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Whats wrong with Polloc/NtiniPratyush said:If South Africa find a good new opening bowler who performs consistently at the top level, .
Whats wrong with Polloc/NtiniPratyush said:If South Africa find a good new opening bowler who performs consistently at the top level, .
Nothing. I meant fast bowler. Some one along with Pollock and Ntini.aussie said:Whats wrong with Polloc/Ntini
Nel has been very impressive while Langevelt seems ok.Pratyush said:Nothing. I meant fast bowler. Some one along with Pollock and Ntini.
Yes but the question is can they perform consistently to help South Africa take 20 wickets against a team like Australia.aussie said:Nel has been very impressive while Langevelt seems ok.
oh well in that case time will tell.Pratyush said:Yes but the question is can they perform consistently to help South Africa take 20 wickets against a team like Australia.
Nel is a good young bowler and it would be a delight if he can turn into the 'consistent performer' long term I am speaking about.
The beauty of sheer stupidity used to be that you never quite knew when it was going to show its head.EnglishRose said:Yes indeedy.
South Africa may have lost to England but I think they rebounded well on their tour of the West Indies. Nel's return has given the Saffers a lot more firepower and he and Ntini form a potent new ball combo. This will be backed up up by the ever reliable Polly.
Smith provides strong leadership and the batting looks good again.
I feel the real battle of this year will take place in December between the Saffers and Australia and continuing on to February. I think it will be alot closer than the 5-1 scoreline last time.
English cricket has no depth.....their A team was well beaten in Sri Lanka recently and their u-19's got whitewashed in India. Few players of genuine quality are emerging from the English academies...something which even Rod Marsh (their coach) admitted.
SOuth Africa have a number of quality youngsters waiting in the wings e.g Imraan Khan, Keagan Africa, Brent Kops, Dale Steyn......
Cricket Australia te monitor the programs and development of other countries to gauge which teams will be a threat to Aussie world dominnace. They have identified South Africa as being a clear threat over the next ten years even tho they went thru a difficult period recently. England was not mentioned as a long term quality adversary.
SO there you go....England may be world no. 2 but it will only be short term. I can't see players like Harmison and Jones being anything other than inconsistent. ALso, England don't have a quality spinner in sight.....at least South Africa are rectifying this problem. Several promising spinners have been identified and sent to India for coaching.
I fully epect South Africa to be Australia's main challengers again within a year's time.
you think the current indian team is on par with s.a and england...? i don't think so...FaaipDeOiad said:I think South Africa are on par with India at about third in the world currently, but England are clearly a bigger threat.
well after their performances since in the NWS i'm inclined to agree with that.age_master said:no England are a far better team atm than RSA in ODI cricket.
OK, so which two domestic setups are stronger?EnglishRose said:Look at the recent performances of the England A and under-19 teams. These players , if you believe some forum members like Pickup and Marc, come from supposedly the "second best domestic setup" in the world.
Hell even Rod Marsh admitted he hasn't seen much outstanding talent in his tenure.
i would say concered & impressedsimmy said:Well not scared... but concerned.
Yet lost 5-1 this year!age_master said:no England are a far better team atm than RSA in ODI cricket.
Results like that don't tell the whole truth, but they certainly don't tell lies.marc71178 said:Yet lost 5-1 this year!
Well that one does because it was 4-1luckyeddie said:Results like that don't tell the whole truth, but they certainly don't tell lies.
I deserved that.Scaly piscine said:Well that one does because it was 4-1