My definition of 7/4 is six specialist batsman and a keeper batsman , I feel Muthusamy was played to accommodate a 4 man pace attack and the sacrifice of the specialist spinner Maharaj , he only averages 31 in FC cricket , that is not good enough to say batting is stronger than his bowling , you can get away with it in domestic cricket because of quotas there are some genuinely below average cricketers that make up the provincial sides
Very different batting order. What we sent to Aus was a disgrace.
5 years ago he was treated as a bowler who could bat. In the last few season it is clear that he spent time working on his batting, and this can be observed in some of the runs he has started scoring in the last few seasons. His batting became a bigger priority under guidance of how he needed to improve and what his best chances of making the contribution to the teams (both his local and international possibilities).
Elgar is a Home track bully just like Markram , so it's scant consolation because when we tour we will get found out because these two can't score in conditions they aren't used to .
He's allergic to the Kookaburra, and the older he gets the worse that meme seems to be.
Would sum up the Windies pace attack collectively.
I agree with the sentiment but don’t think any SA batsmen will be taking chances until they are settled into a new lineup. And both these players have an ability to actually competently defend the ball and take pressure unlike say Crawley and co.
Valid points there but I think that teams can afford to be much more aggressive against nothing bowlers than they realise. Taking out one bowling option entirely has massive trickle down benefits.
That's a bit harsh on Klaasen. He has a first class average of 47.24, so is able to make the side as a specialist bat.
