Target of 287. Plenty of time still for India, but it looks like knife-edge stuff.
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SA really missed AB de Villiers in England. He has played crucial innings in both tests so far. The difference between him and Bavuma is massive. And in Markram, SA now have a good opener to partner Elgar. Heino Kuhn was totally out of his depth.
I also don't think Domingo was a great coach, whereas I do rate Ottis Gibson.
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With Rabada the natural replacement for the (sadly in my view) increasingly injury prone Steyn, and a reasonable spinner in Maharaj to take over from Tahir, the bowling line up looks settled. Probably the best opening partnership around at the mo and looking strong down to de Kock at 7, this SA could and should be a force for a few years. Their only real issue is the utterly classy Hashim Amla, who's still capable of big scores but seems to be getting out more frequently for low scores in the past year.
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2017 Test matches, W-L-D record by home team, alphabetical
Australia 4-0-1
Bangladesh 1-1-0
England 5-2-0
India 4-1-3
New Zealand 4-1-2
Pakistan* 0-2-0
South Africa 5-0-0
Sri Lanka 2-4-0
West Indies 1-2-0
Zimbabwe 0-1-1
Teams in green had a winning home record in 2017 Tests, and teams in red a losing record. Pakistan of course played their 'home' matches in UAE.
A total of 47 Tests were played last year.
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I know you're going to be itching for the 2016 results.
Australia 3-2-1
Bangladesh 1-1-0
England 4-2-1
India 7-0-1
New Zealand 2-2-0
Pakistan* 2-1-0
South Africa 3-1-2
Sri Lanka 3-0-0
West Indies 0-2-2
Zimbabwe 0-4-0
Total of 47 Test matches played in 2016.
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Ah, go on then, here's 2015 too.
Australia 4-0-2
Bangladesh 0-1-4
England 4-3-0
India 3-0-1
New Zealand 3-0-0
Pakistan* 2-1-0
South Africa 1-1-0
Sri Lanka 4-4-0
West Indies 1-3-1
There were 43 Test matches in 2015, none of them featuring Zimbabwe.
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Well, a handy 153-run victory, with Ngidi picking up six wickets in the second innings. Not a bad debut for the kid.
SA will have a turnover of important players in the next couple of years. Amla and AB are in approaching their mid-thirties, as are Faf and Elgar, and Philander and Morkel are over 30 as well.
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Here's the 2018 calendar of confirmed Test matches so far. Dates refer to the first day of each match, and the brackets show the match's position within a series.
Jan
Wed 24 - South Africa v India (3/3)
Wed 31 - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (1/2)
Feb
Thu 08 - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (2/2)
Mar
Thu 01 - South Africa v Australia (1/4)
Fri 09 - South Africa v Australia (2/4)
Thu 22 - New Zealand v England (1/2) (day/night)
Thu 22 - South Africa v Australia (3/4)
Fri 30 - New Zealand v England (2/2)
Fri 30 - South Africa v Australia (4/4)
Sometime in March-April: West Indies v Bangladesh (2), Zimbabwe v Pakistan (2)
May
Fri 11 - Ireland v Pakistan (1/1)
Thu 24 - England v Pakistan (1/2)
Jun
Fri 01 - England v Pakistan (2/2)
Wed 06 - West Indies v Sri Lanka (1/3)
Thu 14 - West Indies v Sri Lanka (2/3)
Sat 23 - West Indies v Sri Lanka (3/3)
Sometime in Jun-Jul: Zimbabwe v Australia (1) and Australia v Bangladesh (2)
Aug
Wed 01 - England v India (1/5)
Thu 09 - England v India (2/5)
Sat 18 - England v India (3/5)
Thu 30 - England v India (4/5)
Sometime in Aug-Sep: Sri Lanka v South Africa (3)
Sep
Fri 07 - England v India (5/5)
Sometime in Oct-Dec: Sri Lanka v England (3), India v West Indies (3), South Africa v Zimbabwe (1), Pakistan v New Zealand (3), Bangladesh v West Indies (2), the start of Australia v India (4), New Zealand v Sri Lanka (2)Last edited by Kevin S; 17-01-2018, 11:08.
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CWC 2019 jobs in case an OTFer or a friend might be interested?
https://www.globalsportsjobs.com/emp...orld-cup-2019/
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Appears to be a legitimate free stream of Zimbabwe chasing Bangladesh's 216.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9iPHzLF8yM
Edit - yes, this is the official stream from GTV, the state broadcaster in Ghana.Last edited by Kevin S; 23-01-2018, 11:23.
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