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***Official*** Australia in South Africa + South Africa in Australia 2016/17

StephenZA

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Happy to be very wrong..... Miller best innings for SA by a million miles (and he did it on one leg!).

Aus lost the game when they wasted their review....

Glad to see Andile get runs (even if a few of them were lucky!)
 
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SeamUp

International Coach
Super stoked for Dave Miller. Let's not forget how gun he has been in the field this series as he has always been good but he has raised it another level that guys like Faf, Duminy and Rossouw are a rung below. Two strings to his bow is crucial because he is that good in the field.

Exciting to see young guys like Andile step up. Probably want to see Shamsi get a game or two now.
 

weldone

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David Miller is quite possibly the best fielder in the world now. I know he has tough competition from many, but he's at least as good as anyone really.
 

social

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Whilst it may be possible to pick a select a worse Oz attack by randomly picking names of domestic bowlers out of a hat, I doubt that any combination would be significantly worse than this lot

Put it down to experience and consign the records to the trash
 

theegyptian

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Ab will tune up his bowling arm just in time for the next WC again. Nothing can go wrong.



Warner moving closer to his rightful position as captain of Australia.
 

Zinzan

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Am I wrong to look at that Australian scorecard & conclude Smith might have actually batted a touch too slowly on that wicket in spite of getting a run a ball 100?
 

Burgey

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Mate they made 370. If you can't defend 370 I reckon the fault probably lies with your bowlers.
 

Top_Cat

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Epic knock by Miller, tho. Honestly thought the bowling was okay in general, just think Miller tuned the Aussies tonight.
 

Zinzan

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Mate they made 370. If you can't defend 370 I reckon the fault probably lies with your bowlers.
True to an extent, but when the par run-rate for both sides was close to 8s, and Smith used more than one-third of his sides deliveries to score at 6s, that's quite a difference. Can only think it was an absolute belter of a pitch.
 

TheJediBrah

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Hundreds mean **** all any more

I look at the scorecard, see that Warner and Smith made 100s, and just think "meh they should have done it faster". Back in the day 100 runs was a big deal, even if it took 130+ balls. These days it takes a 70 ball ton or 160+ to have any real impact for me.

Depends on conditions of course, but seems like a high proportion of ODIs these days are played in 350 par conditions.

Goddamn we suck
I keep thinking "yeah but all our good bowlers are injured and rested". But when you think about, this bowling attack is what we'll be left with if our best 7-8 bowlers do end up injured at the same time, which could actually potentially happen given their history.

True to an extent, but when the par run-rate for both sides was close to 8s, and Smith used more than one-third of his sides deliveries to score at 6s, that's quite a difference. Can only think it was an absolute belter of a pitch.
when Steyn goes for 96 in an ODI, fair bet it's a belter
 
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OverratedSanity

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Glad Miller is living up to some of his potential. I've always been surprised by his relatively poor performances in ODIs.
 

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