*Official* India in South Africa

[Xuhaib]

reckon Sa missed an opportunity when Amla threw it away Kallis does not look like getting out had Amla not lost his focus the score would have been 270-80/3 atm.

 

[Uppercut]

India's poo bowling (without letting the scoring rate get out of hand) is a deliberate ploy to take time out of the game TBH..

Haha, would explain a lot. Don't really know what the deal was with them today. They all looked hung over.

 

[Uppercut]

I hope not for South Africa's cause. De Villiers is a thoroughly average wicketkeeper.

Yeah, and the world's best fielder.

 

[vcs]

Haha yeah AWTA. That 3fa he picked up against Australia was hilarious.

He just bowled line and length and picked up 5-6 wickets in the last Test against NZ.. including a few tailenders. He manages to keep a less **** average than Sreesanth while bowling equally crap as well as not throwing in the occasional jaffa.. not sure how he does it.

 

[Rant0r]

De Villers doesn't want to keep and has been averaging about 1000 of late as a specialist batsman, Kuhn has been awesome domestically and they have Kallis as the fifth bowler anyway so another allrounder wouldn't add anything. The chances of De Villers getting the gloves in Tests at the moment are basically 0, I'd think.

How much legs do you reckon Kallis has as a bowler in test cricket ? I know his pace hasn't dropped off but his effectiveness might have. Probably good as a change bowler.

 

[Blaze 18]

Good record at Cape Town, averages 28 and the choke job he did on Sachin and Dravid in 2007 in the same fixture won South Africa that test match and the series. Likely to be Harro's last test match as well.

Why ?

 

[Prince EWS]

He just bowled line and length and picked up 5-6 wickets in the last Test against NZ.. including a few tailenders. He manages to keep a less **** average than Sreesanth while bowling equally crap as well as not throwing in the occasional jaffa.. not sure how he does it.

Career average is worse than Sree's tbf. Sree's just had a particularly crap year.

 

[Prince EWS]

Why ?

Tahir is eligible now.

 

[TT Boy]

Who is next in line? Will they play a batsman/all rounder at 7 and make Abdv keep or is it going to be Heino Kuhn?

Should be Kuhn but maybe Gary Kirsten will continue with Bouch. Just think it will be a good time post WC to relieve Smith of the captaincy and pension Bouch.

 

[Rant0r]

Yeah, and the world's best fielder.

Indeed, he's wasted with the gloves

 

[Prince EWS]

How much legs do you reckon Kallis has as a bowler in test cricket ? I know his pace hasn't dropped off but his effectiveness might have. Probably good as a change bowler.

He's still comfortably good enough to act as the fifth bowler. Realistically I still think he's a better bowler than Lopsy who bats #11.

 

[Rant0r]

Should be Kuhn but maybe Gary Kirsten will continue with Bouch. Just think it will be a good time post WC to relieve Smith of the captaincy and pension Bouch.

?

 

[Uppercut]

Haha yeah AWTA. That 3fa he picked up against Australia was hilarious.

Good excuse for me to repost this video from the Ashes forum. Hadn't seen it before, couldn't stop laughing.

 

[Teja.]

He just bowled line and length and picked up 5-6 wickets in the last Test against NZ.. including a few tailenders. He manages to keep a less **** average than Sreesanth while bowling equally crap as well as not throwing in the occasional jaffa.. not sure how he does it.

All he got was an Injured Mac twice and some talienders IIRC. Was a 7-fer. Atleast Sree gets the good ones when he does get wickets.

 

[Prince EWS]

?

Kirsten's the favourite to take over South Africa's coaching position.

 

[Rant0r]

He's still comfortably good enough to act as the fifth bowler. Realistically I still think he's a better bowler than Lopsy who bats #11.

Overs have dropped off and he's averaging well over 40 over the last 2 years. But like I said and you agreed, could be good as a change bowler. It must come into their minds though when selecting a team now. 2 spinners might not be an option too often any more.

 

[Prince EWS]

Should be Kuhn but maybe Gary Kirsten will continue with Bouch. Just think it will be a good time post WC to relieve Smith of the captaincy and pension Bouch.

Boucher's been a liability for a while now - he's nowhere near as reliable with the bat and his keeping has been getting progressively more sloppy. If he was replaced six months ago it wouldn't have been too soon.

 

[Rant0r]

Kirsten's the favourite to take over South Africa's coaching position.

It's not already filled full time ?

 

[Teja.]

PEWS, Wrong symbol in the sig.

 

[Blaze 18]

Tahir is eligible now.

Yeah, I read about that. Got the impression from reading about him that he is more suited to ODIs; not sure about that though, as I have never seen him bowl. And isn't Botha higher in the pecking order ?