Australia’s cricket tour of South Africa called off; shot at World Test Championship final killed off

[putrevus]

Something is very wrong with SA board. Both England and Australia have skipped their tours. 

[New guy]

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Edited February 2, 2021 by New guy

[cowboysfan]

so a 2-1 is good enough? i am hoping for 2-0 or better but 2-1 seems very easily achievable.

[Gollum]

Lucky Kiwis, so so lucky and now they will chicken out of BD tour, we all know their record in Toygerland the last decade or so. 

[Majestic]

I am thinking how will Rohit cope with Boult in England conditions with Duke bowl, lol it will be carnage. Left arm pace bowler getting the bowl to move into him.

[Oldhere]

9 minutes ago, Majestic said:

I am thinking how will Rohit cope with Boult in England conditions with Duke bowl, lol it will be carnage. Left arm pace bowler getting the bowl to move into him.

I think ICC matches will be with kookaburra

[neel roy]

5 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

Goddamn kiwis would be over the moon now..  Also in hindsight that slow over rate penalty in MCG game has cost them the final I think lol. 

That Langer fraca with Boon who he pissed off during Chahal Jaddu concussion sub episode has come back to bite them

Edited February 2, 2021 by neel roy

[Vilander]

5 hours ago, Serpico said:

aw man. would have been a wonderful series, too bad. Can't they just vaccinate the players and coaching staff?

 

how bad is the covid situation is SA anyway? Is it worse than India?

Vaccine does not protect well against the sa strain. Bigger things to worry abt for RSA

[Vilander]

1 hour ago, Oldhere said:

I think ICC matches will be with kookaburra

 

Icc uses kookaburra in loi but in tests there is no president wonder what was used in icc driven tests like world 11 etc did we have any before ? . Generally icc wants to use the ball that is used in the conditions before so it might be duke for all we know. 

[Serpico]

2 minutes ago, Vilander said:

 

Icc uses kookaburra in loi but in tests there is no president wonder what was used in icc driven tests like world 11 etc did we have any before ? . Generally icc wants to use the ball that is used in the conditions before so it might be duke for all we know. 

It'll be Duke in this final for sure. They'll probably use it according to the hosting nation in future

[Soldier]

9 hours ago, Gollum said:

Lucky Kiwis, so so lucky and now they will chicken out of BD tour, we all know their record in Toygerland the last decade or so. 

Forger about that just check their away record post 2015 vs australia England India and even south africa lol.

[Soldier]

9 hours ago, Majestic said:

I am thinking how will Rohit cope with Boult in England conditions with Duke bowl, lol it will be carnage. Left arm pace bowler getting the bowl to move into him.

Robin can't even handle lyon but to be fair to him he did really well vs statrc Cummins and Hazelwood. 

[Majestic]

2 hours ago, Soldier said:

Forger about that just check their away record post 2015 vs australia England India and even south africa lol.

They are biggest HTBs. But actually their best chance is in England because the conditions are similar to NZ and they drew in England last time too.

[Serpico]

10 hours ago, Soldier said:

Forger about that just check their away record post 2015 vs australia England India and even south africa lol.

They drew a series in England in 2015 and didn't tour there since then. what is the lol about? and they lost 1-0 in SA

[Soldier]

26 minutes ago, Serpico said:

They drew a series in England in 2015 and didn't tour there since then. what is the lol about? and they lost 1-0 in SA

Oh ok. 1 0 in 2 test series I presume. 

 

Must be a 2 tests series in England. Lot easier to get a result in a 2 test series tbf. 

 

Anyways I doubt they can beat Bangladesh away actually. I don't recall them winning there. 

[Serpico]

2 minutes ago, Soldier said:

Oh ok. 1 0 in 2 test series I presume. 

 

Must be a 2 tests series in England. Lot easier to get a result in a 2 test series tbf. 

 

Anyways I doubt they can beat Bangladesh away actually. I don't recall them winning there. 

yeah they haven't toured Bangla in a long time. But really most teams aren't hosting Nz regularly even though they have become a top test team now. Its unfortunate that their best ever team also plays least cricket and hence can't create any legacy. We are lucky our best team with best attack is getting regular tours everywhere and has opportunity to stamp their  authority.

 

That 2 test series in england in this june should give some good idea about where they stand in away series.. with Jamieson their bowling attack looks quite good for other ENA countries and also adds depth to their batting

[Lone Wolf]

18 minutes ago, Soldier said:

Oh ok. 1 0 in 2 test series I presume. 

 

Must be a 2 tests series in England. Lot easier to get a result in a 2 test series tbf. 

 

Anyways I doubt they can beat Bangladesh away actually. I don't recall them winning there. 

That series against vs England could've gone either way.  England were very lucky tbh to get away with 1-1.  A longer series perhaps would've been a different story as Kiwis came back in 2nd game & won. 

This time also that 2 match series would be very close before WTC final.  Hopefully NZ burn out their pacers there. 

[nevada]

Weeks of frustration boiled over in a tersely-worded statement overnight. ;“We are extremely disappointed by the decision of CA,” Graeme Smith, CSA’s director of cricket, said.

“CSA has been working tirelessly in recent weeks to ensure that we meet every single expectation of CA. This was set to be our longest tour in a bio-secure environment [BSE] comprising a three-match Test series that was scheduled to begin with Australia’s arrival later in the month. So to be informed about the CA decision at the eleventh hour is frustrating.” 

DrShuaib Manjra, CSA’s chief medical officer, said CSA had proposed “unprecedented” protocols.

Firstly, we had agreed that our own Proteas team would enter the BSE 14 days prior to the arrival of the Australian team, thus altering their planning during the current tour of Pakistan,” he said.

[Soldier]

1 hour ago, Serpico said:

yeah they haven't toured Bangla in a long time. But really most teams aren't hosting Nz regularly even though they have become a top test team now. Its unfortunate that their best ever team also plays least cricket and hence can't create any legacy. We are lucky our best team with best attack is getting regular tours everywhere and has opportunity to stamp their  authority.

 

That 2 test series in england in this june should give some good idea about where they stand in away series.. with Jamieson their bowling attack looks quite good for other ENA countries and also adds depth to their batting

Problem is Boult and Southee are both ageing. Replacements aren't pariticularly good. But their batting is quite good actually. 

[putrevus]

If this was series in India , would CA allow team to travel to India.