2007/2008 WI tour to SA thread

And Smiffy departs ...... :rolleyes:

Oh well, hopefully Kallis regains that form he had the last time the Windies toured SA.
 
game over, there is no ways SA can win from here, better pray for rain. once again the boys have arrived to play a test match under cooked. Once again Mickey Mouse impeccable attention to detail.
 
mccrack said:
Gibbs last scored a century in JAN 2005 ...... in a matter of days it'll be 3yrs without a Test century ....

http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru...1;template=results;type=allround;view=innings

I see it's 4 down now .... in a spot of bother....
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wow that's a rather daming stat although he's got quite a few 50's and 90's... for me when players struggle they not getting anything significant from the coach, coaching or motivating them out of the slump... I'm sorry to be so critical but for me Mickey has absolutley nothing to offer this team...
 
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Well,

Let's hope that the Windies continue being this competitive throughout the series, it'll give a good indication where we are.

Big year coming up next year, away to England, India and Australia.
 
Jeepers Creepers but we are absolutely Kuk!!!!! Couldn't believe my eyes yesterday!!!! Morton is so flawed, we should've bagged him in his early 20's already... Appaling!!! Anyone else noticed how fat/overweight Graeme Smith is at the moment??? Is he even fit? Maybe that is why he is struggling so much? Carrying all that extra weight around...

We should klap these ouks!!! I foresee some serious trouble in pomland and oz...
 
the reason why australia can be arrogant is cos they can afford to. they do their talking on, and off the field.
 
sandmanm34 said:
Indeed, the Ozzies are as clinical as usual putting the Indians to the sword...
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I know, and i had so high hopes when seeing the indians bowling so well on the first day... Once Tendulkar and Ganguly went it was over....

The best we can do from here on in is a draw... What is the stats on test played @ St. Georges.... I can remember a couple from the ozzies where we got seriously klapped... Why do CSA insist we play on that track??? Doesn't suit our attack and batting techniques at aLL
 
Soulsnatcher said:
I know, and i had so high hopes when seeing the indians bowling so well on the first day... Once Tendulkar and Ganguly went it was over....
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Hey I know that feeling. It feels like the two matches (Aus vs Ind and Sa vs WI) were cruising just nicely on boxing day, then yesterday everything went crap-shaped in both games. I have a duty to watch the SA game, but I can hardly bear to watch the Indians getting beaten after they had the australians in so much trouble.
 
chiskop said:
Hey I know that feeling. It feels like the two matches (Aus vs Ind and Sa vs WI) were cruising just nicely on boxing day, then yesterday everything went crap-shaped in both games. I have a duty to watch the SA game, but I can hardly bear to watch the Indians getting beaten after they had the australians in so much trouble.
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I feel your pain! Its gonna take an almighty convincing job to make me watch our game today...

The thing with the ozzies are that once you get them in trouble, they hit back hard and with more venom and determination... Its like a double edged sword really... They're most vulnerable when they are cruising... Think back to that game in WI where WI had to score 430 to win the test on the final day and also when India had to score 380 on last day to win the test agains Oz in 2000. Think the ODI's when NZL won by chasing 300+ on 3 consecutive matches....

India have it to beat them, but not this test... They're screwed...

I also think we should drop Prince to give him a wake up call and give Mckenzie a look in? How much more should the poor guy do to get recognised???
 
Luke7777 said:
Difficult these days to find a track that does. Apparently we look quite good in the nets ;)
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:D:D Ja dude, anything Mickey Mouse Arthur says needs to be take with a pinch of salt... How long has Graeme looked good in the nets???? 2 - 3 yrs??
 
Soulsnatcher said:
I also think we should drop Prince to give him a wake up call and give Mckenzie a look in? How much more should the poor guy do to get recognised???
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I dunno, but Prince is a sixth specialist batsman and I'm not sure that we really have the space in the team for that many. We used to be a team with multiple all rounders, suddenly we have six batsmen, four bowlers and Boucher.

Only Kallis can really be called an all-rounder in this team. I think that means that we have fewer options, both on the field and batting.

On the field, we saw what happened when secret weapon Steyn failed to fire: nothing much.

With the batting, we've relied on specialist batsmen to get us to 120/5??? Really, once the next wicket falls we're into our tail-enders.
 
chiskop said:
I dunno, but Prince is a sixth specialist batsman and I'm not sure that we really have the space in the team for that many. We used to be a team with multiple all rounders, suddenly we have six batsmen, four bowlers and Boucher.

Only Kallis can really be called an all-rounder in this team. I think that means that we have fewer options, both on the field and batting.

On the field, we saw what happened when secret weapon Steyn failed to fire: nothing much.

With the batting, we've relied on specialist batsmen to get us to 120/5??? Really, once the next wicket falls we're into our tail-enders.
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Well, on status quo we could replace him... Agreed Kallis is the only true all rounder... How I wish CSA treated Hall better... Pollock is unfortunately past it... Agreed - If steyn fails we don't have any venom in our pace attack... Ntini is down 10km/h on his bowling- wtf?

Next wicket down would see Nella coming in @ 8... :eek:

Were in kuk already...
 
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