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*Official* South African tour of England and Ireland 2022

StephenZA

Hall of Fame Member
Think it'll be a good, hard scrap between SA and Eng. Eng probably going to be over-reliant on Anderson, Broad, Root, and Stokes, if one of them doesn't fire could be trouble for England.
I`ve heard Bairstow has been playing pretty good recently...

But I can't see SA batting putting up enough to be truly competitive this series. I think Elgar and Petersen will have to score lots of runs. Maybe VDD.
 

theegyptian

International Vice-Captain
Craig Overton instead of Jamie. Not sure what Craig has done to get the nod since Jamie's debut
being fit? Jamie is injured.
Crawley bouncing back from his struggles in the early summer Tests with 86 runs at 14.3 in the County Championship to retain his spot.
Yes it's stupid. Even if they think this is the guy, it's counterproductive to keep picking him at this point. His confidence must be non existent. His game which had weaknesses at the best of times is in a terrible state. Just drop him and let him find some confidence and work on his game.
 

kevinw

State Vice-Captain
If Kent, who are crap, were genuinely picking their side on merit, Crawley would not make it in.

DBD, Compton, Denly, Leaning, Billings, Stevens, Cox and Robinson would all score more runs than Crawley, probably Linde too. Heck, every Nathan Gilchrist would give him a run for his money.
 

Tom Flint

International Regular
being fit? Jamie is injured.

Yes it's stupid. Even if they think this is the guy, it's counterproductive to keep picking him at this point. His confidence must be non existent. His game which had weaknesses at the best of times is in a terrible state. Just drop him and let him find some confidence and work on his game.
That would explain it
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Been seeing it for 25 tests now

Kid is an extreme version of rocks and diamonds atm
True but that last innings against India was good. Have to see if he can build on it. Do agree he needs to be dropped even for hsi own good for now though.
 

kevinw

State Vice-Captain
22 of Crawley's 46 innings have been single figures scores. Is that a high number - it seems it.
 

Niall

International Coach
Pleased South Africa are happy to bat first,,,so many teams in t20 seem to reliant on chasing.

Big if ,,but if they can keep everyone fit got a serious chance of the t20 world cup.
 

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