South Africa v Pakistan Official Tour Thread

[DJ...]

So I've had a chance to calm down and reflect on the choke. And I must just say........fsck you, JP...

 

[Unhappy438]

Amla and Duminy are not blameless, but you cannot expect them to play a game they're not equipped to. It's terrible resource management that lost us the game. AB, being the captain, should know from previous experience that a game can be thrown from the position they were in.

Nonsense, if they aren't equipped to score 5 runs an over at the death against decent bowling (which is debatable) then they must gtfo of the 1 day squad.

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

Nonsense, if they aren't equipped to score 5 runs an over at the death against decent bowling (which is debatable) then they must gtfo of the 1 day squad.

Hear hear. No doubt Duminy will lift his game for the next IPL though. Fscking knob...

 

[Garson007]

As long as you guys refuse to acknowledge that the management of our LOI cricket team leaves a lot to be desired we will continue to lose.

 

[NeonNinja]

Wants to freeking puke!

 

[NeonNinja]

How the F did we lose this?

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

As long as you guys refuse to acknowledge that the management of our LOI cricket team leaves a lot to be desired we will continue to lose.

Of course it does. But we're talking about today's game and we were in a winning position. Duminy came in and killed all momentum as he usually does. But he'll be back finishing games in style in the IPL.

 

[NeonNinja]

Of course it does. But we're talking about today's game and we were in a winning position. Duminy came in and killed all momentum as he usually does. But he'll be back finishing games in style in the IPL.

Duminy needs a salary decrease ASAP.

 

[Gulio]

Kallis needs to go. Make way for some new talent, leave him for tests. He won't make the 2015 World Cup so what's the point?

Smith still struggling against left arm pace, junaid and zaheer khan have him every single time, Amla and de Kock should open, they play well together and can see off the new ball from junaid.

Duminy played too slow, forced Amla into playing risky shots to up the scoring rate.

Miller should have come in before duminy, if not, he doesn't deserve his place on the side. Today was his day to make a name for himself, he failed.

So much for mclarens cap today, he didn't do very well.

But most of all, well done to Pakistan, their newbies really stepping up to the plate. It's not easy to beat SA at home especially straight after they lost at home.
They did well in the T20, they were brilliant at defending 218 and today they did just enough to win the game and the series.
Well played.

India and Aus next, ouch. The good thing is India will expose our weakness in our bowling, Aus will expose our weak batsmen.

 

[AfricanTech]

I have so had it with our ODI team

 

[Garson007]

I do have to wonder why Philander was dropped.

 

[AthenianOwl]

Our team needs a genuine finisher like Michael Hussey who used to carry his team on his back to get over the finishing line many times in his ODI career. Replace Duminy with Albie.

 

[Wall]

I'm still too pissed off to make a reasoned comment.

 

[Badprop_za]

Agree that one could argue that AB should have finished the job, BUT he managed to get us back into a winning position. You could see he didn't want to let the game slipped into a last over.

Duminy / Miller are regarded as finishers. From less than a run a ball they should have finished it. I was however disappointed in #. I thought he would have been able to pull us through as well.

I always thought that Duminy is good enough to fulfill a Hussey type of role. But he is just not delivering. Maybe an overhaul of the team is required as the atmosphere cannot be good based on performances the last 18-24 months.

 

[Polymathic]

Amla was playing for himself rather than the team yesterday

 

[SinghDude]

CHOKERS

 

[Wall]

CHOKERS

 

[NeonNinja]

Duminy vs Hussey? WTF?!

 

[WaxLyrical]

Amla was playing for himself rather than the team yesterday

Agreed.

Started slowing down when AB got and realising there's a 100 on the cards.
Forgot that theres still something called yorkers which apparently the Saffers are still clueless about.

Duminy did what he could given the few deliveries he had.

 

[Electric]

Normally we play hockey on the fields on Wednesday nights.
Last night we couldn't because of cricket.

They should have let us play hockey rather.