England tour of South Africa - 2019-20

[Dutch]

I ve got:

Elgar
Makram
van Der Dussen
Hamza
Bavuma
du Plessis (C)
de Kock (WK)
Philander (1)
Paterson
Nortje
Rabada (2)

How does that look?

 

[Master Bates]

I ve got:

Elgar
Makram
van Der Dussen
Hamza
Bavuma
du Plessis (C)
de Kock (WK)
Philander (1)
Paterson
Nortje
Rabada (2)

How does that look?

Well, Bavuma won't be playing first match so my guess is:

Elgar
Markram
Hamza
Du Plessis
Van der Dussen
P Malan/Pretorius
De Kock (could even bat at 6)
Philander/Phehlukwayo (Philander to begin with)
Maharaj/Dane Paterson/Beuran Hendricks (depending upon pitch but my preference is Hendricks because of left arm angle)
Rabada (only if he is fully fit as his recent performances have been below average and in Dane Paterson, you have an in-form and experienced bowler who I guess is at 100%)
Nortje

 

[Dutch]

Here we go boys....i see even Anderson bats ahead of Broad these days....Anderson at 10! I remember when Broad was a genuine allrounder.

 

[blockerdave]

Jimmy!!

 

[Dutch]

Oh Jimmy!!!! First ball back![DOUBLEPOST=1577347523][/DOUBLEPOST]Whooping around my kitchen!!!!

 

[Dutch]

That pitch looks about day 5 already!

 

[Bevab]

That pitch looks about day 5 already!

Looks like the pitches have carried over from the Gibson era then.

 

[Ed Smith]

Fairly even day I'd say. If you're England you have to be disappointed to not be batting considering the positions we got into

 

[Aislabie]

Okay so like... let's talk about Sam Curran

He keeps on getting wickets, and maintaining an average under 30. And I keep on not fully understanding it because I've been kinda force-fed a diet of "fast bowlers must be big and tall and fast and angry". This doesn't really make sense when a skinny 5'9" smiling medium-pacer keeps on getting wickets. I mean that's eight inches shorter than me.

But if I put aside all these preconceptions and just think of who he's a bit like, I end up with Chaminda Vaas. The same sort of pace, same build, same style of bowler. Even the same combative lower-order batting style. Let us hope that he can keep going at a similar standard because there are few better players to model oneself off.

 

[Yorkshireman]

Great days cricket. Should be a good, competitive, tight test match.

 

[Ed Smith]

Okay so like... let's talk about Sam Curran

He keeps on getting wickets, and maintaining an average under 30. And I keep on not fully understanding it because I've been kinda force-fed a diet of "fast bowlers must be big and tall and fast and angry". This doesn't really make sense when a skinny 5'9" smiling medium-pacer keeps on getting wickets. I mean that's eight inches shorter than me.

But if I put aside all these preconceptions and just think of who he's a bit like, I end up with Chaminda Vaas. The same sort of pace, same build, same style of bowler. Even the same combative lower-order batting style. Let us hope that he can keep going at a similar standard because there are few better players to model oneself off.

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Hes insanely accurate and bowls left arm. Looks a nightmare to bat against

 

[RUDI]

Par score here for RSA. Our tail really frustrating the English. Curran is bowling good lengths with good accuracy. This pitch is going to be a nightmare for batsman in the third and four innings. Looking forward to see what Philander and Nortje do here against the English batsman.

 

[Yorkshireman]

This is relentless, scary bowling so far. Burns out to a beauty.

 

[Yorkshireman]

Bairstow gets bowled through the gate again. Colour me surprised!!

 

[Ed Smith]

A great call to bring Jonny Bitchtits back in