Re: South Africa v Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Bloemfontein, 6-10 October, 2017

by Red Sat 07 Oct 2017, 23:56

JGK wrote:Oh dear Bangles.

And the damage could have been worse had de Kock been exposed earlier and allowed to improve the scoring rate.

by tricycle Sun 08 Oct 2017, 03:33

Should've gone for the thousand.

by Red Sun 08 Oct 2017, 06:23

tricycle wrote:Should've gone for the thousand.

Probably would have got there too with the batting to come.

by taipan Sun 08 Oct 2017, 12:27

Great catch to take Rabada to 100

by beamer Sun 08 Oct 2017, 15:58

Bangers still a long way from being competitive overseas, it would appear.

by tricycle Sun 08 Oct 2017, 17:30

Still a bit early for that even comparing against other teams and how long it took them to be good overseas. That's also ignoring that they were rushed into tests.

Of course, Bangladesh were beyond horrible this series.

by skully Sun 08 Oct 2017, 23:07

10 for Rabada. Well done him.

Another abject display by the Bangers. [sigh]

Congrats to the SAffers on a comprehensive series win.

by beamer Sun 08 Oct 2017, 23:24

tricycle wrote:Still a bit early for that even comparing against other teams and how long it took them to be good overseas. That's also ignoring that they were rushed into tests.

Of course, Bangladesh were beyond horrible this series.

Yeah, just comparing with their more than competitive home form recently, winning Tests against England and Australia.

I guess it’s hard to get their players much experience of non-Asian conditions, in the longer game particularly.

by lardbucket Mon 09 Oct 2017, 01:43

Test cricket is more and more about home advantage.

by Red Mon 09 Oct 2017, 08:47

Amazing to think that SA lost four wickets for the test, while Bangers lost twenty and still being 170 odd in arrears. Talk about a tale of two countries.

by lardbucket Mon 09 Oct 2017, 09:00

A win by 16 wickets and 170 runs (you know what I mean) must be up there with the biggest beatings of all time.

by taipan Mon 09 Oct 2017, 09:02

Red wrote:Amazing to think that SA lost four wickets for the test, while Bangers lost twenty and still being 170 odd in arrears. Talk about a tale of two countries.

My paper had it as an innings and 254

by lardbucket Mon 09 Oct 2017, 09:19

The Bangles could have batted again and they still wouldn't have surpassed the Saffie score.

by Red Mon 09 Oct 2017, 10:20

taipan wrote:
Red wrote:Amazing to think that SA lost four wickets for the test, while Bangers lost twenty and still being 170 odd in arrears. Talk about a tale of two countries.

My paper had it as an innings and 254

Even worse then. Indeed they could have had another whole innings and still not passed SA's one innings for the loss of four wickets.

by tricycle Mon 09 Oct 2017, 14:25

One issue is that they didn't have their two best players. Then they'd have lost by only an innings and 50-100.

by taipan Mon 09 Oct 2017, 14:49

tricycle wrote:One issue is that they didn't have their two best players. Then they'd have lost by only an innings and 50-100.

Some might say that Steyn, Philander, Morkel and AB might have also made a difference.

by tricycle Mon 09 Oct 2017, 17:26

It could hardly get more one sided, could it?

by lardbucket Mon 09 Oct 2017, 21:18

Thank goodness de Kock wasn't exposed too early, though ... hey, Red.

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