India v South Africa, 2nd Test, Pune, 10-14 October, 2019

by skully Mon 07 Oct 2019, 04:25

What can the Yarps do to get more competitive? I'm guessing nada.

by skully Thu 10 Oct 2019, 06:24

No ton in each innings for Roshit this time, as he is dismissed early by Rabada.

by Aditya Thu 10 Oct 2019, 08:16

Pollock sez this pitch would remind the saffers of home. The seam movement in the first session confirmed it.

Only India can be so generous.

by skully Thu 10 Oct 2019, 10:50

Rabada keeping the Yarps in it by the skin of their teeth.

I imagine Coli will have a say in that.

by horace Thu 10 Oct 2019, 17:15

As usual no posts from Nigel in threads on Yarp Tests.

If he did bother to follow the Test, I'd ask why Tuneless keeps getting picked. He averaged 18 after 10 Tests. Is he selected because-
1 They want Mitch Marsh to feel superior to someone in first class cricket
2 he is a specialist fieldsman like Smith and will come through as a very good player given the opportunity
3 He was head Prefect at a very good school.

However I expect he is too busy nowadays reading Breitbart, trimming his neat moustache and cheering on Brexit, return of the Empah and worrying about the future of the Boy Scouts.

by horace Thu 10 Oct 2019, 17:17

skully wrote:Rabada keeping the Yarps in it by the skin of their teeth.

I imagine Coli will have a say in that.

I gather Rabada got some reward for his efforts. India is in great shape after a strong Day 1.

by skully Thu 10 Oct 2019, 23:59

Yeah, the Bannies seem to be heading for another 500+ score.

I haven't seen any of the Test but Aditya above seems to indicate that it looked to be a seamer's wicket.

Will be interesting to see how the Bannie quicks go.

by beamer Fri 11 Oct 2019, 08:40

horace wrote:As usual no posts from Nigel in threads on Yarp Tests.

If he did bother to follow the Test, I'd ask why Tuneless keeps getting picked. He averaged 18 after 10 Tests. Is he selected because-
1 They want Mitch Marsh to feel superior to someone in first class cricket
2 he is a specialist fieldsman like Smith and will come through as a very good player given the opportunity
3 He was head Prefect at a very good school.

4 The Yarps have a quota system for crap batsmen who hold down a place for years despite doing bugger all to justify it. There’s always at least one such weak link in their side, even in their great eras. See also Dippenaar, Rudolph, Duminy etc.

by skully Fri 11 Oct 2019, 08:46

And poor old Justin Ontong.

by Aditya Fri 11 Oct 2019, 08:48

Rabada and QDK being little bitches to each other over a throw and run conceded.

by JGK Fri 11 Oct 2019, 11:19

Kohli FTBing it up.

by Bradman Fri 11 Oct 2019, 11:59

Redinking it too.

by horace Fri 11 Oct 2019, 22:51

Saffies in all sorts. Tuneless holding up.

by skully Sat 12 Oct 2019, 00:38

Almost identical position here as at the end of Day 2 in Vizag.

Bannies (only) got 500+ and the Yarps are 3 fer fark-all going into day 3.

And we know how T1 panned out. Hard to see this one going any differently.

by Bradman Sat 12 Oct 2019, 02:14

Nope. Brave draw maybe..... I crack myself up.

by horace Sat 12 Oct 2019, 06:58

horace wrote:Saffies in all sorts. Tuneless holding up.

Now I will be criticized for woofing Tuneless. However his 30 improves his average.

In both Tests, the Fluffer has opted to hide .... erm .... to send in a nightwatchman. I guess he would argue the end justifies the means.

by skully Sat 12 Oct 2019, 12:50

Despite some stout resistance from Prince Maharaj and the Philanderer, SAf succumbed for 275.

I suspect India will bat all day for a 500+ lead and give themselves maybe 2 or 3 overs at the end of Day 4 plus the last day to win by plenty, rather than enforce the follow-on.

by Aditya Sat 12 Oct 2019, 16:33

"Look, if I could speak on the pitch itself, it was quite similar to what you would get back home in South Africa," Temba Bavuma said at the end of the third day's play. "I honestly felt that it was quite suited to our strength as a bowling unit.

by horace Sat 12 Oct 2019, 21:32

Aditya wrote:
"Look, if I could speak on the pitch itself, it was quite similar to what you would get back home in South Africa," Temba Bavuma said at the end of the third day's play. "I honestly felt that it was quite suited to our strength as a bowling unit.

I think BanIndia to its credit no longer dials in pitches that it believes will suit the home team. Coli has led this change of policy and kudos to him for this. It was patently clear on Oz's last tour there that he came under some media pressure for not dialling in pitch requirements and resisted this.

by Red Sun 13 Oct 2019, 01:12

Looks more in favour of the batsmen, it's just that India's batsmen are better.

SA still has Theunis, but moreover Temba Bavuma who is only averaging eight for this series.

How can such a poor batsman survive for so many years?

by Red Sun 13 Oct 2019, 05:08

Pair for Markram who appears to be in a slump.

by skully Sun 13 Oct 2019, 08:42

So the FO was enforced, ay?

Yarps in deep shit.

by JGK Sun 13 Oct 2019, 08:42

Absolute thrashing.

by tricycle Sun 13 Oct 2019, 11:13

Supreme performances this series. Very satisfying. Not great entertainment, though.

For the first time, I'm pretty comfortable in saying India are the best team in test cricket. Best at home, least shit away.

by horace Sun 13 Oct 2019, 12:05

tricycle wrote:Supreme performances this series. Very satisfying. Not great entertainment, though.

For the first time, I'm pretty comfortable in saying India are the best team in test cricket. Best at home, least shit away.

No other challenger on the scene.

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