Cricket......

['Dale]

SA lucky to have an experienced opener like Smith to carry the responsibility when Amla & Kallis don't play.......NOT!!

 

Time for teletubby bye-bye, I say!

 

I would keep him for the Test arena; no more than that.

 

let the younger players come through.

 

Horses for courses, I say.

 

On another hand, Amla is a bit of an enigma. Wow! What a player!

['Dale]

From news24:

 

Former Proteas convenor Mike Procter believes Graeme Smith's friendship with Gary Kirsten is saving his spot in the SA team.

['Dale]

And in Dubai:

 

Pakistan rolls England over by 10 wickets in the 1st of the 3 match test series.

 

Lekka!

[D-Mike]

And in Dubai:

 

Pakistan rolls England over by 10 wickets in the 1st of the 3 match test series.

 

Lekka!

Couldn't agree more. Lovely to see the English get a hiding. :clap:

['Dale]

Couldn't agree more. Lovely to see the English get a hiding. :clap:

 

Within 3 days nogal, klapping the nr 1 ranked test team.

Edited January 19, 2012 by ' Dale

[X-Man]

Dear Santa

 

I know its a bit late, but may I please request that Greame Smith gets dropped from our National cricket team

 

Yours

 

People who watch and support the Proteas...

[RJ23]

Dear Santa

 

I know its a bit late, but may I please request that Greame Smith gets dropped from our National cricket team

 

Yours

 

People who watch and support the Proteas...

 

you must have been bad this year, santa left smith in the team and rested steyn

['Dale]

you must have been bad this year, santa left smith in the team and rested steyn

 

['Dale]

Dale Steyn is also know as "The Steyn Remover"...

 

He can remove you from the batting crease in a wink... And bowl you 'cleanly'!

 

- read it somewhere on a blog -

Edited January 20, 2012 by ' Dale

[RJ23]

South Africa (Playing XI): Graeme Smith, Alviro Petersen, Colin Ingram, AB de Villiers(w/c), Jean-Paul Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Robin Peterson, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Wayne Parnell Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Tillakaratne Dilshan©, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Thissara Perera, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Sachithra Senanayake

 

cool too see they giving vernon a chance, seems to be as all rounder replacing albie

[RudoJ]

South Africa (Playing XI): Graeme Smith, Alviro Petersen, Colin Ingram, AB de Villiers(w/c), Jean-Paul Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Robin Peterson, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Wayne Parnell Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Tillakaratne Dilshan©, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara(w), Lahiru Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Thissara Perera, Rangana Herath, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Sachithra Senanayake

 

cool too see they giving vernon a chance, seems to be as all rounder replacing albie

Would be good to see Tsotsobe and Philander bowl in tandem, at least Tsotsobe seems to have gotten leaner and is bowling well again

[X-Man]

So there you go Mr Smith...

 

Another life... Just because you scored a half century!! (After what felt like a decade)

 

Graeme just secured his place in the squad after scoring a half ton

 

I reckon Graeme should be the face for Mcdonalds or Burger King???

[Fatsmoker]

I think I could have made 50 against Sri Lanka today.

[Capricorn]

despite the awesomeness of AB, this run rate graph bugs me plenty:

 

 

circles represent fall of wickets:

1. A Petersen

2. Smithers

3. Ingram

4. Duminy

5. AB

6. Faf

7. Parnell.

 

That curve suggests it's Smithers/Alviro that got the run rate up, and his departure saw an overall slow down until parnel/petersen picked it up again.

Edited January 20, 2012 by Capricorn

[Capricorn]

this graph is somewhat pleasing and unsettling: very low boundary rate, but the team's willing to work out there. Guess SL was a lot more effective in stemming the boundaries than the score suggests and get ZA to really work that ball around and carry their bats.

 

[Capricorn]

uh oh..