Archive for July, 2007
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Adrian Le Roux has made some statements that will be considered pretty controversial in a confidential report submitted to CSA that has been leaked. "I felt confident (before the tournament) that, apart from Roger Telemachus, all players in the squad were physically ready for the challenge of a two-month tournament," ...
Posted in AB de Villiers, Andre Nel, Andrew Hall, Ashwell Prince, Charl Langeveldt, Cricket, Cricket World Cup, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Justin Kemp, Loots Bosman, Makhaya Ntini, Mark Boucher, ODI, ODI cricket, Pro20, Pro20 cricket, Pro20world cup, Robin Peterson, Roger Telemachus, SA cricket, Shaun Pollock, South African Cricket | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
There are various forms of putting the batsman off, the most common is sledging. England it seems to be fairly competent in that department, however in the Second test against India at Trent Bridge they took the mind games to a new level. Zaheer Khan, who hasn’t even cracked the ...
Posted in Cricket, England, England vs India 2nd Test, ICC, Kevin Peterson, Kevin pieterson, Matt Prior, Paul Collingwood, SAchin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, india, jelly bean, test cricket | No Comments »
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
English County Cricket has been flooded by South Africans looking to make money and gain experience. In the County Championship, the 4 day competition, there have been some great performances. The players mentioned below are in the top 50 for most runs scored and wickets taken in the County Championship ...
Posted in Andre Nel, Andrew Hall, Ant Botha, Charl Langeveldt, Charl Willoughby, Chris Tremlett, Claude Henderson, County Championship, County Cricket, Cricket, Dale Benkenstein, Dale Steyn, England, Garnet Kruger, HD Ackerman, Jacques Rudolph, Johan van der Wath, Lance Klusener, Leicestershire, Mark Ramprakash, Martin van Jaarsveld, Mushtaq Ahmed, Naved-ul-Hasan, Nic Pothas, Otis Gibson, Ryan Mclaren, SA cricket, SA spinners, South African Cricket | 2 Comments »
Sunday, July 29th, 2007
India are 259/3 going into the start of day 3. Tendulkar and Ganguly are at the wicket with Laxman and Dhoni still to come before the tail starts. England have been chasing leather and need to get some control in the first session today, if they cant pick up a ...
Posted in County Cricket, Cricket, Dhoni, England vs India 2nd Test, Laxman, Monty Panesar, Nottingham, SAchin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Trent bridge, india | No Comments »
Saturday, July 28th, 2007
England looks set to be chasing a huge score just to be in the game, as said in my previous post they re short of a wicket taking bowler. They have a decent club line up but the international sphere, they are going to struggle without their main bowlers. There ...
Posted in England, England vs India 2nd Test, Monty Panesar, india | No Comments »
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
There have been numerous reports in England and on the internet stating that England deserved to win, how unlucky they were and how the bad light cruelly intervened. There is no doubt in my mind England lost it on their own. Slow over rates didn’t help them- however there was ...
Posted in Cricket, Dhoni, England, England vs India 1st Test, Laxman, india, test cricket | No Comments »
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
The squad is as follows: Graeme Smith (Captain), Jacques Kallis (Vice-Captain), Hashim Amla, Loots Bosman, Gulam Bodi, Johan Botha, Mark Boucher, AB De Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Paul Harris, Justin Kemp, Charl Langeveldt, Neil McKenzie, Albie Morkel, Morné Morkel, André Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Justin Ontong, Alviro Petersen, ...
Posted in AB de Villiers, Albie Morkel, Alfonso Thomas, Alviro Petersen, Andre Nel, Andrew Hall, Charl Langeveldt, Cricket, Cricket World Cup, Dale Steyn, Gulam Bodi, Hashim Amla, Herschelle Gibbs, JP Duminy, Johan Botha, Johan van der Wath, Justin Kemp, Justin Ontong, Lance Klusener, Loots Bosman, Makhaya Ntini, Mark Boucher, Morne Morkel, Morne van Wyk, Neil McKenzie, ODI, ODI cricket, Paul Harris, Pro20, Pro20 cricket, Pro20world cup, Robin Peterson, Roger Telemachus, SA cricket, SA spinners, Shaun Pollock, South African Cricket, Thandi Tshabalala, Vaughn van Jaarsveld, Vernon Philander | No Comments »
Monday, July 16th, 2007
The SA Emerging Players Squad is: Johan Botha (Captain)
Thami Tsolekile (Vice-Captain)
Yusuf Abdullah
Gulam Bodi
Friedel de Wet
JP Duminy
Faf du Plessis
Heino Khun
Mornè Morkel
Alviro Petersen
Vernon Philander
Thandi Tshabalala
Justin Ontong
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
The side has some fantastic players in it, players that could be the future of South African cricket. One wonders where Morne van Wyk is, and ...
Posted in Alviro Peterson, Cricket, Faf du Plessis, Friedel De wet, Gulam Bodi, Heino Khun, Johan Botha, Justin Ontong, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Morne Morkel, ODI, ODI cricket, Pro20, Pro20 cricket, SA cricket, Thami Tsolekile, Yusuf Abdullah | No Comments »
