i'll cheer for anyone but the arrogant, brash, and cheap team from down under. they are a disgrace, and no longer deserve the no. one tag anyways. since the middle of last year - they no longer deserve to be called number one.
it was evident when they lost the t20 cup, thy ridiculed that format, later they blamed the stadium and the country when they lost to india. and it would be interesting to see whom they blame their loss in the test series against the SA team.
I want congratulats to all the members of South African Cricket Team who played well and won a very tight match against Australia(A very bad team - by Spirit). Near about 5-6 years they are not playing with team spirit. Once again I congratulat them on their well deserved success.
It was so close match. Congrats to SA. But Africans should improve their fielding and play aggressively. Aussies will not give them chance to win that kind of matches again and again.
Taking 3rd powerplay after 44th over was not a wise decision. SA should took it when Duminy and Mackenzie were on crease then they could win that match easily.
Re: Re: A.Morkel saved SA......
by chelsea on Jan 16, 2009 06:37 PM
J.Botha was forced into it. McKenzie and Duminy are not the type of players that can constantly go over the top. Once Duminy fell, the batting collapsed very fast. I think the powerplay should be taken when you have big hitter like morkel or gibbs or smith at the crease.
Re: Re: Re: A.Morkel saved SA......
by Anurag Rathore on Jan 16, 2009 06:50 PM
If a set batsman who is playing at 50 can't play loafted shots then he should not be in ODI side.
Re: Re: Re: Re: A.Morkel saved SA......
by chelsea on Jan 17, 2009 12:31 AM
I'm not saying that they couldn't. Just that it isn't very natural for them. Players like Gibbs and Morkel will be more effective in these overs than players like Kallis and Prince etc.
