South Africa tour of Australia (November 2016)

[Rehan_24]

Faf alleged for tempering. Shameful... Attempt to hijack SA efforts and hide Australia's embarrasment? Didn't expect this Aus should focus on their cricket rather than blaming a successful captain who made you totally outplayed...

 

[Ho3n3r]

Faf alleged for tempering. Shameful... Attempt to hijack SA efforts and hide Australia's embarrasment? Didn't expect this Aus should focus on their cricket rather than blaming a successful captain who made you totally outplayed...

You know how it is... can't beat them on the field, try and do it off the field instead. The irony is the double standards - everyone does it, even the Aussies themselves, be it bubble gum or other sweets - even lip balm, but now that it's caught on camera, it's suddenly turning into this huge furore.

The sad thing is that the Aussie cricketers themselves have done nothing wrong here, not even mentioning it, and even Matty Hayden on Twitter told them to get on with it, because he knows what happens on the field. It's just the Aussie media who have taken this out of proportion.

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Australian media when it comes to Cricket and especially when on losing side is just atrocious. They cannot swallow a loss and imagine Aussie's are on losing streak since forever now. This Faf thing is similar to Harbhajan's Monkeygate thing of 08

 

[LiveLoveABD]

AB de Villiers to remain captain on return - South Africa selector Linda Zondi | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

I'm annoyed with this. First off who is AB going to come in for? Duminy? Faf? Amla? Cook? There's no space and personally he hasn't scored a run in his last 3 innings I would make him play some FC cricket first but I can understand him coming back into the team but he's a pathetic captain and should never replace Faf...

 

[LiveLoveABD]

Idiot Healy trying to hint that Faf is a cheat! What a f****** moron!

 

[CerealKiller]

Idiot Healy trying to hint that Faf is a cheat! What a f****** moron!

Warne too.

 

[Epic]

It's almost like when they made a big deal out of Broad not walking that one time even though (except Gilchrist) none of them ever walked and appealed for anything and everything including grounded catches.

 

[asprin]

And Faf declares. Very surprising, ball-tampering effect I think. He is out there to prove a point.

 

[LiveLoveABD]

And Faf declares. Very surprising, ball-tampering effect I think. He is out there to prove a point.

It's inspired captaincy. He's got a non opener to open. An opener in the middle order. Faf has nothing to prove. He did NOTHING wrong. The fact that he can make runs in Australia is a given.

Back to the game, Renshaw looks like a prime LBW candidate. If some right arm bowler can pitch in line and bring it back in, he's a sitting duck.

 

[asprin]

He did NOTHING wrong

True.

Faf has nothing to prov

Disagree. The whole saga has made him more determined to make a statement. To whom, not sure. Perhaps the media or the public.

 

[Aalay]

That was one hell of an inning by Faf especially after the week he had. Make him the full time captain already.

 

[Markkkkk]

That was one hell of an inning by Faf especially after the week he had. Make him the full time captain already.

The problem is AB and Amla are such natural leaders he has a lot of quality competition...

 

[LiveLoveABD]

The problem is AB and Amla are such natural leaders he has a lot of quality competition...

In my humble opinion, I don't think the thing in question is Du Plessis' captaincy abilities.. the question mark is over his ability against spin in the sub-continent.

I personally would hand the reigns to de Kock.

 

[Markkkkk]

In my humble opinion, I don't think the thing in question is Du Plessis' captaincy abilities.. the question mark is over his ability against spin in the sub-continent.

I personally would hand the reigns to de Kock.

Yea Faf is hands down the best captain. To be honest I don't think they're worried about Faf's spin ability. The problem is they just handed the captaincy over to AB so if they remove him I imagine they're worried he might 'retire' and play T20 leagues. de Kock? He's my favourite player but he doesn't strike me as a leader or a tactical genius. Not to be prejudgmental but from the interviews I've heard he doesn't seem the be the sharpest knife in the drawer...

 

[C Boomer]

Faf alleged for tempering. Shameful... Attempt to hijack SA efforts and hide Australia's embarrasment? Didn't expect this Aus should focus on their cricket rather than blaming a successful captain who made you totally outplayed...

Faf should be more mindful.... There's always someone looking !

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