Briony
International Debutant
I know Steyn's done well in other series, Morkel's obviously unproven as he hasn't even taken 20 wickets yet in tests and Ntini looks well past his best. Kallis wasn't too bad but looks out of condition these days. Nel might have been better than one of these. Harris is pox.
After watching yesterday's play I'd have to say, and others who were watching agreed with me, that it was the most insipid performance by a team bowling first for some time. Especially as their captain had inserted the opposition.
It seems they don't like tame pitches and they were disgraceful against the left-handed openers.
Never seen so many wide balls that they didn't have to play in my life. And never seen so many short, wide balls and juicy half volleys; the ones to Bell when SA had got itself back into the match were particularly crucial.
You can't win tests against the best on a regular basis with such a one-dimensional attack.
Why does SA always have such bland attacks? Why no left armers? Why no decent spinners?
After watching yesterday's play I'd have to say, and others who were watching agreed with me, that it was the most insipid performance by a team bowling first for some time. Especially as their captain had inserted the opposition.
It seems they don't like tame pitches and they were disgraceful against the left-handed openers.
Never seen so many wide balls that they didn't have to play in my life. And never seen so many short, wide balls and juicy half volleys; the ones to Bell when SA had got itself back into the match were particularly crucial.
You can't win tests against the best on a regular basis with such a one-dimensional attack.
Why does SA always have such bland attacks? Why no left armers? Why no decent spinners?