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Recent content by LegendaryProtea

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    ****Official****Pakistan in South Africa

    According to cricinfo, AB will both keep and open the batting in the T20s. Pleased to see him open but he should never be keeping when we have a keeper-batsman who smashed a T20 100 less than 2 weeks ago. Worse still (if cricinfo's probable team is true), Quinny might not even play as a pure...
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    ****Official****Pakistan in South Africa

    I would have liked to have seen de Kock instead of Ingram or Behardien too but I can understand only playing Quinton in the T20s for now. He seemed a bit rash in the ODIs against NZ. Also, I wanted Morris in the squad in the absence of Kallis. Surely Morris is a better all-round option going...
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    ****Official****Pakistan in South Africa

    Tbf the ball hardly spun in that series. Those were some of the flattest surfaces I've seen. Ajmal only played one match and had figures of 3/197. I don't know how the pitches will play this time around but I can see us struggling if they start taking turn. Also, if we get bowled out cheaply we...
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    ****Official****Pakistan in South Africa

    I don't think Rory is in possession of anything. How does playing three Tests for a bowling average of 40 qualify as being in posession of the replacement seamer role? One could say the same about Tsotsobe before the home series against the Aussies when Vern played. If we had said Tsotsobe is...
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    ****Official****Pakistan in South Africa

    Isn't this as good a time as any to give Abbott a debut? He's just finished a whole season at an average of 15, the series is already wrapped up, South Africa are 14 matches unbeaten and a bowling spot is open for one match in the first XI. I hope he debuts.
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    ****Official****Pakistan in South Africa

    Briony - No, South Africa had to lose 3-0 in order to displaced from 1st iirc. The ICC admit an "honest error" was made in giving Kallis out. The standard of umpiring in this match has been atrocious, one can forgive errors in judgement but not knowing basic rules on the implementation of DRS...
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    South African Domestic Season 2012/13

    Thanks for your thoughts. I’m still unconvinced by Dean Elgar. He hasn’t looked comfortable once in all the matches I’ve seen him and his technique doesn’t seem ideal to opening in bowler-friendly South African conditions. However, one could easily say the same about Smith and Dean’s...
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    South African Domestic Season 2012/13

    I don't live in RSA so I don't get to see the first-class matches and assess which talent is ready for the step up. As such, I have a few questions for you SeamUp. Is Dean Elgar really a better bat than van Zyl or Rossouw in the longer format? All three have similar averages (mid 40s) and are...
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    IPL Auction

    So many talented foreign players are just going to warm the bench for the entire tournament. It's really about time they consider increasing the foreign player limit to 5 (this way majority of the players are still Indian but we get to see more talent on show).
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    ****Official****Pakistan in South Africa

    I think they'll bat for 15 overs at 6rpo to reach 500 and try and get one or possibly both of the batsmen to 100. Then pull out to bowl at Pakistan for around 8 overs before Lunch.
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    ****Official****Pakistan in South Africa

    Heavy showers forecast for Days 4 and 5. I'd declare overnight to give us a whole day to bowl Pakistan out. It's quite obvious Pakistan aren't going to make 400 in the 4th innings against Steyn & co. on this pitch so any additional runs just waste time. Exploit the early morning conditions, try...
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    ****Official****Pakistan in South Africa

    He will struggle against Junaid. Junaid looked extremely impressive in the recent ODIs and I reckon the swing will really trouble Smith. If he gets through the early overs against the seamers, I can see him making it count though. Off-spin doesn't really trouble him these days so long as he...
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    **Official** New Zealand in South Africa

    lol yeah, that's gonna blight him his whole career.
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    ****Official****Pakistan in South Africa

    No. He'll only be back for the Champions Trophy in England in June. We'll have to make do with Elgar for this series. :cry:
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    **Official** New Zealand in South Africa

    We didn't even see what happened, probably not done forcefully or with malice. Players barge into each other when running between wickets (often intentionally), have heated exchanges, dissent shown at the umpire. A light push seems small compared to all that. Just making a mountain out of a...
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