***Official*** Australia in South Africa

[BeeGee]

Handy little 8th wicket partnership.

The stage is set for Punter to ton up, win the game and secure his place in the team for the next 3 test series.

 

[TumTum]

Can't believe this is only the 1st session, a lot has happened.

 

[TumTum]

The stage is set for Punter to ton up, win the game and secure his place in the team for the next 3 test series.

How many times has that been said in the last 2 years...

 

[Spikey]

so siddle and mj fail to provide the needed breakthrough







jus saying

 

[robelinda]

Steyn will kill us. Rip us apart. Might even do well with the ball too.

 

[Ikki]

Steyn will kill us. Rip us apart. Might even do well with the ball too.

I don't know why but in some perverted way I want to see Johnson open and just shellack the bowlers. If it comes off, great. You knock some shine off the ball, add quick runs, get them on the back foot and you haven't played a specialist bat yet. If it doesn't; not much lost IMO.

 

[Flem274*]

Steyn will kill us. Rip us apart. Might even do well with the ball too.

call.

 

[Spark]

I don't know why but in some perverted way I want to see Johnson open and just shellack the bowlers. If it comes off, great. You knock some shine off the ball, add quick runs, get them on the back foot and you haven't played a specialist bat yet. If it doesn't; not much lost IMO.

Put him at #4 IMO. Not like anyone else is making runs there.

 

[Ikki]

Put him at #4 IMO. Not like anyone else is making runs there.

True. Might as well bump Haddin up too.

 

[uvelocity]

haha imagine the articles written about clarke needing the chop if he did that

 

[Spark]

He already did it once, and we won that game, so

 

[Burgey]

True. Might as well bump Haddin up too.

Our new Haddin-Johnson opening stand racks up 296, secures the win and both are indicted into the CA Hall of Marketable Cricketers.

Edit: indicted not a spelling error.

 

[Howe_zat]

Put him at #4 IMO. Not like anyone else is making runs there.

True. Might as well bump Haddin up too.

Combine this with the "Watson should be in the middle order" and "Clarke and Hussey should be as low down as possible" schools of thought to get:

Hughes
Haddin
Khawaja
Johnson
Ponting
Watson
Siddle
Lyon
Cummins
Clarke
Hussey
--

So, yeah, SA have enough runs now.

 

[uvelocity]

He already did it once, and we won that game, so

pinch hitting an underused tactic imo, but this isn't the time or the place, understand all are being jokers obviously.

 

[Ikki]

pinch hitting an underused tactic imo, but this isn't the time or the place, understand all are being jokers obviously.

Whilst I am kidding I don't think it'd be such a bad idea given Watson's injury.

 

[Spikey]

i've lost my tv and can't find another one


if you know what i mean

oh well. let's see if abc radio online wants to play nice

 

[Spark]

There we go.

 

[Burgey]

Cummins! First up?

That's hit his thumb. Gtfo

 

[TumTum]

lol hot spot fail

 

[Spikey]

so i should have turned off a hour ago?