I would have thought with no Steyn and Ntini having stated before he prefers bowling 2nd-up that it was fairly obviousMorne Morkel to open the bowling - wasn't expecting that.
Again I'm not suprised. Personally I'd have started with Morkel and kept Nel to first change, so expected Smith to do the sameIf you'd been watching SA in recent times you should have expected it to be Nel and Ntini opening and Morne on first-change. I'm well aware that Ntini prefers bowling second, it's very obvious. The comment was related to Morne being given the new-ball instead of Nel.
Didn't stop him from getting dropped, though.Nel is a terrific fielder.
You condescending little cricket-snob you. On the contrary, I've watched plenty of SA over the years and have seen Nel on numerous occasions. Makes me laugh that you think 60000+ posts makes you the world Authority on cricketYeah but it's likely your expectations were based on naivety rather than inside-knowledge, as I doubt you've looked at the scorecards of matches where those three have bowled together.
I'm watching on Sky here in NZ with the volume down and listening to Test Match special on the BBC five live site. I do hope Mr Boycott is covering this testIs there any live Streams of this game working??? I have had a look...If so can you email them to me at leagueandcars at hotmail dot com. Thanks in advance.
In which case you should expect him to open if Morkel was in the side. If you don't, you're defying logic.You condescending little cricket-snob you. On the contrary, I've watched plenty of SA over the years and have seen Nel on numerous occasions.
Err - I don't.Makes me laugh that you think 60000+ posts makes you the world Authority on cricket
Very possibly. Unusual decision nonetheless.By the way, Morkel bowling well thus far, Good decision Smith
Disagree, sometimes common sense has to prevail. He has been South Africa's best bowler in the series and is the quickest and you don't have any swing merchants, so you give him the new ball.Very possibly. Unusual decision nonetheless.
But who you give the new ball is hardly a massively statistically driven decision. It just doesn't make sense to select a non swing, not rapid bowler half way through a series, after an injury, and give him the new ball over your best, quickest bowler so far in the series.It may make perfect sense, but it's still not a decision you could really be expecting if you'd taken any notice of past happenings.
I can't seem to get working on mine. It says connecting to media then says ready, you click play and it doesn't work.I'm watching on Sky here in NZ with the volume down and listening to Test Match special on the BBC five live site. I do hope Mr Boycott is covering this test