< 1 minute readA balls. They have made a balls of their first Test innings in South Africa. 136-9 is a rubbish score for a side that relies so heavily on its batting, whatever the conditions. Is ‘Steyn and Morkel’ a thing yet, like ‘Wasim and Waqar’ or ‘Lillee and Thomson’? It’s probably
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Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel add chilli, thyme and allspice
< 1 minute readAny sign that fast bowling’s back in fashion is good, but does the victim have to be the West Indies? Dale Steyn took 5-29 and Morne Morkel took 4-19. Great stuff, but you feel bad for who’s on the receiving end. It’s like eating lamb. It’s delicious, but it’s best
Continue readingLast ball thriller between India and South Africa
< 1 minute readDidn’t watch it. Don’t much feel like reading about it.
Continue readingAnd the number one Test side is…
< 1 minute readTwo frigging Tests. Whose bright idea was it to have a two-Test series between India and South Africa? Don’t tell us that originally there were no Tests scheduled. If you fancy a sandwich and there’s no bread in the house, you don’t go out and buy a single slice of
Continue readingThe South African way of taking wickets in India
< 1 minute readThe South Africans generally get their wickets by having fast bowlers knock the stumps over. This is not the way it’s supposed to work in India. Aside from Dale Steyn’s efforts this week, there was the 2008 match where India were dismissed for 76. On that occasion, Steyn and Ntini
Continue readingBy the gods of Olympus, Dale Steyn can swing a cricket ball
< 1 minute readStumps. Everywhere. Shaun Tait might have notched 160kph this week, but Dale Steyn’s shown that if you add swing to the mix, you’re sorted. In fact, he didn’t even need to resort to scorching pace against India. It’s good to have scorching pace to fall back on when you aren’t
Continue readingHashim Amla beards 253 not out
< 1 minute readHashim Amla bearded India all round the park in bearding 253 not out. Bearding for most of the day, his bearding was immaculate throughout. Amla did struggle to beard against Amit Mishra for a while, but he bearded that problem by bearding his head down and bearding before bearding other
Continue readingWhat to think about Mickey Arthur not being South Africa coach
< 1 minute readDid he really resign? Was he pushed? Was it Graeme Smith? Was it political pressure? Was it to do with quotas? Was he marginalised by the use of Duncan Fletcher? So many questions and you’ve come here for the answers. We will tell you what to think, so you don’t
Continue readingMark Boucher and Graeme Smith – South Africa’s foulweather batsmen
< 1 minute readThe ball has swung in this match. There has been seam movement, some bounce and good turn. On top of that, South Africa need to win this game. Mark Boucher and Graeme Smith have been the standout batsmen. This is not surprising. Most players play worse in these situations. A
Continue readingWhat strikes you about Dale Steyn?
< 1 minute readIf you told us that we had to use a tired cliché to describe the effort that Dale Steyn puts into bowling or you’d force us to do a dance in front of other humans, we’d hang our head, sigh softly and mutter “sinew-straining”. Dale’s certainly wholehearted. Perhaps too wholehearted.
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