South Africa tour of New Zealand

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Originally posted by nik+Feb 8 2004, 07:50 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nik @ Feb 8 2004, 07:50 PM)</div>

South Africa are going to thrash the Kiwis!! [/b]

Originally posted by deadduck@Feb 9 2004, 05:44 AM
I fear South Africa's strong batting will be too much for NZ's inexperienced bowling attack. Our team is depleted; no Shane Bond, Nathan Astle, Craig McMillan is injured, we cannot find good top order batsmen like the South Africans have.

However the series is heading into the NZ autumn so the pitches will be green and juicy which may suit our bowlers more.

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They sure are going to thrash the kiwis
Pollock , Nel and Ntini are going the trouble the batsmen and Kallis , Gibbs and Zulu are going to smash the ball all over NewZealand .

Hahaha : You all got it wrong

 

[imported_fastbreaker]

south africa needed more runs on the board. good stuff by ntini!

 

[drops]

sohaibaslam why are you laughing , pakistan also got thrashed in the one-day international series

 

[Nirav85]

but atleast before that we beat them at home....and then u wil say the fears excuse ok then in 2002 we creamed u there too....

of course nz r good on their turf but when they come to ours it is a whole new story

 

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Originally posted by drops@Mar 3 2004, 12:25 PM
sohaibaslam why are you laughing , pakistan also got thrashed in the one-day international series

Because all of you got predication wrong!

 

[deadduck]

I have a theory why pakistan always thrash NZ in pakistan, and that is because our bowlers are crap when it comes to moving the ball through the air at high speeds. On the Pakistani wickets there is not much there for the bowler, compared to NZ wickets. There is not as much bounce, seam etc. So our bowlers are ineffective. However, the pakistan bowlers like Akhtar and Sami move the ball through the air more, swinging it both ways at high speeds.
That's why you guys score such high totals at home against NZ, eg Lahore when you got 600 odd.

It's a question of playing to your strengths.

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

1st Test - Close Of Play - Day One

South Africa 1st Innings: 279/4

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

1st Test - Close Of Play - Day Two

South Africa 1st Innings: 459 all out (Kirsten 137)
New Zealand 1st Innings: 102/2

 

[jeromedascorp]

great stuff by rsa. hope this will produce a result

 

[Maestro]

Seems like an interesting match. Great batting by Kirsten.

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

1st Test - Close Of Play - Day Three

South Africa 1st Innings: 459 all out (Kirsten 137)
New Zealand 1st Innings: 361/7

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

1st Test - Close Of Play - Day Four

South Africa 1st Innings: 459 all out (Kirsten 137)
New Zealand 1st Innings: 509 all out (Oram 119 not out)
South Africa 2nd Innings: 134/3

 

[squiz]

looks like this will turn out as a draw

 

[HArrIS]

yup!squiz iz saying right it will be a draw

 

[jeromedascorp]

Well it might end earlier if one of the players get hit. Theres a crater in the pitch that seems to be causing problems with dangerous bounce. Hope they end it before someone gets hurt.