At the time, I could not understand why Temba was batting at all. In hindsight, it was probably an important knock for the team as well as himself. Reeza should be ready to go. Aiden is a more than capable captain if Temba can't play. Who makes that decision? And do we go back to Marco Jansen? After all, he only had one bad game in a match where all the batsmen had bad games too. Andile played well. Well done to the Proteas for chasing & winning! Phew! Back to Kolkata now with no SpiceJet? Cheers. PS Nice breakfast. In 2 months there, I never saw any fried eggs.
Thanks for the articles Manners! Did Temba come into the match injured or dd it happen in the field. I think Reeza has the composure to walk back in in a semi final with little match practice but wow it's a big challenge. I would love to see some a batting lineup where we have Phehlukwayo at 8 with Jansen at 7. Maybe Phehlukwayo could come in for Lungi? I know it would never happen as we are allergic to playing an allrounder any lower than 7 but that would give us a bit of stability in a chase. We won by 5 wickets yesterday but right up til the end it still felt like we could be bowled out
Hi Andrew, Temba was injured while fielding, apparently. It would be a luxury to have Phehlukwayo batting at number eight but Jansen has been astonishingly effective with the new ball and has taken way more wickets in the Power Play than any other bowler in the tornament, so it's a no-brainer that we will play the semi-final. (South Africa used to play all-rounders at 7, 8, 9 and even number 10 twenty years ago, when there were lots of all rounders to choose from!
Our batting lineup always make me uncomfortable because Shamsi, Ngidi and Rabada (depite looking good while batting) are genuine 11's. Our tail never really wags. I remember as a child when we had players like Pollock at 9 sometimes. What a team that was!
That shed new light on Temba's recent struggles with the bat - and a great last breakfast! Best of luck for the flight. Just don't pack all that terrible contraband in your luggage this time.
Ha! No contraband...except, maybe, the last pack of biltong which I'm keeping for the final. But that, along with everything else in my bag, was left intact!
At the time, I could not understand why Temba was batting at all. In hindsight, it was probably an important knock for the team as well as himself. Reeza should be ready to go. Aiden is a more than capable captain if Temba can't play. Who makes that decision? And do we go back to Marco Jansen? After all, he only had one bad game in a match where all the batsmen had bad games too. Andile played well. Well done to the Proteas for chasing & winning! Phew! Back to Kolkata now with no SpiceJet? Cheers. PS Nice breakfast. In 2 months there, I never saw any fried eggs.
Thanks for the articles Manners! Did Temba come into the match injured or dd it happen in the field. I think Reeza has the composure to walk back in in a semi final with little match practice but wow it's a big challenge. I would love to see some a batting lineup where we have Phehlukwayo at 8 with Jansen at 7. Maybe Phehlukwayo could come in for Lungi? I know it would never happen as we are allergic to playing an allrounder any lower than 7 but that would give us a bit of stability in a chase. We won by 5 wickets yesterday but right up til the end it still felt like we could be bowled out
Hi Andrew, Temba was injured while fielding, apparently. It would be a luxury to have Phehlukwayo batting at number eight but Jansen has been astonishingly effective with the new ball and has taken way more wickets in the Power Play than any other bowler in the tornament, so it's a no-brainer that we will play the semi-final. (South Africa used to play all-rounders at 7, 8, 9 and even number 10 twenty years ago, when there were lots of all rounders to choose from!
Our batting lineup always make me uncomfortable because Shamsi, Ngidi and Rabada (depite looking good while batting) are genuine 11's. Our tail never really wags. I remember as a child when we had players like Pollock at 9 sometimes. What a team that was!
That shed new light on Temba's recent struggles with the bat - and a great last breakfast! Best of luck for the flight. Just don't pack all that terrible contraband in your luggage this time.
Ha! No contraband...except, maybe, the last pack of biltong which I'm keeping for the final. But that, along with everything else in my bag, was left intact!