England tour of South Africa, Test Series Thread

[ssurenn]

Test cricket these days is simple!! 

Whoever bats first wins the game.

[Stan AF]

74/5

[Nikola]

SA has gone really down. Anything less than whitewash on our next tour should be considered disappointment.

[Frustrated]

SA cricket is in deep water it seems. After the exit of De villiers and Morkel, they hv been playing like Minnows.  That too at home.  Right now, they are at par with the current Windies team. 

[Vijy]

3 hours ago, Frustrated said:

SA cricket is in deep water it seems. After the exit of De villiers and Morkel, they hv been playing like Minnows.  That too at home.  Right now, they are at par with the current Windies team. 

WI is a beast at home in comparison - look at home records of cockroach, gabriel and AR record of holder. they drew with eng, whereas saffers are getting a royal thrashing.

[Vk1]

3 hours ago, Frustrated said:

SA cricket is in deep water it seems. After the exit of De villiers and Morkel, they hv been playing like Minnows.  That too at home.  Right now, they are at par with the current Windies team. 

By keeping those reservations they have killed the goose. Apparently there is no talent emerging in first class cricket. South Africas glory days are over. Such a heart break for cricket fans world over.

[Vijy]

46 minutes ago, Vk1 said:

By keeping those reservations they have killed the goose. Apparently there is no talent emerging in first class cricket. South Africas glory days are over. Such a heart break for cricket fans world over.

when one team goes down, another rises. WI has been playing much better in past 2 yrs or so than they did before. it seems to me that their resurgence may help offset sa's decline to some extent.

[Stan AF]

Ideally Faf should step down as a captain after back to back series losses.

[Vijy]

10 minutes ago, Stan AF said:

Ideally Faf should step down as a captain after back to back series losses.

Faf will probably be forced into retirement since the CSA board is full of noobs who press the panic buttom often and make random selections. only good move I saw from them and TM was bringing nortje in.

[Vk1]

51 minutes ago, Vijy said:

when one team goes down, another rises. WI has been playing much better in past 2 yrs or so than they did before. it seems to me that their resurgence may help offset sa's decline to some extent.

South africa used to defeat top teams away from home. West Indies still has many many miles to go.

[Vijy]

Just now, Vk1 said:

South africa used to defeat top teams away from home. West Indies still has many many miles to go.

yes, the balance is unequal. looks like it will most probably be just Ind and Aus at the top. Eng are too inconsistent and NZ have some limitations when it comes to beating top test teams (Aus and Ind). the rest are just varying degrees of poor.

[Stan AF]

England set 466 as target for SA. Another 30 points for the taking.

[Vijy]

49 minutes ago, Stan AF said:

England set 466 as target for SA. Another 30 points for the taking.

expect a 300 run defeat for the SA midgets.

[Vijy]

In next tour, I want Ind to play a 5 bowler attack with Saini, Bumrah, Shami, Ishant and Jaddu. First three should be given license to go all out and deliver bumper barrage while Ishant and Jaddu play the holding roles. Will be fun to see the weak Saffers dance to chin music.

[ssurenn]

 South Africa are going for history here 

Edited January 27, 2020 by ssurenn

[Stan AF]

Camaannnnn south aaprikka . Camaan

[Stan AF]

dammit

[Stan AF]

Stokes is a bloody one man wonder.

[Vijy]

13 minutes ago, Stan AF said:

Camaannnnn south aaprikka . Camaan

not while stokes is playing.

6 minutes ago, Stan AF said:

Stokes is a bloody one man wonder.

 

[Stan AF]

Dussen out on 98