***Official*** New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa 2016

[StephenZA]

Today is a good day.... now I just have to find excuses to stay at my desk and 'work' rather than go into the lab.....

 

[hendrix]

The thing is, she doesn't even need to create a narrative.

"Testing Times for South Africa"
Pretty much sums it up.

If she wants to get more controversial:
"How Far has South Africa Fallen?"

or something some such.

We already have a compelling narrative without talking bullshit.

 

[hendrix]

Today is a good day.... now I just have to find excuses to stay at my desk and 'work' rather than go into the lab.....

Hahah,
so familiar with this man.

Put some experiments on with nice, long incubation times...

 

[StephenZA]

Delayed toss dammit... has not been that much rain, poor showing. Relatively good forecast though Durban Hourly Weather maybe a bit of rain tomorrow.

 

[Shady Slim]

so keen for this, so keen

 

[Howsie]

ffs, Kohli isn't the best batsman in the world you clown Doull.

 

[Shady Slim]

anyone up for comms for tomorrow's play?

expecting this to be a big test especially with SA's big ins

 

[OverratedSanity]

I might just give up on cricket if Steyn gets injured again this series. It's been a depressingly familiar routine.

 

[StephenZA]

I might just give up on cricket if Steyn gets injured again this series. It's been a depressingly familiar routine.

Nah... you still get to watch the new kid on the block Rabada....

 

[Zinzan]

ffs, Kohli isn't the best batsman in the world you clown Doull.

lol, I wondered if you'd enjoy that comment. Don't forget a big part of Doull's earnings come from India.

 

[Marius]

Firdose is crap writer.... she just makes things up as she goes along. Alot of what she says is to try make additional controversy in SA.

She's creating her own narrative. A sure sign of terrible journalism.

My cousin is also a journalist and used to work with her, and says along with being a rubbish journalist, she's also not a nice person.

Antoinette Muller reckons she got the Cricinfo gig because of her husband.

 

[Howsie]

lol, I wondered if you'd enjoy that comment. Don't forget a big part of Doull's earnings come from India.

No doubt, Doully is the worst going around at pandering towards the Indian crowd.

 

[Zinzan]

Braces still ahead of Henry in the pecking order obviously.

 

[straw man]

Bracewell :/

 

[Shady Slim]

see there are six players of colour all picked on merit

can't wait for firdose to call this a win for quotas even though they're all there on merit so the quotas don't matter

 

[91Jmay]

Did he mean just Tests? Because think it is a very fair argument if you are taking all formats into account. Kohli is at least close to Root/Williamson/Smith in Tests. The others aren't near him in white ball cricket.

 

[Days of Grace]

Interesting decision at the toss. Bit of swing in the air, you reckon?

 

[StephenZA]

Interesting decision at the toss. Bit of swing in the air, you reckon?

Maybe... but Faf seemed to think the wet outfield may kill it quickly

 

[Marius]

Firdose is crap writer.... she just makes things up as she goes along. Alot of what she says is to try make additional controversy in SA.

see there are six players of colour all picked on merit

can't wait for firdose to call this a win for quotas even though they're all there on merit so the quotas don't matter

Would rather have had Van Zyl than Duminy but overall, solid XI.

 

[Zinzan]

Interesting decision at the toss. Bit of swing in the air, you reckon?

Yup, but Faf hoping the wet outfield will negate much swing.