Just waiting for him to be given out caught behind fending a short one off the beard. Just had images in my mind of him walking off with a ball-sized hole in his beard, watching the replay. hahaPlus, seriously no one looks better wearing a helmet at short leg than Amla. That beard is awesome.
Haha, that's pretty interesting from a Kallis fan.As for whether he's boring or not - well he's certainly not what I really look for in a batsman. He doesn't have the purity or textbook-like technique to make me ensure I'm watching when he's in. However, as a viewer, you know he offers a few chances early, you know he can play a really long innings and you know he can play some really stylish shots once he's in so I wouldn't put him in the "boring" category. Obviously that's purely a matter of taste though.
This.He's pretty boring if you bowl short crap at him like England did for much of the just-concluded innings. That's the bowlers' fault, and the fielding captain's, though, not Amla's.
Yeah.lol amla must have seen my thread
I reiterate:He is a great cricketer with an excellent technique.
I want to see more of his back-foot game, till then I would reserve my judgement. But I think he's done well against the swinging ball, and I think English conditions are more testy than Australian pitches for swing.Still tipping he won't average less then 30 when he tours Australia. Can just see Stuart Clark and Brett Lee have a field day with his high backlift. I don't think he would be successful either if he comes out with either Smith or McKenzie gone early and he tries to flick the ball off his pads if it is swinging.
So you're predicting he will do well?Still tipping he won't average less then 30 when he tours Australia.
He is a quota player?^ haha
Ive actually championed Amla for a long time. He is one of the few quota players to have earned selection based on exceptional performance at the domestic level.
He has had technical issues but certain players can work within those limitations.
Whether he is a quality Test player, good Test player or ordinary remains to be seen but he has deserved his chance.
I believe it does. I can just picture the SA pen-pushers holding a colorimeter up to his face...He is a quota player?
I'm quite sure that he is of Indian background, not sure if that comes under the quota.
Yes, all non-white players are included in quotas/targets.He is a quota player?
I'm quite sure that he is of Indian background, not sure if that comes under the quota.
Do we have to go through all this again?I thought they scrapped the quotas, I remember reading that somwhere.
I would have thought that Ntini and Prince would have got into the team on merit TBH.