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*** Official*** South Africa in England 2017
- Thread starter Heboric
- Start date
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Don't you mean 'typical except at Perth' -odd? Not that I'm annoyed at last summer or anything.
Kuhn listed retired hurt, anyone know what's with that?
Kuhn listed retired hurt, anyone know what's with that?
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SeamUp
International Coach
CSA confirmed he retired out. Thank goodness.
SeamUp
International Coach
Or you could say that.
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yup, would have been terrible for the guy to get injured while playing the innings that could get him in the test team.
StephenZA
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
de Bruyn a real worry, was in great form end of last year but nothing really since joining the SA squad..... No comment on Duminy.
Phew!
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
This Summer seems to be feast or famine, weather-wise, either blistering heat (for us) or miserable cold rain.
Looks like it's improving again tomorrow and for awhile.
Interesting to see how Broad does in the Lords final, should decide if he plays.
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
Etheridge who is normally reliable has Ballance and Dawson in the squad. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/3922...e-south-africa-on-recommendation-of-joe-root/
Ballance to bat 3 apparently. lol.
Apparently Ballance in on the backing of Root. Would have thought that Root could do his mate a favour and not bat Ballance at 3.
Ballance to bat 3 apparently. lol.
Apparently Ballance in on the backing of Root. Would have thought that Root could do his mate a favour and not bat Ballance at 3.
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
I'm ambivalent about them selecting Ballance. I doubt he's any different a batsman technically to when he last played (so why should this time be any better), just more confident right now. But I don't see anyone else as particularly deserving, or of international level at county cricket.
However him batting 3 would be lol bad. Hopefully Etheridge is just speculating on that part.
Sounds like a shootout between TRJ and Dawson for the last spot.
However him batting 3 would be lol bad. Hopefully Etheridge is just speculating on that part.
Sounds like a shootout between TRJ and Dawson for the last spot.
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S.Kennedy
International Vice-Captain
Sam Northeast!! Has Ballance got some sort of hold over the selectors or something? Northeast at three, Root at four (where he is better). Jennings is an out-and-out opener but I suppose if they have dropped Hameed they are not going to try any wonky experiments with Keats batting at three.
LegionOfBrad
International Debutant
He's been picked because Root wanted him according to the article. It's a thoroughly uninspiring selection and we'll no doubt see him getting out in the same manners as always against quality bowling and his position will be under threat after a couple of tests.
I felt like the new captaincy was a good time to blood some new middle order players but this is horribly conservative selection.
FBU
International Debutant
I thought the squad would be announced on Saturday but I see on the ECB site
Joe Root (Yorkshire) (Captain)
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Gary Ballance (Yorkshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Alastair Cook (Essex)
Liam Dawson (Hampshire)
Keaton Jennings (Durham)
Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex)
Ben Stokes (Durham)
Mark Wood (Durham)
Joe Root (Yorkshire) (Captain)
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire)
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Jonathan Bairstow (Yorkshire)
Gary Ballance (Yorkshire)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Alastair Cook (Essex)
Liam Dawson (Hampshire)
Keaton Jennings (Durham)
Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex)
Ben Stokes (Durham)
Mark Wood (Durham)
S.Kennedy
International Vice-Captain
I quite like Toby Roland-Jones's selection mind. Because their inclination would have been Finn. In fact they will still find a way to pick Finn I'm certain. In one hundred years' time the ECB will be propping up Gary and Finn's skeletons and saying, ''come on Gary and Steve, we knew along you would be good eventually so show us we were correct''. One of life's certainties is Finn and Ballance will be selected for England.