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It sounds like you are disagreeing with me, but we are saying the same thing.
SillyCow thinks ashwin should bat ahead of Saha, I dont think he should.
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***Official*** India in South Africa 2017/18
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SillyCow thinks ashwin should bat ahead of Saha, I dont think he should.
Sigh seems Faf isn't getting what he demanded...
Shri
Mr. Glass
Ashwin's a decent bat away from India though. Averages 35 in england, 27 in Aus with two 50s, 58 in WI etc compared to his home average of 30. Saha and Jadeja are worse than him when playing away from home. I would give him a few more games before moving him down the order because it looks like a form issue rather than a skill issue to my untrained eyes.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
That's pretty much the coverage that any series involving India gets. If you click on the series home page India tour of South Africa 2017/18 Scores, Fixtures, Tables & News - ESPNcricinfo
everyday there's a new feature, analysing individual players, video diaries, a bit of history from past India-SA series, and in general a lot more daily news and reporting on the Indian team.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Not crazy at all. BCCI needed to accomodate Sri Lanka for a series to reward them for their vote earlier in the year.
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
I know we laugh a lot at Pakistan's catching but these are pretty bad numbers and might be the factor that determines India's overseas fortunes this season
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21946688/sidharth-monga-india-yearn-less-slippery-cordon
http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21946688/sidharth-monga-india-yearn-less-slippery-cordon
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Salamuddin
International Debutant
Think SA playing De Kock at 6 and Vern at 7 is something that India should be pleased with.
India's challenge away from home has always primarily been taking twenty wickets. SA playing one specialist batsman less and the wickets being lively will help India's bowlers.
I don't know whether it will happen this time round but
I actually genuinely feel that India are going to win a series in SA at some point in the next decade.
The wickets are livelier in SA than in Australia and I think India's bowlers have a better chance of getting 20 wickets there than in OZ. Also, the talent gap between the two sides has decreased considerably.
In the 90's SA produced far better cricketers than India. However post 2000, India have improved considerably - the win percentages of each Indian captain since March 2000 has continued to improved.
India's A and u-19 sides are stronger than their SA counterparts now.
I think if Indian cricket continues to improve, a series win in SA is going to happen within the not too distant future.
India's challenge away from home has always primarily been taking twenty wickets. SA playing one specialist batsman less and the wickets being lively will help India's bowlers.
I don't know whether it will happen this time round but
I actually genuinely feel that India are going to win a series in SA at some point in the next decade.
The wickets are livelier in SA than in Australia and I think India's bowlers have a better chance of getting 20 wickets there than in OZ. Also, the talent gap between the two sides has decreased considerably.
In the 90's SA produced far better cricketers than India. However post 2000, India have improved considerably - the win percentages of each Indian captain since March 2000 has continued to improved.
India's A and u-19 sides are stronger than their SA counterparts now.
I think if Indian cricket continues to improve, a series win in SA is going to happen within the not too distant future.
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Daemon
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Wtf I knew we were bad but a success rate of 42% is abysmal.
Vroomfondel
U19 12th Man
I'd love to see a breakdown of home/away... curious if standing closer to the stumps due to the low bounce in India has any effect on the catching
(clutching at straws here
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Daemon
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I'd agree that standing up too quickly has been the biggest issue but I'm fairly certain plenty of waist height grabs have been spilled as well.I'd love to see a breakdown of home/away... curious if standing closer to the stumps due to the low bounce in India has any effect on the catching
(clutching at straws here
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
Man, I can't wait for this to start.
Spark
Global Moderator
There's definitely been quite a lot of catches dropped where there's no logical explanation for them at all
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
The way Kohli is sharing his post married life on Social media, I think we all know who is going to be blamed at the sign of first defeat.
SeamUp
International Coach
I'm not too overly worried.
It might suit us to go in with the 6-5 split then at Newlands especially.
Flint is a good groundsman. No doubt he would have done everything he could to produce a bit more what SA wanted but generally he produces good pitches there. Alright he may be trying to turn Newlands more bouncy and quicker with not as much wear and tear as a usual Newlands but if he produces something like that here then I think SA would be happy.
A bit of a concern is that there is likely to be unseasonal rain on Sunday for the whole day. Peaking around 12 at 55% chance.
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Dendarii
International Debutant
I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the prospect of rain during the test. On the one hand it means no cricket but on the other hand it's rain, which is so desperately needed.
SeamUp
International Coach
Definitely. Desperately need it. I read if we don't get enough unseasonal rain , water supplies will run out end of April.
But during the cricket
StephenZA
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
We need the rain in the catchment areas not over the cricket ground.... Rain in the mountains leave the cricket alone, is that so much to ask?
Seriously, I heard March because of the influx of visitors to CT this summer..... it is starting to get ridiculously dire.
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Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
So? Players playing the first test should have gone to SA at least few weeks in advance.
Dendarii
International Debutant
I know at one stage it was the end of March, then it moved to the end of May, and more recently the official data was the end of April. Although I did read something the other which suggested that it may have moved back to June (not sure whether it's the beginning or end of June). It does seem to move around quite dramatically, but if they're calculating it based on recent consumption and dam levels then there's a bit of a double whammy - increased consumption results in a bigger drop in dam levels (and reduced consumption a smaller drop), then large movements in the date can happen.
Although it doesn't take into account the various projects that are being put into place (tapping into aquifers, desalination plants, etc.). So once those start producing water then "Day Zero" will be pushed back, hopefully to when the rains start to arrive, but I don't think anyone actually knows whether we'll get enough rain this year.