Series Thread - South Africa vs India

[damochandler]

Well I think the new test champisonship will be promising, by then Australia will start the climb back up, but India will be on the way down.

that's what will happen to a few teams. australia won't be going up for a while yet

 

[Jolldo87]

Well CSA just announced that the India v SA Test series is now going to become a Icon series which means that 4 - 5 test matches in each country from now on. Which is great news for all, after the quality of cricket in this last series it's great news.

Fantastic.

 

[OzBomber]

They're gonna be playing the T20 in this stadium.

Great looking stadium and would look great for cricket.

 

[damochandler]

They're gonna be playing the T20 in this stadium.

Great looking stadium and would look great for cricket.

that's where we got flogged off the park by the germans in the world cup

 

[OzBomber]

that's where we go flogged off the park by the germans in the world cup

Correct. Still looks awesome no matter how bad our coach was.

 

[damochandler]

Correct. Still looks awesome no matter how bad our coach was.

bloody oaf it does. see that's the sort of stadiums we should have put forward in our bid for the world cup

 

[Jolldo87]

India won the T20 reasonably comfortably.

Now, onto the ODI series, which will be important in preparation for the World Cup.

 

[Jolldo87]

First ODI starting now. South Africa batting.

 

[Romeo]

SA win easily after making 289. Their pacemen blasted out India for 154. Morkel and Tsotsobe looked very good.

 

[whats_at_stake]

Well CSA just announced that the India v SA Test series is now going to become a Icon series which means that 4 - 5 test matches in each country from now on. Which is great news for all, after the quality of cricket in this last series it's great news.

Is there a link to this Alpha1? Whilst I am not doubting you I would be interested in reading more about it.

 

[OzBomber]

Is there a link to this Alpha1? Whilst I am not doubting you I would be interested in reading more about it.

http://www.cricket.co.za/news_article.aspx?id=596&section=news&subsection=news_all

 

[whats_at_stake]

http://www.cricket.co.za/news_article.aspx?id=596&section=news&subsection=news_all

Thank you. Nothing is confirmed though.

 

[Jolldo87]

South Africa are looking very good for the world cup imo. The tactics they used in the first ODI were perfect and something I wish sides did more often. They took the powerplay during overs 28-32 after de Villiers and Duminy had accumulated singles and each gotten to around 30 not out. Then during the powerplay they played normal, good cricket shots and still scored at around 10 rpo. Perfect use of the powerplay.

When SA get Kallis back they will be extremely hard to beat even in Indian conditions.

Smith
Amla
Kallis
de Villiers
Duminy
Ingram
Miller
Botha
Steyn
Morkel
Tsotsobe

12th man: Parnell

That's going to be very hard to beat at the World Cup.

 

[evdo1706]

Ha ha Chokers..once again What a match..do catch the highlights if you missed it.

 

[ronnie1234]

Hahahhah what a match!! Can't believe india won

 

[Alpha1]

lol what a game, how did India manage to win that one? Geez the SA commentators are the most biased, they take the cake. If there was a gold medal for biased commentating then it has to go to SA.

Amazing match, these two teams seem to like having great games against each other, a new world rivalry. Can't believe SA lost that one, they were cruising lol.

And Tendulkar is going back home as well, the whole Indian top order is out injured, hopefully Tendulkar's injury is not serious.

 

[XFactor1979]

when i lived in england i ended up supporting for the team playing against england, and they were two teams i really dont care about: in the form of the west indies and india.

i can envision myself as someone who would support the team playing against south africa (even if it was bangladesh or zimbabwe) if i ever go to that place

 

[Alpha1]

End of over 32 (7 runs) South Africa 152/4 (39 runs required from 18 overs, RR: 4.75, RRR: 2.16)

I still can't believe SA managed to stuff this up, like I said they should have won with their eyes closed.

 

[Hellgood]

Geez the SA commentators are the most biased, they take the cake. If there was a gold medal for biased commentating then it has to go to SA.

Don't listen much to Channel 9?

You're right though what a great game

 

[apollo_creed]

Ahh South Africa - without doubt the biggest chokers in world cricket - they're so far ahead it doesn't even matter who's second anymore.

What a pathetic choke.

And this has been going on for 10+ years.

 

[OzBomber]

Few times things like this have happened.

Once the Windies were chasing around 220(could be way off, can't remember) and were 1/170. They lost something like 9/30 to lose.

Another game was Gilly's final game in Melbourne. We were 1/115 chasing 215. Hilly went out for 83 from 59 balls and we lost 5/6 and ended up losing by 6 or so runs.

 

[Alpha1]

Ahh South Africa perfect one day.....choke the next.


But seriously how the hell did they not manage to win? I missed the game and can someone explain what happened?

 

[glenferry23]

unbelievable finish....sth africa should be crusing 2-0 but great win to india and the series is all square again

 

[Jolldo87]

Sounds like an amazing game. Highlights will be a must see.

 

[evdo1706]

Another thriller