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Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 5:22 pm
by Armchair expert
Kim Jong McGowan can go and eat carp

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 11:53 am
by The Dark Knight
The first test between South Africa and India starts tonight at 6.30pm our time in Centurion.

India have never won a series in South Africa and this three test series is surely a great opportunity for them to finally win one there.

First up Supersport Park has been a fortress for SA, having won 21 of 26 tests there and have only lost 2 with 3 draws.

Both teams have big outs, no Nortje for SA for the whole series as he has a hip injury and Ravi Jadeja is missing for India with injury aswell.

Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 12:07 pm
by locky801
The Dark Knight wrote:The first test between South Africa and India starts tonight at 6.30pm our time in Centurion.

India have never won a series in South Africa and this three test series is surely a great opportunity for them to finally win one there.

First up Supersport Park has been a fortress for SA, having won 21 of 26 tests there and have only lost 2 with 3 draws.

Both teams have big outs, no Nortje for SA for the whole series as he has a hip injury and Ravi Jadeja is missing for India with injury aswell.



long day and night ahead :D

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 26, 2021 9:25 pm
by The Dark Knight
India batting first, Rahul and Agarwal are doing it easy at the moment, 0/90 from 30 overs. Agarwal 53* and Rahul 29*.

Interestingly Ajinkya Rahane who has struggled for runs lately has been selected over Shreyas Iyer who has had a very good start to his career.

Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 12:08 am
by Armchair expert
Saffies get kolpak players back and they don't select Olivier :?

Jansen hasn't impressed me much

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:09 am
by The Dark Knight
Armchair expert wrote:Saffies get kolpak players back and they don't select Olivier :?

Jansen hasn't impressed me much
Yeah that was strange, a fair bit of noise was made about Olivier returning but then they go with the young guy who bowled too straight and too short from what I watched last night.

India 3/273 at stumps
Rahul 122*
Rahane 40*
Kohli 35 (Gets another start)
Ngidi 3/45

Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2021 8:09 pm
by The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight wrote:
Armchair expert wrote:Saffies get kolpak players back and they don't select Olivier :?

Jansen hasn't impressed me much
Yeah that was strange, a fair bit of noise was made about Olivier returning but then they go with the young guy who bowled too straight and too short from what I watched last night.

India 3/273 at stumps
Rahul 122*
Rahane 40*
Kohli 35 (Gets another start)
Ngidi 3/45
Turns out Olivier was forced out of the first test because of the lingering effects of Covid-19 which he tested positive for a few weeks ago and a hamstring niggle.

The whole first session of day two has been washed out.

Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:26 pm
by Armchair expert
Nice collapse by India

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:42 pm
by whufc
The South African bowling looks ok especially in their conditions

It’s the batting that really lets them down

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2021 8:19 pm
by The Dark Knight
Armchair expert wrote:Nice collapse by India
Lost 7/55 in 15.3 overs to be all out for 327.
Ngidi took 6/71 and Rabada 3/72.
SA currently 1/14.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2021 11:56 pm
by The Dark Knight
South Africa are 5/109 at tea, trail by 218.
SA were 4/32, Bavuma and de Kock put on 72 but India are still in control.
Bumrah injured, a sprained ankle and had to go off but Siraj and Shami in particular have bowled very well.

Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:34 am
by The Dark Knight
South Africa v India, stumps day three.
SA 197
Bavuma 52
Shami 5/44 (Took his 200th test wicket)

India second innings 1/16, lead by 146.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:15 pm
by The Dark Knight
South Africa v India, day four.
The first ball I've seen of the days play is the first ball after lunch and it's a wicket! Kohli nicks up to Jansen for 18, another failure for Virat.
India currently 4/79, lead by 204.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 29, 2021 10:52 pm
by Jim05
Saffers need 305 to win

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:52 am
by whufc
Whats the Covid situation in SAF, is their crowd restrictions.

If not cricket in SAF is in a real bad way, biggest test of the year, tiny crowd, team that is struggling. They seem to be going backwards at rapid knots.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:01 am
by RB
No idea re COVID situation but they've had shite crowds in South Africa at tests for a while now. IIRC ticket prices have been blamed in the past.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:07 am
by whufc
RB wrote:No idea re COVID situation but they've had shite crowds in South Africa at tests for a while now. IIRC ticket prices have been blamed in the past.


The cost of tickets is a tricky one. Obviously cricket boards can claim that you are getting 6-7 hours of entertainment so the price needs to represent that. In fairness to the boards as well the cost of staffing etc would be huge give the amount of hours a game potentially goes for.

On the other hand as a consumer I think spending anything more than $50 per person is starting to get expensive given I will be having to purchase $10 beers all day etc etc.

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PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:21 am
by Lightning McQueen
Shits and giggles, my current world XI.

Dimuth Karunaratne
David Warner
Marnus Labuschagne
Joe Root
Kane Williamson
Steve Smith
Rishabh Pant
Ravi Ashwin
Pat Cummins
Tim Southee
Shaheen Afridi

A tad hard given the lack of cricket some nations have played and the quality that others have played against.

Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 10:25 am
by whufc
Lightning McQueen wrote:Shits and giggles, my current world XI.

Dimuth Karunaratne
David Warner
Marnus Labuschagne
Joe Root
Kane Williamson
Steve Smith
Rishabh Pant
Ravi Ashwin
Pat Cummins
Tim Southee
Shaheen Afridi

A tad hard given the lack of cricket some nations have played and the quality that others have played against.


Pretty close I reckon.....given India are number 1 in the world imo I would have to have Bumrah in there. I would probably have Mayank Agarwal as the other opener, averaging 50 this calendar year.

Re: TDK's International Test Cricket Update's

PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2021 11:57 am
by Brodlach
NZ’s Ross Taylor announces his retirement at the end of the summer.

True NZ champion of the game.