***Official*** South Africa v West Indies

[aussie]

liam mate, is the crowd in trinidad has crazy & has noisy or is the atmosphere at the QPO, better than Sabina Park because mate that for me is the best crowd in the caribbean, i was in guyana thats ground is pretty lame & small

 

[roseboy64]

Kallis gone! Bravo gets his second.

 

[Blaze]

Sarwan drops a simple catch off Kallis. Kallis to score a big hundred now.

I'm so thrilled to have Mr. Sarwan back in the team. Clearly he's focussed and values his place, as he's shown in abundance so far.

No faith

 

[roseboy64]

were you at sabina park on the first & last day of the test, because those were the days when i heard the blokes in the Headley stand saying it

I was gonna be there on the last day but decided not to. So no.

 

[Langeveldt]

South Africa trying their best to save the match. .

If we can bat all of tomorrow we really should stuff you guys away.. To be honest its a little to early to be talking about saving the match? We aren't at Guyana any more Liam..

 

[aussie]

To be honest its a little to early to be talking about saving the match? We aren't at Guyana any more Liam..

hehehe, well said richard but truly it is a bot early to be thinking about saving this test at the moment this test match is going the way i predicted the series would go ``very even``

 

[Neil Pickup]

If we can bat all of tomorrow we really should stuff you guys away.. To be honest its a little to early to be talking about saving the match? We aren't at Guyana any more Liam..

It's just the way Kallis bats...

 

[Langeveldt]

It's just the way Kallis bats...

Anderson shelter, cuppa tea, digestive biscuit and batten down the hatches style.. Wouldn't have it any other way Except when we need to declare

 

[marc71178]

Alan Border played 93 Tests as captain, so I'm inclined to think it's not.

Edit: Border: 6623 @ 50.94.

As soon as I posted it, Border did spring to mind, along with Waugh,

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

No faith

The point wasn't really Kallis-related.
It was aimed at Mr. Sarwan.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

liam mate, is the crowd in trinidad has crazy & has noisy or is the atmosphere at the QPO, better than Sabina Park because mate that for me is the best crowd in the caribbean, i was in guyana thats ground is pretty lame & small

The atmosphere here used to be great, but the most entertaining viewing moment I can remember of late was provided by the Australians a couple years back. About 5 beer-guzzling Aussies and I (completely sober) were sledging Stuart MacGill on the boundary. It was great!
The Oval was a sea of gold and green for most of that match. I think the innings by Lara in this game has done wonders for the atmosphere though. When he was on route to his maiden century at the QPO in the same match I made friends with MacGill, the local crowd flooded in eventually to see it. It was the same in this match. Word of mouth indicated Lara was stirring and the masses arrived. I've seen more spirit in the West Indies spectators this season than possibly the last two combined.

Interesting to note that 3 West Indians have scored 196+ in this series so far. When was the last time the West Indies got such individual run production?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

If we can bat all of tomorrow we really should stuff you guys away.. To be honest its a little to early to be talking about saving the match? We aren't at Guyana any more Liam..

That's just it! It was sarcasm commenting on the South African approach to batting...ie the sub 2 run rate for most of the afternoon sessions.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Kallis gone! Bravo gets his second.

I'd say Bravo's strike pulls the game back fairly even. Kallis is the big one. Gibbs and Smith are class acts too, but we needed Kallis today and overall the West Indian bowling was efficient enough. They weren't too loose, with Daren Powell being the most expensive. Even Powell looked to be slightly penetrative when he was going for runs.

 

[aussie]

Interesting to note that 3 West Indians have scored 196+ in this series so far. When was the last time the West Indies got such individual run production?

i long while i guess mate, probaly dating back to the great days

 

[roseboy64]

Actually not so long ago. There was Bangladesh!

 

[Nate]

Bravo! He rules...

Weren`t you the one saying you weren`t sure he should be in the team Liam?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Actually not so long ago. There was Bangladesh!

There was just one double hundred in that series. What's your point?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Bravo! He rules...

Weren`t you the one saying you weren`t sure he should be in the team Liam?

If you'd seen him in the Carib Cup you'd agree.
He was barely bowling and when he was he didn't look penetrative. He needs some batting form though.

 

[Nate]

He needs some batting form though.

Yeah, to that I certainly agree.

 

[roseboy64]

There was just one double hundred in that series. What's your point?

That there was run production. A few centuries in that series.