Beamer
International Vice-Captain
Especially when you consider we have statistically 3 of the best hitters of spin going in Pooran, Gayle and Pollard. They were very impressive.Linde and Shamsi, pretty, pretty good.
Especially when you consider we have statistically 3 of the best hitters of spin going in Pooran, Gayle and Pollard. They were very impressive.Linde and Shamsi, pretty, pretty good.
Im trying not too be too harsh, but it really feels like Fletcher killed that chase for us. He racked up the dots resulting in batsmen at the other end going too hard too early.In the IPL, Hetmyer showed that he can rotate the strike and run the hard runs along with going big. This was a chase perfectly suited for him…and of course he eats spinners for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Windies are really missing a trick by ‘punishing’ him.
Overall, I`m not overly bothered about T20. But Faf will not alter the fact that our top 6 is largely the same type of player that should only bat top 3 in a T20 game. Markram should be playing instead of Klaasens. And we need to rejig the order. Personally think Bavuma and QDK should open with Markram at 3, vdDussen at 4, Miller at 5 and SA need to find another quality clean hitter at 6. Possibly give somebody like Rickelton an opportunity at 6.Look,SA definitely have the bowlers who can win them T20 games. My concern is the batting. Every single one of the batsman can have a good day and score you 70(50) but they can also scratch around and score 40(45).
I'd still love to see Faf and Morris involved.
I find their exclusion a little strange. I get that they're not long-term prospects, but with the T20 World Cup so close, it's surely got to be worth taking a look at them. I guess Faf might still be in the frame and they're just trying out other options right now, but Morris seems to have fallen by the wayside. His performances in ODIs haven't been as good as might have been hoped for, so maybe that's soured their view on him, but he's been going well in the IPL, which surely can't be completely disregarded.I'd still love to see Faf and Morris involved.
I'd agree with that. Ngidi has a better average and strike rate than Phehlukwayo, but not by much and isn't as economical. Add in Phehlukwayo offering some variety to the quicker Rabada and Nortje, as well as being a better bat (even if his T20 batting record isn't the greatest) he does look like a better option.I think SA as a whole hasn't bought into the fact that T20 cricket is a different beast. StephenZA has a great point about Ngidi. On his day he will strike upfront but I personally would have Phelukwayo over him. I think whatever tradeoff with the ball could be counteracted with having extra batting depth at 8.
That was a bizarre decision. They'd manage to peg back the scoring after the wicket, and then decided to bring on a part-time spinner to bowl to Chris Gayle of all people. Was anybody really surprised by what then happened?Hendricks being given an over last game was not a smart call.
Looks a real talent of course but SA have been shockingly bad at picking the band of the hand stuff.McCoy's a handful.