Cricket season

neigh wrote: 100 % N, but out of runs total of 197 Smith made 100, that tells me a story on its own.

Plenty of cricket matches were one batsmen have made the majority of the runs. I am going purely on the scorecard, the top order failed, Galiem and Sayanvala was the only players that assisted Smith batting at 6 and 7. As per the scorecard and the info on ESPN, three spinners from Bangladesh took 7 wickets, and thats where the problem lies. I doubt those players at that young age must have seen so much spin or turn on the wicket. I never see the match so I dont know how the wicket was prepared, so those players normally facing bouncy wickets in South Africa was in a twirl!!!! That said, two batsmen in the top 5 was out to a medium pacer so those batsmen maybe tried going after him but failed.

Cricket, rugby from winning and being ranked in the first three in the world we have gotten rid of these coaches, staff and selection panels and replaced them with whom ? In SA sports you are only acceptable if you lose much like the CANCER around us. The sad part is when the money runs out and it will (ABSA sponsorship a start ) we will end up supporting other countries (rather like some in CPT=All Blacks) where our talent will be on show.

Just saw this now. Nepal beat New Zeland (U19's World Cup).

Dipendra Singh Airee's throw from the deep-extra cover boundary struck the stumps on the full, running Dale Phillips out and ending New Zealand's chase against Nepal. In the previous over, Airee had swung the match for Nepal, dismissing Nigel Smith and Talor Scott. Near the boundary line, where the reserves were standing, Nepal manager Sudeep Sharma was ecstatic.

Sudeep was elated that Airee, Nepal's finisher with the bat and ball, had closed the match out with his fielding. "Airee is a naturally talented, fit and athletic player. He is an attacking batsman who gives us cameos at No 5 or 6 and bowls good yorkers in the death overs," he said. "Today he threw down the stumps with a direct hit from the sweeper cover boundary, to finish the game."

When asked about Man-of-the-Match Raju Rijal, who had made an important 48, Sudeep said: "Oh you mean captain cool? He is a really cool captain. He bats well and missed out on a fifty today. He has been batting well for a while."

The 32-run win over a Test nation's Under-19 side was just reward for the hard work that the team had put in over the last six months, according to their manager. Part of their motivation also came from the one-wicket win over New Zealand in the 2006 Under-19 World Cup plate final.

"We were definitely aware of our last win over New Zealand," Sudeep said. "The boys were really motivated by that win in 2006. We want to keep our record intact and give respect to the boys who beat New Zealand that time. This win is just fantastic. We are really excited. We have been working very hard for the last 5-6 months. The boys did a tremendous job under coach ‎Jagat Bahadur Tamata."

Sudeep said the team had confidence in their spinners and had felt any score above 230 could be defended. The offspinners Prem Tamang and Sunil Dhamala, left-arm spinner Sushil Kandel and legspinner Sandeep Lamichhane bowled 35 of the innings' 47.1 overs, taking four wickets for 141 runs.

The three run-outs also made a difference. Apparently coach Tamata had been less than satisfied with the side's fielding effort in the warm-up games so he had cranked up the drills in the training sessions leading up to this game.

"The coach really motivated the side for their fielding," Sudeep said. "They practised fielding a lot in the last few days. They were stopping singles and making those three run-outs.

"We knew that anything above 230 was defendable. We have a good spin attack, and we kept confidence in them. Tamang has been playing in this level for the last two years. He is an offspinner who likes to flight the ball. He also has a good quicker ball."

Nepal's next game is on January 30 against Ireland, who were trounced by India, and they are fully focused on qualifying for the second round.

"We are now focused on the next game against Ireland. We want to go match by match but if we can beat Ireland, we have a good chance to go ahead in this tournament," Sudeep said.

Its been a long time since I have been so excited about a young cricketer who has an extremely bright future.... Just been watching to Cobra's vs Dolphins game... This Smith kid is something special... Watch this space, he has a big career ahead of him if he continues to impress like he has today.....

neigh wrote: Our cricket future in SA ? Our U19 team lost to Bangladesh in the World Cup tournament, that with Smith making a ton. The shit starts at school level and worms its way up to senior level.

Now they've lost a match against Namibia.

congratulations to Namibia im sure the coach and selectors of the sa under 19 team will all get a bonus after this tournament..ray Jennings must be having a great laugh...transformation hey

No frigging comment..... :evil:

www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/sa-crickets-damning-weekend-20160201

Thanks TN, now everyone is talking about it, far to late, the writing has been on the wall for ages now. SA sports can never survive......... :evil:

I always find it surprising that there is no talk of demographics or transformation or representivity in sports that have clear, objective benchmarks eg, swimming and athletics to name but two...in those sports, the level of performance of what is required is clearly spelt out and, if you can't make those benchmarks, you need to up your game or you are out...

Most of the talk of demographics or transformation or representivity are in team sports when subjective factors play a greater role...cricket has benchmarks but your performance also depends on your team (mates)...you could have a string of bad scores due to run-outs (an extreme example !!)...with your team mate to blame !!

Advice is for kids from minority groups to focus on sports that have clear, objective benchmarks...the money may be less than team sports but then the only thing that will matter will be performance and not who they are or where they come from...they will be cheered for being a South African who has excelled in their field like Wayde van Niekerk or Anaso Jabodwana in athletics or Chad Le Clos in swimming...

As i have said before...the way SA Sports are being run,there will be no glory for a once proud sporting nation
The only gold we will have is from individual events

Spot on, golf is probably the sport that stands out when it comes to individual performances for me. Stats dont lie over time, in all sports stats can be applied, standards set and accordingly sides picked. Rather like our MR system. Can you imagine if politics was directly involved in horse racing .......all greys would carry top weight. :silly: