of the makeup of the bowling attack.
I won't object if CDG gets the home season, but at 35 he is coming to the end of his career anyway.
yeah no doubt if Baz was in the same position he would've wanted to bat again, get the misery over and done with and hit the golf course.I haven't watched the last couple of days' play - what was the general consensus on India not enforcing the follow-on, both in terms of this thread and the commentators? Mustn't be many golfers in their side...under Baz, he would've had 36 holes booked for days 4 and 5 as soon as the 10th wicket fell in our first innings. Hope Kohli's mrs doesn't understand cricket, too. 'You didn't enforce the follow on? WHY? THERE ARE JOBS TO DO AND I HAVE A BABY'
It's quite difficult to determine at this point in time.If Kane is injured and Ross retires:
Latham
Ravindra
Young
Conway
Nicholls
Mitchell
Blundell
Jamieson
Southee
Wagner
Patel/Boult
Each batsman in what, imo, is their natural position.
Conway left SA as a thoroughly average 35 average FC bat, if anything his lack of success speaks to the lack of quality coaching, not the politics involvedIt's quite difficult to determine at this point in time.
However regarding Conway, I have a very strong suspicion that eventually he'll end up an opening bat.
He's the type of player that will no doubt bat extremely long periods. which is another reason to get him in early.
anyway when you open the innings and score a double century on your debut, I reckon its written in the stars
that that's where you will end up batting.
South Africa have screwed up big time here with their stupid politics...they just don't learn.
or even more importantly not being able to spot the potential that is really there.I kn
Conway left SA as a thoroughly average 35 average FC bat, if anything his lack of success speaks to the lack of quality coaching, not the politics involved
Yeah, bizarre. Apart from that, nice to see these two playing a few shots in the early part of the day.Haha, I can't believe that wasn't given out live.
yes indeed the biggest mistake you can make in cricket is to write off a champion early.He's done. Two reasons I say that - one is that I hope I'm wrong and I usually am about these things, I've written off many champions too early. Two is that he's a much, much worse option than Mitchell with the bat and you'd probably only entertain him as a seam option in the right conditions...which surely you have enough seam options with Jamieson/Boult/Wagner/Southee if you go that way.