South Africa vs England (2012)

So England levelled the series in another rain affected match. Just 11 overs a side but some fearsome hitting by Buttler - 35 off just 10 balls!  He took 32 off a single over bowled by Parnell , the 2nd highest ever in a T20 match.  SA finished 29 runs back and were never really in the contest.
              So they're flying to Sri Lanka today - modern day cricketers get very little down time !

My biggest concern with the KP fiasco is him bad talking his fello country players with those from another nation, that's absolutely sick, you don't deserve to be part of the same team.  I can understand you playing for yorkshire and calling one your england buddy at Glamorgan and say hey, this guy don't deserve to play but to rat out your own country men?? Hell no, he deserves what he got!

Old Trafford today and England can't bat as badly as they did in the 1st match.  It looks like the KP issue won't be resolved before they fly off to Sri Lanka on Thursday. No central contract either - we could well have seen the last of Pietersen in an England shirt.

Sam like i have said before Nohit is totally useless you rest him or drop him nothing matters he is just a IPL player and Bopara too is very ordinary. Having talent is one thing but what makes a player really special is hard work just like Kohli.

Edited by mystery - 08 September 2012 at 8:37pm

Hashim Amla, the man in my profile pic, has become the fastest batsmen to score 3000 runs in the history of ODI cricket, good 12 innings faster than Viv Richards.

Edited by sam_ahmed - 06 September 2012 at 6:08pm

There was an A team tour recently going on mystery and Parnell was unplayable on that tour, he was picking up wickets for fun, may be that is why they trust more in his abilities, he is a very fine batsman too.

First of all It's absolutely wonderful to have you back sledge!!! The forums were dead without you, I hope with the WT20 around we'll see some of our old posters back, don't know why Spinny and Mikey don't come online these days, two of our regular posters since years.

It was strange watching England in England and I got to think maybe I was a jinx !  In fairness , SA outplayed England , expecially with the bat and 2-0 was a fair reflection of the series. More's the pity there wasn't 2 more tests , but I couldn't see England winning 2 to get parity and hold onto to the number 1 spot.  Hashim Amla just gets better , he reminded me of Zaheer Abbass in his pomp - so much time and effortless boundary hitting all around the ground - probably the best batsman in world cricket today.  
               Gary Kirsten , with help from Allan Donald have achieved much in such a short time. The side has such self-belief and can hold onto top spot for some eyars to come - well done SA.

              The one dayers have been entertaining , but not as much as the last day of the final test!  SA haven't batted that well , England have fielded like schoolboys and yet lead 2-1. It's be no surprise to me to see SA belt England tomorrow to level the series - I think their intensity fell away after such a great victory in that last test match.

I think the record of SA being No 1 in all three format for a day or two now looks like a big joke. I guess ranking change make sense when the series is over. In Test matches I suppose they do not change mid series, then why it is calculated in this case. Anyway in my book, 1 or 2 day #1 in all three format is as good as it never happened. I am sure a deserving team will get that soon and stay there for atleast 6 months which I think could be SA,ENG or IND. If AUS can find a decent spinner and a new batting star, they could well be in contention. 

well a lot has happened over the last few days, RSA become the first team to hold the No.1 Ranking across all formats of cricket!!! Congratulations to this wonderful team! 

Originally posted by MalhotraRaj84 Looks like Andy Flower wants to find an excuse and is diverting the attention, I am damn sure if he was playing now he would sure line up to play IPL. I have no doubts about it.

Just as I said 

Edited by MalhotraRaj84 - 24 August 2012 at 3:49am

Looks like Andy Flower wants to find an excuse and is diverting the attention, I am damn sure if he was playing now he would sure line up to play IPL. I have no doubts about it. 

Originally posted by MalhotraRaj84            The only positive that I see in this whole episode, it has opened the eyes of many people ... atleast those guys who have atleast some ability to think logically and practically, have seen lot of changes in what people post after the real reason was disclosed. However there will always be some absolute morons who do not understand that the real reason is not the IPL, but personal reasons for rift between management and player that leads to all this controversies.

Congratulations South Africa, Congratulations Captain Smith and Coach Kristen and undoubtedly HASHIM AMLA as a batsman peak of SA team and major credit goes to the bowlers

 

South Africa have been the better team in every department and I was very impressed, more so than I thought I would be. They have given England an exemplary lesson in how to play Test cricket well. They will be hard to knock off their perch

 

After so many years hard work,finally the South African reached the top of the world. Really they are deserved for it. Well done South Africa, Keep it up.

Congratulations to SA on getting No1, hope this time their stay at the top is extended.