sorry typo, i was just caught in the mood when someone decided to label bell substandard. it really annoys me.BoyBrumby said:Hey, we're good, but still reckon we need an England XI!
what has pollock done wrong? best bowler and best batsman for SA in the last gameLangeveldt said:
and rikki clarke is bradman......no one sane would say that papps is the worst batsman they've ever seen.Neil Pickup said:
I think he meant it all started to go wrong when they got rid of Pollock as captain.tooextracool said:
He wasn't labelled substandard, he was used an example of one of the two 'least established players' in the England side and compared favourably with Prince & Bacher for SA.SpeedKing said:sorry typo, i was just caught in the mood when someone decided to label bell substandard. it really annoys me.
hopefully, bell won't prove me wrong and make me look like a fool
***crosses finger..... on both hands.... and tries to do the same on toes***
yeah brilliant...abusing players when they have no way of retaliating with probably putting their careers on the line...very big of you....Marius said:I was at the game on Sun, gave Pietersen some stickJust called him traitor, asked him if he could still speak Afrikaans, and then swore at him in the language
. He seemed to take it quite well though. Got wet through walking back to the car when the storm hit though. I just hope our boys can pull it through and give the Poms some competition.
Tell me one I've watched who's worse, then.tooextracool said:
i believe the name has been mentioned in the quote you just used.Neil Pickup said:
Ever seen Matsikenyeri? Sibanda?Neil Pickup said:
Almost as bad as abusing a cricketing fraternity you wouldn't lift one leg up for isn't it?Swervy said:
anthony mcgrath comes to mind,as does ian ward when he was picked(Whether or not he has improved since then is irrelevant),not to mention players like vikram rathore, sujith somasundar(who btw is the single worst batsman ive ever seen), devang gandhi,darren maddy and the like.Langeveldt said:
When I saw him, I was less impressed than I was with Bacher. Close, but Papps' footwork and hands were iffy almost all the time. I'd rate McGrath above both and have never seen Matsi, Sibanda, Habib, Mubarak, Somasunder, Rathore, Gandhi... plus Maddy was aged 12 or so and I can't remember. So I stick to Papps.tooextracool said:
But you only saw Bacher for all of 10 minutes.. Its like rating Tendulkar based on an off day and a rubbish dismissal.. You can't do it with anyone in my book..Neil Pickup said:
Still rates below everyone else, though, doesn't it?Langeveldt said:
Yeah, of course..Neil Pickup said:Still rates below everyone else, though, doesn't it?
You appear to have misunderstood him - he meant the onset of the decline seems to coincide with getting rid of Pollock (as captain, I assume).tooextracool said:
Yea, I guess we all should rate Bacher on his Test and ODI record...Langeveldt said: