He's saying they're not ATGs. I would agree they're just a tier belowSecond question is odd given the thread title.
Those guys aren't ATGs.Second question is odd given the thread title.
This.Boucher ffs
That isn't that ridiculous a position to hold as there's not a great deal of difference in their test careers.Amla gets into a SA XI, before ABdV for me.... but then I`m pretty biased.
I think that's largely due to Amla's batting not being as aerial as other players. He tends to score his boundaries by piercing the field rather than going over the fielders, which isn't quite as noticeable. Until, as you say, it's noticed that he's got to 50.In both LO and Test the number of times you hear... "Oh! Amla is on 50 already .... did not realize."
He's very definitely a key player for the team, not just in tests, and I wonder just how many of AB's ODI blitzes have come off the back of a good innings by Amla. We all know that AB can do the impossible, but it's a lot easier to do the impossible when there's been a good foundation laid, which more often than not will have been done by Amla.I still say the SA test team is best when Amla scores runs, it struggles when he is out of form.