Marius
International Debutant
StephenZA Especially with Elgar bowling himself before him!
Yes, it was just over over to allow the spinners to swap.Wasn't that just so that Maharaj and Harmer could swap ends?
StephenZA Especially with Elgar bowling himself before him!
Yes, it was just over over to allow the spinners to swap.Wasn't that just so that Maharaj and Harmer could swap ends?
That's the reason they're hard to keep track of. We know who our best quicks are, but they're all in India. It's probably fair to say that the guys in the squad are the best of what's available (apart from the omission of Coetzee), but it's not clear who the best amongst them is, and I don't think even the selectors have that good an idea.And none of these guys are close to first choice.
And this is how Parnell was ruined... Picked early, then yo-yoed on and off the bench.I don't know if Mulder will or will not succeed long term, but I do know that he is not being treated fairly. He has performed well with the ball, but does not get an opportunity to bowl when required (note he took a wicket straight away). He has started his career in a struggling batting order coming down at 7 and everybody just expects him to suddenly start making big runs!? What we can say is that dropping him then selecting him then dropping him has not done, and is not likely to do his career or confidence any good. He scored a great 100 the other day, get selected for SA but nobody then backs him to do his job? And then look at the benefit he brings if we can coax him along to succeed even on a reasonable level (i.e high 35+ bat, 28ish bowler). Then the whole balance of the team becomes better and easier. Want to play two spinners no problem. Need to pick a 4th seamer and still keep a spinner no problem. Without him we end up with to many bowlers or not enough batsmen.
And Baartman, M Pretorius, E Bosch, Paterson, Viljoen...That's the reason they're hard to keep track of. We know who our best quicks are, but they're all in India. It's probably fair to say that the guys in the squad are the best of what's available (apart from the omission of Coetzee), but it's not clear who the best amongst them is, and I don't think even the selectors have that good an idea.
Hard to know what to make of it really. On the one hand, a formal complaint was said to have been lodged? On the other, it very much looked like our guys were doing plenty of sledging themselves, and if, as previously reported, they were unhappy about the extremes of the South African sledging it rather clashes with what Mominul says about not having complained about sledging and not being too bothered about it.I do not like this type of language from the guy who is suppose to represent SA. This is the type of language used by bullies...
Dean Elgar asks Bangladesh to 'harden up and play the game at a level that maybe they're not used to'
Mominul Haque, meanwhile, has denied that Bangladesh complained about excessive sledging after the first Testwww.espncricinfo.com
I really hope so too.I hope it rains for 3 days and we salvage some WTC points from the draw.
Sehwag must've had a good chuckle reading that for sure.That sledge pre-test was awesome from Elgar. Loved it. Would have given some interest for passive followers to follow this test.