*Official* South African tour of England and Ireland 2022

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Another masterclass from Roy

He's doing a good job of seeing off the new ball.

 

[Preed]

Surely Roy must go now and Salt to come in but unfortunately we have a weak Captain who lacks the courage to upset the clique

 

[slippy888]

Why did Riley not score his 100 at the end there guys not watching stubbs hogging the strike

 

[trundler]

Why don't they just open with Bairstow? I know not everyone can open but when you have someone suffering from the yips opening and YJB in the same team you're better off getting Bairstow to open to get the best out of him. Get Brooks in the middle order.

 

[Heboric]

South Africa need to pick more then 5 bowlers. I dont think they have the vast depth to trouble England for the last 2 T20s

Yeah right

 

[trundler]

Roussouw man of the match in a glorious triumph. Gotta love it. He's simply too talented to sideline and SA have got to get the most out of him IMO.

 

[Apex Predator]

England don't look like the team that will go far in Australia in T20WC... As much as their commies hype it.
They have NZ WI Aus in their group all three capable sides to knock them out of the group stage.
They need to give these bilaterals to players like Salt Brooks rather than wasting their time on hacks like Roy.

 

[andruid]

Surely Roy must go now and Salt to come in but unfortunately we have a weak Captain who lacks the courage to upset the clique

Bring back Phil Mustard too

 

[Prince EWS]

Why don't they just open with Bairstow? I know not everyone can open but when you have someone suffering from the yips opening and YJB in the same team you're better off getting Bairstow to open to get the best out of him. Get Brooks in the middle order.

Yeah they don't necessarily need to find another opener, they're already playing too many of them. If they think Brooks is the next best bat - or even close to that - then Bairstow should open.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Yeah they don't necessarily need to find another opener, they're already playing too many of them. If they think Brooks is the next best bat - or even close to that - then Bairstow should open.

I think that Salt is seen as the next batsman in line, ahead of Brooks, so wouldn't mind if they just made a straight swap. But they really need to make the call and pull Roy out asap rather than let him limp along to the WC in his current form.

 

[Marius]

He is gonna have to show me a hell'va a lot more composure... his talent has never been in doubt, hence all his previous opportunities. But if he is just gonna mindlessly hack at the ball, we might as well choose some younger talented players that have shown better temperament and growth.

Did Rilee's 90* show his composure and talent last night?

 

[StephenZA]

Did Rilee's 90* show his composure and talent last night?

First half was doubtful... second half was brilliant. Has Reezas two 50s shown he is good enough?

 

[StephenZA]

The best thing from last night for me was actually Shamsi... I do think that maybe he should not be selected on the smaller grounds.

 

[Marius]

First half was doubtful... second half was brilliant. Has Reezas two 50s shown he is good enough?

RTeeza has impressed me the last two knocks. Rilee's overall record for me, would still put him ahead of Reeza, but Reeza certainly deserves his spot at the mo. Also played proper cricket shots.

If they were assassins Rilee would beat you to death with a baseball bat while Reeza would slit your throat without you even noticing it.

 

[Nintendo]

What top 6/7 do SA rock up to the WC with, all 6 guys Bar klassen are shoeins or have done well this series, and rassie+ makram are both still on the bench. Reeza making runs complicates things alot.

1.Quinny
2.Reeza
3.Riley/Hulk
4.Makram/rassie
5.Rassie/makram
6.Miller/Stubbs
7.Hulk

You need Hulk at 7 for the bowling, can't rock up to a WC with makram as the 5th bowler and no other top order bats who can role the arm over. Stubbs missing out is rough but not sure what can be done about it.

 

[trundler]

Pretorius at 7 doesn't look bad.

 

[trundler]

Also, I'd rather have both Miller and Stubbs.

 

[StephenZA]

I would rather see something like:

QDK
Bavuma/Reeza
VDD
Rillee
Markram
Miller
Stubbs
Maharaj
Rabada
Ngidi
Shamsi/Nortje

Markram and Stubbs to be 5/6th bowler. I don't see any of our bowling allrounder options being good enough with the ball to really compensate for their lesser batting. I would rather just try get away with the dodgy overs and have the ball striking ability lower down.

 

[Bahseph]

Markram is good for a couple of overs upfront. But Stubbs really doesn't have a bowling record to fall back on at all.

 

[StephenZA]

Markram is good for a couple of overs upfront. But Stubbs really doesn't have a bowling record to fall back on at all.

Maybe some extra use for Bavuma with his 'dibbly dobblers'...