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***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2012
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straw man
Hall of Fame Member
NZ selectors suffering from grass-is-greener syndrome thinking Gillespie and Arnel will be better than Boult
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BeeGee
International Captain
NZ will lose this test match.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Boult dropped is a dire, dire decision. Howsie on suicide watch after both he and Southee were dumped.
Woodster
International Captain
Could be a vital toss won by Smith. If conditions are conducive to bit a bit of swing and this pitch is likely to flatten out after day one, NZ could be chasing this game from the very first session. Alternatively, if it does do a bit and they battle their way through a testing opening period they could gain appreciably in confidence.
Going to be very tough against Steyn, Vern and Morkel if there's some decent movement around. Good luck NZ.
Going to be very tough against Steyn, Vern and Morkel if there's some decent movement around. Good luck NZ.
Woodster
International Captain
Absolutely. Two contrasting bowlers but both a pleasure to watch.
Haha prob not far from the truth.
Surprised Boult was dropped - did anyone see this coming?
Suppose with us batting first, Martin will have an extra three sessions to get over his niggle.
straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Yes and if anything was guilty of looking too hard for wickets in the first innings and was pitching it up looking for swing. Give him conditions where it will swing like Hamilton and he'll be far more effective.
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
As for Arnel and Gillespie.
I am pleased for both of them and was finding it difficult to decide which one I preferred to replace Southee. Arnel has had a consistently good season while Gillespie has responded well after getting a mid-season rocket from coach & media (that he needed a rocket is another matter .....)
I watched a bit of Arnel bowling late on the 4th day at the Basin on Monday. He was lively, and looks a lot more fluid live than what I remember from him when watching on the telly.
But 4 right-armers, and a left-armer as 12th man. I don't get it, when they are all fairly even.
I am pleased for both of them and was finding it difficult to decide which one I preferred to replace Southee. Arnel has had a consistently good season while Gillespie has responded well after getting a mid-season rocket from coach & media (that he needed a rocket is another matter .....)
I watched a bit of Arnel bowling late on the 4th day at the Basin on Monday. He was lively, and looks a lot more fluid live than what I remember from him when watching on the telly.
But 4 right-armers, and a left-armer as 12th man. I don't get it, when they are all fairly even.
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Woodster
International Captain
Think the overhead conditions may have added weight to what South Africa were already contemplating, ie bowl first up. Apparently the pitch was looking exceptionally green leading upto today, no real surprise there and no surprise that it is nowhere near as green as it did look.
Hasn't done too much off the deck so far but there has been some swing about. It looks far from impossible to bat on, but Nicol's just nicked one off Philander's typically excellent line.
Hasn't done too much off the deck so far but there has been some swing about. It looks far from impossible to bat on, but Nicol's just nicked one off Philander's typically excellent line.
That's assuming one sides top order is not brittle and the bowling side doesn't have the best couple of bowlers in the world.
In the best of both worlds SA should be able to get a couple of NZ wickets in this session even if it is doing nothing.
There you go - he's gone.
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I'm fairly annoyed by Boult being dropped, so I can only imagine how Howsie's feeling.