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***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2017
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WindieWeathers
International Regular
This is why SA are one of the very top teams. NZ had them in all sorts of trouble but you just knew Bavuma and De Kock would step up. Now all of a sudden they have a decent lead and the NZ players are looking a little dejected. The pitch doesn't look that bad still but NZ will have to be mentally strong when they come out and bat in the second innings because no doubt SA will come out all guns blazing and will be packed full of confidence.
StephenZA
Hall of Fame Member
Unexpected 80 run lead... Morkel channeling his inner Haydos! Would like to get 100+ run lead tomorrow, probably a little greedy.
Bavuma/QDK saving partnerships cannot continue forever; need to sort the top order out. With Cook, Duminy and Amla being out of form and/or inconsistent is just getting silly now and putting SA in trouble much to often.
Bavuma/QDK saving partnerships cannot continue forever; need to sort the top order out. With Cook, Duminy and Amla being out of form and/or inconsistent is just getting silly now and putting SA in trouble much to often.
StephenZA
Hall of Fame Member
I suppose it is a point of view thing....
SeamUp
International Coach
I bet you he is still reminding people he opened at the SCG once and reminds of Haydos in his pomp.
Better than Kohli tho.
OverratedSanity
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How very relevant.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
Best he ever batted for South Africa was on debut. Looked a genuinely decent lower order batsman but India were not playing Bhajji, so it wasn't apparent he had no idea how to play an offie. Surprised Williamson gave up on the idea of Patel bowling to Morne so quick as there is no way he wouldn't have been bowled or LBW after a few overs.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Yeah Patel didn't bowl very well today but the captaincy surrounding his bowling was actually much worse than the bowling itself.
SeamUp
International Coach
Ssssh he has been out the game so long I thought some forgot. *Cough* Kane
I remember that innings. He certainly did look good. There was a time he just couldn't play off-spin at all and was a walking wicket but he also spent quite a bit of time at the crease against Bhaji at Eden Gardens if I remember correctly.
SeamUp
International Coach
QdK was looking to attack him but surely that brought risk ? Odd that he didn't bowl him earlier in the 2nd session.
quincywagstaff
International Debutant
That 2008/09 series in Oz was pretty freakish by South Africa's tailend bats.
Steyn & Morkel both got their highest scores, while Paul Harris and Ntini got their 2nd highest Test scores with Ntini playing comfortably his longest ever innings (on a 5th day pitch with significant cracks in it.)
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SeamUp
International Coach
Remember it well. Just before that there was question marks about how early our tail started considering our history of batting deep. They were asked to step up by Smith and Arthur.
If I am not mistaken I think Siddle & Krejzca also put up stubborn resistance in that series.
Frustrating last wicket partnership.
I dont think we are out of it yet though, looks like the pitch is easy to bat on now.
Time for latham to step up. We cant expect Williamson to score a hundy every game. Nicholls has got us out of 2 poor situations this season, rest of the batsmen like neesham need to step up , or there is no place for him in the team.
I dont think we are out of it yet though, looks like the pitch is easy to bat on now.
Time for latham to step up. We cant expect Williamson to score a hundy every game. Nicholls has got us out of 2 poor situations this season, rest of the batsmen like neesham need to step up , or there is no place for him in the team.