The days of 7 ODI games per series are done so no one will play enough to get close.Polly is never going to be surpassed is he?
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South Africa team selection
- Thread starter StephenZA
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SeamUp
International Coach
As Proteas do battle at Champions Trophy, Breetzke on outside kicking door down
Now and then, life throws unexpected opportunities at us and for 26-year-old South African batsman Matthew Breetzke that opportunity came just before the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy.
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Heboric
International Regular
Ah Trevor Quirk, I thought I heard the tinkle of a whiskey glass during commentary for a minute there
Love the loose shirts.
SeamUp
International Coach
Ah Trevor Quirk, I thought I heard the tinkle of a whiskey glass during commentary for a minute there
Love the loose shirts.
Good ol' Quirky. SABC was good coverage with him. Quality voice. Must be feeling a little lonely these days, all his golfing partners in Hylton Ackerman, Andre Bruyns & Robin Jackman have passed on.
Bahseph
International Debutant
Good to see Linde back in the mix like this.
SeamUp
International Coach
Loving it. It seems like his batting has improved with age and his bowling slightly regressed but that suits the balance of our team just fine.
StephenZA
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I mean you gotta give some of the youngsters that have been doing good a shot. But don't we only have like 11 games between now and the WC?
Time is short but the option of doing nothing won't make us ready for 2027 either.
Heboric
International Regular
The thing that is pissing me off is our bowlers, I have seen this before. Getting smashed but keep doing the same things wrong over and over. Isnt it the captains job to say to the bowler to change something instead of keep on getting smashed. And I am talking about experienced bowlers here not some greenhorn
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I felt from the start you should have played Shamsi over Ngidi and maybe more of a bowling allrounder over Mulder. That new guy perhaps?
Heboric
International Regular
I think he is out of favour, Shamsi wasnt that good in the warm up tournament. To me Ngidi looked injured
Kenneth Viljoen
International Regular
I don't believe Rob Walter should be coach, we haven't been great at white ball cricket coming into the Champions Trophy.
You can't be bad at bilaterals and not win tournaments, all that experimentation and we still couldn't trust a second spinner in these conditions while the teams that are in the final can play 3-4 spinners at a time. You can't rely on Markram as a 6th bowler he's averaging 60 with the ball since 2023 , they took ages to bring Linde back into the international set up when he was performing week in and week out for Province , we could have put more pressure on Brevis to develop his legbreaks so atleast we had more options from batsmen rather than just Markram. Did we pick a squad that gave us flexibility based on the conditions ? It looks like we just tried to copy and paste the World Cup 2023 gameplan .
Bosch would have gotten absolutely smashed here. Hardly has any variations and is very inconsistent with line & length.
Presume that is the new guy you referred to.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Yes but I think with Rabada and Jansen with the new ball and potentially Markram bowling a few in the first PP, you could have used Bosch and Shamsi with Maharaj through the middle overs. I Just feel it would have been a far better balance for you guys than what you ended up having.