Test South Africa vs WI - 2 Tests plus sundry white ball matches

[PhatBoy]

The cricket buffet reaches fever pitch tonight with the world’s most in-form test side set to give SA a smashing on their own turf

 

[Trojan90]

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Surely Windies are over the odds here? SAF deserve to be favourites being at home and with Petersen returning but surely this is a more even contest than those odd suggest. Especially if Chanderpaul can continue his early form.

 

[PhatBoy]

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Surely Windies are over the odds here? SAF deserve to be favourites being at home and with Petersen returning but surely this is a more even contest than those odd suggest. Especially if Chanderpaul can continue his early form.

Would absolutely agree. You can probably write your own ticket for the draw. I hope like hell if there’s anything in the wicket, that we bowl Kyle Mayers

 

[akkaps]

Aiden Markram and Keegan Peterson and back in their squad, after not featuring v Aus. Should bolster their batting 10 fold

 

[akkaps]

Anyone know anything about the de Zorzi guy? And no Kyle Verreynne in the squad?
rsa have gone is with a bat ar as their spinner here, and Markram can bowl spin if needed

 

[PhatBoy]

Anyone know anything about the de Zorzi guy? And no Kyle Verreynne in the squad?
rsa have gone is with a bat ar as their spinner here, and Markram can bowl spin if needed

Yeah Verreyne’s absence was discussed a lot on social media last week - even Aussie fans who don’t really follow overseas teams noted how stupid it was given that he was good in Australia. Still baffling

 

[010203]

Weird to see a test start on a Tuesday.

 

[PhatBoy]

Shane Bond is maybe the only bowler I’ve seen this century who bowls as quick as effortlessly as Alzarri Joseph. Fair gap in ability unfortunately

 

[PhatBoy]

YES
MAYERS

 

[PhatBoy]

Has been criminally underbowled since running through England

 

[PhatBoy]

F*** it.

 

[PhatBoy]

That was a sitter too

 

[Jamurp]

Both sides look better that the ones that came out here.

 

[PhatBoy]

Both sides look better that the ones that came out here.

Not that it means everything; our most dangerous bowler so far has bowled at 125kph - but having 2 guys nudging 150 in the first 45 minutes of the game gives the Windies attack a more potent look at least

F*** all sideways movement off this pitch so far

 

[Jamurp]

Not that it means everything; our most dangerous bowler so far has bowled at 125kph - but having 2 guys nudging 150 in the first 45 minutes of the game gives the Windies attack a more potent look at least

F*** all sideways movement off this pitch so far

Gabriel and Roach would've been handy in Australia, just need that pace. Hopefully Tang and Braitwatte can keep doing their thing at the top of the order, looks like a promising opening duo.

 

[PhatBoy]

Gabriel and Roach would've been handy in Australia, just need that pace. Hopefully Tang and Braitwatte can keep doing their thing at the top of the order, looks like a promising opening duo.

Our batting looks immediately better with those two, but Riefer isn’t up to test cricket especially at number 3.

We are just lacking some consistency with the ball atm, we’ve bowled a lot of really searching deliveries this session but almost uniformly they’ve been followed soon after by some dross. Not dissimilar to some of the passages at Perth

 

[Stax on the mill]

Disappointing crowd for first day of a test match.

 

[PhatBoy]

Trust us to bowl a four ball an over to play these two into form

 

[kenneje]

Markram is such a gifted cricketer, lovely to watch him play. Why is it that he's never kicked on in test cricket?

 

[Fabab]

Ripper catch.

 

[CakeEater]

Top notch catch there

 

[PhatBoy]

He catches that, misses a 125k dolly when he was on 10

 

[CakeEater]

He catches that, misses a 125k dolly when he was on 10

Thats what they get when they hire me as their fielding coach.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Tony de Zorzi.

Love him on name alone so far.

 

[PhatBoy]

Geez Markram is batting beautifully. We’ve been too profligate but almost every opportunity has been dispatched. I don’t think we’ve been THAT bad