S. Africa will demolish England - Wessels

[luckyeddie]

Kepler Wessels, in an interview published in the Northampton Chronicle and Echo, has written off England's chances of beating South Africa this summer.

Wessels report

I think he's wrong (although he makes a good case for Thorpe's inclusion)

 

[marc71178]

The Northampton Chronicle and Echo, what a well respected newspaper that is!

 

[luckyeddie]

The Northampton Chronicle and Echo, what a well respected newspaper that is!

Cricinfo have picked it up too - from the same source.

 

[Eclipse]

He also said they would demolish Australia.

Should be a good series England will have to play well but should have the edje at home.

 

[Craig]

I doubt it, but one will never know. I would not be surprised if Key gets axed and Crawley, Thorpe make a good case for a recall. Then again there is Rikki Clarke.

"England haven't got a chance. They need to pick their best players if they are going to be in with a shout of winning."

If South Africa wins 5-0, it will give them a winning streak of 14 Tests victories :O :O :O :O

 

[marc71178]

I doubt it, but one will never know. I would not be surprised if Key gets axed and Crawley, Thorpe make a good case for a recall. Then again there is Rikki Clarke.

Crawley won't play for England again IMO.
Thorpe is a possible, but not sure who he'd replace, as Flintoff will return in place of Key and move McGrath up to 5 I would expect.
And are you trying to wind us up by mentioning R**** C*****?

If South Africa wins 5-0, it will give them a winning streak of 14 Tests victories :O :O :O :O

That's not far off the record is it?!

 

[Cloete]

R**** C*****?

:O :O :O . marc don't use such explicit language!! i really feel this post should be reported

 

[luckyeddie]

:O :O :O . marc don't use such explicit language!! i really feel this post should be reported

LOL. I wonder whether the 'naughties filter' can be adjusted to blot it out?

 

[Langeveldt]

I think SA will beat England, but not convincingly, I think Wessels knows that full well, nobody is going to get thrashed in this series, it will go down to the wire...

Some explicit language for some players i really dont like


R***** K**
A****** P*****
S**** H*******
J**** F*****
R**** P*******

 

[luckyeddie]

I think SA will beat England, but not convincingly, I think Wessels knows that full well, nobody is going to get thrashed in this series, it will go down to the wire...

Some explicit language for some players i really dont like


R***** K**
A****** P*****
S**** H*******
J**** F*****
R**** P*******

What on earth has Roger Prideaux ever done to upset you?

 

[Langeveldt]

Oh, everything

 

[The Argonaut]

This will be a close series. Don't forget that SA are playing under a very inexperienced skipper who has already shown that his temperament is questionable after he slagged off Klusener. THe SA bowling looks thin after Pollock and Ntini. Their batting will be their strength. I can see a drawn series coming up (2-2).

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I'd tip SA 3-2 or 2-1. I think the England batting has potential to be a tad suspect. The bowling, with an expected return by Gough (?) looks pretty decent.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

A****** P*****

Prince isn't that bad is he?

 

[V Reddy]

Is the discussion about one dayers or tests? Gough is only playing in onedayers and so how can the series be drawn?

 

[marc71178]

We don't know if he'll be in the Tests or not, but I expect he'll feature at some point...

 

[luckyeddie]

Is the discussion about one dayers or tests? Gough is only playing in onedayers and so how can the series be drawn?

NatWest Series = one-dayers