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ICC World Cup 2023: South Africa (311/7) inflict a massive 134-run defeat over Australia (177 all out)

This is the weakest SA fast bowling I have ever witnessesed in a tournament. It's shocking, as we were always used to seeing domination from SA fast bowlers. Not a single one of this guy gives me any hope. Nortje will be sorely missed. Rabada himself has probably forgotten when was the last time he used be a deadly loi bowler, Lungi is a pure trundler in such conditions. On top of that Bavuma either took inspiration from Imam or dreamt about Gavaskar/Boycott & played a tuktuk masterclass which caused SA those 20 runs you mentioned. I would say it's Australia's match to lose.
"Weakest I've ever seen" seems to be the buzzwords going around on here. As for Bavuma, he's the reason we're in this world cup in the first place.

Ultimately it's not Bavuma that cost us the 20 runs as the wicket was nipping about, two paced and turning. Don't let how QdK played fool you, he's the kind of player that can take the pitch out of the equation, there's very few of those players going around.

Therefore Bavuma did his job and hung around to minimize the chance of a collapse. We were 240/3 or so after 43 overs after all. I'm not going to blame the middle order either but give credit to Australia with how they bowled at the death (which was to be expected).
 
Still banana swing on offer. Jansen is exploiting. SA should bowl him for 5 overs or until he is tired.
 
South Africa at WC23 so far: No fifties, four hundreds, no scores of 110 or more
 
Wicket looks slow, two paced now. Ball is not coming on to the bat. Chasing 300 plus will be difficult here
 
Boundry on no ball ,now free hit time .this delivery release all the pressure
 
The younger generation of cricket fans sees a platform laid and assume a competitive total has to be 350+. It's much more nuanced than that. The wicket AND quality of the bowling attack must always be taken into account.

Yes, an argument can still be made that South Africa is still 20 runs short. These two arguments shouldn't be mutually exclusive. But I'd rather have a competitive total on the board with a platform laid for the middle/lower order to launch.

I mean when was the last time South Africa posted a competitive total against a good side in a WC (especially with a good bowling attack)?
 
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"Weakest I've ever seen" seems to be the buzzwords going around on here. As for Bavuma, he's the reason we're in this world cup in the first place.

Ultimately it's not Bavuma that cost us the 20 runs as the wicket was nipping about, two paced and turning. Don't let how QdK played fool you, he's the kind of player that can take the pitch out of the equation, there's very few of those players going around.

Therefore Bavuma did his job and hung around to minimize the chance of a collapse. We were 240/3 or so after 43 overs after all. I'm not going to blame the middle order either but give credit to Australia with how they bowled at the death (which was to be expected).
The reason almost nobody rates this attack highly is because no one inspires any assurance to win a big match. I don't get any confidence from these guys that Donald, Pollock, Ntini, Steyn, Morkel used to provide. They have been really poor for quite some time in tournaments even though generally they are good in bilaterals.
Bavuma will struggle in almost all of the big five matches, you will disagree certainly which is understandable. But he has a certain ceiling & he can't go beyond that.
Ultimately these boys can prove your faith right by knocking the Aussies away.
 
Australia lose their 1st wicket, Marsh out for 7(15)
Australia are 27/1 after 5.5. overs
The required run rate is 6.45

The ball is still moving but with dew kicking in soon, you would think the pitch should get easier as the night progresses.
 
This match will throw teams into confusion now. Bat first or field first. Until now field first is the favored call.
 
Australia is stupid to lose wickets now. Dew will come by 20th or 25th over. Just stay there take it deep. Maxwell, Stoinis are there to come.
 
Very impressive bowling by Ngidi. I know Jansen is quality Bowler but don't have same thought about Ngidi
 
This is a 250-260 pitch, like Chennai. Aussies dropping half a dozen catches, has it happened before?
 
Australia will have to contend with Shamsi and Maharaja as well now. It is not hard to go after wristies and finger spinners with asking rate against you.
 
Cannot remember the last time Aussies sent over such a weak side to a WC. I've been watching WC cricket since 96 and this team seems the weakest since then
 
They should have played like Test match for 10 overs. This pitch is not like Delhi pitch or Hyderabad pitch where batting got better and better.
 
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Most of the time i have seen him he was bowling only at 125 to 135.
At the begging of his career he was bowling at 142-145+. Back issues then slowed him down (NOT to 125kph though). But ever since he's lost weight he has been cranking it up again. The COVID pandemic did him a world of good. Worked on his diet and fitness gradually.

NB. He was never out of shape (or fat), his natural weight was too much for his body to handle. (Think of Ruben Loftus Cheek at Chelsea. He also had to tone down to maintain fitness levels)
 
Game over probably for Aussies unless Smith pulls off a typical clutch knock only he can pull off or Maxwell goes completely berserk. Very very impressed by Lungi, he has seriously upped the ante, always great to see a SA pacer running hard & bowling 90+ mph. This could be the beginning of an exceptional run in the tournament for the proteas.
 
Cannot remember the last time Aussies sent over such a weak side to a WC. I've been watching WC cricket since 96 and this team seems the weakest since then
I think their side is ok they been giving the opposition too many dropped catches .
 
Wankhede/ Bengaluru/ Delhi are harder to defend. Even at Hyderbad good bowling attacks can defend on the large ground.
 
David Warner is so shockingly bad and past it. I am surprised that Cricket Australia did not take the call to move on from him.
 
Game over probably for Aussies unless Smith pulls off a typical clutch knock only he can pull off or Maxwell goes completely berserk. Very very impressed by Lungi, he has seriously upped the ante, always great to see a SA pacer running hard & bowling 90+ mph. This could be the beginning of an exceptional run in the tournament for the proteas.

They have to drag it to 20th to 25th over without any more damage at acceptable rate. Then dew will come. They have break it down into 30 overs + 20 overs. Stoinis on a good day can be lethal in the back end. He can manage 10-12 asknig rate easily.
 
Those who were moaning about Bavuma should take note, Marsh and Warner scored 20(42). This is a difficult wicket upfront. Spinners will decide this game one way or another
 
David Warner is so shockingly bad and past it. I am surprised that Cricket Australia did not take the call to move on from him.
Funny thing is he is their most inform batsman besides Warner in current set up. They also rarely play full strength side in bilateral. So their roles get muddled at some times.
 
Now 117 kph. Thsi is going to be a nightmare of a chase for Australia. Australia simply could not disturb their bowling much like Kusal Mendis ddid albeit he played on a belter.
 
That was a terrible ball from Ngidi. Smith is keeping it down like in tests :) Those balls went for six otehr day from Mendis.
 
Jansen very frustrating bowler gets regular wickets but at the end always ends up over 70 runs
 
Cannot remember the last time Aussies sent over such a weak side to a WC. I've been watching WC cricket since 96 and this team seems the weakest since then
I wouldn't say they are weak, more like undercooked. Because their captain himself is undercooked, on top of that they hilariously replaced a genuine spinner with an accumulator at best batsman. There's a bit of similarity with the 11 squad as in the legends are older, exhausted & post their prime.
 
Australia still should back themselves here. You just need good 10 overs of passage. Sure bowling is good. Definitely you can rattle SA at some point.
 
We'll need someone to match Maxwell's bowling figures, be it a spinner or seamer. Ngidi went for 9 in his first 5, hopefully he doesn't tail off. If he finishes with 1/45 he would have done well. Hopefully Maharaj has a good game too
 
Why is cricbuzz and start sports showing that Ngidi is bowling but here rabada is bowling
 
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