***Official*** Australia in South Africa

[Days of Grace]

Gonna flog you ****s so bad.

 

[Son Of Coco]

There's a long way to go yet, and a couple of good balls could change things completely, but it's nice to see us having a decent crack in trying circumstances. Batsmen have largely been patient so far...or out.

 

[Burgey]

Sprays them a lot for a man with his record, does Steyn. It's remarkable. It's like he's a miniature, right handed Johnson sometimes, but with a lot more ability.

 

[Son Of Coco]

If Kallis was a true all-rounder he'd bowl from both ends

 

[Spark]

that's the shot

 

[Burgey]

This whole new era of confident poms is gold!!!!

It's also not true. How would you know from watching Australia last summer and India this winter how England will go against quality bowling when the ball is moving about?

 

[benchmark00]

This is such a good test match pitch.

 

[Woodster]

It's also not true. How would you know from watching Australia last summer and India this winter how England will go against quality bowling when the ball is moving about?

Have you ever seen Jon Trott or Ali Cook bat ?

 

[benchmark00]

Amla fitting his beard in a helmet chin strap #8thwonderoftheworld

 

[Howe_zat]

Have you ever seen Jon Trott or Ali Cook bat ?

I reckon they've all seen enough of Ali Cook batting to last them a while. Anyhoo, Burge has a point.

 

[Furball]

Kallis is bowling some rubbish here.

 

[Burgey]

Have you ever seen Jon Trott or Ali Cook bat ?

Yeah, I saw Cook about two digs away from being dropped against Pakistan in England. He was amazing here, against rank bowling, and was ok without being fantastic against India. He's a good player, I'm simply saying you can't be taking anything in terms of facing consistently good bowling from how he (and indeed England) went out here.

Trott is a lot more compact technically than Cook, IMO.

 

[Woodster]

I reckon they've all seen enough of Ali Cook batting to last them a while. Anyhoo, Burge has a point.

Course he does, I said my comment was only tongue in cheek.

 

[benchmark00]

England chat ========> elsewhere.

 

[Spikey]

that's a nice shot

 

[Burgey]

This is a decent cameo on a difficult deck from Clarke. Hope it becomes substantial.

 

[Howe_zat]

This is rubbish from Kallis.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Have you ever seen Jon Trott or Ali Cook bat ?

To be fair mate, the point still stands I think.

 

[Woodster]

Yeah, I saw Cook about two digs away from being dropped against Pakistan in England. He was amazing here, against rank bowling, and was ok without being fantastic against India. He's a good player, I'm simply saying you can't be taking anything in terms of facing consistently good bowling from how he went out here.

Trott is a lot more compact technically than Cook, IMO.

Trott is better technically, I do think Cook just finds a way to score runs, it mightn't be pretty, but he finds his way of doing it. He does have technical issues, but reckon he has the right mental strength to just work with them and find a way of not getting them exposed, rather than changing his style to eradicate the problems.

Think a lot of teams struggle against top quality bowling in the right conditions.

 

[Spark]

Kallis serving up the leftovers from lunch, evidently