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I'm a die hard cricket and rugby fan and hold my beloved Springboks very deer.
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The quota system gets applied over a season across all 3 formats. The team for the WACA test will more than likely be
1. Stephen Cook
2. Dean Elgar
3. Hashim Amla.
4. Faf du Plessis
5. JP Duminy
6. Temba Bavuma
7. Quinton De Kock
8. Maharaj
9. Dale Steyn
10. KG Rabada
11. Morne Morkel
12th man Veron Philander or Dane Villas
Although they might exclude Maharaj for Philander. JP Duminy’s spin bowling has improved and might use him to tie one end up. Traditionally WACA is more suited to pace bowling hence going with 4 pace bowlers.
Selection dilemmas: Who plays for the Proteas?
Explain why you say that. There are enough players of colour to be picked on merit to have a very good Springbok team. The Springboks will always be in the top 3 rugby playing nations.To me the problem is not transformation but coaching style. Allistair Coetzee could not do much worse than Heyneke Meyer when it comes to coaching.
Coetzee picked to transform Springboks
India got flogged by SA in a warm up game. You are obviously biased towards India. On the day anyone of the big 4 teams can win it.
India are favourites to win the World T20
Baz will go down as a legend in New Zealand Cricket history terms for what he has achieved in the game for New Zealand, but lets be fair he will no go down as a legend or a great in the global game and he’s averages speaks for that. When he got going in the shorter formats of the game he was entertaining to watch and played some brilliant innings. I think he will be more remembered for the legend he could have been in a global sense. Good cricketer none the less.
Brendon McCullum disappoints me, but not for the usual reasons
Cricket in South Africa is a minority sport and mostly only followed by the white population of SA. Although stadiums for test matches are half full, it does not mean that it’s not popular amongst this group of the population. Because it’s a summertime sport, majority will watch on the telly. Nothing better to laze around the pool, the braai going with a cold one in one hand and catching up on the action on the telly indoors when the sun just becomes too hot to handle. Anyways, not a lot of people is willing to invest their whole weekend at the stadium when there is still no conclusion to the result of the game. The day/night version might change that.
In saying this, Newlands you will find that most days out of the 5 it will be a sell out and the crowds at Wanderers are not half bad either.
Look at the bigger picture before moaning about day/night Tests
apparently the forecast is 70% showers from the morning, bucketing down round about kick off
Let it rain down on Twickenham to give the Boks a chance
you never beat Wales, only score more points.
South Africa beat Wales to lock up clash with barnstorming All Blacks
When Michael Clark was asked at the toss whether he would have batted or bowled if he won the toss, he said he was not sure. Well at least they got to do both in the first session.
Ashes: Where does arrogance end and stupidity begin?
C’mon!. There will be only one Shane Warne. Ever!
Is Nathan Lyon better than Shane Warne?
“It’s a collective problem, stemming from grassroots rugby right up to the national team”. I disagree with that. If you look at our schoolboy rugby and Varsity Cup Challenge, they all play a brand of running rugby. You can even say that our Currie Cup is more of an expansive brand of rugby. That’s what makes it so frustrating, that it does not transpire to our Super Rugby and Springbok team.
Wallabies expose Springboks in another last minute victory
No it doesn’t. The argument is that you implied that SAF made the wrong decision to bat first and therefor brought it onto themselves. McCullum said he would also have batted first as well. Defending 350+ plus with 50 overs to bowl them out would be much easier then defending 298 with 43 overs.
What a game! The Black Caps are into their first World Cup final
Ronan the weather forecast was 20% chance of showers for the afternoon and clearing later (how often does it really rain with 20% chance?). So what if the rain came down 1 hour later? Any team if they won the toss would have batted first. It was not the choice to bat so cautiously for the opening 10overs but the situation called for it. You saying that SA did not help themselves to bat first is laughable. Definitely the rain effected SA’s chances in posting a massive score. The extra 17 runs added to SA’s total did not do their final score justice.
But in saying that NZ played better than SA on the day and paced their chase well.
What a game! The Black Caps are into their first World Cup final
The only reason the WC is the pinnacle is because it’s the only global event for the sport of cricket besides the 20/20 champions trophy which is just a giggle and hit affair. If you somehow could have a WC for test cricket it will undoubtedly be the pinnacle.
The World Cup finally reminds us it's the pinnacle of cricket
Well done to the Kiwi’s. Go win this thing!!!
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Playing out of form Philander for Abbot cost them the game!!!
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Pitty about the rain. SAF on their way to 350!!
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Nice one Lions!!!
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Lions Game for the Taking!
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Read that piece again Gurlivleen. Not once did he say that they are the best team in the world. He said that he has the players around him with the talent to win this WC.
Forget the Kiwis and Proteas, this World Cup is all about Australia and India
Hi BB. The stats you quoted above just really shows that Kallis’s scoring rate was more or less the same batting first or second. Stats aside, which I believe does not really prove the reason we have not been successful at chasing scores of 250+, just shows how much we miss a guy like Jaques Kallis, where our middle order could bat around.
I agree that I would not sacrifice Rossouw for De Kock to open the innings, why I suggested it would not be a bad thing to give Dean Elgar a go at opening with Amla
BB I enjoy your well researched articles and all the stats you quote, but sometimes you need to look beyond the stats as they don’t always give you the bigger picture.
Why the Proteas under-perform when batting second
Good Analysis BB. It’s interesting if you look back about 4-5 years ago, when we still had an inform Kallis in the team, that SA actually preferred to chase down scores. He’s calm demeaner and ability to pace an innings allowed our middle order to play with less pressure when our top order fails. Unlike now that when we do chase big total and our top order fails, we don’t have that experience in the middle order to knuckle down and pace the innings. They paly like rabbits caught in the headlights and play out of character. Again this has proved that we are struggling to replace Kallis. I do think and hope that with experience our middle order should improve. It might even not be a bad idea to give a guy like Dean Elgar and opportunity to open the batting with Amla. He does it in test matches and has shown in the domestic comp that he can increase his scoring rate if need be.
Why the Proteas under-perform when batting second
Thanks Geoff. AB does not approach each game like the ones against WI and Ireland, the game situation presented the opportunity for AB to play in that fashion, but point taken. It’s unrealistic to expect AB to perform every time he walks in to bat, just as it’s unrealistic for Australia to expect Warner and NZ for McCullum to perform every game. I would rather argue that the top 6 batting order needs to perform 3 games in a row and the bowling backing it up, as it would be for any of the other teams in the knock out games….but that should be an obvious analogy.
Sorry South Africa, there's no way you'll win the World Cup
Geoff I think your argument is flawed in the sense that the same can be said about Australia relying heavily on Warner and Smith and NZ on McCullum and Williamson. Off course SA would rely heavily on AB and Amla, so would any team that has the 2 best batters in the world. You dismiss AB’s ability to the fact that his 2 best innings played was against the woefull WI team. Should we dismiss Warner’s capabilities based on the fact that he’s best ODI total was scored against Afghanistan? Off course not! I agree that better teams have better bowling strategies set against world class batters, but that what makes AB and Amla world class, they bat to what is in front of them. They have proven it over their careers. As for FAF, yes he has had a slow start to his ODI career, but showed what he is capable off in the tri-series with Australia and Zim as you pointed out. The signs are there that FAF is returning to form and his average is constantly climbing. In Miller, we have a great finisher and big hitter(similar to a Maxwell for OZ) and he is going along very nicely. Rossouw has also proved to be undroppable at the moment. I agree with you that SA as a problem with position 7 with the lack of an all out all rounder. The experiment with Behardien/Parnell and McLaren has not paid off as it has shown to replace a Kallis is just about impossible. I also do agree that our 3 frontline bowlers has not hit their straps yet, but Steyn and Morkel has proven to have enough class to create problems for even the best batting line ups in the world. I do believe that they are showing signs of getting their rhythm back. In a sense the injury to Philander could play into the hands of SA because Abbot is an underated bowler and has shown what he is capable off in the couple of games he has played for SA, not just in this WC. He is a decent death bowler as well and also no mug with the bat. Imi is just a world class leg break bowler at the moment as he has shown through the middle overs and with an average ODI strike rate at 21, no one can argue against that.
I will have Duminy batting at 6 and as our 5th bowler. He has a good technique and is a constant run scorer. He has also improved a lot with his off breaks. If Duminy is having a good day with the ball you could easily have him bowling 10 overs going at 5.5 to the over and has also shown to be a partnership breaker for SA. If he is proving not to have a good day with the ball, they need to share the 5th bowlers overs amongst himself, AB and FAF. I would much rather have an extra batter in the team.
My team would be:
De Kock
Amla
FAF
AB
Rossuw
Duminy
Miller
Abbot
Steyn
Morkel
Tahir
I’m not saying SA will win it, but merely pointing out that all teams rely on their star players. That’s why they are star players.
Anyway, interesting article.
Sorry South Africa, there's no way you'll win the World Cup
BB…Why do you say that? I think the Cheetahs are an exciting team with a good scrum as RobC mentioned. Os has done a lot of work with Coenie. I think this season is the season that Coenie comes of age. He is making tackles all over the park and made a couple of nice darting runs .So far the Cheetahs has showed a good balance between defence and attack. Hope to see Brussouw back soon.
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Warner is a tool….he should know that if he can dish it out he should be able to take it, but no he showed that he can’t. I think the SBW masks are funny.
Cricket South Africa apologise for SBW masks