*Official* South African tour of England and Ireland 2022

[shortpitched713]

Sample sizes matter. You win by an innings one test, and lose by an innings the next. Let's see how the rubber match goes, but ultimately I love longer series for this very reason. Any single given result can always be a one-off.

 

[Isura]

Mulder's exclusion from the SA squad made a tiny bit of sense given his form at the time, but why weren't any of the other young allrounders running around the SA scene given a go? Dayyaan Galiem, Ruan de swardt and delano Poetgieter are all young and have good FC records behind them.

What is this obsession with all-rounders. 4 seamers and find a batsmen who can manage to last more than 20 balls and SA will be okay at the Oval.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

keep robinson fit at all costs
the only bloke capable of being the true heir to broad/anderson

Robinson, Archer and Potts is an attack to go forward with

 

[FBU]

Robinson, Archer and Potts is an attack to go forward with

It could be Robinson, Archer and Wood. How would Potts go away from home?

 

[Niall]

Diabolical test match. Hopefully no more Harmer again.

Its proper after timing, but wickets in county cricket mean absolute sfa sadly.

NZ posters who got deceived by Jeets numbers in the CC and then seen him stink it out will agree.

Heck tbh runs don't mean much either sadly. Shan Masood dominating ffs.

 

[artvandalay]

That game might be the first time I’ve seen a selection that left a team looking woefully short of both batting and bowling.

Agreed, this match was decided with that team sheet even before a ball was bowled 3 days ago. Completely unnecessary.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

It could be Robinson, Archer and Wood. How would Potts go away from home?

We won't know till he plays. Wood is old and injury prone, can't rely on him much.

 

[Zinzan]

Brilliant bounce-back by England, sets things up beautifully for The Oval.

They used Anderson beautifully, allowing him to all out attack in short bursts.

Crazy to think Alec Stewart was still playing when Anderson debuted in both Tests and ODIs.

 

[wpdavid]

We won't know till he plays. Wood is old and injury prone, can't rely on him much.

Nor Archer of course. I suspect that there's more chance of Wood playing test cricket again than Archer ever bowling a red ball for England.

 

[wpdavid]

Is Stokes the only cricketer in the history of the game that "tries hard" ?

Actually yes he is. I'm glad we've clarified that.

 

[wpdavid]

Ben Stokes is seriously good

I only watched the highlights, but his spell yesterday was excellent, and the ball to remove Petersen was borderline unplayable. And I do like his recent habit of popping up to take a couple of key middle order wickets. One minor carp is I'm not keen on him bowling 14 over spells on a dodgy knee or two. I'm old enough to remember Flintoff doing that against SL about 15 years ago, and it really wasn't a good idea.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Robinson, Archer and Potts is an attack to go forward with

Mahmood hopefully too.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Mahmood hopefully too.

Ollie Stone's still a thing too, at least in theory (or in Warwickshire's treatment room, if you prefer).

Looking at the leading seamers in the CC this year makes for chastening reading too; most of the top seamers are over 30, overseas, both, or an Overton.

 

[Howe_zat]

I would have thought people planning for the future attack without Anderson would have learned by now

He only needs to last until the immortality technology comes through

 

[kevinw]

Mahmood hopefully too.

I'd hope so too, depending on how things go after his injury. He looked lively in the WI when the pitches offered little. Whether both formats are sustainable for him may be another question.

 

[Tom Flint]

Ollie Stone's still a thing too, at least in theory (or in Warwickshire's treatment room, if you prefer).

Looking at the leading seamers in the CC this year makes for chastening reading too; most of the top seamers are over 30, overseas, both, or an Overton.

Signed for Notts now hasn't he? Strange signing given his injury record, unless they been assured the current one is healed

 

[ParwazHaiJunoon]

It could be Robinson, Archer and Wood. How would Potts go away from home?

on a plane

 

[ImpatientLime]

Ollie Stone's still a thing too, at least in theory (or in Warwickshire's treatment room, if you prefer).

Looking at the leading seamers in the CC this year makes for chastening reading too; most of the top seamers are over 30, overseas, both, or an Overton.

stone is legit. shame he is more injury prone than wood.

i'm slightly amazed people still bring archer's name up.

 

[andruid]

stone is legit. shame he is more injury prone than wood.

i'm slightly amazed people still bring archer's name up.

Y'all now just need an Irons or a Steele to complete the set

 

[grecian]

Wood isn't actually young ya know, and with his injury record, I'd bet good money Broad and Anderson will outlast him, and probably Archer the way things are going.