South African and Netherlands match could have been called a no match before last evening’s upset when in Bangalore Ireland made a bold statement by beating England. The match had its ups and downs but a great inning from O’Brien changed everything and brought the match to Ireland.
So despite having the biggest names in cricket South Africa will not take another team from Europe lightly. The same team had given a good fight to England in the past so being wary of its true intent is very important for the South African cricket team.
Kallis, Hashim Amla, Smith and other top level batsmen have the potential to win the match singlehandedly for their team, nonetheless South African captain is aware enough not to take them challenge very lightly.
Morkel and Steyn are the bowlers who can destroy the best of the bowling attack with their lethal speed, swing and variation. They had amply showed it against Australia prior to the tournament and against India in the recently concluded series against South Africa there itself.
A commentator while writing on the lethal bowling attack of the duo writes, “Actually Morkel in general is always quicker than Steyn. But Steyn has so much exceptional ability to swing and reverse swing the ball even at relatively lower speeds that most people usually concentrate on the swing and so usually are under the (wrong) impression that Steyn always bowls express speed. But he doesn't always. On the contrary Morkel does that more often. As for this match, SA should use this match to get back to full rhythm before the two big ones”.
So despite having the biggest names in cricket South Africa will not take another team from Europe lightly. The same team had given a good fight to England in the past so being wary of its true intent is very important for the South African cricket team.
Kallis, Hashim Amla, Smith and other top level batsmen have the potential to win the match singlehandedly for their team, nonetheless South African captain is aware enough not to take them challenge very lightly.
Morkel and Steyn are the bowlers who can destroy the best of the bowling attack with their lethal speed, swing and variation. They had amply showed it against Australia prior to the tournament and against India in the recently concluded series against South Africa there itself.
A commentator while writing on the lethal bowling attack of the duo writes, “Actually Morkel in general is always quicker than Steyn. But Steyn has so much exceptional ability to swing and reverse swing the ball even at relatively lower speeds that most people usually concentrate on the swing and so usually are under the (wrong) impression that Steyn always bowls express speed. But he doesn't always. On the contrary Morkel does that more often. As for this match, SA should use this match to get back to full rhythm before the two big ones”.
