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  1. Van Buren

    ***Official*** India in South Africa 2013/14

    As the end was unfolding live, I was disappointed because a historic win seemed a fitting end to Faf's heroics. But now that some time has passed, I think playing for the draw was the responsible thing to do. As seen in Adelaide, Morkel is decent at surviving against quicks, but the past has...
  2. Van Buren

    ***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2012

    If Smith had been given not out, and if the fielding team had reviewed it, would the same decision have occurre[
  3. Van Buren

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa

    Oh my.
  4. Van Buren

    ***Official*** Australia in South Africa

    Ball's been swinging all day, and there has been some extra bounce on offer as well. On the other hand, the outfield looks lightning fast. Hope weather doesn't play spoilsport to what could be scintillating viewing.
  5. Van Buren

    Future series predictions....

    Windies, just over a year ago. While they've lost only 1 series in over 5 years, they're struggling to recapture the consistency that won them away series in England and Australia within the space of a few months. That said, they've played surprisingly few Test matches of late - around just 20...
  6. Van Buren

    Would Stuart Broad make the world's strongest XI?

    My World XI to take on England: Amla Watson Dravid Sangakkara Kallis Hussey De Villiers (wk) Vettori Steyn Zaheer Morkel My reasoning: Amla has opened the batting before, and De Villiers has kept wickets. Assuming the venue is in England, a long batting lineup was something I tried to go...
  7. Van Buren

    Future series predictions....

    Blanking Australia 2-0 would be a difficult task for SA, one would think, despite Australia's recent troubles. SA don't seem to perform too well of late when they go into a series the favorites. Besides, they've been far too sloppy at home for a while now. I can remember far too many series in...
  8. Van Buren

    Would Stuart Broad make the world's strongest XI?

    Yes, he would make my World XI quite easily. Steyn picks himself, obviously, and he is a one-man bowling army against right-handers. Since this is hypothetical, I'm making the outlandish assumption that Zaheer is fit. In the SA team, Morkel makes up for Steyn's relative ineffectiveness against...
  9. Van Buren

    *Official* Fourth Test at The Oval

    The last 7 runs have cost India 5 wickets!
  10. Van Buren

    *Official* Fourth Test at The Oval

    Did that hit his bat first ? Either way, he looks a walking wicket when playing spinners.
  11. Van Buren

    *Official* Fourth Test at The Oval

    It's due to the diagonal replay that they used, imo. It makes the ball seem like it is deflecting away when seen in that angle, especially in light of the bat coming vertically down. A pity it had to happen, let alone to Dravid, who seemed to intimate that he wasn't entirely against the use of...
  12. Van Buren

    *Official* Fourth Test at The Oval

    The deflection seemed like an optical illusion. Needed a side camera replay to say for certain. Dravid might well have been unlucky there.
  13. Van Buren

    ***Official*** Australia in Sri Lanka

    This Prasanna is impressive with the amount of drift he gets. It was an awful shot by Dussey, it must be said.
  14. Van Buren

    *Official* Fourth Test at The Oval

    A bit late, but what was KP doing trying to deflect Sreesanth's shy at the stumps in his previous over ? I seem to recall Inzi given out obstructing the field for a similar incident. Would be a shame to get out in that manner, and it's a good thing he didn't make contact.
  15. Van Buren

    *Official* Third Test at Edgbaston

    I reckon the scoreline flatters England's bowlers a fair bit - they bowled a lot better in previous matches. For the most part, they kept things tight, but were aided by inept shot selection from the Indian top order. Once it seemed inevitable that India would be bowled out cheaply, they let...
  16. Van Buren

    *Official* Third Test at Edgbaston

    The short-pitched stuff finally gets Kumar, but costs England 80+ runs, and dare I say it, quite a bit of momentum. Bizarre plan, really, when most of the other wickets came from good-length deliveries.
  17. Van Buren

    *Official* Third Test at Edgbaston

    Great grit and application shown by the Indian batsmen here.
  18. Van Buren

    *Official* Third Test at Edgbaston

    Jaffa. India would do well to reach 200 now. On a related note, why did Tendulkar skip the practice match despite struggling all series ?
  19. Van Buren

    *Official* Third Test at Edgbaston

    With England ahead and having no problems in keeping the opposition to under 300 all series, I guess they can afford to be defensive (if one can call it that based on the series' scoreline) and continue playing 4 quality bowlers. I'm just wary of the 5 bowler strategy with Morgan as a...
  20. Van Buren

    *Official* Second Test at Trent Bridge

    Spineless batting performance from India in losing 10 wickets over two sessions. Outside of a few passages of play, the series has been largely one-sided, with one team trying to play catch-up. England fully deserve to knock India off the top spot. When are the saffers due next in England ...

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