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d jacques kallis for the tournament look set to be stuck without star pacer dale steyn steyn is reportedly likely to miss the match due to a side strain worryingly too for the proteas quinton de kock has been summoned to england there could well be some underlying reason pertaining to ab de villiers recurring back problem india too are without many of the stars that have made the team so formidable in the past virendher sehwag sachin tendulkar yuvraj singh and yusuf pathan are all non present at the champions trophy and suddenly the side looks more bark less bite key players morne morkel will be crucial to south africa s hopes of victory particularly if dale steyn doesn t play tomorrow the lanky pacer has the ability to rip through any batting line up on his day and he ll need to be in top form to do so tomorrow able support will be found in the likes of lonwabo tsotsobe and ryan mclaren but morkel will need to finally make the step up from being the guy that partners steyn virat kohli is seen as the next big thing and with figureheads like tendulkar and sehwag absent he ll need to take over the batting responsibility at the top of the order his insane talent gives him ample resources to do so but so many have wasted extreme talent in the face of huge pressure he ll be hoping not to form into a similar trap categories general tags ab de villiers dale steyn india jacques kallis lonwabo tsotsobe quinton de kock ryan mclaren south africa why jonathan should trott on may 27 2013 eagerbrad leave a comment despite their side having a monolithic 296 run lead with two days to go england fans still managed to find negatives in their performance in a way only the english can jonathan trott bore the brunt of a bitterly bored english public s wrath the anglo anchor was accused of batting too negatively given the match situation the fans wanted quick runs so that they could declare early and ensure that they had enough time to get the woeful new zealand batting line up out trott the stonewall all he is and all he ll ever be photo credit wikipedia now i understand their reasoning who would say no to quick runs at that situation however there is a crucial point that they all seemed to miss jonathan trott isn t a quick starter never has been never will be it s part of the trott package that he won t walk out and bash a run a ball 20 to get going if there was a problem with yesterday s batting it was the fault of those in leadership trott was never going to walk out and score quick runs he s a great anchor but that s as far as he goes he s done so well because he knows where his limits lie expecting him to come out and attack from the get go would be a bit like trying to get virendher sehwag to come out and block players like trott and sehwag know their limitations and have built their careers around sticking to their strengths if england really needed some firepower yesterday they could easily have pushed matt prior up the order so let s stop with the trott hate categories general tags england jonathan trott matt prior new zealand trott why lyon is better than ashwin march 1 2013 eagerbrad leave a comment nathan lyon ploughed through a strong indian batting line up earning three gritty wickets for his toil the lyon hearted offie was impressively resiliant showing no change of emotion in his face even after reaching a vilestone of 200 runs conceded he maintained the proud australian spin tradition attitude gets wickets and his wickets can be attributed to his i ll keep on bowling with no change of facial expression even though i m getting pummelled more than a boxing bag in mike tyson s garage attitude ashwin however was an utter disappointment his 7 fa in the first innings showed promise but he fell away in the second innings taking just 5 scalps when your spinner is getting less wickets in the second innings there is cause for concern journalists scrambled to find ashwin s family tree to search for any south african links that could let them attribute his choke to his genes but the lack of any connections has led experts to believe that he is just a poor spin bowler so as we head into the second tests australia will be pleased with the gritty promise shown by lyon whilst india may look to replace ashwin with slow left armer ojha you heard it here first and last categories uncategorized the underachieving test xi february 19 2013 eagerbrad leave a comment but just one more chance photo credit wikipedia there is a standard path to international cricket club to seconds seconds to professional professional to tests a standard slight statistical drop when reach the next standard is to be expected as it is a higher level than that which the player has been playing usually the player makes up the skill difference fairly quickly but not always i have decided to compile a team of players who on fc statistics looked set to have a solid test career but somehow managed to stuff it up off we go 1 wasim jaffer anyone who averages over 50 in fc cricket has to be doing something right sure sub continental pitches are easier to bat on blah blah blah but 51 is quality by anyone s standards in comparison legendary indian opener virender sehwag averages under 50 as does the young hope of the nation virat kohli you d therefore expect him to be quite a hit on the test scene right wrong in the 31 tests he played he averaged just 34 1 that including an average of 69 against bangladesh and 44 against a weak post 2000 west indies bowling attack you d understand if he was battling after 10 matches but 31 is a large enough sample size to prove your worth gautam gambhir was given a go due to jaffer s failings and the rest was history rumour has it he could be looking at playing more tests in the near future so we ll have to see what happens although at this point in his career you d think it s a bit late any batsman whose name means great ball the batsman couldn t play that in cricket terms isn t exactly destined for greatness 2 nick knight prolific odi batsman knight s test failure was a large surprise to many avid followers of english cricket everything pointed towards him having the potential to be a genuine 40 averaging opener an odi batting average over 40 showed that his mental game was up to the harsh international stage and his fc batting average of nearly 45 showed that he wasn t just a short format bully alas 17 tests at an average of 24 were all his talented frame could churn out once you realise that 4 of those were against zimbabwe it looks even worse some believed he should have got more chances but the ineptitude of his past performances were too much for the selectors to overlook knight in shining armour more like knight impaled on the spears of the opposition 3 mark ramprakash the xi was made for him or so you d believe when you take a look at his statistics he was the best batsman in the county championship for a long period and it ensured that he managed to earn him 52 test caps despite his consistent failings at international level his fc statistics are incredible a fc average of 53 over 461 matches and nearly 36000 runs is good in any fc league in the world so in the highly competitive county championship it was impossible to ignore too bad he had the mentality of a straw when it came to international cricket ie his mentality sucked it s disappointing that someone of such obvious pedigree and ability couldn t leave his mark on the international game next edition we will reveal nos 4 to 7 categories general tags mark ramprakash nick knight test cricket wasim jaffer leaked pakistan s tactics for the second test february 12 2013 eagerbrad 1 comment herein lie our tactics for the second test against south africa this information is incredibly top secret please don t let this get into any wrong hands particularly not that pesky cows corner blogger could it be real even more hair photo credit wikipedia graeme smith you hardly need tactics against smith when you have a left armer bowl junaid at him until smith departs he shouldn t last longer than 15 balls against junaid as he walks off get junaid to rasp at him with a thick irish accent smitheh baby have a guiness for meh maybe it ll cancel out your tipsy balance alviro petersen this is a guy that likes to keep a low profile he s done very well over the past while averaging well into the 40s you d never guess though due to his ability to slip under the radar therefore our best tactic would be to push him into the media limelight start with little hints such as robin peterson he s not even the best peterson in the team then progress to petersen is a key member of their batting line up if we get him early it gives us a huge advantage finally end with smith is to petersen as the side kick usually is to the main villain usually looks hilariously idiotic and not nearly as effective that ll get smith s blood boiling too hashim amla at this point it d be best to confirm that there will be a new addition to the squad saeed anwar will be joining the team and upon amla s arrival to the crease will be placed at short leg his job will be to whisper to amla cute stubble bud and welcome to the big league jacques kallis we will be paying a hair growth company to advertise on the big scoreboard you think jacques hair growth was amazing please we ll grow you more hair on your head than anwar has on his chin if that doesn t get jakes retiring his innings and running back into the changeroom to fetch his cellphone we re screwed ab de villiers organise him and his band a few big gigs after the tasks of keeping batting and the built upon pressure of his odi captaincy woes of the past this will be one task too many expect more emotional fireworks than you d find literal ones at an ipl final faf du plessis when he walks out to bat scream 97 20 you re no bradman then all fielders should violently beat their chests and shout me see ball me hit ball with stick dean elgar we don t really know much about him we don t really care either just get irfan to bowl at his head robin peterson formerly famed as arguably the worst spinner in international cricket he has since had a spurt of form which has resulted in him thinking he is a test standard bowler smash him for a few sixes and it ll be back to the good ol days or else you ll feel good about yourself anyway vernon philander plant both feet on your off stump and sit the bat straight up directly in line with off philander either seams it onto fourth stump or lets it go straight on to off with the above tactic you ll have both deliveries covered simple right dale steyn have a wild swing at his first few and connect one or two of the swings for six that ll get him angry and bowling bouncers then just get your duck on put your bat on your toes and get ready for the short stuff any surprise yorkers will be covered by your toe sitting bat morne morkel partner anwar with the 7 1 mohammed irfan up front with the bat rumour has it that irfan is a decent bat but struggles against most bowlers because he can t bend down enough to reach their deliveries morkel will provide him with a barrage of half volleys plan b duck the above blog post is fictitious none of the above has actually been leaked it would be great to see some of it happen though don t ya think categories uncategorized tags ab de villiers alviro petersen dale steyn graeme smith hashim amla jacques kallis robin peterson vernon philander kallis the unsung hero february 11 2013 eagerbrad 1 comment kallis and dravid the two unsung heroes of their generation photo credit royal challengers bangalore it s a bit ironic isn t it an entire article dedicated to highlighting kallis status as an under the radar great for a great he is his status as one of the top two batting all rounders of all time is unquestioned and he is the first name entered onto a south african all time greatest xi he is bulldozing his way towards becoming the first cricketer ever to score 13000 runs as well as claim 300 wickets in tests a feat not even close to being paralleled as of now and one that seems unlikely to be surpassed in the foreseeable future that much is universally accepted and rightly so what isn t quite as convincingly accepted is the claim of his fanboys that he is on a par with tendulkar lara and ponting on batting alone is he kallis has the best batting average of the bunch but this is often muffled by claims that he is a minnow bully which has bumped up his batting average however after the removal of matches against zimbabwe and bangladesh he still sits with the highest test average out of the foursome kallis 54 05 tendulkar 51 50 lara 52 53 ponting 51 11 some would consider new zealand and sri lanka to be easy pickings too so i tested the stats with them removed kallis still easily came out on top kallis 54 95 tendulkar 50 82 lara 51 20 ponting 51 33 of course ponting and lara s statistics both include their end of career slumps which must be taken into consideration so too has tendulkar suffered from an age induced slump over the past year or so the gap between the respective averages though highlights the leeway kallis still has during his expected forthcoming slump that said his age of 37 combined with his extra responsibility of bowling should means that he should already be suffering from a slump his maintained ability is something else that should distinguish him as a class act in itself why then is kallis generally seen as being a step below the other three on crickets ladder of batting legends well the answer is quite simple his x factor is often seen as a negative when being judged against the x factors of his competitors tendulkar successfully carried the weight of a billion people s hopes on his shoulders and did so in arguably the most elegant manner ever witnessed in the history of test cricket lara personified a unique flair that made him an absolute joy to watch and he managed to maintain this flair despite being in a weak batting line up ponting led one of the greatest teams in history with a hard nosed gritty manner kallis he is the most solid batsman of his generation rahul dravid was nicknamed the wall in comparison kallis was and is the kevlar coated wall of lead he had the ability to stick it out for hours in the most gruelling of circumstances noone of his generation could or can compete with kallis in the defensive stakes this ability often proved to be his biggest criticism he was often labelled as selfish and boring but what he brought to a fragile south african batting line up was absolutely invaluable even as one of his biggest fans i ll admit that he sometimes defended too much when the situation needed aggression but no player is perfect even donald bradman was only 99 94 perfection another idea often vaunted by kallis fans is that he could have performed even better to a point where he would have easily trumped the other big names had he not had the added responsibility of his heavy handed pace bowlin...