Markram settling in might make it a non-possibility but if they get all those blokes on deck I’d love to see them back their batting, stick qdk at 6, and play the four main quicks together with maharaj on a regular basis. Might be a means of prolonging steyn’s career.
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Markram settling in might make it a non-possibility but if they get all those blokes on deck I’d love to see them back their batting, stick qdk at 6, and play the four main quicks together with maharaj on a regular basis. Might be a means of prolonging steyn’s career.
Not sure where Steyn is atm.
From what I've read, he's had the okay to resume a couple of times and ruled himself out.
This Olivier is nasty, pretty much 4 balls an over are in his half, comes in off a short run up, but his last couple builds up to 140.
From what I've read, he's had the okay to resume a couple of times and ruled himself out.
This Olivier is nasty, pretty much 4 balls an over are in his half, comes in off a short run up, but his last couple builds up to 140.
Good is understating it, he's a freak.
Genuinely rapid, has the weapons that a fast bowler needs with a searing yorker and nasty bouncer yet is capable of bowling long spells of balls consistently on that awkward length outside off stump. Pretty much the complete package will absolutely love watching him clean up over the next decade. Touch wood but he has shown himself to be pretty durable too in his first couple of years which is the only thing I can conceive would prevent him from becoming one of the greats.
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One of the few young colt fast bowlers to come on the scene over the past 6-7 years that hasn't had injury setbacks. Management, luck, or just has the body for it?
Body for it is the primary factor I reckon. Lean and athletic with a beautiful action, though it probably does help that the Proteas don't play quite the volume of cricket as their English or Australian counterparts. Only limited involvement thus far with the franchise T20 circuit and has yet to tick county cricket off the resume either.
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What's crazy is that at the same age (22 years, 4 months, 21 days), Dale Steyn (by 17/11/2005) had played just 3 Test matches, for a return of 8 wickets and a bowling average of 52.00. It would be a further 2 1/2 years before Steyn played his 22nd Test, and a further 3 years before he played against Australia in a Test match for the first time.
It's insane how good Rabada is at his age, and he's already one of the most lethal strike bowlers of all time.
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Oh AB......
Plz......
Plz......
AB in this mood = untouchable.
Don’t take this as being a nasty question, it’s meant to be a genuine enquiry, but are you a relative newcomer to following cricket? Your comment is spot on by the way - he is special - just the way you worded it makes it sound like you haven’t watched AB much before.
No, I've watched cricket for years. I believe that the word special gets bandied about too freely and that he has proven again he is genuinely special. The pitch seemed slow and the batsmen were struggling, but AB was in a class of his own. We have missed watching him.
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Privileged to turn on the tv and catch AB strut his stuff. The man just has such an enjoyable technique.
Saying that it is not anything standard but just playing the ball brilliantly. Every upcoming player should notice that
he just does what he knows how to and grabs the moment.
Saying that it is not anything standard but just playing the ball brilliantly. Every upcoming player should notice that
he just does what he knows how to and grabs the moment.
Handy T20 hundred from David Miller.
.......in 35 balls.
.......in 35 balls.
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