30th Match - Pakistan v South Africa

[trundler]

Miller is just a left handed Afridi who can't bowl

 

[Howe_zat]

Mohammed Amir doing his best to integrate with team culture by dropping a catch off Mohammed Amir

 

[weldone]

Miller is just a left handed Afridi who can't bowl

and can field

 

[Top_Cat]

Normally I agree, but special players get special treatment and that is the case for pretty much all sports. Saffers can spin his exclusion as much as they want, however ultimately he is is an absolute elite player who they needed if they were serious about this event.

Spirit in the camp wouldn't be an issue if AB was their and helping them win games.

AB had form for picking choosing his tours, kidding yourself if ya reckon it would have made zero difference.

 

[trundler]

What the hell was that

 

[slippy888]

Everyone on the forum knows David Miller is a capable match winner on his day

 

[trundler]

and can field

Afridi was semi decent IIRC. Miller is quality though.

 

[h_hurricane]

Miller is just a left handed Afridi who can't bowl

This is disastrous. Miller is a better bat. He doesn't explode or implode as often as Afridi though.

 

[trundler]

Cross seam deliveries have worked wonders in this tournament

 

[weldone]

Afridi was semi decent IIRC. Miller is quality though.

Also Miller has a functional human brain. That's a big difference between the two.

 

[trundler]

This is disastrous. Miller is a better bat. He doesn't explode or implode as often as Afridi though.

Every time he comes to the crease everyone's like "woah, Miller's here! He could take it away!"

And then he gets out a few overs later. Waste man.

 

[trundler]

Also Miller has a functional human brain. That's a big difference between the two.

The hype isn't justified by the output though.

 

[vcs]

Miller is a classic slippy wasteman. Plays a good knock in the IPL, or against the Aussies once in a blue moon and lives off it forever.

 

[weldone]

The hype isn't justified by the output though.

The hype around Afridi's batting waned after the first year for any non-Pakistani. At least for Miller the hype is still there.

 

[slippy888]

Everyone on the forum knows David Miller is a capable match winner

 

[h_hurricane]

Every time he comes to the crease everyone's like "woah, Miller's here! He could take it away!"

And then he gets out a few overs later. Waste man.

5 hundreds with an average of close to 40 and strike rate of 100 says otherwise. Not saying he is a top bat. Good enough to be in most modern teams except possibly England.

 

[weldone]

in before Miller gets out for a 50(40) and trundler tells everyone "I told you so"

 

[Howe_zat]

Miller is just a left handed Afridi who can't bowl

This is a bad take.

 

[weldone]

On that note, Afridi is bowling to Miller

 

[OverratedSanity]

Whoever ruled against De Villiers been in the world cup squad should be shot. He in a gimp suit with a strap-on stuck to his face would still out bat most of these mugs.

Normally I agree, but special players get special treatment and that is the case for pretty much all sports. Saffers can spin his exclusion as much as they want, however ultimately he is is an absolute elite player who they needed if they were serious about this event.

Spirit in the camp wouldn't be an issue if AB was their and helping them win games.

AB had form for picking choosing his tours, kidding yourself if ya reckon it would have made zero difference.

Also, AB wouldve come in in place of van der Dussen who has been one of their few bright spots in the batting lineup.