stefan
International Coach
Hopefully Ntini will be dropped now, you got your 100th cap mate now give the youngsters a chance. Worst thing possible will be to play him for 3-4 more matches until he gets his 400th scalp.
He has set his place in Test cricket history, now is the time to gracefully step aside and let someone else have a chance. I think giving him the last over might have been a mistake, he never looked threatening all match (Strauss wicket was a fluke, like Amlas) and it was more a romanticism that he would take the last wicket than anything else.
Eagerly waiting the fitness report, as much as I want to see Steyn play, im sure the England boys dont.
If it was just a cricketing decision there would be no doudt that ntini would be dropped for the next test if steyn is fit. Unfortuantly this isn't that straightforward due to the political implications.
Pretty sure Steyn will pass the fitness test. He said yesterday he feels he will be 100%. The fact that kallis will most likely be fit to bowl for durban also counts in steyn's favor.
DE villiers just like parnel need to do more in fc cricket. Both have bowled well in odi cricket but haven't done it in fc cricket.