http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Geoffrey-Boycott-c58776 hails the great talent of the Proteas - Cricket News Update
The South African dominance over the English team hasn’t surprised the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 captain, Geoffrey Boycott, who said that he knew that the star power in the Proteas’ squad makes them a very good side and the team to beat.
Boycott was all-praise for the visitors, who overthrew their hosts from the top of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 rankings table in both, Tests and ODIs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 clinched the three-match Investec Test series 2-0 before continuing their commanding performance in the shorter format where they are currently leading the five-match NatWest ODI series 1-0.
Talking about the star players in the South African dressing room, the 71-year-old started off by hailing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692 as the best all-rounder of the past two decades. Kallis scored a fantastic unbeaten 182 in the first Test at the Oval and was further
involved in a record-breaking partnership that set up an innings’ victory against the home side.
“For me Jacques Kallis is the best cricketer in the last twenty years, he’s a fantastic cricketer,” Boycott added.
Boycott further admired Hashim Amla’s stylish batting, and said that he is a ‘joy to watch’. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamisi-Abdallah-c61368 is by far the best batsman in the ongoing series and has so far accumulated 632 runs, with three centuries including a triple ton (311*).“Amla is a wonderful
batsman, he always looked a good player.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 De Villiers what a player he is!”
Admiring the consistency shown by the bowling-trio of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 captain termed the Proteas bowling attack as the best in the world at present.
The trio bagged a collective tally of 38 wickets between them. Steyn was the highest wicket-taker in the Test series with 15 wickets, followed by Philander (12) and Morkel (11).
“Steyn is quite rightly the number one bowler in the world and he reminds me of Richard Hadlee. Morne Morkel reminds me of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Joel-Garner-c67141, tall and he gets extra bounce.”
“He gets wickets for next to no runs, he gets wickets faster than anyone in history,” Boycott spoke of Philander.
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