International Cricket

YAWN!!!
I notice you failed to answer my questions about Italy on the football thread. Lets try this... what you doing in England CnC and how long are you allowed to be there?

If you get the chance to see Herath's catch to dismiss Hussey, its worth a look (tu)
I think he was more surprised than anyone that he caught it, not sure about the quadruple tumble theatrics though!!

Dale Steyn and Jacques Kallis look likely to bring up significant individual milestones in the opening test with NZ... hope they both achieve their goals (tu) Difficult to see NZ living with SA, going the full 5 days looks unlikely to me unless someone has an outstanding individual performance.

I reckon NZ will battle to get Amla out, and Kallis at Newlands is always a brick wall. I reckon between these two Proteas are good for almost 300 runs. Add Smith's 17 or so and we good for 350 at the top of the order.

27/4.....Philander on fire

Ou Ryperd Wrote:

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> 27/4.....Philander on fire

The exact words just going through my mind OR (though a couple of very poor efforts from the NZ bats has also snuck in there).

Quickest 5-for... ever? Pearler first up

5 wickets after 10 overs for a bowler with figure's of 5/3/5/5. Surely that's a world record in test cricket?

"Vernon Philander's 25-ball 5-wicket haul is the third fastest in Test match history."

Found this. Anyone knows more please

By fastest five wicket haul, I suspect you mean taking minimum balls to dismiss five batsmen. If that's the case, it happened recently when Shane Watson of Australia took 5 wicket inside 21 balls at Cape Town 2011 but he stayed at the second position because the record belongs to Earnie Toshack of Australia who dismissed 5 Indian batsmen at Brisbane back in 1947 inside just 19 balls, conceeding only 2 runs.

Thanks Madji, that clear's it up then.

Why we play the ''B Grade'' test nations @ this time of the year is beyond me...:S ... Really is a pity that we not in Australia still playing a 5 MATCH TEST SERIES instead of splitting the series up over a year like they did recently...