*Official* England in South Africa Thread

[wpdavid]

Anyway, the 14 for Durban have been announced. Gibbs is back, as is Boje. Kallis is fit to bowl, so De Bruyn is out. Langeveldt is also in the squad.

 

[Marius]

My XI for Durban would be
Smith
Gibbs
Rudolph
Kallis
Dippennaar
Amla
De Villiers
Polly
Boje
Langeveldt
Ntini

Bit hard on Steyn and Hall, and we need a keeper who can make some runs

 

[Gangster]

My XI for Durban would be
Smith
Gibbs
Rudolph
Kallis
Dippennaar
Amla
De Villiers
Polly
Boje
Langeveldt
Ntini

Bit hard on Steyn and Hall, and we need a keeper who can make some runs

I'd put Steyn in place of Boje or Langeveldt. He's special. One of the six bowlers in the world who can hit 150 k's on the radar gun. (Along with Akhtar, Sami, Lee, Bond and Harmison.)

 

[SpaceMonkey]

I'd put Steyn in place of Boje or Langeveldt. He's special. One of the six bowlers in the world who can hit 150 k's on the radar gun. (Along with Akhtar, Sami, Lee, Bond and Harmison.)

Best and Edwards both hit 150k/m for West Indies.

 

[Tom Halsey]

I'd put Steyn in place of Boje or Langeveldt. He's special. One of the six bowlers in the world who can hit 150 k's on the radar gun. (Along with Akhtar, Sami, Lee, Bond and Harmison.)

In place of Langeveldt maybe, not Boje.

SA need a spinner apart from Smith.

 

[Gangster]

Best and Edwards both hit 150k/m for West Indies.

Have you seen them hit 150 or do you just think it? Because I watched one test in the Caribbean, and while they were both quick, they topped out at around 145...

 

[Gangster]

Have you seen them hit 150 or do you just think it? Because I watched one test in the Caribbean, and while they were both quick, they topped out at around 145...

Well I found this link:
http://www.nz.cricket.org/link_to_d...S/2004/MAR/101932_WIENG2003-04_20MAR2004.html

which says Best bowled at 93.1 mph which is equivalent to 149ks, so I'll give it to him!
Still don't know about Edwards.

I suppose Best can take Bond's place in the Super Six Group since Bond won't bowl as quickly when he comes back. I hope he does though...

 

[Gangster]

Well I found this link:
http://www.nz.cricket.org/link_to_d...S/2004/MAR/101932_WIENG2003-04_20MAR2004.html

which says Best bowled at 93.1 mph which is equivalent to 149ks, so I'll give it to him!
Still don't know about Edwards.

I suppose Best can take Bond's place in the Super Six Group since Bond won't bowl as quickly when he comes back. I hope he does though...

And further apologies to Space Monkey!
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/3-13-2004-51656.asp

This says Edwards has reached 94 mph, and lists Best's best (lol) at 92.7, which is 0.4 lower than before but still right around 150, while 94 mph is a healthy 150.4 kmh! So let me revise the 150 km club, and please anyone chip in with people I've left out!

150 K Club:
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)
Mohammad Sami (PAK)
Brett Lee (AUS)
Fidel Edwards (WI)
Tino Best (WI)
Shane Bond (NZL)
Dale Steyn (SAF)
Steve Harmison (ENG)

8, maybe down to 7 if Bond really does change his motion.
Sadly, no one from India, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe or Bangladesh.

 

[steds]

Have you seen them hit 150 or do you just think it? Because I watched one test in the Caribbean, and while they were both quick, they topped out at around 145...

can you put it in real terms please?

 

[Scaly piscine]

90 mph makes a lot more sense to me too, would definitely have to add Flintoff and maybe Gillespie/Simon Jones

 

[Langeveldt]

My XI for Durban would be
Smith
Gibbs
Rudolph
Kallis
Dippennaar
Amla
De Villiers
Polly
Boje
Langeveldt
Ntini

Bit hard on Steyn and Hall, and we need a keeper who can make some runs

Good choice, however I'd have Steyn instead of Langeveldt..

If they don't get rid of Thami, I might be forced to break something..

 

[Neil Pickup]

How fast is Lasith Malinga?

Nice to see I was right on de Bruyn getting the bullet, especially given that it was a *slightly* random conclusion

 

[Langeveldt]

How fast is Lasith Malinga?

Nice to see I was right on de Bruyn getting the bullet, especially given that it was a *slightly* random conclusion

In clusion

 

[SpaceMonkey]

And further apologies to Space Monkey!
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/3-13-2004-51656.asp

150 K Club:
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)
Mohammad Sami (PAK)
Brett Lee (AUS)
Fidel Edwards (WI)
Tino Best (WI)
Shane Bond (NZL)
Dale Steyn (SAF)
Steve Harmison (ENG)

8, maybe down to 7 if Bond really does change his motion.
Sadly, no one from India, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe or Bangladesh.

Apology accepted :P

For those who dont know Km/h to MPH conversions.

150km/h = 93mph (roughly)
90mph = 145 km/h (roughly)

I think theres a difference betwen bowlers who can each the speeds once a game (Steyn / Best) and those who regularly hit the speeds at least once an over (Aktar / Lee / Harmison (although he's faster in one day games when he only has to bowl 10 overs) ).

 

[BoyBrumby]

I'd say Nantie Hayward must be v close to 90mph (you can keep yer poxy metric gubbins! ) too.

As a side note, I see Vaughan could now officially be described as the most successful England skip ever. Of the captains with more than 20 tests in charge his win ratio (70%) is vastly superior to his nearest rivals'.

For the record:

MP Vaughan- 20 tests, 14 wins, 70%
JM Brearley- 31, 18, 58%
PBH May- 41, 20, 49%
L Hutton- 23, 11, 48%
R Illingworth- 31, 12, 38%
N Hussian- 45, 17, 37%

 

[superkingdave]

Be nice if he became the winningest just as he lifts the ashes

 

[Langeveldt]

Id say Nantie had a few kms more than Steyn, just..

 

[Dasa]

How fast is Lasith Malinga?

If I recall correctly, during the SL vs Aus Tests, he wasn't that fast - up near 145 at times.

 

[Craig]

can you put it in real terms please?

What is so wrong with using kilometres? MIles, pounds etc. are old school IMO.

1.6Km is a mile. You do the maths.

 

[shaka]

Nice to see Gibbs making a comeback to the team. Hopefully he can make a few runs.