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You and everyone else. Seems daft to have the Aussies over, not that I don't think the games will be good, although checking their itinerary this will be the last competitive action for the Senior team before the World T20 in September so maybe it's not 100% stupid.Originally Posted by psychic duck
Really looking forward to the SA series, always good games and for me personally England vs SA was my first taste of Test Match Cricket live. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engin...tch/63807.html
Can't remember much only I was part of a Kwik Cricket demonstration at the Lunch interval.
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I think everyone is looking forward to the SA vs England tests, number 1 and 2 going at it! the South Africans got a lot of accolades during the IPL. I for one am glad to see Morne Morkel get his form back and taking wickets, and Dale Steyn was one of the most economical bowlers at the tournament.
Hopefully Vernon Philander with his stint in England and Imran Tahir going to Pakistan to learn some more from his mentor will just add to our powerful bowling line-up. And our Batsmen are all slowly getting in form... Except Graeme Smith, he's recovering from injury. But he always play well in England
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He looked very good for us (Somerset) in the limited time he was allowed to play, we could have done with him a bit more, we've had lots of injuries. Still remember everyone over here in 2002 going "Who's this bloke Smith, bet he's rubbish". Two double hundreds later words were eaten
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Lol! that double hundred at Lord's was amazing!He looked very good for us (Somerset) in the limited time he was allowed to play, we could have done with him a bit more, we've had lots of injuries. Still remember everyone over here in 2002 going "Who's this bloke Smith, bet he's rubbish". Two double hundreds later words were eaten
And I hope Vernon follows in Makhaya's Footsteps and also get a 10-wicket haul at Lord's
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yes, I believe it was Nasser Hussain who said that, and then later in the series England came back and Martin Bicknell did really well, that was a great series, also it was one of the first series where Andrew Flintoff became one of the world's bestHe looked very good for us (Somerset) in the limited time he was allowed to play, we could have done with him a bit more, we've had lots of injuries. Still remember everyone over here in 2002 going "Who's this bloke Smith, bet he's rubbish". Two double hundreds later words were eaten
Philander gave me free tickets in 2008 when he was in the ODI team, as we are distantly related
he is the second fastest to 50 Test wickets ever by the way
Funnily enough, I don't
I remember the Edgbaston knock more. The commentators kept pointing out that when he went onto the back foot he got close to the stumps with his feet, ignoring the fact the ball was halfway to the boundary at that point. I've always liked Smith, he also played for Somerset, we won the T20 tournament, beat the Aussies when he captained us and scored 311 off 255 balls against Leicestershire with 11 sixes
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Still gutted the last day of the third test ENG-Windies was rained out. Really believe the Windies could have won this game
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CSA has announced the Protea test squad for the England tour:
Proteas' Test squad:
Graeme Smith (captain), Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher, Marchant de Lange, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, Jacques Kallis, Morne Morkel, Alviro Petersen, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Jacques Rudolph, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
It's the exact same squad that played against New Zealand recently.
AB will again be the backup wicket keeper, and Graeme Smith has already fully recovered from his injury.
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Don't think I've seen de Lange and Tsotsobe before. What are they like. Good to see Kallis still rocking around
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WHAT??? Marchant is also the same guy that took 7 wickets vs Sri Lanka in his Debut test in December at DurbanDon't think I've seen de Lange and Tsotsobe before. What are they like. Good to see Kallis still rocking around
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de Lange is fast - I'd say he would probably be the quickest of the South African bowlers. Tsosobe is a left-armer, who is probably more of an ODI specialist (one of the top ranked ODI bowlers in the world). I don't remember him being that quick (maybe 130km/h) but he is pretty accurate, and swings the ball a lot.Don't think I've seen de Lange and Tsotsobe before. What are they like. Good to see Kallis still rocking around
I don't see much of neutral, overseas cricket tbh. Is that the best example, yeah the guys quick but only 1 of those deliveries was on off stump.
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Lol, I only showed that clip, which showed he bowled over the 150km/h mark.
He was an influential part of the Kolkata Knight Riders setup in the recent IPL. The guy can bowl, believe me...
Tsotsobe got a bit of pace back and has recently bowled over the 140km/h mark in SA's local T20 tournament.
Both Marchant and Tsotsobe has been at a training camp with Allan Donald now during the off season. Marchant is now only 19 years old.
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De Lange is quality, been impressed by him but Tsotsobe struggles in England with his stint with Essex. Had a dire attitude also apparently.
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Yeah Lopsy had some personal issues to deal with in the past. But he has made some major strides in recent months. He has a bit of an attitude though... Maybe Donald and Kirsten will sort that out very quickly as they don't seem like the guys that will take any BS
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with Amla, Duminy, Petersen, Peterson, Philander, Tsotsobe in the squad, South Africa's cricket team seems to get a more multi racial team than rugby
what happened to Wayne Parnell?
He's more of a one-day player, He's now in the SA T20 squad that will play in Zimbabwe. But his wayward bowling is not helping his cause.
For tests, we have a lot more guys who play consistantly better than Parnell.
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Following the Sri Lanka - Pakistan test match. Sri Lanka played a beautiful first innings (472 runs) with Dilshan and Sangakarra scoringa century. Sanga misisng one run to hit a double century.
Pakistan all bowled out for 100.
Now Sri Lanka scored 137/5 and they declared the over. Now Pakistan is chasing 506 runs.
Go Sri Lanka!!!!
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So Zimbabwe has won the Tri-series between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, beating SA in the final by a very convincing margin.
The Proteas lost 3 of the matches in this T20 series of which the final was one... With SA resting a bunch of Players like Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers...
One thing for sure is that the choke tag hasn't evaded the Proteas, and that experience is a key ingredient in winning matches, which was lacking with the squad sent to Zim... Nonetheless, its a good way to test some unknown guys out that are fringe players...
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Later today Windies- NZ
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On right now. West Indies got a very formidable 209/2, with Gayle and Pollard in particular smashing it everywhere. New Zealand are doing ok in their chase thus far: 37/0 after 4 overs.Later today Windies- NZ
Pollard-Gayle was something else.
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I didn't enjoy it in the slightest
NZ 51/1 now - going along pretty well, but Narine still has three overs left.....
EDIT: Taylor retired hurt - not getting any easier!
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Amla in the T20 side lol
http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/Bou...-tour-20120710
I don't see this as such a big blow for SA, as Boucher had bad form in recent tests.
That being said, what a terrible accident, and evidence that not only fast bowlers are dangerous on the field. that had to come at some pace towards him to hurt his eye like that.
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I thought Boucher was actually quite good against New Zealand - no big scores but a couple of handy contributions with the bat, while his wicket-keeping remains world-class. It will be interesting to see how de Villiers goes as keeper for South Africa in the tests. He has been in outstanding form with the bat over recent seasons, and it will be interesting to see whether taking over the wicket-keeping duties has an adverse effect on his batting.....
Don't see it as a blow as AB is a wicket keeper and one more specialist batsman can come in
I predict they'll be 77-6 or there abouts in a few hours.
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