Kranswurm Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 Steyn is a luxury and a risk we can ill affordMorkel before him any day of the week Vetseun 1
Shebeen Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 Also cant see who these "transformation players" might be as this squad is made up of players that have delivered (deserve to be there) and promising players (also deserve to be in the mix). Cant wait to see how this unfolds. Damned i never got myself a ticket to Newlands this weekend tickets still available!
Shebeen Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 There are transformation targets which are important to make professional sport relevant to the South African context.Socio-politics and sport do go together if we talk about being an ambassador for one's country. And, yeah, so cool that the Proteas squad are made up of a bunch of solid cricketers, black, brown and white. Well done CSA.yes, i know that. but they are spread over the season. If AB is dropped because they need bavuma's skin colour in the team then i can't agree with that for the biggest game of the year. Proteas and blitzboks are miles ahead of any other sporting team in transformation, just pick the best guys regardless of race. public wants winners too remember!
'Dale Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 yes, i know that. but they are spread over the season. If AB is dropped because they need bavuma's skin colour in the team then i can't agree with that for the biggest game of the year. Proteas and blitzboks are miles ahead of any other sporting team in transformation, just pick the best guys regardless of race. public wants winners too remember! I understand your point of view.Picking the best is an ideal. Understandably as it is about competition. Makes sense in a vacuum without socio-political. Winning at all cost is not an option anymore. Winning in modern South Africa is about the higher ideals of nationhood and playing like champions. And now... let's see who won the toss.
'Dale Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 10.00am South Africa won the toss and chose to bat South Africa's XI: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock, Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Kagiso RabadaIndia's XI: Shikhar Dhawan, M Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Hardik Pandya, R Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah Cricinfo
'Dale Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 Steyn is fit.They’ll ease him in gently though as he’s not match fit, never mind Test match fit.May only be for the final Test.He’s a national treasure after all, the Steyn Remover. Steyn is in for 1st Test. At least he can chill a bit more as SA is batting first. Yes, more time in the middle is best preparation. Go, Steyn Remover!!!!
jimmycool Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 Lekker man. I have been looking forward to this.I missed slouching in front of the tv watching the cricket over Christmas/ new years. GLuvsMtb 1
'Dale Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 Lekker man. I have been looking forward to this.I missed slouching in front of the tv watching the cricket over Christmas/ new years. True true Elgar The Rock OUTLots of seam movement and some in the air Batting skills clinic
'Dale Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 Eish 7/2The cherry is moving both ways. The Vern would've loved this.
'Dale Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 We have 4 seamersOne less batsmanVern / Quinny as all-rounder material. Hmmmm.
jimmycool Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 Eish 7/2The cherry is moving both ways. The Vern would've loved this.Eish is the right word [emoji85] 'Dale 1
jimmycool Posted January 5, 2018 Posted January 5, 2018 Quote from cricinfo comments. "When the going gets tough, you want two batsmen who between them have scored almost 17,000 test runs at an average of 50."
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