1st Test: South Africa v India at Capetown Jan 5-9 2018

[2 weeks]

Haha suck it Kholi.

Smith averages 120 at Newlands.

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerGrounds.asp?PlayerID=3756

 

[Fufu Andronez]

How good seeing Dale Steyn back in test cricket!

 

[Tommy Smith]

Wow Kohli failed on a pitch offering something to the quicks.

I'm shocked!

 

[Tommy Smith]

How good seeing Dale Steyn back in test cricket!

Might be the greatest quick of all time.

Criminally under appreciated.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Might be the greatest quick of all time.

Criminally under appreciated.

Might not be either

 

[JJ]

Not the greatest, but genuinely great and criminally underrated for sure

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Not the greatest, but genuinely great and criminally underrated for sure

Who criminally under rates him?

 

[ANTiLAG]

Not the greatest, but genuinely great and criminally underrated for sure

Look Kallis and ABDV batted on flat Safrican roads that suddenly turned into green mine fields when Steyn bowled. Okay?

 

[Tommy Smith]

Who criminally under rates him?

He's easily on par with the likes of McGrath, Lillee, Hadlee, Marshall and Ambrose.

But who mentions him in that manner?

This is the era of batting. With flat decks and big bats.

And yet here's Dale Steyn with a 22.5 avg, a 41 S/R and a killer record in the subcontinent.

That's the clinher for me. Lillee is revered like a God but couldn't cut it in India where as Steyn has killed it over there.

He ticks every single box and deserves to be considered equal to any fast bowler who has ever played the game.

But because he hasn't taken 15 5 fers in Australia you never hear the Aussie commentators give him his dues.

 

[ANTiLAG]

He's easily on par with the likes of McGrath, Lillee, Hadlee, Marshall and Ambrose.

But who mentions him in that manner?

This is the era of batting. With flat decks and big bats.

And yet here's Dale Steyn with a 22.5 avg, a 41 S/R and a killer record in the subcontinent.

That's the clinher for me. Lillee is revered like a God but couldn't cut it in India where as Steyn has killed it over there.

He ticks every single box and deserves to be considered equal to any fast bowler who has ever played the game.

But because he hasn't taken 15 5 fers in Australia you never hear the Aussie commentators give him his dues.

Aussie commentators keep going on about how the current Aussie attack is the best in the world.

Just makes the March tour to Safrica more juicy and anticipated for me.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

He's easily on par with the likes of McGrath, Lillee, Hadlee, Marshall and Ambrose.

But who mentions him in that manner?

This is the era of batting. With flat decks and big bats.

And yet here's Dale Steyn with a 22.5 avg, a 41 S/R and a killer record in the subcontinent.

That's the clinher for me. Lillee is revered like a God but couldn't cut it in India where as Steyn has killed it over there.

He ticks every single box and deserves to be considered equal to any fast bowler who has ever played the game.

But because he hasn't taken 15 5 fers in Australia you never hear the Aussie commentators give him his dues.

Who gives a f**k if Australian commentators give him his dues?

Again, there is an obsession with calling sportsmen in the modern era 'the greatest of all time'. If they are, so they should be. They're full time professionals with everything modern sports science, science, medicine and technology can offer at their disposal.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Aussie commentators keep going on about how the current Aussie attack is the best in the world.

Just makes the March tour to Safrica more juicy and anticipated for me.

And of course Australian commentators are the only ones in the world to talk up their own sportsmen.

 

[ANTiLAG]

And of course Australian commentators are the only ones in the world to talk up their own sportsmen.

Of course not, but they're as notorious for it as the Indian commentary team.

They're selling cricket to their markets.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Lol. Blame Aussie commentators.

What a crock of shit.

Steyn is up there with best. He's given credit here. He's well respected.

f**k there's some dribble go on in here sometimes. It was only last year the commentators were rightfully fapping over Rabada too.

 

[Hutty1986]

SA quicks putting on a clinic here, especially Rabada. Fast, accurate and just relentless. There is going to be unbelievable pressure on Smith snd Warner to score bucketloads of runs if we are going to be competitive over there. Pujara 25* off 84 here and really showing his patience and class.

 

[Bazal]

Steyn was almost universally regarded as the best quick in the world 2-3 years ago. Ludicrous to call him criminally underrated for mine., his fitness is now the question, not his ability.

The SA attack vs the Aussie attack is mouthwatering

 

[Tommy Smith]

SA quicks putting on a clinic here, especially Rabada. Fast, accurate and just relentless. There is going to be unbelievable pressure on Smith snd Warner to score bucketloads of runs if we are going to be competitive over there. Pujara 25* off 84 here and really showing his patience and class.

Pujara is the best no.3 in world cricket. Just ahead of Sir James Vince.

World class Test batsman is Cheteshwar.

He'd probs be dropped for being a turtle if he was an Aussie. Not enough levers.

 

[Bazal]

Pujara is the best no.3 in world cricket. Just ahead of Sir James Vince.

World class Test batsman is Cheteshwar.

He'd probs be dropped for being a turtle if he was an Aussie. Not enough levers.

Better than Kohli IMO.

 

[TheParraboy]

He's easily on par with the likes of McGrath, Lillee, Hadlee, Marshall and Ambrose.

But who mentions him in that manner?

This is the era of batting. With flat decks and big bats.

And yet here's Dale Steyn with a 22.5 avg, a 41 S/R and a killer record in the subcontinent.

That's the clinher for me. Lillee is revered like a God but couldn't cut it in India where as Steyn has killed it over there.

He ticks every single box and deserves to be considered equal to any fast bowler who has ever played the game.

But because he hasn't taken 15 5 fers in Australia you never hear the Aussie commentators give him his dues.

Lillee never played in India

 

[AlwaysGreen]

5/84. These criminally underrated south Africans are doing well.