StephenZA
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It appears that way. And Mulder should be batting 6.
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*Official* South African tour of England and Ireland 2022
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chris.hinton
International Captain
Johnny Bairstow is fully rested and has improved his game. South African bowlers are said to be very worried.
A whitewash for England incoming
A whitewash for England incoming
StephenZA
Hall of Fame Member
Bowlers are terrified... but the SA cricket supporters are more worried about the SA batting...
Dendarii
International Debutant
While I think Mulder should be there, he's yet to do much with the bat in tests and it seems as though the selectors have decided that he's not worth persisting with and would rather pick Jansen as an allrounder. He has shown some batting ability, but I'm not convinced that at this stage in his career he's anything more than a bowler who's handy with the bat.
Heboric
International Debutant
Glenn McGrath is that you, you have been saying this the whole tour so far....
StephenZA
Hall of Fame Member
Mulder has had 10 Tests, largely in single test opportunities and and 1 or 2 where he has been given 2 in a row. Never had an opportunity to settle, but he did clearly show his potential. And he also added quite a bit with the ball... he has actually been treated pretty badly. Comparatively Jansen has been treated far more gently. And this makes no sense, when we have a plethora of bowling options but hardly any quality batting allrounder options... selectors have a hard on for Jansen, as a left arm quick(ish) because they want variety for the attack...
Bahseph
State Captain
To be fair I think he is third in line if SA want another spinner. Harmer definitely leap frogged him. Suffers from being too similar to Keshav but I'd have him in the LO teams in a heartbeat. Under rated cricketer.
chris.hinton
International Captain
Not long until England begin their Test series win over South Africa
Bahseph
State Captain
This is probably what is going to happen when we have Jansen at 7!!!
Heboric
International Debutant
Normally I would just laugh at this kind of comment, but then I remember the 2019 Rugby World Cup final and this gem:
England's grand slam winning ad and other premature celebrations | Evan Fanning and Jacob Steinberg
Evan Fanning and Jacob Steinberg: From Champions League winning buses to Wayne Rooney tattoos, Nike are not alone in counting their chicken before they hatched
www.theguardian.com
chris.hinton
International Captain
Why England will smash South Africa
1) South Africa have only 3 players who would be close to England's team
2) South Africa Struggled against England reserves
3) They have been obssesed with Bazball by pretending not to be worried about it but talking about it non-stop
4) Johnny Bairstow. South Africa's Bowlers will not have the tools to combat him
5) England will be confident & the body language from the England Boys is they know it will be an easy task
1) South Africa have only 3 players who would be close to England's team
2) South Africa Struggled against England reserves
3) They have been obssesed with Bazball by pretending not to be worried about it but talking about it non-stop
4) Johnny Bairstow. South Africa's Bowlers will not have the tools to combat him
5) England will be confident & the body language from the England Boys is they know it will be an easy task
flibbertyjibber
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Good toss to win given the weather today.
chris.hinton
International Captain
But having said that South Africa bowling first is a good sign for them. We will only win by 200 runs as opposed to chasing 340 in 65 overs
Red_Ink_Squid
Cricketer Of The Year
Markram's 6-for in the warm up clearly established him as the 2nd spinner.
Some long tails on show with Jansen at 7 for SA and Broad at 8 for England.