***Official Australia in South Africa***

[Barney Rubble]

Not ?

*whooooooosh*

Sound of joke going over Halsey's head....

 

[Isolator]

Yeah I agree. Firstly and most obviously the pitch was flat. On top of that the ground was small, the outfield was amazingly fast, the bowling quality was garbage, the conditions were batsman friendly with no cloud cover, it was a day match etc. etc.

It just all combined, along with some awesome batting displays, to equate to an amazing high scoring match.

And this is pretty much what I'm saying, the only additional thing being that when you look at scores like 430+, you have to realize that under such condtions - flat pitch, fast outfield, batsman-friendly conditions, crap bowling - it's not that unbelievable, and that a few teams would come close to scoring 400. Therefore, I'd say not "best batting ever", just "pretty awesome batting".

 

[howardj]

And this is pretty much what I'm saying, the only additional thing being that when you look at scores like 430+, you have to realize that under such condtions - flat pitch, fast outfield, batsman-friendly conditions, crap bowling - it's not that unbelievable, and that a few teams would come close to scoring 400. Therefore, I'd say not "best batting ever", just "pretty awesome batting".

For sure, man - damn awesome batting! All of those factors came into alignment. I liked Barry Richards' comment: "Geez, in ten years time, a team won't be safe with 600".

 

[Tony Blade]

Wow.. just wow.

 

[BlackCap_Fan]

I swear to god, they better put this series on DVD then sell it in NZ.

On the subject of DVDs, I better buy the Ashes one soon...

 

[Natman20]

ummmmmmmmm........... Damn

 

[howardj]

On the subject of DVDs, I better buy the Ashes one soon...

It's well worth it, mate. I got the three-pack Ashes DVD series. It's pretty damn good.

 

[Richard]

This has to be the biggest freak in the history of sport, never mind cricket.

 

[Barney Rubble]

This has to be the biggest freak in the history of sport, never mind cricket.

I agree - it's like a team going to Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea, going 10-0 down at half-time and then coming back to win in the last minute. It's insane.

 

[TT Boy]

South Africa Test squad: G Smith (capt), M Boucher (wkt), N Boje, AB de Villiers, H Dippenaar, H Gibbs, A Hall, J Kallis, G Kruger, A Nel, M Ntini, S Pollock, A Prince, J Rudolph.


How many test comebacks is Dippenaar going to have. His a good ODI player but his had enough goes at test cricket and not performed. Andrew Hall selection is a no brainier another series, another return, expect him to be dropped from the squad after the first test match, Prince and Rudolph are walking on thin ice and Kruger, the bloke is useless, not in Mick Lewis's ball park but nevertheless. Also good to see the Justin Kemp test experiment has ended.

 

[age_master]

Wow.. just wow.

indeed

 

[Smudge]

Sucks to be a saffie

I wonder if GoT_SpIn is looking at this post and doing his Cher impersonation...

"If I could turn back time - if I could find a way..."

 

[howardj]

I wonder if GoT_SpIn is looking at this post and doing his Cher impersonation...

"If I could turn back time - if I could find a way..."

'words are like weapons, they wound sometimes'.

 

[Smudge]

They wont get close i would put my life on it, Australia have all the momentum they will win by 150 runs minnimum..

<Voltman books a front-row seat for aussie’s public hanging>

 

[Langeveldt]

I was in Nottingham when I heard we had 420 odd hit off us..

I was going to take a break from the forums, and then come and write about SA's history of choking, and how today was worse then Hansiegate, and WC1999..

Just been told what happened, and I can't type properly because Im shaking.. Recorded it and am going to burn the DVD and have it played at my funeral..

 

[Smudge]

Yeah, I bet he doesn't appear for a while now...

If he's already dead, I don't think we'll see him for a long time.

 

[Smudge]

I'm going off to polish the 99 world cup, you suddies can have the NATIONAL STANDARD BANK ODI TROPHY

What a terribly sore loser.

 

[Smudge]

RIP Colin.


(Delightful-er-er-er)

 

[luckyeddie]

<Voltman books a front-row seat for aussie’s public hanging>

Been conspicuous by his absence since.

Let's all pretend we've forgotten when he returns.

 

[Neil Pickup]

South Africa Test squad: G Smith (capt), M Boucher (wkt), N Boje, AB de Villiers, H Dippenaar, H Gibbs, A Hall, J Kallis, G Kruger, A Nel, M Ntini, S Pollock, A Prince, J Rudolph.


How many test comebacks is Dippenaar going to have. His a good ODI player but his had enough goes at test cricket and not performed. Andrew Hall selection is a no brainier another series, another return, expect him to be dropped from the squad after the first test match, Prince and Rudolph are walking on thin ice and Kruger, the bloke is useless, not in Mick Lewis's ball park but nevertheless. Also good to see the Justin Kemp test experiment has ended.

Prince is vice captain