*Official* West Indies in South Africa 2022/23

[Prince EWS]

Linde aswell tbf. SA genuinly have the pace and spin bowling depth to be competitive anywhere around the world if there batting gets its **** together.

If we made a list of SA's best eleven players, how many batsmen would make it? Maybe Markram - and he wasn't even in the team a couple of Tests ago.

SA have at least seven bowlers better than their best batsman IMO. That's hilarious.

 

[GotSpin]

Reasonable surprise not to see the Windies bundled out for 130 odd

 

[Prince EWS]

Reasonable surprise not to see the Windies bundled out for 130 odd

When you need your #8 to score 81* to prevent this it's still not great, but they're still in the game at least.

 

[Stefan9]

Will have to see how sore kg's back is. He did back on the field but didn't bowl.

 

[GotSpin]

When you need your #8 to score 81* to prevent this it's still not great, but they're still in the game at least.

It’s called batting deep you sewer rat

 

[Saket1209]

Wi going for the defensive option. That's interesting

 

[Starfighter]

I love that Mayers has managed an average of 18 bowling 120 km/h swingers. Yes he's helped by the Dukes ball at home, but to be honest he deserves it. Always looked a dangerous bowler when I've seen him.

 

[StephenZA]

I was about to say that I like the way De Zorzi is playing... and then he plays that. Been excellent bowling this morning. Putting the SA batsmen under huge pressure.

 

[Starfighter]

And another! Shame he can only bat against Bangladesh, because I love his bowling to bits.

 

[StephenZA]

Hindsight not a good review.... but it just looked a bad leave.

 

[Stefan9]

Big trouble for the proteas. Aiden gone. 32/3

 

[Zinzan]

Effectively 100/3 we have a Test match.

 

[Marius]

Big trouble for the proteas. Aiden gone. 32/3

TB and Ricks to come to the rescue, never fear.

 

[Molehill]

Am I watching a repeat of the First Test? Superb delivery from Roach to get Markram, not much you can do about that.

 

[StephenZA]

Really good bowling... and anybody who does not think that SA is the most difficult place in the world to bat just needs to watch this innings, yes the batting is tentative but the ball is consistently doing something. Both swing and seam. Always something for the bowler if you put it in the right area.

 

[andruid]

#Bavuma100 starts now

 

[StephenZA]

Rickeltons looseness outside off stump is not good... whats a concern is he does not seem to learn.

 

[Marius]

Rickeltons looseness outside off stump is not good... whats a concern is he does not seem to learn.

As someone said to me perhaps Rickelton is simply an above average player in a dog**** league.

 

[StephenZA]

As someone said to me perhaps Rickelton is simply an above average player in a dog**** league.

I would love to know what the first chance averages is for the SA players... but I do think that Rickelton is a talented player, its about temperament for me. It why I would like to see more of Breetzke because it was clear he had his struggles, but seems to have come through them and now consistently scoring runs. Whereas I don't think Rickelton has been through that yet. I am still a van Tonder fan because he has consistently scored runs except for single season (even if not always top run scorer) but tends to score big when he gets going. And that's what you want from your top 6, the temperament to get through the hard times and keep scoring big.

 

[Dendarii]

As someone said to me perhaps Rickelton is simply an above average player in a dog**** league.

Rickelton has made runs in county cricket as well although I don't know what the strength of the opposition he faced there was.