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South Africa reach 118/2 at close of Day 3 needing 122 more runs to beat India at the Wanderers

gani999 said:
He was playing slowly, keeping one side up while the other end went for shots. He will have to open up now and protect the tail.
Shami already out as I type.
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Point is he doesn't have it what it takes to make your presence felt at the world stage.

Hope he proves me wrong.
 
Devadwal said:
Laxman was a great player when play with tailender
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dude, there wsa just one innings that lax played with tailenders that wsa gr8 - 2010 vs aus.
rest he was useless with the tail.
the best player i ever saw with tail, IMHO was Steve waugh.
He knew how to press the right buttons and squeeze a lot out of tail.
Mike Hussey was'nt bad either.
 
Anyone can see how frightened Vihari looks at crease.
 
CrIc_Mystique said:
dude, there wsa just one innings that lax played with tailenders that wsa gr8 - 2010 vs aus.
rest he was useless with the tail.
the best player i ever saw with tail, IMHO was Steve waugh.
He knew how to press the right buttons and squeeze a lot out of tail.
Mike Hussey was'nt bad either.
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Who won Johannesburg test in 2010 ? Check laxman contribution in 2nd inning
 
This is what i want from South africa ,now jassi will take on South Africa batters
 
MP2011 said:
Point is he doesn't have it what it takes to make your presence felt at the world stage.

Hope he proves me wrong.
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Bit harsh to say that about someone who averages 55+ in FC. Besides he's had to deal with being consistently kept out in favour of the likes of Pujara and Rahane who are sitting pretty doing nothing.
Give him some chances and he will come good.
 
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india should win this test now, SA aint scoring 200 in final inns.
 
Vihari is clueless. Can't even walk down and tell Bumrah not to swing on next few balls after that exchange with Jansen.
 
whats this vihari doing, taking single off first ball and letting tailenders take strike, surely he can nudge and nurdle another 20 30
 
That 28 from thakur and his 7 wickets so far. man of match award on its way.
 
gani999 said:
Bit harsh to say that about someone who averages 55+ in FC. Besides he's had to do deal with being consistently kept out in favour of the likes of Pujara and Rahane who are sitting pretty doing nothing.
Give him some chances and he will come good.
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FC averages are often misleading. See for yourself what Vihari has done in this test. Even if he is unlucky, he gotta to take whatever little chances he gets.

What a shot by Bumrah!
 
Even if it's an edge, far better than his timid strokes.
 
The first good, vihari did...take single on last ball.
meanwhile 32 extras, 3rrd highest scoreer....lots of rabada no balls in them...
Go lads :shafiq2
 
MP2011 said:
FC averages are often misleading. See for yourself what Vihari has done in this test. Even if he is unlucky, he gotta to take whatever little chances he gets.

What a shot by Bumrah!
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The only criterion for test selection should be the FC average. Vihari is one of the best India has at the moment.
 
Vihari is so hopelessly out of his depth. No wonder even duds like Pujara and Rahane are preferred over him.
 
good catch by jansen. not easy running back. what a find for saffers, jansen and keagen petersen....bright future for these guys.
looking back, our guys have threw away a golden chance to stamp the saffers out .....
 
Vihari not fit for international cricket ,another timid player in the making .
 
I am really hating Vihari now. It's okay if he couldn't take single on last ball to keep strike.
But as a proper batsman, it's your job to walk down and talk to tail ender. They were targetting Bumrah with same length and anyone can sense what was coming.

He cant tell tailenders to hang in there instead of throwing hands. We still have two more days.
SA will give runs in extra even if they just stay there.
 
Lungi is a terrible option both overseas and long term unless he shares a greater workload. Only bowls 13 overs per innings on average. That's very low for a main bowler.
 
Even Siraj with bat in hand has more spine than someone like Pant.
 
Romali_rotti said:
Strategy to Vihari... bowl on the leg side and he won't score a single run..
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yah. just looks very one dimensional. is obviously not a power hitter. Another Che put, but needs to show more strokes all round the wicket.
Cmon Siraj, get in line mate. show some ticker
 
MP2011 said:
Even Siraj with bat in hand has more spine than someone like Pant.
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Problem is we don't have better keeper batsman than Pant as of now. Saha is over. Sanju will be like Pant. Not consistent.
I wonder if KS Bharat will be a good choice.
 
To win this test SA will need to score more than what they did in their first innings.
 
What a sensational run.; good awareness by the hyderabad guys....sends the pepper up them saffer noses...more of the same plz...keep going
 
This bottom order resistance will demoralize the saffers. Need to get the lead past 250.
 
Thanos said:
Problem is we don't have better keeper batsman than Pant as of now. Saha is over. Sanju will be like Pant. Not consistent.
I wonder if KS Bharat will be a good choice.
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By all accounts, Bharat is quite good. Problem is the hype for Pant.
 
MP2011 said:
To win this test SA will need to score more than what they did in their first innings.
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to be honest the trend in this test has been increase in scores in each innings. hope that trend is defeated in last innings...
 
Lol. Verreyenne was sleeping on last ball when Vihari Siraj took single.
 
CrIc_Mystique said:
to be honest the trend in this test has been increase in scores in each innings. hope that trend is defeated in last innings...
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Pressure of chasing in 4th innings is unreal especially when the home series is on line.
 
Well batted Vihari. Now keep doing this atleast till tea.
 
Good shots, Vihari.

Slightly take back my words.
 
Siraj's hammy injury does not look too good.
Which means big big workload on the three seamers + ashwin needs to step up big time.
not good considering next test coming up soon
I'd back vihari to bowl a few tight ones as well.
 
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