***Official*** South Africa in Australia 2012

[Spikey]

Names Lyon and Holland as the two best spinners in their eyes.

makes perfect sense

 

[Marius]

So, what are everyone's predictions?

I reckon possibly a close Aussie win, or 1-1.

 

[uvelocity]

Aus 3-0

 

[Spooony]

Aus 3-0

lol
^You seem to forget what happened last time when SA were over there haha

I think it will be close. Either 1-1 or a 2-1 SA win maybe Aussies taking it 2-1. But Smith, Amla and Kallis in form as well as a establish and good pace attack we have the potential to take it. We can only throw it away

 

[uvelocity]

smith, amla, steyn and philander would be your keys. I think we can deal with the rest comfortably.

I hope our fielding is top notch, the slip in standard has bothered me over the last however long

 

[Spark]

Clarke has improved a lot in the last year tbf. Ponting has declined a bit, but he's still obviously better than most of the other candidates we've tried out in the slips of late. 3rd is a worry.

 

[uvelocity]

haha just re-read my post, I don't just mean slips but yeah.

should make steve gary pratt smith 12th

 

[Spooony]

smith, amla, steyn and philander would be your keys. I think we can deal with the rest comfortably.

I hope our fielding is top notch, the slip in standard has bothered me over the last however long

So you include Kallis in with the rest? Duminy averages over 60 in Australia. It will be Alviro Peterson first games vs Australia. Amla scored two centuries in 2 matches the last time and Philander took 14 wickets in 2 matches. To handle them is easier said than done. Dunno who's your pace attack going to be but Starc should really not pose that much a problem

 

[Spark]

Because Duminy's average in Australia is so representative of his career.

 

[Prince EWS]

Alviro Peterson first games vs Australia.

And his last.

 

[Spikey]

i've got the suicide pact drawn up - if duminy scores a ton in the series, we all kill ourselves. godspeed

 

[Prince EWS]

i've got the suicide pact drawn up - if duminy scores a ton in the series, we all kill ourselves. godspeed

I got this.

 

[SeamUp]

And his last.

Probably will be seeing he is 32 at the moment.

Alviro will get a hundred in one knock this series. He is just that sort of player. Might not get going in the rest. Scored a hundred against Australia on a tough pitch already when you toured SAF last.

 

[Prince EWS]

Probably will be seeing he is 32 at the moment.

Alviro will get a hundred in one knock this series. He is just that sort of player. Might not get going in the rest. Scored a hundred against Australia on a tough pitch already when you toured SAF last.

I've had it up to here with scoring annoying hundreds in general; he's not that good. This is going to be the series he finally flops properly in after using up the like of five men in that big knock against England.

Please.

 

[Spikey]

Specialist solution to wicketkeeper dilemma

i'd be happy enough with that.

 

[Spikey]

(also obviously the only reason they're doing this is to make it easier to pick paine)

 

[uvelocity]

that article is so useless

 

[Spikey]

i was able to make a paine joke so it's got some use

 

[Spikey]

'because Michael Hussey has flown back to Australia for personal reasons.'

 

[Prince EWS]

Specialist solution to wicketkeeper dilemma

i'd be happy enough with that.

Can't actually remember who said it - I want to say Ponting but that doesn't seem right - but I believe someone in the Australian setup said the top six was basically set in cement for the South Africa Tests and would be reviewed after that, so I'd be really surprised if Cowan was dropped for Haddin before the series.