kykweer.proteas
International Debutant
Amla and ab... Steyn bowled well vs india imo
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Under performing XI
- Thread starter jonbrooks
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Should have been out on a donut.
Anyway is this THIS World Cup. Or OAT? Depends on the OP's question.
Athlai
Not Terrible
FMd they didn't need to take it so personally. Taylor probably on for a century this weekend now.
Athlai
Not Terrible
A big knock in any final and all will be forgiven.
Till then ...
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Broad and Anderson are shoe-ins now, as whatever they do against Bang and Afghanistan doesn't really count. Three times out of three when it's mattered, they've been abject.
And I don't buy the excuses that some folks make for them.
Apparently they weren't at fault against NZ, as our batting didn't set any sort of target, which must be news to Mitchell Starc.
Apparently they weren't at fault against Aus, as their batting is just too strong, which must be news to Trent Boult.
Ditto against SL today, which must be news to the NZ bowlers who skittled them in the earlier group match.
Clearly it's a WC too far for Anderson, whose body ain't what it used to be. Ditto Broad, although presumably it's the brain that's gone into premature decline.
It's odd to think that 12 years ago Anderson initially made his name as a one-day specialist in this part of the world.
And I don't buy the excuses that some folks make for them.
Apparently they weren't at fault against NZ, as our batting didn't set any sort of target, which must be news to Mitchell Starc.
Apparently they weren't at fault against Aus, as their batting is just too strong, which must be news to Trent Boult.
Ditto against SL today, which must be news to the NZ bowlers who skittled them in the earlier group match.
Clearly it's a WC too far for Anderson, whose body ain't what it used to be. Ditto Broad, although presumably it's the brain that's gone into premature decline.
It's odd to think that 12 years ago Anderson initially made his name as a one-day specialist in this part of the world.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
IIRC Anderson's best performances came in 2002/03 when he was very inexperienced - I think he'd been playing for Burnley not long previously, and certainly didn't have much FC experience with Lancashire. There was one game in particular when his 10 overs went for about 12 runs, or something almost as astonishing.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Yeah i'm picking a 50 vs Afghanistan then will go huge in the finals.
Jimbo the giant
U19 12th Man
Ross Taylor should be the new captain of this team. Great things were expected, great things are expected and all he is doing is playing like a tailender. Can we swap him for one of the minnows batsman maybe the Arab bloke that scored a ton against the Irish?
I'd like Chris Rattue to write an article about how useless he is. Apparently he needs to have a reason to play good like a back to the wall angry performance?. I'd sub him out for latham soon if he doesn't perfom, really pissing me off his constant poor performances. I must admit I hold him to a much higher standard than Guppy and Elliott and I should he's meant to be our best player. Even if I hold him to their standards he has still been our worst performer so far in the world cup.
I'd like Chris Rattue to write an article about how useless he is. Apparently he needs to have a reason to play good like a back to the wall angry performance?. I'd sub him out for latham soon if he doesn't perfom, really pissing me off his constant poor performances. I must admit I hold him to a much higher standard than Guppy and Elliott and I should he's meant to be our best player. Even if I hold him to their standards he has still been our worst performer so far in the world cup.
Jimbo the giant
U19 12th Man
What?
Jimbo the giant
U19 12th Man
He can catch these days either, probably our worst fielder including vettori
thierry henry
International Coach
I'm guessing Athlai is questioning your complaint about his "constant poor performances" when his ODI performances over either of the last 12-15 months, or just immediately before the WC (take your pick) were freakishly good. He's now had 3 failures and that apparently amounts to "constant poor performances". In short, your post was bad and you should feel bad.
Jimbo the giant
U19 12th Man
Even his decent scores have come at generally below par strike rates especially initially and put big pressure on the rest of the batting line up. Disregard anything more than 6 months ago as it counts for very little in terms of current form.
You reckon he's been awesome do you? What do you think of his match changing knock on Saturday?