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*Official* 2024 South Africa tour of New Zealand: 2 tests

straw man

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thierry henry said:
I'm only following cricinfo commentary at the moment, but in between the dot balls there seems to be a lot of edges and generally dodgy shots when the batsmen try to attack. Is it actually just a bit of a tricky surface?
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They're showing some graphics where the ball is still both swinging and sometimes seaming a surprising amount. However I don't know that it's really doing it from the middle of the wicket on a fullish length, plus a lot of it is at a gentle pace. So I will be interested to see how well our bowlers can exploit it.
 
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Athlai said:
Can't believe he wasn't in the Test team immediately after the world cup
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Yeah. I guess maybe it was a deliberate plan to give him a confidence-boosting test comeback in this home series against what was always going to be a fairly unthreatening bowling attack? But that's probably giving Stead and co too much credit.
 
TT Boy

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If RSA U19 lose against India on Tuesday, South Africa should get Maphaka in the side for the 2nd test.
 
Bahnz

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Hah, it's always fun when Daz unleashes one of the those monstrously overpowered straight drives in tests.
 
straw man

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The sort of straight drive where the bowler is usually just woops I couldn't get my hands there in time.

Incredible catch, really.
 
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SteveNZ

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Ugh, another horrible shot. I'm going to presume this pitch is really hard to get in on or force the pace on
 
honestbharani

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So I went and checked the crapinfo profile of this De Swardt and his fielding position is listed as wicket keeper.


Is he really just a wicket keeper who is having a bowl?
 
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SteveNZ

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Haha WTF is happening here. Glenn trying to take a single straight to a cover that is shallow if anything.

The whole approach to this Test feels haywire. Is it the rust of not playing long-form cricket for so long? Is it the perceived star quality of the opposition and fear of getting out to them? Is it the pitch?
 
D

Darwin Award

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Ravindra now has Sinclair's 25 year old national record in his sights eg highest maiden century by a New Zealand batsman- 214.
 
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