Saffers At It Again

[achilles]

They seem like another Australia in the making.

[Gunner]

Like what Haysman said on twitter. "Legalise preparing the ball for reverse swing". For the love of god, give some leeway for the poor bowlers.They need that extra help to take wickets on flat tracks which is what you get pretty much all over the world these days.What would you rather see ? Tail enders scoring 50s or a fiery spell from Anderson/Steyn/Gul full of reverse swinging yorkers ?

+1 Most Test cricket in the subcontinent is boring due to tracks being extremely batting-friendly. Restrictions relating to altering the condition of the ball must be relaxed as Reverse Swing is the only recourse available to pacers on dry surfaces and could be the shot in the arm that Test cricket in Asia desperately needs.

[Lord]

+1 Most Test cricket in the subcontinent is boring due to tracks being extremely batting-friendly. Restrictions relating to altering the condition of the ball must be relaxed as Reverse Swing is the only recourse available to pacers on dry surfaces and could be the shot in the arm that Test cricket in Asia desperately needs.

Reverse swing can be obtained within current conditions too if you work on the ball well.like we saw in WI series in India

[Gunner]

Reverse swing can be obtained within current conditions too if you work on the ball well.like we saw in WI series in India

In Shami's debut match the ball was changed by the umpire around the 30-over mark and the changed ball started swinging dramatically. We didn't work on that ball. Even Steyn's devastating spell of reverse swing at Nagpur in 2010 happened when the ball was changed. I'm not saying it's not possible to achieve it under the current rules, but it is difficult and more of a hit or miss. And I'm not in favor of Imran-Waqar-Wasim level of ball-tampering where they gouged out chunks of the ball with their nails and made innovative use of the bottle cap.

[adi B]

Steyn the beneficiary of all this .... picked up a five for here and also bowled SA to a win against Pak when they tampered in Dubai.

Faf was caught tampering the ball in the second innings when pakis were 100+ for 4 iirc with a deficit of 400+ lol.whats that gotta do with u guys getting allout for 100 in the first innings and tahir of all got a fifer

[putrevus]

Nonsense dont give cheaters legality , game has suffered enough with chuckers, Haysman moron should STFU , just because proteas are cheaters , they should not make it legal. Make better pitches which will create more balance.

[TheWall]

ICC should get strict when it comes to ball tampering and chucking. Instead of banning the player they should ban the team

[AmreekanDesi]

What I dont like is that they just accept the fine and move on. Shows them to be a bit shameless. And also takes away te negative publicity whch would normally be a result of this.

[prinzo]

I thought it was steyn and his talent which was the reason why he picked 5 wickets but he is again nothing but a glorified cheater.

You make me laugh. What about his other wickets in the second innings.

[putrevus]

You make me laugh. What about his other wickets in the second innings.

Nobody denies Steyn is an ATG and thats what makes it me more sad of what transpired,Steyn and Proteas dont need any external help to win matches. If you look at match thread of india vs england this was my post on 18th itself http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showpost.php?p=3024619&postcount=2337 Steyn is a monster, wow what a bowler hats off

[diga]

can somebody post the footage here? It does show Philander really scratching/trying to remove the skin of the ball which was really worse.. IMHO it warranted a straight ban

[Stuge]

You make me laugh. What about his other wickets in the second innings.

Pressure was on ..they were already done and dusted :P