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*Official* England in South Africa Thread
- Thread starter Richard
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Anyway, we won, we won, Yaaay 
Langeveldt
Soutie
Without the "love" bit...twctopcat said:
chris.hinton
International Captain
Langeveldt
Tell me when Pitersen "Baited" the crowd?
Tell me when Pitersen "Baited" the crowd?
Langeveldt
Soutie
In Port Elizabeth, after taking a catch in the deep (forget who it was he caught)chris.hinton said:
Greg Blewett
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Langeveldt said:
Heaps of sportsman including cricketers bait the crowd, the New Zealanders do it to us in cricket, we do it to them.
Who cares if Pietersen did it to the South African fans, the stick the fans and apparently the SA players have been giving him he derserves to give some back.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Well... the ODI series and the tour is over, how'd it go, then?
Trescothick - shocker, really - and for no apparent reason. Lowest average of the batsmen bar Bell, when he really should be topping the averages... oh, well, he's had form-slumps before.
G. Jones - looks like he's going to continue opening the batting, doesn't it? Well, TBF he's done better opening than he's done down the order (averages 19.85 there and 11 when at seven - also averages 20 at three) but if anyone reckons there aren't any better openers going around, they're... well, actually... who's going to stick their hand up? I certainly can't see any obvious candidates. Until there are, I guess we're stuck with Jones wasting the place.
Vaughan - somehow managed to average 39.75 here - even before this series he'd managed to average 38.66 against South Africa. Still only averages 24.40 in proper ODIs. Needs more than one good series to convince anyone.
Strauss - 17.33, very poor indeed. Oh, well, he couldn't go on averaging 43 for ever.
Pietersen - no need to amplify an average of 151.33, it speaks for itself (the SR of 105.58 ain't bad, either). My only worry is that he's "done a Strauss" and burned-up all his runs and is due 10 runs in 7 innings against Australia next summer or something horrible like that.
Bell - 3 innings, not really anything convincing in any of them but the last, in which he failed. Hopefully he might get another chance in the four-five sort of position.
Solanki - managed to average 30 - like Vaughan he managed to average 40.50 in his previous series against SA. God knows what's next for him - removed from the opening slot, could go back there, could be dropped, could have some more games at six, or three, or elsewhere. We really can't know until we see.
Collingwood - as usual against the decent teams, failed pretty poorly - averaged 17.40. Oh, well, as per usual no-one'll notice when he scores some runs against Bangladesh soon. Bowled a bit better than expected, but still not especially well, as 4.88-an-over at 84.66 suggests.
Giles - despite profession of him bowling well, 4.41-an-over at 39.71 hardly provides a brilliant picture, does it? Managed to average higher than 4 batsmen with the bat, at a nothing-special 19.75.
Kabir Ali - quite familiar, really - a bowler comes in and goes for plenty while grabbing wickets pretty regularly. Have to wait to see which one changes first - if the latter, as the manner of their collection suggests to me, he's not gonna be around much longer. If the former, he'll turn into quite some bowler.
Gough - well, he should at least have staved-off the fools who couldn't wait to write him off. Easily the best bowler, while those who'd been championed were hammered (and one didn't even get a game).
Wharf - somehow managed to collect 5 wickets for less than 100. Somehow I doubt it'll continue, but if he gets away with this sort of disjointed selection it might.
Hoggard - not much has changed these last 2 years, has it? What was the point in bringing him back? 5.71-an-over at 43.40 - hopefully he'll be left to Test-cricket again, and hopefully left for good this time.
Harmison - 6-an-over, 2 wickets at 60 - what a fantastic two games. Who'd have thought that he'd be deemed not good enough for the ODIs at the start of the tour? Equally, who'd have guessed that the man he apparently made him look like a medium-pace plodder in the summer should put him to such shame? Ah, well - at least one person did.
Anderson, so rampant 18 months ago, couldn't even get in the side once. Good job for him - Kemp might have made mincemeat of him.
Trescothick - shocker, really - and for no apparent reason. Lowest average of the batsmen bar Bell, when he really should be topping the averages... oh, well, he's had form-slumps before.
G. Jones - looks like he's going to continue opening the batting, doesn't it? Well, TBF he's done better opening than he's done down the order (averages 19.85 there and 11 when at seven - also averages 20 at three) but if anyone reckons there aren't any better openers going around, they're... well, actually... who's going to stick their hand up? I certainly can't see any obvious candidates. Until there are, I guess we're stuck with Jones wasting the place.
Vaughan - somehow managed to average 39.75 here - even before this series he'd managed to average 38.66 against South Africa. Still only averages 24.40 in proper ODIs. Needs more than one good series to convince anyone.
Strauss - 17.33, very poor indeed. Oh, well, he couldn't go on averaging 43 for ever.
Pietersen - no need to amplify an average of 151.33, it speaks for itself (the SR of 105.58 ain't bad, either). My only worry is that he's "done a Strauss" and burned-up all his runs and is due 10 runs in 7 innings against Australia next summer or something horrible like that.
Bell - 3 innings, not really anything convincing in any of them but the last, in which he failed. Hopefully he might get another chance in the four-five sort of position.
Solanki - managed to average 30 - like Vaughan he managed to average 40.50 in his previous series against SA. God knows what's next for him - removed from the opening slot, could go back there, could be dropped, could have some more games at six, or three, or elsewhere. We really can't know until we see.
Collingwood - as usual against the decent teams, failed pretty poorly - averaged 17.40. Oh, well, as per usual no-one'll notice when he scores some runs against Bangladesh soon. Bowled a bit better than expected, but still not especially well, as 4.88-an-over at 84.66 suggests.
Giles - despite profession of him bowling well, 4.41-an-over at 39.71 hardly provides a brilliant picture, does it? Managed to average higher than 4 batsmen with the bat, at a nothing-special 19.75.
Kabir Ali - quite familiar, really - a bowler comes in and goes for plenty while grabbing wickets pretty regularly. Have to wait to see which one changes first - if the latter, as the manner of their collection suggests to me, he's not gonna be around much longer. If the former, he'll turn into quite some bowler.
Gough - well, he should at least have staved-off the fools who couldn't wait to write him off. Easily the best bowler, while those who'd been championed were hammered (and one didn't even get a game).
Wharf - somehow managed to collect 5 wickets for less than 100. Somehow I doubt it'll continue, but if he gets away with this sort of disjointed selection it might.
Hoggard - not much has changed these last 2 years, has it? What was the point in bringing him back? 5.71-an-over at 43.40 - hopefully he'll be left to Test-cricket again, and hopefully left for good this time.
Harmison - 6-an-over, 2 wickets at 60 - what a fantastic two games. Who'd have thought that he'd be deemed not good enough for the ODIs at the start of the tour? Equally, who'd have guessed that the man he apparently made him look like a medium-pace plodder in the summer should put him to such shame? Ah, well - at least one person did.
Anderson, so rampant 18 months ago, couldn't even get in the side once. Good job for him - Kemp might have made mincemeat of him.
Langeveldt
Soutie
A bit rich coming from someone from Sydney, where fans tuck into Murali, English outfielders and others like nobodys business.. Without even being provoked..Greg Blewett said:
I remember Symcox getting some p*ss in a can from one guy.. Nice...
Langeveldt
Soutie
You saying the aussies drink that kind of stuff!?Swervy said:one mans meat is another mans poison
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
If it was in a beer can I'm sure they would, they might get suspicious tho if they're coherent enough to taste the difference and wonder why it tastes better than the usual stuff they drink.Langeveldt said:
Greg Blewett
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Langeveldt said:
Thats for stereotyping me, I dont even support Australia, i'm born in England.
Oh and I think Murali is great, the English outfielding last time they were here was poor and the Symcox incident well theres idiots from everywhere so yet again don't stereotype a country based on a few incidents.
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SpeedKing
U19 Vice-Captain
I reelly do feel sorry for the next team that have the misfortune of finding Smith in such form (remember England-SA 2003).Jono said:Yep, two 100s in one series including an innings where he carried his bat for 50 overs. Real plonker.
Hopefully 'your book' has changed now. I hope you've learnt to have a bit more faith in your captain.
Double-ton anyone?
Langeveldt
Soutie
Fair enough.. i hope you don't even think of stereotyping the SA public, based on a "few incidents" thenGreg Blewett said:
Langeveldt
Soutie
As SA have Zimbabwe next up, my call is a yesSpeedKing said:
