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  1. Stapel

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    Umpires still need to be free of doubt, not? In that sense the call was right, as (reapeating myself here, sorry) the umpire has to judge the angle too. Since it was just clipping, it wasn't a bad call anyway.
  2. Stapel

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    Me too. Looked good. Though I find it hard to judge balls that angle in. I could argue there is no way humans can actually judge an angled ball from behind.
  3. Stapel

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    Not really an England fan, though I do get into English cricket the most. I would have picked Hales a year earlier at least. When Robson was picked, I think.
  4. Stapel

    Is Moeen Ali potential England material ?

    TBF, many of us said he has benefitted from being gone after. Not really the same as 'only because'. Anyway, it's only fair to conclude he is simply a better bowler than I was thinking or expecting a year ago.
  5. Stapel

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    At the risk of asking silly questions..... God Save the Queen? I figured anyone around the world was done playing the Anglo-Scottish hymne? They don't do so in England, right?
  6. Stapel

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    Getting old?
  7. Stapel

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    I wouldn't be surprised if Lee had up to 100 wickets left in the tank at the moment. So Anderson & Broad are probably not that far behind. Can't be bothered to figure things out exactly though. And Courtney & Sir Curtly are ahead anyway. By some 150 wickets :) .
  8. Stapel

    Your Cricket Season

    Though I have to wait until May for the next season to start, I'm quite happy that we managed to actually get our hands to some silverware, by winning the "The Hague Christmas Cricket Cup"...
  9. Stapel

    Best grounds to watch cricket

    Kensington is in Barbados, not? Been there to a day 5 WI-Aus Test that was decided after tea on a full house day 5. Quite a thing!
  10. Stapel

    Best South African batsman ever

    Not worth a poll...... Kallis by some distance.
  11. Stapel

    Is Moeen Ali potential England material ?

    Swann's last Test was the 3rd Ashes Test in 13/14. Panesar played the 4th (yup, he did, checked it 5 times now), Borthwick the 5th. After that, it was Moeen in every single Test, not?
  12. Stapel

    Is Moeen Ali potential England material ?

    I can't think of any other spinner being in the England test line-up for a half decent period. Scott Borthwick had one go & Adil Rashid played the tests in the UAE, but that's it, not?
  13. Stapel

    **Official** Big Bash 2015/16

    Wow! Travis Head did actually leave a ball when the run rate was over 10, AND he had already faced 15 deliveries.
  14. Stapel

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    Apart from a gloomy morning in Nottingham.........
  15. Stapel

    Is Moeen Ali potential England material ?

    Yeah, I've been thinkoing so too. Maybe he benefits from being regarded as 'the one to go after'? And he benefits from not being (over)used when there is no assistamce from the pitch. The English team is atm extremely well balanced.
  16. Stapel

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    Fair enough. I guess our difference stems from what we regard as early on. As a neutral cricket supporter, I found this match quite interesting for a bit longer then (what I see as) early on.
  17. Stapel

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    TBF, the England advantage was not there until halfway the SA 1st innings. At some point, before AB fell, SA were 100/2 in reply to 300. But shortly afterwards, Faf, Bavuma & JP fell for hardly anything.
  18. Stapel

    Is Moeen Ali potential England material ?

    Moeen's bowling average is nearly under 35 right now. He might not be the new Swann or Panesar, but he certainly is good enough to do the damage. As England go with 4 pacemen anyway, he is not required to do a lot of bowling when the surface is noy yet ready for spin.
  19. Stapel

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    All Stiaan needs to do is change his name to Bastiaan. Or to Sebastiaan.
  20. Stapel

    ***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

    Huh? Why's that?

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