Jim05 wrote:batmanbegins wrote:norwood8 wrote:stampy wrote:unbelievable test match batting, the saffers are terrible
A gutless team of frontrunners that have hidden behind AB and Steyn for some time, definitely on a downwards slide.
Disagree with that, they were an outstanding team for a lot of years. To beat the Aussies twice in Australia, beat India in India, smoke the poms 3 times in England and to not to lose any were overseas for 9 years shows this team was very good. Smith, kallis, Amla, AB, Steyn and Morkel have all been great over the years and now a few of have gone they are struggling. There biggest issue is the racial policy as it doesn't allow them to select their best 11 and there has been a lot of discontent with a few players about it.
Other than Rabada and De Kock they have no real promising players coming through which is dangerous and it does feel a bit like the windies when they began sliding.
Only beat us once over here and the weak pricks havnt beat us over there. Agree that they have been hiding behind a couple of guns for years. The Aussies were so dominant against them because they are mentally soft and even at their peak 3 or 4 guys carried them and the rest would struggle to play Shield cricket. They havnt produced a half decent spinner and churn out a lot of all rounder types that are really pretty ordinary. As soon as Kallis finished up you knew they would struggle and once AB and Steyn finish up they will plummet down the rankings, what they have coming through is ordinary at best. Don't think anyone would shed a tear if they went the way of the Windies
Wrong there Jim, they beat Aus in 08 and 12 here. 2-1 in 2008 after winning the first two tests in pretty crazy circumstances after chasing down 400 at Perth and the duminy made that incredible 166 at the MCG. Then in 2012 de villiers and in particular Amla went crazy at Perth to lead them to a series win again.
