AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
The line is a bit bigger though
Philander in line after Herath
Bavuma might have to wait a bit longer
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***Official*** Australia in South Africa + South Africa in Australia 2016/17
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Philander in line after Herath
Bavuma might have to wait a bit longer
AndyZaltzHair
Hall of Fame Member
Makes a bit of sense now
GotSpin
Hall of Fame Member
Is there a better pundit than Ponting right now? Not in my books
Ponting wasn’t impressed with Warner’s shot on a green deck and with the ball moving around.
“He has got the knack of setting innings up pretty quickly like he did in Perth,” Ponting told BT Sport.
“But that to me is still quite reckless as a shot for an opening batsman.
“On these sort of pitches, you are looking to score the majority of your early runs off the back foot; defend well on the front foot, leave on the front foot, wait for the bowlers to get a little bit short, and make them pay.”
Ponting wasn’t impressed with Warner’s shot on a green deck and with the ball moving around.
“He has got the knack of setting innings up pretty quickly like he did in Perth,” Ponting told BT Sport.
“But that to me is still quite reckless as a shot for an opening batsman.
“On these sort of pitches, you are looking to score the majority of your early runs off the back foot; defend well on the front foot, leave on the front foot, wait for the bowlers to get a little bit short, and make them pay.”
Gnske
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Reminder it's only a bad shot because he got out in the book of TJB.
But yeah Ponting is fantastic
morgieb
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Hmmm think Warner has to earn far more of a blame for this Test than Smith (though his batting with the tail was not good). I do have concerns over his captaincy, but am not convinced Warner would be much better.
Who's the best captain at Shield level? Wonder if we should just go full Brearley and pick a player on his leadership, because this side has none of it.
YorksLanka
International Debutant
85ao?
will smith need another"rest" again soon?
will smith need another"rest" again soon?
GotSpin
Hall of Fame Member
#Comeoutofretirementponting
Gnske
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Bailey probably? Unless Head's is much better than I think.
burr
State Vice-Captain
Yes, because that is the problem here.
Warner gets too much love on this forum. He has an abysmal away record and as far as I'm concerned rarely performs when it counts.
Warner as captain? Honestly? I know Smith is pretty average, but haven't Australia's troubles centred around their batting? I can only think Smith's part in the environment could impact on that, and even then that's much more of a Lehmann issue. And David Warner is a good/great player whatever, but what evidence suggests that Warner has any idea how to captain a side, how to lead a side, how to deal with the media, the pressure, etc.
Seems to me like the selectors and Lehmann should be in the gun before Smith.
Seems to me like the selectors and Lehmann should be in the gun before Smith.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
Loved Warne and Taylor going full Shastri last night and shilling hard with regards to Mennie's batting on behalf of CA.
Almost like someone had a word in their ear.
Almost like someone had a word in their ear.
Bailey?
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Just have to cop Smith as captain regardless of how bad he is IMO; there are no better candidates.