Arthur Crabtree wrote:And a shocking series for SA. Huge defeat.
Might be that their batting stats will rival England's v Pakistan in UAE under Strauss.
Not good for Superhuman Steyn's Asian stats.
Those stats don't make for good reading....
Batsmen series averages
de Bruyn - 52
Philander - 40
FAF - 26
Bavuma - 23
QDK - 13
Elgar - 12
Amla - 10
Markram - 10
Obviously, this is a series best forgotten about, because the overall Test stats of these batsmen tell a different story....
de Bruyn - 21
Philander - 25
FAF - 42
Bavuma - 33
QDK - 36
Elgar - 41
Amla - 47
Markram - 47
Bowlers series averages
Rabada - eight wickets @ 23
Maharaj - 16 wkts @ 24
Shamsi - four wkts @ 32
Philander - one wkt @ 38
Ngidi - one wkt @ 63
Steyn - two wkts @ 89
And overall bowling averages....
Rabada - 21
Maharaj - 27
Shamsi - 46
Philander - 21
Ngidi - 19
Steyn - 22
So, no reason to discard anyone...just write this off as a bad series, and learn from it.