This is the rhythm of AB de Villiers

[lamellavig]

He's a killer. A cute killer.

 

Only GD McGrath could have stopped him on a day like this. Or a runout. 

Edited March 11, 2018 by lamellavig

[TheWall]

ABD rockz!!!!

[chewy]

On flat decks everyone’s a killer 

[Turning_track]

ABD is a top performer, one of the best batsman of our generation. Leave aside the comparison with other batters, just marvel at his immense talent.

From 227/7 to 382 a.o, wonderful performance along with the tail.

Hope ABD continues to entertain us in tests for a few more years & put all these rumours of his retirement from longer format to rest. 

[rageaddict]

Kohli can score as many  tons as possible but he cannot replicate the excitement that AB brings to the game with his strokes.

 

There's something very  unique about AB and his style of play. 

 

[Sooda]

He is an all time great 

[Sooda]

1 hour ago, chewy said:

On flat decks everyone’s a killer 

They weren't though !

[WeStMiDz]

1 hour ago, rageaddict said:

Kohli can score as many  tons as possible but he cannot replicate the excitement that AB brings to the game with his strokes.

 

There's something very  unique about AB and his style of play. 

 

Sorry but I get more enjoyment watching Kohli

[addicted4444]

This pitch isn’t as easy as people have been claiming. Other than ABD everyone else has struggled. Take away AB’s innings, and SA has a very low score, but further, they have a terrible run rate. Neither did Australia have the kind of run rate you would expect to see on a flat track. 

 

Finally, the Aussies have not scored at all. Smith, #1 player got out as I was typing, having scored all of 36 runs for 2 outs on this supposed flat track. And Ngidi is making Khawaja look like a fool on every delivery for like 3 straight overs. 

 

This pitch has no devils but is not easy to at on. Good line and length with some variation and patience will make the bowlers look really good. Australia’s poor performance showed their lack of variation in bowling and their lack of application when they weren’t on top. 

[jf1gp_1]

2 hours ago, rageaddict said:

Kohli can score as many  tons as possible but he cannot replicate the excitement that AB brings to the game with his strokes.

 

There's something very  unique about AB and his style of play. 

 

Spoke like a true afridi fan who is easily dazzled by white skin and pink outfit

Edited March 11, 2018 by jf1gp_1

[Clarke]

Reminded me of Tendulkar at his peak. While everyone else was struggling in the first test, he was rarely beaten .. just seems to have so much time while batting, as if he's quicksilver with bat in hand.

[Tattieboy]

4 hours ago, jf1gp_1 said:

Spoke like a true afridi fan who is easily dazzled by white skin and pink outfit

Same for me ...what am I dazzled by ?

[Laaloo]

7 hours ago, Clarke said:

Reminded me of Tendulkar at his peak. While everyone else was struggling in the first test, he was rarely beaten .. just seems to have so much time while batting, as if he's quicksilver with bat in hand.

Clarke mian how is everything? Good to see you. Hope all is well.

[Vk1]

ABD has a unique bat swing. It's not very high backlight like Lara or Yuvi but it's just that he completes the bat swing beautifully after meeting the ball. Pure aesthetic.

[gakgupta]

21 hours ago, chewy said:

On flat decks everyone’s a killer 

OMG...by which standards this is flat deck.....

It has seam and swing and best bowlers in the world bowling to him..

Really top notch batting by ABDV

[chewy]

There was no seam or swing,

only threat was Starc’s reverse swing with old ball and Lyon

[addicted4444]

This was a flat track yet Australia couldn’t score 250 in eithe innings. Okay. 

 

 

[rageaddict]

What a match winning innings it is turning out to be!!! 

[CoverDrive]

1 hour ago, chewy said:

There was no seam or swing,

only threat was Starc’s reverse swing with old ball and Lyon

every bowler there was getting reverse swing

[prinzo]

On 3/11/2018 at 12:08 PM, lamellavig said:

He's a killer. A cute killer.

 

Only GD McGrath could have stopped him on a day like this. Or a runout. 

or maybe he would of smashed McGrath also