Yeah, calling it a great attack would be a bit of a stretch, looking back now. When SA upgraded Tsotsobe with Philander and put Morkel in his rightful place as first-change quick, they started bowling teams out for <50 and went on to win everywhere. Steyn at his peak getting the lion's share of wickets (partly because he didn't have to compete with someone on his level) was a sight to behold, though.
He was pretty awesome but he also had some heavy downhill skiing runs that series iirc.
+ He came into the series directly after losing 5-0 in SA and WI got humilated in the first test being bowled out for 51. Then in the second test they're 34-4. To pull off those three tons in those circumstances is just freakish.
He bowled a similar ball to Harbhajan in that same spell, which missed everything, and kissed the stumps on the way to the keeper without dislodging the bails. Thankfully Bhajji saw out that spell with a huge amount of luck and added some valuable runs with Tendulkar. Even hit a six off him later.
There were some awesome series in SA around that time-frame. England's tour over there in 2009-10 (where they drew a couple of Tests 9-down) and Australia in 2011 (sadly only two matches) were also crackers. Also immensely enjoyed SA vs. Australia in 2014.
Hmm. But Rahane/Vijay also scored well. The other examples the rest of the batsmen sucked.
Not a good example really. Snow was well past his best and only played two tests against Richards that summer and England's attack ended up being composed of whoever they could dredge up who wasn't injured, including rather less illustrious names like Mike Selvey and Alan Ward. Bob Woolmer was the second change when he scored 291.
