England vs South Africa series rankings
Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 10:14 am
I know it's a bit late but figured i'd give my series ratings
ENGLAND
Alistair Cook - 5 - dissapointing series only averaged 33, and no hundred, they are becoming few and far between now, need him firing for ashes
Keaton Jennings - 2 - no suprise to see him sent back to Durham
Gary Ballance - 4 - Bosses county cricket, but struggles too much at this level, and selectors should look elsewhere...alex hales maybe?
Joe Root - 10 - MOS - IMO man of series...what a start to captaincy for him, series win and 461 runs at 57, class act.
Jonny Bairstow - 10 - also a 10, Root sneaks MOS for captaincy...scored 330 runs at 41, and kept beautifully
Ben Stokes - 7 - solid with the bat, worries me that he dosen't take many wickets..only 7 in series and leaks runs...
Moeen Ali - 9 - would have been a 10, but still inconsistent with bat, had his best series with the ball, and always looked dangerous
Liam Dawson - 4 - struggled badly with the bat, actually bowled pretty well to be fair, just maybe not good enough for test cricket
Stuart Broad - 7 - 11 wickets in the series, and a rare half century
James Anderson - 10 - 20 wickets at 14, and still going at 35
Mark Wood - 0 - hate giving a noight, but one wickrt at 197 is horrendous, and people are leaping infront of him...shame injuries are taking their toll
Tom Wesltey - 6 - got a half century and gets starts needs to kick on though
Dawid Malan - 1 - 35 runs in 4 innings, not good enough...stunned he's playing against the west indies
Toby Roland-Jones - 9 - dream debut, struggled in 2nd test, but deserves a run after his debut performance
SOUTH AFRICA
Dean Elgar - 6
Heino Kuhn - 2 - 123 runs at 15, very similiar series to Jennings..Jennings may come again, but i think thats it for Kuhn
Hashim Amla - 8 - 329 runs at 41
JP Duminy - 1 - discarded early in the series, and i think he is done at test level
Temba Bavuma - 6 - 262 runs at 32, gets starts but needs to convert to bigger scores, think he will stay at no4 now which is good move
Theinus de Buryn - 3 - nothing to really write home about
Kagiso Rabada - 8 - 16 wickets at 28, haul more impresive considering he only played 3 of the tsts
Quinton Du Kock - 5 - 2 half centuries, they don't know where to bat him...took some stunners, but also dropped some sitters..mixed series for him
Vernon Philander - 9
Morne Morkel - 8
Keshav Maharaj - 8 - A real find in the spin bowling department for SA
Faf Du Plessis - 6
Chris Morris - 6
Duane Olvieir - 8
ENGLAND
Alistair Cook - 5 - dissapointing series only averaged 33, and no hundred, they are becoming few and far between now, need him firing for ashes
Keaton Jennings - 2 - no suprise to see him sent back to Durham
Gary Ballance - 4 - Bosses county cricket, but struggles too much at this level, and selectors should look elsewhere...alex hales maybe?
Joe Root - 10 - MOS - IMO man of series...what a start to captaincy for him, series win and 461 runs at 57, class act.
Jonny Bairstow - 10 - also a 10, Root sneaks MOS for captaincy...scored 330 runs at 41, and kept beautifully
Ben Stokes - 7 - solid with the bat, worries me that he dosen't take many wickets..only 7 in series and leaks runs...
Moeen Ali - 9 - would have been a 10, but still inconsistent with bat, had his best series with the ball, and always looked dangerous
Liam Dawson - 4 - struggled badly with the bat, actually bowled pretty well to be fair, just maybe not good enough for test cricket
Stuart Broad - 7 - 11 wickets in the series, and a rare half century
James Anderson - 10 - 20 wickets at 14, and still going at 35
Mark Wood - 0 - hate giving a noight, but one wickrt at 197 is horrendous, and people are leaping infront of him...shame injuries are taking their toll
Tom Wesltey - 6 - got a half century and gets starts needs to kick on though
Dawid Malan - 1 - 35 runs in 4 innings, not good enough...stunned he's playing against the west indies
Toby Roland-Jones - 9 - dream debut, struggled in 2nd test, but deserves a run after his debut performance
SOUTH AFRICA
Dean Elgar - 6
Heino Kuhn - 2 - 123 runs at 15, very similiar series to Jennings..Jennings may come again, but i think thats it for Kuhn
Hashim Amla - 8 - 329 runs at 41
JP Duminy - 1 - discarded early in the series, and i think he is done at test level
Temba Bavuma - 6 - 262 runs at 32, gets starts but needs to convert to bigger scores, think he will stay at no4 now which is good move
Theinus de Buryn - 3 - nothing to really write home about
Kagiso Rabada - 8 - 16 wickets at 28, haul more impresive considering he only played 3 of the tsts
Quinton Du Kock - 5 - 2 half centuries, they don't know where to bat him...took some stunners, but also dropped some sitters..mixed series for him
Vernon Philander - 9
Morne Morkel - 8
Keshav Maharaj - 8 - A real find in the spin bowling department for SA
Faf Du Plessis - 6
Chris Morris - 6
Duane Olvieir - 8