***Official*** India in South Africa

[Turbinator]

Can any body tell me how many decisons (Umpiring) went against india and who was the batsman to benifit ?

Not enough for the Saffies to keep us down!

 

[Jono]

Can any body tell me how many decisons (Umpiring) went against india and who was the batsman to benifit ?

IMO there was only really one horrible one, which was Kumble vs. Boucher.

VRV to Boucher looked like it was going down leg to everyone in real time, but actually was going to hit.

What makes the day worse, but had nothing to do with the umpires, was Sachin dropping Prince, and then hurting himself.

 

[adharcric]

Sure sure...thats what you say, but I bet you have them as your wallpaper too and secretly talk about my rugged handsomeness.

I recently changed my wallpaper from Elisha Cuthbert to Indian cricket ... you aren't even worthy of my recycle bin.

 

[adharcric]

Agreed with Jono regarding the chances. ^^

EDIT: I'm officially going to sleep now. I think.

 

[Nate]

Can any body tell me how many decisons (Umpiring) went against india and who was the batsman to benifit ?

Based on the comments by members on here - all of the batsmen (and even some who weren`t playing) received more than generous decisions. Smith was the luckiest with only 47 bad calls falling in his favour.

 

[Turbinator]

Agreed with Jono regarding the chances. ^^

EDIT: I'm officially going to sleep now. I think.

You know you want to stay on.

 

[Dasa]

Pretty good day for India overall...obviously Prince is the key. Boucher and Gibbs could both learn a bit from him...on that note, anyone else think Boucher is batting one position too high? I don't think he's good enough to be at six consistently...then again, I don't get why Hall was picked when the batting was the main problem area for South Africa.

 

[Jono]

Boucher usually bats 7 though, but him and Pollock were moved one position up because of Kallis missing. I don't think he'll do it consistently.

But the odd thing with Hall is, if you look at his test career, most of his innings have either involved him opening the innings, or coming in at 8. He's only ever batted in the middle order 3 or 4 innings. Weirdest thing, so they trust him to open, or to almost be a tailender, but never a middle order player, and generally always behind Boucher and Pollock.

 

[Dasa]

Boucher usually bats 7 though, but him and Pollock were moved one position up because of Kallis missing. I don't think he'll do it consistently.

But the odd thing with Hall is, if you look at his test career, most of his innings have either involved him opening the innings, or coming in at 8. He's only ever batted in the middle order 3 or 4 innings. Weirdest thing, so they trust him to open, or to almost be a tailender, but never a middle order player, and generally always behind Boucher and Pollock.

Yeah it is odd how they treat Hall. It's like they're not quite sure whether he's a batsman or an all-rounder. They could've even moved Smith down the order and had Hall open - he's not likely to do much worse than Smith has so far.

 

[Turbinator]

But what is Hall really, more of a batsmen or a bowler?

 

[silentstriker]

I recently changed my wallpaper from Elisha Cuthbert to Indian cricket ... you aren't even worthy of my recycle bin.

Sure, getting defensive now and just covering up. You have a man crush on me.

 

[Dasa]

But what is Hall really, more of a batsmen or a bowler?

In FC cricket he's a genuine all-rounder, but he's more of a bowler in ODIs. In Tests he hasn't done enough (yet) either batting or bowling.

 

[Jono]

But what is Hall really, more of a batsmen or a bowler?

Because of a lack of opportunities, the only way I describe him is he's a bits-and-pieces player at test level.

Now normally you get bits-and-pieces players at ODI level (Yardy, Blackwell, Yadav for India), but Hall is the rare case where he's literally treated like one, but at test level.

I like Hall, not sure why (sort of the same with Boje), but I reckon he's a decent bowler and gutsy batsman. He bowled quite well when the ball was reversing in India back in 04/05, and obviously made a ton opening (probably most boring century you'll ever see though lol). But no way should he be in the test team for SA IMO, and if he is played, he shouldn't be batting at 8. They're literally playing him as a specialist bowler then, which he's not.

 

[Turbinator]

Oh I see.

 

[Nate]

While I agree with Jono on most of his points, Hall`s bowling has improved a lot recently, and his figures don`t quite indicate his force with the ball at the current time.

 

[Jono]

For anyone that's interested:

SA paying $2.00 for the win
India $3.50
Draw $3.25

 

[silentstriker]

So SA is still favorite? India winning the least likely. Interesting.

 

[Jono]

India were paying $2.37 to win the test series at the start of this 2nd test, so the bookies are still skeptical. Fair enough I suppose, but betting is good for anyone that has faith in the Indian team, or doesn't rate the SA team.

 

[Sanz]

What makes the day worse, but had nothing to do with the umpires, was Sachin dropping Prince, and then hurting himself.

Accept it - He should start thinking about retirement. j/k

Anyways - Congratulations to team India for winning the first test in SA. All credit to Greg Chappell. I will be happy if ended up winning few test series outside the SC at the expense of being **** in ODIs.

Also good to see Irfan Pathan back in Gujrat. Gujrat needs some workers in the paddy fields.

 

[jot1]

I wouldn't have sent Gibbs down the order, the man can bat.. I'd have sent Smith down

Yes, so far down he'd be playing in Jo'burg, while the others are playing in Durban!
And I'd send him a playmate by name of Amla.