Proteas vs West Indies: 2014/15

[MickeyD]

Tests

17 Dec 2014 - SuperSport Park, Centurion (10:30)
26 Dec 2014 - Axxess St George's, Port Elizabeth (10:30)
2 Jan 2015 - Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town (10:30)

T20I

9 Jan 2015 - Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town (18:00)
11 Jan 2015 - Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (15:00)
14 Jan 2015 - Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban (18:00)

ODI

16 Jan 2015 - Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban (13:30)
18 Jan 2015 - Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg (10:00)
21 Jan 2015 - Buffalo Park, East London (13:30)
25 Jan 2015 - Axxess St George's, Port Elizabeth (10:00)
28 Jan 2015 - SuperSport Park, Centurion (13:30)

 

[MickeyD]

Proteas Test Squad:

Hashim Amla (Nashua Cape Cobras, capt)
AB de Villiers (The Unlimited Titans, vice-capt)
Alviro Petersen (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Dean Elgar (The Unlimited Titans)
Faf du Plessis (The Unlimited Titans)
Stiaan van Zyl (Nashua Cape Cobras)
Quinton de Kock (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Vernon Philander (Nashua Cape Cobras)
Robin Peterson (Nashua Cape Cobras)
Dale Steyn (Nashua Cape Cobras)
Morne Morkel (The Unlimited Titans)
Temba Bavuma (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Kyle Abbott (Sunfoil Dolphins)
Kagiso Rabada (bizhub Highveld Lions)


T20 Squad:

Faf du Plessis (The Unlimited Titans, capt)
Kyle Abbott (Sunfoil Dolphins)
Farhaan Behardien (The Unlimited Titans)
Marchant de Lange (The Unlimited Titans)
JP Duminy (Nashua Cape Cobras)
Reeza Hendricks (Chevrolet Knights)
Imran Tahir (Sunfoil Dolphins)
David Miller (Sunfoil Dolphins)
Wayne Parnell (Chevrolet Warriors)
Aaron Phangiso (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Kagiso Rabada (bizhub Highveld Lions)
Rilee Rossouw (Chevrolet Knights)
Morne van Wyk (Sunfoil Dolphins)
David Wiese (The Unlimited Titans)

ODI Squad
AB de Villiers
HM Amla
KJ Abbott
F Behardien
JP Duminy
F du Plessis
Imran Tahir
DA Miller
M Morkel
WD Parnell
AM Phangiso
VD Philander
RR Rossouw
DW Steyn
MN van Wyk

 

[MickeyD]

West Indies Squad:

Denesh Ramdin (Capt)
Sulieman Benn
Jermaine Blackwood
Kraigg Braithwaite
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Sheldon Cottrell
Assad Fudadin
Shannon Gabriel
Jason Holder
Leon Johnson
Kemar Roach
Marlon Samuels
Devon Smith
Jerome Taylor
Chadwick Walton

 

[NeonNinja]

Want to buy cricket to the Wanderers T20 but ticketpro website not responding.

 

[Creag]

Interesting looking test squad for the Proteas. I heard Hudson (?) talking about rewarding the players who had performed well in the domestic season. Good to see fresh faces knocking on the door for places in the final IX. It will keep all players on their toes and performing at their best.

 

[WaxLyrical]

Jeez when will Chanderpaul call it quits?

Surely he must be sick of cricket now?

 

[07_10]

No Duminy and Tahir. Peterson should be dropped.

 

[stefan9]

No Duminy and Tahir. Peterson should be dropped.

Both are injured.

Really don't see what Bavuma has done to deserve a call. First class average of 35 is pretty poor...

 

[Badprop_za]

Bavuma, Abbott and Rabada will most probably be spectators. Although I do have a sneaky suspicion that Abbott might start ahead of Peterson with an all seam attack. Elgar to be used as a spinning option.

 

[Creag]

West Indies tour of South Africa, Tour Match: South African Invitation XI v West Indians at Benoni, Dec 10-12, 2014

http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-west-indies-2014-15/engine/match/722327.html

Players per side 13 (11 batting, 11 fielding)

South African Invitation XI won the toss and elected to bat

West Indian Team: KC Brathwaite, DS Smith, LR Johnson, MN Samuels, S Chanderpaul, J Blackwood, D Ramdin*†, AB Fudadin, CAK Walton, JO Holder, KAJ Roach, SS Cottrell, JE Taylor

South African IX: GL Cloete†, DA Hendricks*, S van Zyl, M Mosehle, KD Petersen, C Fortuin, T Shamsi, A Mgijima, MJ Nqolo, DM Dupavillon, RK Kleinveldt, RJ Engelbrecht, BE Hendricks

 

[Creag]

SAf Invit XI 44/3 (10.5 ov)

SAf Invit XI RR 4.06
Last 10 ovs 42/3 RR 4.20
Min overs remaining 79.1

The SA Invitation IX are in a rush to score runs and get out. Something has to give here :erm:

 

[Creag]

SAf Invit XI 57/6 (16.0 ov)

So it looks like wickets will give way to run scoring, as none of the Saffers look keen to graft out an innings. Quite sad, as this is a grand opportunity to get the attention of the selectors for the national side.

 

[Creag]

Lunch - Day 1

SAf Invit XI 100/6 (26.0 ov)

 

[MickeyD]

 

[Creag]

Many thanks, McD. I was a little confused. Scorecard is stuck on 88/8 on my feed

Not the best effort from players who should be trying to get themselves noticed.

 

[WaxLyrical]

Why can't we produce black batsmen and wtf is Themba Bavuma our only hope SA's first black specialist batsman?

 

[Badprop_za]

Many thanks, McD. I was a little confused. Scorecard is stuck on 88/8 on my feed

Not the best effort from players who should be trying to get themselves noticed.

Agree. Especially with the talks that Stiaan wants to push for the opening bat berth. Then again, with all the rain that was around the pitch must have had a bit of juice in it.

Let's see what happens after WI have batted.

 

[Bighit]

Why can't we produce black batsmen and wtf is Themba Bavuma our only hope SA's first black specialist batsman?

My theory is: Soccer is the sport played mostly by black people, it's a cheap sport. All you need to play is a ball. With bowling, all you need is a ball as well so this is relatively cheap too. To become a batsman, a start up cricket kit with pads and bat will cost you around R1000 which costs a bit more. This is why, IMHO, you will get black bowlers coming through and not batsman.

 

[MickeyD]

My theory is: Soccer is the sport played mostly by black people, it's a cheap sport. All you need to play is a ball. With bowling, all you need is a ball as well so this is relatively cheap too. To become a batsman, a start up cricket kit with pads and bat will cost you around R1000 which costs a bit more. This is why, IMHO, you will get black bowlers coming through and not batsman.

Disagree. Mates and I could never afford our own cricket bats as kids. We carved our own out of planks.

 

[Wall]

Disagree. Mates and I could never afford our own cricket bats as kids. We carved our own out of planks.

I did the same...