Australia V South Africa 5th ODI
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lemonbellaHerschelle 72
Herschelle had an enormous amount of fun whilst batting, if just for ten minutes. He clearly still had packing to do. He gets 70 of those points for being the only player who appealed for one of the wickets. Everyone else was just having way too much fun.
Imaginary Graeme 862
Imaginary Graeme gets extra points for not being so imaginary this time. There were some suspicious emails from "Graeme in South Africa" on the Cricinfo OBO. Graeme is really, *really* bored. Also, when Botha was asked about the captaincy at his interview, he grinned in a way that clearly suggested he'd had a phonecall from Graeme. A very clear phonecall. And an email with a very helpful diagram of the chain of command.
Most of those points, though, are for the wonderful suggestion by Archbishop Desmond Tutu that Iraqis would benefit from their very own Graeme. That is without a doubt the most fantastic theory of international relations I have ever heard.
Amla 19
Whoop! Whenever Hashim Amla gets runs I feel like whooping, so I did. He got a giant cheque even though the Australians cruelly denied him a hundred. If he'd got a hundred he could have been hugged by JP and Archbishop Desmond Tutu would have got to be fantastically enthusiastic again about multi-cultural celebrations. Australians made Archbishop Desmond Tutu sad. That shows what terrible people they are.
McKenzie 9
Yes, yes I know. But he told Lopsy what to bowl and then he got a wicket, and he sensibly got himself out when he realised AB could bat much faster than him.
Also, I can’t mark him low because he'll think it's because of the terrifying male model picture and I don’t want him to be insecure. Even though he should *never* *ever* do that sort of photo shoot again. *ever*
de Villiers 13
AB leapt and yelled and replayed all his catches in the celebration huddle just like a proper keeper. Also, he helpfully told Albie that he might have hurt his leg.
Duminy 9 (47)
It says a lot that a 60 from Duminy is unnoticeable. Most of thsoe main points are for catching David Hussey. I hate David Hussey. More so than I hate Michael Hussey, and that's saying something.
His coolness points are very high because he managed to grin maniacally and pat people enthusiastically but remain incredibly cool. No one else is that cool when grabbing and leaping on their team mates.
Van Jaarsveld 5
He originally didn't get anything because he broke Albie Morkel and touched AB inappropriately in a very presumptuous way, but his presence in the team means I don’t have to rate Kallis, so he has to be rewarded for that.
Older Morkel 17
Gets special points for getting injured in a spectacularly funny way (he flew through the air!) and having to be helped off the ground by his little brother. There's an extra 7 for being so desperate to collect his special Excellentness cheque that he crawled up the steps. Apparently he was also piggy-backed by Morne for the rest of the night. It must have been exciting for him to experience the taller end of the Morkel spectrum.
Trotsky 3
He gets a few more points than usual because he was very clear that Graeme was coming back and Graeme was fantastic.
I suspect someone had reminded him that, whilst he may have moved a few players successfully around the field, so far he hasn’t lost any limbs for the team.
Larger Morkel 9
was a very good senior bowler, even if he clearly doesn’t like being a grown up. Looked mildly concerned about his brother and then proceeded to take the mick. I like that, even at 25, his brother can still order him to give him a piggy back ride.
Parnell 8
Parnell is growing on me, despite his lack of suitably interesting hair
His fantastic run out of Warner made the Aussie commentators moan about the laws of the game, which just proves SA have played them into submission. It was like the 2005 Ashes all over again.
Lopsy 23
I like Lopsy, and not just because of his nickname. He's excellent and smiley and didn’t quite notice he'd got a wicket because he was just having so much fun.
The commentators kept mentioning his "lovely smile", which coming from Tony Grieg is slightly disturbing.
Steyn 37
Gets all those points for just 10 minutes of fielding.10 minutes of fielding *whilst wearing his tongue stud*. If it's against the rules of Chesham High School's PE department, I'm absolutely certain it's against the laws of world cricket. He even stuck it out at Hashim Amla.
I'm far more interested in Dale Steyn's tongue stud than I should be, because in anyone else I'd think it was a bit affected and girly.
Oh, and he made a gesture at the crowd who were obviously yelling at him for being South African and excellent. He's clearly becoming a proper, slightly grumpy fast bowler.
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Date: 2009-01-30 05:41 pm (UTC)I clearly haven't been paying enough attention to him!
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Date: 2009-01-31 06:07 am (UTC)I may have also been busy writing and gone to bed early...
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Date: 2009-01-30 09:16 pm (UTC)At least twice Amla went to throw the ball in and had to stop because there was no one there.
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