- Cricket South Africa punished the national team by moving all games away from The Wanderers. Is that the reason we lost? Absolutely not, but it didn't help.
- Combine that with only arranging one warm up game, against a poor West Indies side no less, CSA have to take a fair portion of any blame being thrown about.
- The runner for cramps argument has come up a lot. All I want is consistency. Either runners are always allowed or they are never allowed. Enough of this game by game whichever way the wind blows BS. If it stays as it is now, all Smith and other batsmen have learned is to LIE.
- Why do we always cramp? Smith, AB at the world cup, Gibbs on the sub continent a few years back. These are fit guys (well, Smith looks fit now). Sort it out.
- Albie Morkel is a batsman who can bowl a bit. He can be devastating at the death but given a chance, that could just be another bow in his quiver. Because right now that's all we use him for and its a waste. Unless he starts pulling his weight with the bat, he's a liability.
- Is our batting lineup too long? It's a funny thing to say but we've got these guys who CAN bat but hardly ever get the chance. So when they come out to bat the first thing they do is go to their bowling mark before sheepishly remembering what they're there to do.
- So maybe its time to throw in another bowler and let the likes of Roloef and Botha show what they can do.
- And don't be afraid to throw them up the order. Pinch hitters have gone out of fashion for some reason but our innings was crying out for some risk taking. A quick and funny looking 20 off 10 balls from Roloef might have done the trick.
- Stop chasing in pressure games (if we can help it). In normal conditions we are great chasers. In tournaments we mess it up time and time again. SA Cricket Blog
- Chins up boys, we've got a long season ahead.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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3 comments:
When the best team in the world don't make it out of the group stage in a tournement they are hosting, you have to question the captaincy !
I disagree Cricket bats you have look at all factors and one of the major factors was a cricket board row that Desturbed the players ( they told me so) and The fact that the players were rusty. micky Arthur cancelled a tri series with zim and India. this would have been great practice
We also became the "best team in the world" under that same captaincy. Look, we just weren't sharp enough.
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