AB's interview..

AB puts it very well than I ever could - people just need to calm the feck down. Thanks for bringing some sanity to the proceedings AB.

Quote:A lot of people are blaming Dale and Vernon but I honestly believe that the Nos. 9, 10, 11 should never be going for the runs. It's up to the top six to score the runs. If responsibility is going to be thrown around, it's on me, Faf and JP and maybe a little bit on Vern at the end there. The minute Dale walked to the crease, the right thing to do was to save the Test match and I thought they did that brilliantly well.

Quote:There's so many things to take into consideration. People who don't know the game that well will still blame us but if you look at it - wickets in clusters, that always happens at the Wanderers. It was tough for the new batter and that showed when JP came in. Myself and Faf struggled for the first 20 balls, so those are all the things you have to think of. There was a lot of things going through Dale's mind at the end there. So I would say it was a very good draw.

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING ALL THE WHILE. It's not some flat pitch. They had injured Morne and Tahir left. All it would take is one wicket, and before you know it's all over. Stop just thinking in retrospect and take context into picture.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa...03517.html

i still believe they should have tried to win once the opportunity existed but they choked.

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i still believe they should have tried to win once the opportunity existed but they choked.
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Here we go AGAIN. People keep saying that - but welcome back to reality. Did you follow the match? I DID. I know that AB is telling the truth 100%. Ball was behaving oddly - and for all you know, it takes wicket to wicket bowling and BAM. You're toast. With Faf on, Philander could easily take the risk with no much worries. But once their last proper batsman got out, it's not remotely a bad decision to go for a draw.

Faf was playing brilliantly once he got in - really horrible runout that. That's one thing you can "accuse" them of.