Hard to say. Maybe the start was too slow and this AB-special brought things into the balance? I'm not so sure this is a 300+ par pitch. If AB would have stayed, it would have been all over for NZ, so in that sense it decisive for the series.
Like I said the highest score batting second is 271, but if NZ gets an early start, this proteas team will start doubting themselves IMO, and the slippery ball will get even more slippery, Wiese and Tahir could travel.
From here, 270 should be made.
Playing for himself I reckon.
I feel so demotivated about this team, I cant imagine anything worse, we dont stand a chance to make even the semi finals in the CT, van Wyk, might also have been an improvement on what QdK dished up at the world cup.
You'd expect them to beat Pakistan, Lanka and Bangladesh in England. unless QDK, Rabada and Miller don't step up in two years, they are underdogs against the rest.
maybe one big win, but you would expect Amla and the rest will fail again. we are only competitive these days if Amla and De Villiers makes big scores, Behardien brings a little respectability to the party but little of the other do, Except maybe Tahir or Morkel, Abott should be playing about every game, and two spinners at Centurion? Domingo has completely lost the plot and simply does not have what it takes to get these guys up to standard.
Abbott should be playing every game?The guy is trash.Bashed some minnows in the World Cup and suddenly he should be leading South Africa's ODI bowling attack.He was rubbish before that World Cup,had a few good games and was rubbish in Bangladesh and in the t20s.
He was rubbish before the world cup as well...
