Yeah, sorry I probably didn't word my post very well. For sure you can have the forecast at the back of your mind but I don't think it can totally rule the call. I daresay Smith did call it possibly earlier than he would if the forecast was fine......but whoever it was slating his defensive mindset last night was carrying on from ball one that he should be bowling. Assuming the forecast was correct for little to no play today then I guess Smith did take a chance because I doubt even he saw the last session going like it did.
Dhoni(even though not making the early declaration) made the mistake of sacrificing wickets for quick runs and enabled SA to draw the first Test and win the second.If he had batted for a bit longer in those Tests instead of going for quick runs,result would have been different.In fact he was misled by the weather forcast for the last day of the second Test and didn't expect SA to have sufficient time to chase any target
Ah, I've written off just about every player, FFS.
Can never accuse a captain of batting first.
except for peter siddle. you will go down as his biggest fan imo
NUFAN seething at this post.
Sure you can. I get the feeling you probably mean something other than what you've actually said though.
Haha, right. For would go down better than of.Sure you can. I get the feeling you probably mean something other than what you've actually said though.
IIRC the drainage at PE is pretty terrible and it did rain last night, so I can't be certain about a full session.
According to some of the scribes still in PE, play would have been good to go on time.
Injury problems. A change in action. Etcetera. He might come back to form, but he's not in the crosshairs at this time - not even for the franchise sides.
