Cricket season

Watching West Indies v India 20/20

Lewis the West Indian opener 53 off 21 balls so far

This bloke is brilliant

100 off 53 balls 9x6 for Lewis

chicken n chips wrote: Watching West Indies v India 20/20

Lewis the West Indian opener 53 off 21 balls so far

This bloke is brilliant

Superb hundred by Lewis.

Should get a South African Global T20 contract. Even a Big Bash one.

125 not out off 62 West Indies win by 9 wickets

First West Indian to score a century in a 20/20 in the Caribbean

Bob Brogan wrote: Not a bad day for proteas so far

When was that? They don't look up to much,they've also pinched a jockey to play. :lol:

Zimbabwe chasing a modest 204 for a series ODI victory against Sri Lanka are now 167/5 after they were 92/1. Hopefully they can limp through to a win. Go Zimbos

At long last those who select the team see what us fans have been for 5 years.




Moonda: Duminy's Test career may be over
JP Duminy may not be able to keep his place in South Africa's Test XI after the returning captain, Faf du Plessis, conceded Duminy was under pressure due to poor form. That observation is vastly different from the support du Plessis had offered in the recent past, often saying Duminy looked at his best in training and it was only a matter of time before he translated that into match-day performances.

Now, after eight innings without crossing 40, du Plessis has been forced to admit Duminy is not doing enough. He made 15 and 2 in the first Test at Lord's, with his dismissal on the stroke of tea on day four particularly culpable as South Africa slipped to a 221-run defeat.

"JP will be the first guy to say he knows he needs to score runs for this team and it's no different for anyone else," du Plessis said. "He is desperate to do well as anyone in that position. You want to try and score runs every time you go out that. He knows at the end of the day that it's about runs. He understands that if it has to come to a position where there is someone else that needs to be looked at… he will be the first to acknowledge [that]. He is a crucial part of our senior player group and he will always put the team interests above himself so yes, he will be the first to acknowledge that."

With du Plessis back in the squad after missing the first Test for the birth of his first child, one option would for him to slot straight back into the team in Duminy's place but the captain said South Africa will consider a few other things. Kagiso Rabada is suspended from the Trent Bridge match for ICC code of conduct violations and South Africa may look at playing both allrounder Chris Morris and reserve quick Duanne Olivier to make up for his absence. In that case, Theunis de Bruyn would have to miss out, with du Plessis coming in for Duminy.

"With losing KG - do you look at possibly playing a four-seam attack because you are losing quite a high-quality bowler? That's means there would be a batsman that will miss out," du Plessis said. "That's one option."

Either way, du Plessis seemed to suggest that de Bruyn, who scored 48 in the first innings in what was just his second Test, has moved up the queue and possibly ahead of Duminy for the rest of this series. "You can look at someone like Theunis de Bruyn who has played pretty well this game - standing up at Lord's and it's only his second Test match. He was solid in that first innings. He played well," du Plessis said.

Fan?
Never known a fan to run down teams as much.

NO Duminy.......... :whistle:

South Africa (probable) 1 Dean Elgar, 2 Heino Kuhn, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Faf du Plessis (capt), 5 Temba Bavuma, 6 Quinton de Kock (wk), 7 Chris Morris, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Keshav Maharaj, 10 Duanne Olivier, 11 Morne Morkel

Countrymember wrote: NO Duminy.......... :whistle:

South Africa (probable) 1 Dean Elgar, 2 Heino Kuhn, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Faf du Plessis (capt), 5 Temba Bavuma, 6 Quinton de Kock (wk), 7 Chris Morris, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Keshav Maharaj, 10 Duanne Olivier, 11 Morne Morkel

have we got no other opener to replace khun?he looks totally useless to me.why don't they open with de kock and keep either duminy or that other de bruyn fellow

Why is Duanne Olivier with the Protea's if they dont believe he is good enough to lead the attack?

Just been talking to the Namibian u19 side in Stirling