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**** Official **** Australia in South Africa 2020
- Thread starter Heboric
- Start date
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
Clinical win for SA. Their batsmen stepped up.
artvandalay
State Vice-Captain
Saf suddenly look a pretty decent loi team. I'm impressed with this kid malan and ngidi looks back to his best after the fitness camp too.
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Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Well done South Africa. I see that they've won 10 out of their last 11 ODIs vs Australia!
On paper NZ should beat Australia in our upcoming ODI series (our best format & their worst) but they'll probably thrash us again.
On paper NZ should beat Australia in our upcoming ODI series (our best format & their worst) but they'll probably thrash us again.
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Aus vs NZ is a good match up. The team favoured on paper often loses (except in world cups).
Does anyone else get a twinge of satisfaction when the team batting first loses their last wicket on the last ball of the innings, irrespective of who you support?
To me, its the surest sign possible that the batting team has maximised the available balls in relation to wickets in hand- if a team ends on 350/4, I always feel like they could have potentially have gone harder. All out on the last ball means they pushed both their wickets in hand and balls in hand as far as they could go.
I shouldnt care about the overall records of bats, but I do. A bat who is willing to sacrifice his wicket on the last ball is far more valuable than one who pulls a Chanders/Kallis, but it still relects badly in his stats. But last wicket/ball is typically tailenders, whose batting records dont bother me.
And I like rewarding bowlers who have actually managed to tear through an entire lineup in a batting dominated era. Anyone thrown to the wolves by being designated a death bowler needs all the statistical help they can get
To me, its the surest sign possible that the batting team has maximised the available balls in relation to wickets in hand- if a team ends on 350/4, I always feel like they could have potentially have gone harder. All out on the last ball means they pushed both their wickets in hand and balls in hand as far as they could go.
I shouldnt care about the overall records of bats, but I do. A bat who is willing to sacrifice his wicket on the last ball is far more valuable than one who pulls a Chanders/Kallis, but it still relects badly in his stats. But last wicket/ball is typically tailenders, whose batting records dont bother me.
And I like rewarding bowlers who have actually managed to tear through an entire lineup in a batting dominated era. Anyone thrown to the wolves by being designated a death bowler needs all the statistical help they can get