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Post by Balladeer on Jan 2, 2018 16:29:46 GMT
Must admit, after another year in which Kohli has been treated as Tendulkar Incarnate, I'm very much hoping that him and his team get brought down to earth with a bump.
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Post by nemouk on Jan 2, 2018 18:22:52 GMT
Morkel, Philander and Rabada are a serious test for any set of potentially world class batsmen, and that's ignoring the potential fitness of one Dale Steyn. Should be an excellent series, but have a feeling one or two Indian batsmen will prove themselves to be the real deal.
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Post by nemouk on Jan 5, 2018 8:56:15 GMT
SA 12/3 having chosen to bat, with Bhuveshnar swinging it like Sinatra. Well that does make things interesting.
Although if there's a bit in the pitch, the SA attack is Steyn/Morkel/Rabada/Philander so they could probably do a job too (although Philander at 7 makes England's tail look positively scorpion-esque)
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Post by Balladeer on Jan 5, 2018 10:03:11 GMT
The worst thing about following an Indian Test is without a doubt the Indian fans.
Can't help feeling Steyn might be a mistake. We shall see.
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Post by Balladeer on Jan 5, 2018 10:14:44 GMT
How long until de Villiers is back into all of our teams of the year? An innings? Maybe two?
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Post by nemouk on Jan 5, 2018 10:19:54 GMT
How long until de Villiers is back into all of our teams of the year? An innings? Maybe two? I've already got him in in pencil.
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Post by Balladeer on Jan 5, 2018 12:14:09 GMT
De Kock's still not in my team.
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Post by Mattzo on Jan 5, 2018 12:32:32 GMT
Well, this is all happening rather quickly.
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Post by nemouk on Jan 5, 2018 12:35:22 GMT
SA with a good platform to accelerate in the last five overs, De Kock set nicely. They'll be looking to post 260-280 still I think.
Oh wait, it's a test?
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Post by Balladeer on Jan 5, 2018 13:06:54 GMT
De Kock's out (no), that's how you can tell.
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Post by Balladeer on Jan 5, 2018 15:35:44 GMT
12-3 looking around par now...
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Post by Humair on Jan 5, 2018 15:50:08 GMT
Fantastic ball from Morkel to get Kohli out.
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Post by Balladeer on Jan 5, 2018 15:51:49 GMT
Feeling pretty smug about my choice not to play Kohli in my Dream Team at the moment.
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Post by Mattzo on Jan 5, 2018 15:52:35 GMT
Runs in 2018:
Root: 83 Smith: 44 Kohli: 5
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Post by nemouk on Jan 5, 2018 15:56:26 GMT
Pretty sure this day has been better than every day of the Ashes combined.
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