SL tour of SA, Dec 18 - Feb 10

[Arthur Crabtree]

Congrats to SA on their series win...

6/8 Test wins for them. One draw, one defeat.

[Arthur Crabtree]

58 wickets in 13 Tests for Rabada is pretty handy. Average 22. This was his second ten-fer after Centurion against England. Great effort by him.

[mikesiva]

South Africa squad
Faf du Plessis (capt), Duanne Oliver, Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Stephen Cook, Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Dean Elgar, Keshav Maharaj, Wayne Parnell, Vernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada

http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-afric ... 75708.html

So, one of Oliver or Parnell will take Abbott's place....

[meninblue]

Wayne Parnell back in squad. He considered Ashish Nehra as idol last decade. Interesting.

He is in brillaint form though in domestic matches.

[mikesiva]

Since Abbott is no longer a part of this tour, he and Rossouw deserve their own thread here:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21213


Parnell and olivier in for Abbott and maharaj. Four man pace attack. Duminy to bowl spin.

[rich1uk]

couple of quick wickets for SL after a good start by SA

both openers gone

[mikesiva]

A wicket each for Kumara and Mathews...South Africa 79-2 at lunch.

[mikesiva]

Duminy gets his half century.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Seems like it's hard work for Hamish. Hundred Tests and a fifty average makes him a Hall of Famer. At nearly 34, unless he's burned out (and SA players have less reason to be than most) he should have a few years left. He's not one of those with a homemade technique who conventionally are said to be at risk of losing their way early.

[rich1uk]

excellent session for SA

114 runs scored and no wickets down

gonna be hard work for SL from here

[mikesiva]

Form is temporary. Class is permanent.

Amla gets his half century.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Form is temporary. Class is permanent.
8-)
Amla gets his half century.

That's why Bradman is still scoring so heavily.

;)

Well done on the half ton though.

[rich1uk]

100 up for duminy

his jacket was probably on a bit of a slack nail after only making one 100 in the last 2 and a half years, so an important innings for him

[mikesiva]

Form is temporary. Class is permanent.

Amla gets his half century.

That's why Bradman is still scoring so heavily.

Well done on the half ton though.

He gets his century now!

[rich1uk]

the scotsman playing for SA gets a 100 in his 100th test

costly drop for SL when he was only on 5