***Official*** Australia in South Africa

[TT Boy]

Over 400 runs in Prince's last 3 innings. Fair effort that.

 

[pup11]

Fantastic ton by Prince, even if it was against Hilfenhaus, McDonald and McGain.

What have those two done wrong, McDonald has been toiling away bowling tight overs, and Hilfenhaus has been Australia's second best bowler on show after Siddle.

Its pretty clear that the pitch, even though on the slower side, is a great one to bat on, but the Aussie batsmen failed to apply themselves on it, and eventually 209 in the 1st innings on this track is a very poor effort, and that's the reason why the Aussies are staring down the barrel in this game.

 

[TT Boy]

who ?

What would Australia give for a Cremer or Price?

 

[Rant0r]

That's been the most shocking thing about his bowling tbh, even though you don't expect him to get much turn out of this track, but still one expected him to bowl a lot better than that, it could be nerves, but still was terrible bowling from him nonetheless.

being crook, then sitting in the changerooms with no practice matches for a few weeks probably hasn't helped his cause

 

[Rant0r]

What would Australia give for a Cremer or Price?

i'll assume price is ray price, and yes it would be nice to have him, still don't know who cremer is, but i'm not surprised considering where zimbabwe are at. must be like $10,000 for a loaf of bread now ?

 

[jondavluc]

Craptastic Stuff from Only to Gain he will have to do much better than that in the second innings and the rest of this innings (if Ricky allows it) to show he is good enough for this level of the game.

 

[Prince EWS]

i'll assume price is ray price, and yes it would be nice to have him, still don't know who cremer is, but i'm not surprised considering where zimbabwe are at. must be like $10,000 for a loaf of bread now ?

Cremer's a poor-man's Cullen Bailey, pretty much. Keep him away from Jenner and he'll probably turn out better though.

 

[Rant0r]

yeah i just looked him up, young and full of potential, should have bailed on zimbabwe and qualified somewhere else, like, anywhere

but yes, give him to jenner and he could be bowling flat offies in no time

 

[TT Boy]

 

[Langeveldt]

This is so good to watch, for all the times Warne made our batsmen look like schoolboys, now it's great to see his "replacement" getting thrown back to grade cricket where he belongs.. Fantastic stuff.. One of the worst specialist spin bowlers I have seen in FC cricket, right up there with Chris Schofield and Richard Dawson for mine.. Why aren't Clarke or Katich getting a bowl?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Actually feel sorry for McGain here.

 

[Rant0r]

i'm still blaming the lack of match practice, oh and bringing him on after 56 overs against 2 well set batsmen

we're not all warne

 

[TT Boy]

Well his just bowled a maiden and his economy has now fallen under 10.

 

[Langeveldt]

Actually feel sorry for McGain here.

37, not very good and playing test cricket at Newlands..

I don't

 

[Rant0r]

2 maidens actually, which makes the rest of his overs look a little 'interesting'

i'm only listening on the radio, but has haddin been **** behind the stumps again ?

 

[Rant0r]

37, not very good and playing test cricket at Newlands..

I don't

because south africa are blessed with an abundance of spinning talent...

 

[TT Boy]

because south africa are blessed with an abundance of spinning talent...

Harris, Botha, Tahir > This bloke.

Anyhow, his back on form this over.

 

[Nate]

What have those two done wrong, McDonald has been toiling away bowling tight overs, and Hilfenhaus has been Australia's second best bowler on show after Siddle.

That's very flattering on Hilf.

Apart from you missing the smiley, Hilf and McDonald are not of Test standard and should not be in our side atm.

 

[kingkallis]

Ohh man! 93 from 10? Thats some hammering!

Hope King scores a big 100 here - well done Prince! What a comeback by the gutsy lefty...

 

[kingkallis]

because south africa are blessed with an abundance of spinning talent...

Everyone knows the desperation of the Aussies to find a 'decent' spinner these days!