Yeah, South Africa would do well to replace them with real batsmen. Ballance, Compton and Robson along with Hales and Vince are the class and quality of players they need if they ever want to get back to number one. That depth is something they can only dream about.
Ballance averages more than most of South Africa's top 7.
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I'm talking actual results and potential, ballance has zero potential with his current technique. Not batting aesthetic
So actual results favor Ballance. Elgar and Cook also have big technical flaws.
England's middle order bats being rubbish has nothing to do with the discussion at hand.
I was very disappointed with how piedt bowled in this test tbh. He was pretty terrible.
He lost his control since his injury.. hopefully it comes back by Australia!
I would argue whether it is actually stronger on current form - Anderson and Broad aren't top 4 ranked bowlers for nothing. Guess it depends on whether Woakes can back his efforts up.
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By their own standards they had fairly poor series yet still turned out fairly good figures. The fact remains that even after these so called ordinary series, they're both ranked in the top 4 in the world, so they must be doing something right.
Anderson was also ordinary in South Africa. But he performed brilliantly in the early season May tests versus weak Sri Lankan batting in helpful conditions. He always knows how to raise his game when it matters.
