Conditions have favoured India - Philander

[Lord]

Depends on conditions Itsnnot turning at all and for fast bowlers there is always help..so sometimes you have to do boring job even if ball is old Anyway I think shami will get some luck on this tour finally and pick some wickets instead of missing edges or dropped catches And Zack should guide him well ...for next match if track is same I would go with 4 quicks

turning ka tab pata chalega when you flight.if you dart,obviously it won't turn.Tahir is crap so don't go by whether he's turning it or not. Atleast initially for 2-3 overs he should flight the ball and look to turn it.will get more bounce with his height that way too 4 pacers is risky due to over rate.After Perth don't think Dhoni would ever do that.

[goose]

That was a diabolical press conference from Vilander. He and the South Africans sound and look utterly beaten.

[ThePhenomenal1]

really want ashwin to suceed, atleast be the 1st spinner to find some success in this match. Ashwin can be a fighter, just needs to pitch it up and have an attacking field for deflections i.e bat pad

[Trundler27]

looks like vernon mast kalandar is looking forward to batting in the 4th innings... he is in pretty good form Saffers had to send out a 'quota' player as it was their turn to attend the press conference. So kalandar came out and said stuff that gully cricketers usually say.... with more practice and exposure he will learn the right things to say.... don't take it seriously ppl... just enjoy this wonderful performance in a 1st overseas test after a long long time.

[CG]

If they cannot bat on slow pitch against our bowlers i fear to think what we would do against them on a fast pitch.

[Deleted_User_1]

I personally would like to go and vernon his philandering auss! :giggle:

[MCcricket]

If they cannot bat on slow pitch against our bowlers i fear to think what we would do against them on a fast pitch.

:hysterical::hysterical: I agree load of bull, he is a glorified trundle, one of these days he will find out, lost a bit of respect when he made this stupid lies up, cry baby:sniffle:

[rkt.india]

Pitch has certainly eased up after tea but they also got tired and bowled a lot loose delieries in that session, all three seamers were guilty of that.

[Iconoclast]

Well when conditions aren't favoring you can always call in Faf to help you get that ball to move

[vvvslaxman]

Pitch has certainly eased up after tea but they also got tired and bowled a lot loose delieries in that session' date=' all three seamers were guilty of that.[/quote'] If they had played like Pokemons (which is what most subcontinent teams do on a lively wicket) this interview would have been different. Just because entire top order put on an exhibition on leaving the ball , all these excuses surface. Ironically their ace batsman tried to leave one and got bowled. So it is fair to say Indian batsmen knew where their off stump was better than their counterparts.

[MCcricket]

Well when conditions aren't favoring you can always call in Faf to help you get that ball to move

I did notice Smith and some other SAFFERS giving special attention to the ball and picking on something maybe dirt but they should have the umpires do it, the changed ball did do a lot more but hope people who matter keep an eye on them also if they loose this test they might try something:winky:

[gakgupta]

He uses the word "yeah" way too many times. After a point, it was irritating hearing him talk. Isn't his first language English.... He seems to be a bonehead while talking.....he is already making excuses for the under-performance.... Mate....it's your home conditions and you have to be on the top irrespective of conditions esp when u r No:1 test team in the world and you have the fresh looking Indian team who knows piss about SA conditions

[GoldenSun]

These excuses they are making tell a lot of the state of mind inside the S.African dressing room - they are shell-shocked.

[King Tendulkar]

Pathetic from philander

[King Tendulkar]

It just shows. They though they could rock up , produce a pacey wicket and just bang it in and bully us. They had a shock, we are good and they cant beileve it and handle it

[amiret]

philander was right . the pitch has become better for batting.