*Official* 2024 South Africa tour of New Zealand: 2 tests

[Gnske]

Not me. Pitch it up ****.

Don't think I forgot. And you were rightfully mocked for being so wrong.

You can look at him all day and you'll never get his measure.

 

[thierry henry]

Don't think I forgot. And you were rightfully mocked for being so wrong.

You can look at him all day and you'll never get his measure.

I got the last laugh. He’s DROPPED and I’m still posting. Also I’m between 1-2cm taller than him.

 

[TT Boy]

Fortuin's domestic record is appalling and probably is even worse if you filter out amateur runs. Remember he used to open for RSA U19 with Markram. Won the U19 WC with Markram and Rabada.

 

[Flem274*]

How good is de Swardt at franchise level? I know he got a meme dismissal but if he can score the runs he's a good package.

 

[Skyliner]

“Give me the test captaincy or I’m quitting”

Would NZC fold to that kind of shocking ultimatum? It would set a dangerous precedent if any player is allowed to behave like that, effectively carrying out a coup against the existing captain.

 

[NZTailender]

I feel like, even though he's been good for a couple years, Matt Henry has finally cracked test cricket. Averages 26.40 since the start of 2021. Looks comfortable at this level and not perpetually defeated or on the verge of losing it.

 

[NZTailender]

How good is de Swardt at franchise level? I know he got a meme dismissal but if he can score the runs he's a good package.

When I saw his batting average of 45 I was genuinely surprised but then figured, without bothering to look it up, it'd be from their second tier comp?

Otherwise they've found South Africa's answer to New Zealand's Zimbabwean Colin de grandhomme

 

[_Ed_]

I feel like, even though he's been good for a couple years, Matt Henry has finally cracked test cricket. Averages 26.40 since the start of 2021. Looks comfortable at this level and not perpetually defeated or on the verge of losing it.

And sneakily averaging almost 27 with the bat during that same period too.

 

[NZTailender]

And sneakily averaging almost 27 with the bat during that same period too.

Just looking at our attack in that time

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Man, if only Boult was playing instead of Southee.

Ironically it feels like Southee is getting the most swing movement right now but can't make any use of it.

 

[Aidan11]

19 runs scored for 2 wickets in the first hour.

 

[straw man]

I feel like, even though he's been good for a couple years, Matt Henry has finally cracked test cricket. Averages 26.40 since the start of 2021. Looks comfortable at this level and not perpetually defeated or on the verge of losing it.

After we were all initial believers, Henry had to get repeatedly pummeled in his rare test cricket opportunities over several years, again and again and again, and wait until every last one of us had lost all faith in him, before he managed to turn it around. It's pretty impressive tbh. A more pronounced hype cycle than most.

 

[NZTailender]

After we were all initial believers, Henry had to get repeatedly pummeled in his rare test cricket opportunities over several years, again and again and again, and wait until every last one of us had lost all faith in him, before he managed to turn it around. It's pretty impressive tbh. A more pronounced hype cycle than most.

Is will young the Matt Henry of batting? His second coming will be katich-esque imo

 

[straw man]

if only

 

[NZTailender]

Granted I didn't watch all his overs yesterday but I hope Santner drops it in shorter today. Felt like the South Africans smothered his full deliveries with ease yesterday.

 

[thierry henry]

‘A peach of a seed’ shut up you idiot

 

[Aidan11]

That was a chance.

 

[Aidan11]

KJ is torturing Fortuin.

 

[straw man]

Actually gutted Blundell didn't catch that - great ball, a genuine test spin bowler's wicket.

‘A peach of a seed’ shut up you idiot

True thought-provoking stuff - cricket commentary and philosophy all wrapped up into one.

 

[NZTailender]

‘A peach of a seed’ shut up you idiot

And yet if he had said "the seed of a peach" I would've given him credit for saying something half clever.

 

[Aidan11]

Looked a bit high for LBW.