I love watching Steyn bowl. I want ...

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him to bowl 45 - 50 overs this innings so I can watch his beautiful action for 2 full days.

[Sandeep99]

Lol

[jf1gp_1]

lets just make it both the test

[CG]

No i do not when he is playing india.

[Laaloo]

F@g

[Jersey #10]

lol

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I am just loving every moment of watching Stale Dale sending down over after futile over to batsmen who are not supposed to be terrified of him. Amazingly enough, he doesn't have much to say to the batsmen today.

[Cricketics]

Credit to him though. Even after giving all those runs, he is still running in hard and looks like getting a wicket. 2 times out of 6 deliveries. Even Philander does too. That is why our batting needs to be hailed for being consistent today.

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Credit to him though. Even after giving all those runs' date=' he is still running in hard and looks like getting a wicket. 2 times out of 6 deliveries. Even Philander does too. That is why our batting needs to be hailed for being consistent today.[/quote'] I'll save the praise for later. Right now, I am still pi$$ed off by the "scared," "intimidated," adjectives that were used to describe what the Indian bats were supposed to be while facing him. There is no greater pleasure than to hear the deafening silence of the trash-talking Saffies.

[vvvslaxman]

Bowled brilliantly in patches. But Indians made him bowl in unusual areas by leaving him well.

[Pagalpanti]

What a reply from India, 1 wicket to him in 47 overs

[NareshK]

Never seen Steyn look so helpless in home conditions. Bowled 47 overs in the whole match for 1 wicket. Still bowled quite well though. Indian batsmen were just superb.

[GoldenSun]

Ive never seen Steyn bowl over after futile over and not getting a wicket. India proved a LOT of people wrong today.

[SLICKR392]

1 wicket. lol Ishant >>> #1 attack. :agree:

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Bowled brilliantly in patches. But Indians made him bowl in unusual areas by leaving him well.

Grind 'em to dust - the art of batting perfected by SunnyG and Rahul Dravid.

[CG]

to be fair to steyn the ball did not swing much,its more of the seam ,I think steyn did not get any magic balls which pitch on middle and hit top of off.The pitch is still decent on the strip but its the inswing bowlers who have made batsman play used the pitch to their advantage.

[vvvslaxman]

I think steyn did not get nay magic balls which pitch on middle and hit top of off.The pitch is still decent on the strip but its the inswing bowlers who have ruled the roost.

Every time he tried he went down the leg side and got picked on. If ordinary guys like us know that, what are the odds Steyn didn't know. He couldn't get it right. Whenever he got it right Indians defended him well with precise foot movement.

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to be fair to steyn the ball did not swing much,its more of the seam ,I think steyn did not get any magic balls which pitch on middle and hit top of off.The pitch is still decent on the strip but its the inswing bowlers who have made batsman play used the pitch to their advantage.

Would it be fair to call him a swing-condition-bully, then? Very effective when the ball is talking in the air, not so much otherwise? Ya know, like we call our batsmen flat-track bullies?

[vvvslaxman]

Would it be fair to call him a swing-condition-bully' date=' then? Very effective when the ball is talking in the air, not so much otherwise? Ya know, like we call our batsmen flat-track bullies?[/quote'] You cannot call him only that. Probably his outswing can be easily negated in flat conditions. But he has run through sides for fun in various places. Every bowler goes through scenarios where they get blunted. That includes marshall, hadlee, walsh.

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Would it be fair to call him a swing-condition-bully' date=' then? Very effective when the ball is talking in the air, not so much otherwise? Ya know, like we call our batsmen flat-track bullies?[/quote'] Well he depends on swing be in normal or reverse.He has extra pace so unlike anderson he is not hammered when the ball does not swing much.I mean today he just upped his pace to 145ks+,knowing he need to strike.