England tour of South Africa, Test Series Thread

[FischerTal]

Joe root picked up 4 wickets 

[SK_IH]

Wtf, Joe Root has taken 4 cheap wkts. SA is dead and buried it seems.

[The Realist]

SA cricket on its last legs. Desperately lacking new talent. 

[putrevus]

wrong thread

Edited January 19, 2020 by putrevus

[putrevus]

People were laughing when I said England was a very good team.India might not have won in England or SA but they were very good in both series.They will win more matches than they will lose if they keep doing same and have some luck in crucial moments.

[Forever Indian]

2 minutes ago, putrevus said:

People were laughing when I said England was a very good team.India might not have won in England or SA but they were very good in both series.They will win more matches than they will lose if they keep doing same and have some luck in crucial moments.

Likes of Aus, Eng and heck even Srilanka have won their last series in SA, they are that weak. Whereas India royally lost to them only because team management decided even a 3 day warmup match was not required and scr*wed up with team selections.

[Suhaan]

Some species wander thread to thread to defend Kohli in any way possible

[putrevus]

2 minutes ago, Forever Indian said:

Likes of Aus, Eng and heck even Srilanka have won their last series in SA, they are that weak. Whereas India royally lost to them only because team management decided even a 3 day warmup match was not required and scr*wed up with team selections.

 

Australia did not win in SA. AB played both against Australia and India.He is not playing here nor played during SL series.He was the difference between SA win and loss in both series.They were 13/3 in first test first innings and again 2/2 in second innings in second test in Indian series but Indian bowlers found AB.

 

SA never respected that guy and are now facing the reality on how great player he really is and how much impact a great player can have on the team.

 

You put ABDV in both series , SA wins both of them.He gives other players that confidence which allows them to perform without pressure.

 

India had so much practice in England, what did they do, chasing is hard in 4th innings , Indian lost most tosses in both series.You need some luck too.

 

 

[adi B]

Saf cricket is in such a pathetic shape ,its a shame .They need a structural overhaul in the system and at least a couple of seasons to gel a proper side .

This side looks one dimensional and too much reliant on pitch .

For the last game ,saf's only hope is to prepare a green top and make it a lottery test 

[Ankit_sharma03]

Credit to england for showing faith in youngsters on away tour - crawely, sibley, pope, bess these players have hardly played 5 test

[Kothili]

Van dDussen must be the worst player of spin. Prodding to Joe Root of all bowlers.

Edited January 20, 2020 by Kothili

[diga]

Eng go 2-1 up.... wish we get such South African team to face

[First class]

7 hours ago, diga said:

Eng go 2-1 up.... wish we get such South African team to face

Don't worry the way things are going on in SA, they will be beaten by Zimbabwe. 

[Stan AF]

England batting.  They'll win this 3-1 unless rain plays spoilsport.

 

South Africa: 1 Dean Elgar, 2 Pieter Malan, 3 Rassie van der Dussen, 4 Faf du Plessis (capt), 5 Quinton de Kock (wk), 6 Temba Bavuma, 7 Dwaine Pretorius, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Anrich Nortje, 10 Beuran Hendricks, 11 Dane Paterson

England: 1 Dom Sibley 2 Zak Crawley 3 Joe Denly 4 Joe Root (capt) 5 Ben Stokes 6 Ollie Pope 7 Jos Buttler (wk) 8 Chris Woakes 9 Sam Curran 10 Mark Wood 11 Stuart Broad

[Jimmy Cliff]

1 hour ago, Stan AF said:

England batting.  They'll win this 3-1 unless rain plays spoilsport.

 

South Africa: 1 Dean Elgar, 2 Pieter Malan, 3 Rassie van der Dussen, 4 Faf du Plessis (capt), 5 Quinton de Kock (wk), 6 Temba Bavuma, 7 Dwaine Pretorius, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Anrich Nortje, 10 Beuran Hendricks, 11 Dane Paterson

England: 1 Dom Sibley 2 Zak Crawley 3 Joe Denly 4 Joe Root (capt) 5 Ben Stokes 6 Ollie Pope 7 Jos Buttler (wk) 8 Chris Woakes 9 Sam Curran 10 Mark Wood 11 Stuart Broad

Again they get to bat first . I swear they're the luckiest team in the world.

[Pratik77]

17 minutes ago, Jimmy Cliff said:

Again they get to bat first . I swear they're the luckiest team in the world.

Rather root is lucky captain whenever his captaincy is under immense pressure he gets this gift of winning 3-4 tosses in series....nhi to Apne Kaptan kuli...luck to hai hi nhi

[Stan AF]

Good Lord. A 10th wicket partnership of 78 runs in just 8 overs. This is just rubbing molagai into SA's wounds. 396/9 now. England are winning this without a fuss.

[Stan AF]

400 all out.

[ssurenn]

A tenth wicket stand of 82 between Mark Wood and Stuart Broad has changed the complexion 

[putrevus]

What is happening to SA.Their team really is bad, they seem to lack any direction.