***Official*** South Africa in India 2015

[StephenZA]

i can't quite believe duminy has only played 30 tests and averages in the mid 30s

He has had some really bad luck with strange injuries normally during practice.... Also he did struggle against quality `straight` spin bowling for awhile getting out LBW alot.

 

[Daemon]

****s sake aaron get your **** together

 

[Spark]

Yep. AB to overtake him overall by the next few months though. Just in insane form right now.

Yeah you can certainly claim that ABdV is and will end up the better player, but thus far ABdV hasn't come that close to matching that astonishing patch Amla had in 2011-2013 where he just could not stop scoring critical tons against quality attacks in all sorts of conditions.

 

[OverratedSanity]

God, that was dumb from Sivaramakrishnan. Talking about which side of the ball is shiny when it was seam and not swing that did Amla in.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Yeah you can certainly claim that ABdV is and will end up the better player, but thus far ABdV hasn't come that close to matching that astonishing patch Amla had in 2011-2013 where he just could not stop scoring critical tons against quality attacks in all sorts of conditions.

Current AB since 2013 is getting there. Since the home series vs India in 2013-14 he's taken over from Amla and played those crucial knocks almost every series.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Lord Siva does not really understand the game very well does he?

 

[StephenZA]

Replacing the ball again... what has happened to quality control on these cricket balls!!

 

[Black_Warrior]

Yeah you can certainly claim that ABdV is and will end up the better player, but thus far ABdV hasn't come that close to matching that astonishing patch Amla had in 2011-2013 where he just could not stop scoring critical tons against quality attacks in all sorts of conditions.

The problem with a purple patch is exactly that - it's a patch and it doesn't last. There are a lot of players throughout history who have had tremendous highs, but overall their careers fell short of those who haven't quite had those highs but were far more consistently good for a longer period of time. Even Shoaib Malik had a purple patch this year and managed a double ton. Not equating Amla with him but the point is, your quality has to be judged over a longer period of time, not the 1 year when you were excellent.

Yes because he isn't in form, he's rubbish. What a terrible post.

Never said he is rubbish. Kindly stop putting words in my mouth and making fake arguments. All I said was that he is not as good as ABD which is true for 99% of the batsmen today. Doesn't make the 99% rubbish. Stop living in the world of hyperbole. There is a lot of greatness and excellence between ABD and Mohd Irfan as batsmen.

 

[StephenZA]

Never said he is rubbish. Kindly stop putting words in my mouth and making fake arguments. All I said was that he is not as good as ABD which is true for 99% of the batsmen today. Doesn't make the 99% rubbish. Stop living in the world of hyperbole. There is a lot of greatness and excellence between ABD and Mohd Irfan as batsmen.

The question then is what else was the purpose of the original comment if not to deride Amla?

 

[duffer]

Nice catch.

 

[Jono]

w00t w00t w00t

 

[StephenZA]

Good catch but d*mn!

 

[Daemon]

Ashwin!!

 

[Teja.]

Rahane's one of the safest catchers in the game.

 

[Black_Warrior]

The question then is what else was the purpose of the original comment if not to deride Amla?

No other purpose than to express my thoughts on the two most prolific batsmen in the world today.This is a public forum, we are meant to express our thoughts here right?

 

[Jono]

The problem with a purple patch is exactly that - it's a patch and it doesn't last. There are a lot of players throughout history who have had tremendous highs, but overall their careers fell short of those who haven't quite had those highs but were far more consistently good for a longer period of time. Even Shoaib Malik had a purple patch this year and managed a double ton. Not equating Amla with him but the point is, your quality has to be judged over a longer period of time, not the 1 year when you were excellent.




Never said he is rubbish. Kindly stop putting words in my mouth and making fake arguments. All I said was that he is not as good as ABD which is true for 99% of the batsmen today. Doesn't make the 99% rubbish. Stop living in the world of hyperbole. There is a lot of greatness and excellence between ABD and Mohd Irfan as batsmen.

why did you say it though? Like what was the point of the post? He's like the nicest guy in cricket and is going to end up one of the great bats of the last 10 years.

EDIT: I see you just answered it. Was a weird comment tbh

 

[Spark]

The problem with a purple patch is exactly that - it's a patch and it doesn't last. There are a lot of players throughout history who have had tremendous highs, but overall their careers fell short of those who haven't quite had those highs but were far more consistently good for a longer period of time. Even Shoaib Malik had a purple patch this year and managed a double ton. Not equating Amla with him but the point is, your quality has to be judged over a longer period of time, not the 1 year when you were excellent.

And over the long period of time, Amla's Test record is superior. What exactly is the problem here? You can't judge a record based on cricket that hasn't been played yet.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Crucial wicket that

 

[Daemon]

Rahane's one of the safest catchers in the game.

1st Test in SL :fap:

 

[Jono]

Duminy has evidently still not yet learned how to play off spin in tests in the last 5 years