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**Official** South Africa in England 2012

Spark

Spark

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Prince EWS said:
I wouldn't bother tbh; I think it'd just result in Kallis scoring a lot quicker than he's managing currently by slamming Bopara to cover every ball at the moment.
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It's really quite amusing just how much effort he's putting into every shot for such little result.
 
smash84

smash84

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Swann's bowling average currently just under 30 is a true reflection of him. I think his average will settle somwhere near 31 around the end of his career
 
benchmark00

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Reckon Strauss should be careful with over bowling Bopara. Although he is batting at six so I might be being over cautious.

The bowlers got them into this so they need to take their medicine. Unless you can find a batsman who can just bowl little spinners.
 
Spark

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Ruckus said:
Fail to see the comparison. How does subbing Broad for Philander lose anything other than a little tail end batting?
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You pick the eleven players that gives you the best team, not the best eleven cricketers you have. Philander having a marginally better bowling record than Broad in the comparable time does not count the fact that in roughly the same time Broad's batting has been far more significant - and it's not a little thing either - and has won England two Test matches and kept them competitive in another.
 
Prince EWS

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The media really are so much keener on Bopara than the fans, aren't they?

I can understand the argument that he deserves a go after being the Test reserve for so long and (finally) performing in the last ODI series; that's all well and good. But better than Rudolph? Really? And unanimously so in the com box? Eh.
 
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Spark

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benchmark00 said:
Reckon Strauss should be careful with over bowling Bopara. Although he is batting at six so I might be being over cautious.

The bowlers got them into this so they need to take their medicine. Unless you can find a batsman who can just bowl little spinners.
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There is KP. Then again, he's KP.
 
Spikey

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Prince EWS said:
The media as a whole really is so much keener on Bopara than the fans, isn't it?

I can understand the argument that he deserves a go after being the Test reserve for so long and (finally) performing in the last ODI series; that's all well and good. But better than Rudolph? Really? And unanimously so in the com box? Eh.
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Tbf, it's Rudolph
 
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