Cricket: Proteas tour of New Zealand - 2012

[MickeyD]

Fixtures:

February 2012
17 - T20I - Westpac Stadium, Wellington (08:00)
19 - T20I - Eden Park, Auckland (08:00)
22 - T20I - Seddon Park, Hamilton (08:00)
25 - ODI - Westpac Stadium, Wellington (03:00)
29 - ODI - McLean Park, Napier (03:00)

March 2012
03 - ODI - Eden Park, Auckland (03:00)
07 - 1st Test - University Oval, Dunedin (23:30)
15 - 2nd Test - Seddon Park, Hamilton (23:30)
23 - 3rd Test - Basin Reserve, Wellington (23:30)

TOURING GROUPS

Proteas’ Test squad:

Graeme Smith (Cape Cobras, captain), AB de Villiers (Titans, vice-captain), Hashim Amla (Dolphins), Mark Boucher (Cape Cobras), Marchant de Lange (Titans), JP Duminy (Cape Cobras), Imran Tahir (Dolphins), Jacques Kallis (Cape Cobras), Morne Morkel (Titans), Alviro Petersen (Highveld Lions), Robin Peterson (Cape Cobras), Vernon Philander (Cape Cobras), Jacques Rudolph (Titans), Dale Steyn (Cape Cobras), Lonwabo Tsotsobe (Warriors)

Proteas’ ODI squad:

AB de Villiers (Titans, captain), Hashim Amla (Dolphins, vice-captain), Johan Botha (Warriors), JP Duminy (Cape Cobras), Faf du Plessis (Titans), Jacques Kallis (Cape Cobras), Albie Morkel (Titans), Morne Morkel (Titans), Justin Ontong (Cape Cobras), Wayne Parnell (Warriors), Robin Peterson (Cape Cobras), Graeme Smith (Cape Cobras), Dale Steyn (Cape Cobras), Lonwabo Tsotsobe (Warriors)

Proteas’ T20 squad:

AB de Villiers (Titans, captain), Hashim Amla (Dolphins, vice-captain), Johan Botha (Warriors), Marchant de Lange (Titans), JP Duminy (Cape Cobras), Colin Ingram (Warriors), Richard Levi (Cape Cobras), Albie Morkel (Titans), Morne Morkel (Titans), Justin Ontong (Cape Cobras), Wayne Parnell (Warriors), Robin Peterson (Cape Cobras), Rusty Theron (Warriors), Lonwabo Tsotsobe (Warriors)

[mercurial]

Those times in the brackets, are those our times or NZ?

[Pegasus]

I'm thinking we may get a hiding in the tests.
NZ are a decent side and they have some good bowlers these days.

[MickeyD]

Those times in the brackets, are those our times or NZ?

Our time...

[mercurial]

Our time...

Thanks MD

[BrokenLink]

Those times in the brackets, are those our times or NZ?

Doubt they will start playing a game there at 3am

[MickeyD]

Doubt they will start playing a game there at 3am

/pondered offering a facepalm but rooiwyn is making me mellow

[Zyzzyva]

rofl

[Peon]

Watching the boys yesterday I got the sense they were wimps. Got no kahunas between their legs. Albeit Hansie was as crooked, he had guts and always seemed a giant among men.

I appreciate Graeme Smith is a nice guy and tries hard, its time to drop him. He creates like a aura around him and the team and im not sure if its counter-productive.

Your thoughts fellas?

[MickeyD]

Watching the boys yesterday I got the sense they were wimps. Got no kahunas between their legs. Albeit Hansie was as crooked, he had guts and always seemed a giant among men.

I appreciate Graeme Smith is a nice guy and tries hard, its time to drop him. He creates like a aura around him and the team and im not sure if its counter-productive.

Your thoughts fellas?

Will comment once the squad is announced...

[Wall]

I expect a series win and some new faces, also think we may experiment a bit

[mercurial]

Doubt they will start playing a game there at 3am

/pondered offering a facepalm but rooiwyn is making me mellow

OMG. How did I not see that? Was an honest mistake. No trolling, I promise

[Rosaudio]

Guess i'll only be watching the T20's

[Eskimos]

Going to be an interesting tour, surely we have to wipe the floor with NZ though. One of the weakest teams on the international circuit. I'm hoping we will experiment with a new test wk but pretty sure we won't. I don't expect any experimentation with the test squad, its a pretty solid one and we need to push through with consistent selection.

We might try to swap things through with the ODIs and T20s. Hate the fact that there are 3 t20s. Would prefer a single T20 and a 5 match ODI series.

Those times in the brackets, are those our times or NZ?

lol

[Haldex]

Watching the boys yesterday I got the sense they were wimps. Got no kahunas between their legs. Albeit Hansie was as crooked, he had guts and always seemed a giant among men.

I appreciate Graeme Smith is a nice guy and tries hard, its time to drop him. He creates like a aura around him and the team and im not sure if its counter-productive.

Your thoughts fellas?

They won't drop him, he will play in NZ and England.