yeah half the game I was arguing with my mates who said he should've slowed down and played cafefully after getting 50. I argued there's no point at all in that since those deliveries are better used by our middle order cakes, and Baz seems to thrive on a single minded approach.Agreed, I don't understand why people want him to try to play more conservatively. He clearly needs that aggressive mindset to be able to bat well in the first place and he has confidence in the team to bring it home even if he gets out.
Also agree. Had he stayed in for 5 more overs batting like that we might have won comfortably.Agreed, I don't understand why people want him to try to play more conservatively. He clearly needs that aggressive mindset to be able to bat well in the first place and he has confidence in the team to bring it home even if he gets out.
the fact is the break didn't help ABD for sure ..agreed he could have got out next ball but what if he he had stayed on for another 8 overs with out interruption .. even if no overs where reduced the only thing that break would have done was to help NZ..and i still believe 350 /50 would have been harder to chase than what they eventually did .probably got lost in the general bickering, but most of the people arguing with me - including NZ supporters - were of the opinion that SA were being robbed of runs because ABDV...Was so weird.
And then he only scored 5 or so runs after the break which was great, and Miller was actually the one to overperform. Kinda illustrated my point.
Yeah 300 in 43 was a monumental chase definitely. One of the all time great WC chases.hmmm nah just as hard tbh. cbf working out the asking rate but with what we had (297 in 43) if SA scored 350 in an alternate universe i'd be seriously considering taking the extra 53 runs for an extra 7 overs.
in the end 300 from 43 was a fair ask and you back yourself to win a game if you have that total behind you most days.
If I am a Saffer I am not proud of their WC campaign they went 2-3 against top 8 sides just not good enough for a team of this calibre.Pleased to see this...
hows social copping all the **** for saying SA were robbed when it was spikey who brought it up first, WAC he is
More likely he tried a yorker and missed it.Interesting that they consulted and decided to bowl length.
I have tickets to the final.. got them 3 months back. Ponsford stand yeahhh !!!!so how many of you guys are going to join Jono in the final..
Nice.Bowl first - I want Elliott to hit the winning runs. Ronchi can do likewise if we play Australia in the final.
love how you actually used the puush link where i uploaded it to and you didn't just grab it from C:/Users/Spikey/My Pictures/ajdude/Greatest Hits/February 2014/steynface.jpg and upload it yourself