Lexx Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Too much ODI / T20 diet for you, Lexx This is Test cricket at its brilliant best.Dull on the eye, brilliant on the mindNo Not really. I like Test Cricket, but to keep on blocking the whole day is not test cricket. 21 Runs in 20 Overs, thats ridiculous.Why cant the Proteas have a Positive Mindset and play some shots and get some runs.Thats why more and More People would rather watch 20/20 or ODI Cricket.
mon-goose Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 because if we lose this game everyone will give them a hard time. If we bat slowly and draw then everyone forgets the game quickly
Lexx Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Whats the issue with Umpires and the Ball being bounced to the Keeper?
SwissVan Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 How many ozzies can you fit into a square? This many Lexx 1
Shebeen Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Wonder if clarke is going to get roasted for being too 'conservative'?? By batting us out the game he's possibly lost the chance of winning. Especially since he's the one doing the criticising on captaincy. No Not really. I like Test Cricket, but to keep on blocking the whole day is not test cricket. 21 Runs in 20 Overs, thats ridiculous.Why cant the Proteas have a Positive Mindset and play some shots and get some runs.Thats why more and More People would rather watch 20/20 or ODI Cricket.more people eat at KFC than a michelen 3 star, doesn't mean the food is better. this is why it is a good thing to bat out 4 sessions, http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/672481.html
DJ84 Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 No Not really. I like Test Cricket, but to keep on blocking the whole day is not test cricket. 21 Runs in 20 Overs, thats ridiculous.Why cant the Proteas have a Positive Mindset and play some shots and get some runs.Thats why more and More People would rather watch 20/20 or ODI Cricket. Its this type of game that gets TRUE cricket supporters excited.Its T20 that is ruining the image of test and people wanting to see 4+ runs an over. up until a few years ago, 3.5 an over for an innings was considered Good going. We are under the stick at the moment and if we manage to draw and only score 20 more runs then that is fantastic.
DJ84 Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Whats the issue with Umpires and the Ball being bounced to the Keeper? Because it roughs up the ball,assists with reverse swing and spin. It is allowed but unethical if done consistently.
DJ84 Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 And that's lunch.2 sessions to go and 1 new ball. If we last the new ball with no wickets going down we stand a fare chance of the draw.If anyone could do it, it is these two.
'Dale Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 No Not really. I like Test Cricket, but to keep on blocking the whole day is not test cricket. 21 Runs in 20 Overs, thats ridiculous.Why cant the Proteas have a Positive Mindset and play some shots and get some runs.Thats why more and More People would rather watch 20/20 or ODI Cricket. Oraait. You want action. This game situation requires more subtlety.
'Dale Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 And that's lunch.2 sessions to go and 1 new ball. If we last the new ball with no wickets going down we stand a fare chance of the draw.If anyone could do it, it is these two. Only the loss of the night watchmanBrilliant New ballJohnsonPatt' Gonna be intense
Mr Legs Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 Hi Lexx, blocking out a day to try and save a test, is test cricket in its purest form. Lexx 1
'Dale Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 I'm hoping Abbott secured his spot after a steady performance with the ball and a brilliant batting performance in the 2nd innings
Stretch Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 adelaide 2012 actually, there was a mammoth innings in perth too...it involved JP Duminy and someone? off to google it
milky4130 Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) In other news, who do you think of this 1992 World Cup squad is being charged with rape, which apparently happened this past weekend in the Eastern Cape? Edited March 5, 2014 by milky4130
'Dale Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 there was a mammoth innings in perth too...it involved JP Duminy and someone? off to google it Steyn Chasing 400 plus Stretch 1
Stretch Posted March 5, 2014 Posted March 5, 2014 there was a mammoth innings in perth too...it involved JP Duminy and someone? off to google it ok it was melbourne 2008 - put on 180 runs with dale steyn Duminy made his Test debut against Australia at the WACA in Perth on 17 December 2008, scoring 50 not out in the second innings by hitting the winning runs in the match after putting on an unbroken century partnership with AB de Villiers. His performance was lauded by numerous critics, including Peter Roebuck.[1] In the next Test match, beginning on Boxing Day, Duminy combined with the tailenders to score his maiden Test century of 166. South Africa were more than 200 runs in arrears when they lost their seventh wicket in the first innings. In the process, he and Dale Steyn (76) put on 180 and surpassed Graeme and Peter Pollock's South African ninth wicket partnership record against Australia. South Africa ended with a 62-run lead and converted it into a nine-wicket win. This sealed the series, the first time that South Africa had won a Test series in Australia, and Australia's first home Test series loss in 16 years.
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