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*Official* South Africa Test Tour of Zimbabwe 2025

Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
Bahseph said:
A little before my time so I’ll leave it to the other SA fans to comment but from the little I saw of BMac he was definitely more of a batting allrounder?
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McMillan was Mr.Dependable , yes you are a right a batting all rounder ,a fierce competitor and a great team man ..
I would say in his pomp he could be between 135-140 and was reduced to a medium pacer as his batting grew in importance, although if he followed the modern day athlete lifestyle instead of the Castle Lager diet he may have been quicker! ..

Corbin isn't as vocal as Big Mac but he does have the same Team Man vibe to him, his fast bowling genes probably comes from his father Tertius who had serious wheels .
 
Bahseph

Bahseph

International Debutant
I’m liking the looks of Conrad building a squad and not just a team. It also keeps people on their toes. IMHO I think only Bavuma, Markram, Verryenne, KG , Keshav and Jansen are absolute locks in the sense that if they are fit they play. The other 5 spots aren’t nailed in any sense.
 
SeamUp

SeamUp

International Coach
Bahseph said:
I’m liking the looks of Conrad building a squad and not just a team. It also keeps people on their toes. IMHO I think only Bavuma, Markram, Verryenne, KG , Keshav and Jansen are absolute locks in the sense that if they are fit they play. The other 5 spots aren’t nailed in any sense.
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Agreed. I'm sort of hoping Rickelton gives us serious runs in India/Pakistan to back up the last home summer and be close to absolutely nailing the 2 opening spots because right now I can't see anyone else coming close to what Markram/Rickelton combo can do. It's important to set the tone up front with the batting and I think they both can.
 
govinda indian fan

govinda indian fan

International Debutant
SeamUp said:
Agreed. I'm sort of hoping Rickelton gives us serious runs in India/Pakistan to back up the last home summer and be close to absolutely nailing the 2 opening spots because right now I can't see anyone else coming close to what Markram/Rickelton combo can do. It's important to set the tone up front with the batting and I think they both can.
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I think you guys will see your batters score more runs in india then pakistan because our newer generation of test batters cant play on rank turners so you guys would get good test wickets ( swing on day 1 flat on d2,3 and dust bowl on d 4,5) while pakistan are commiting hiri kiri by going for rank turners
 
Dendarii

Dendarii

International Debutant
Bahseph said:
Yeah after watching him I think people probably saw him bowl quick and categorised him as a bowling all rounder but I think his bowling is very up and down.
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His first-class bowling average is 36, so it does look like he hasn't been too consistent with the ball. It's quite possible that people have tried to pick him as a frontline bowler when that doesn't seem to be the right role for him.

The question now is how well he'll bowl for South Africa. He's competing with Mulder for that all rounder spot, and while Mulder hasn't delivered with the bat, he's done his job with the ball. If Bosch can put in a good showing as a bowler then he might end up supplanting Mulder.
 
ataraxia

ataraxia

International Coach
After one day of play in Bulawayo, Kurtis Patterson has dropped down the list of highest test averages from 1st to 3rd.
 
CricAddict

CricAddict

International Coach
This thread should be pinned.

Also, there are talks of Patterson getting back to Aussie team. Will be awesome if he doesn't and retires with an all time test record over Bradman and Ganteaume.
 
Heboric

Heboric

International Regular
Dendarii said:
His first-class bowling average is 36, so it does look like he hasn't been too consistent with the ball. It's quite possible that people have tried to pick him as a frontline bowler when that doesn't seem to be the right role for him.

The question now is how well he'll bowl for South Africa. He's competing with Mulder for that all rounder spot, and while Mulder hasn't delivered with the bat, he's done his job with the ball. If Bosch can put in a good showing as a bowler then he might end up supplanting Mulder.
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I dunno, I think Mulder has provided with the bat (not at 3 obviously)
 
GRAB

GRAB

State Vice-Captain
SeamUp said:
Codi Yusuf with that jerky and quick arm action with a bit of nibble he can get is looking interesting moving forward. Hits batsman quicker than they think.
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Dendarii said:
His first-class bowling average is 36, so it does look like he hasn't been too consistent with the ball. It's quite possible that people have tried to pick him as a frontline bowler when that doesn't seem to be the right role for him.

The question now is how well he'll bowl for South Africa. He's competing with Mulder for that all rounder spot, and while Mulder hasn't delivered with the bat, he's done his job with the ball. If Bosch can put in a good showing as a bowler then he might end up supplanting Mulder.
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Both he and Dala have been consistently quick but all over the shop with little movement or any craft for Northerns for some time now, hence their similarly poor red ball records.
 
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