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

[slippy888]

wasted review

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Send Smith to Cape Town so he can watch and listen better

 

[Starfighter]

I'd like Mennie to get a wicket, he's been decent enough, but that was in hope rather than expectation.

 

[slippy888]

Don't think that's outside the line, looks plumb.

your a bad umpire mate

 

[morgieb]

Ah shows why I'm not an umpire. If the first one wasn't reviewed it would be fair enough, in that situation I'd struggle to be convinced to roll the dice though. Maybe if you were 8 or 9 down.

 

[slippy888]

I'd like Mennie to get a wicket, he's been decent enough, but that was in hope rather than expectation.

i dont think mennie is a test bowler he barely bowls over 80 mph, he like a mark ealham type bowler

 

[Victor Ian]

I'm a big fan of Lyon, but then again, I was a big fan of Greg Ritchie. I can accept him being dropped. Smith doesn't know how to use him (not sure if Lyon knows how to use himself). Let Smith choose his team so that he can choose bowlers he can use (or at least thinks he can).

Game on. I can see Australia putting on 500+ and declaring tomorrow before stumps.

 

[burr]

Stuff like that is so frustrating. Making sensible, tactical reviews is something you can do a lot of work on and improve. Does lehmann and aust mgt work with smith on that. Probably not.

 

[slippy888]

bavauma is not a world beater but this is a world class innings from him

 

[Stace]

I'm a big fan of Lyon, but then again, I was a big fan of Greg Ritchie. I can accept him being dropped. Smith doesn't know how to use him (not sure if Lyon knows how to use himself). Let Smith choose his team so that he can choose bowlers he can use (or at least thinks he can).

Game on. I can see Australia putting on 500+ and declaring tomorrow before stumps.

You mean SA?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Very early in his career but QDK looks like he could be a better player than Boucher was for SA. Shows how good he is that you can even think that at this early stage.

 

[slippy888]

drop

 

[StephenZA]

Very early in his career but QDK looks like he could be a better player than Boucher was for SA. Shows how good he is that you can even think that at this early stage.

He will be a far better player than Boucher... but can see him moving into top 4 in his career and a new young wicket keeper taking over.

 

[Burgey]

Stuff like that is so frustrating. Making sensible, tactical reviews is something you can do a lot of work on and improve. Does lehmann and aust mgt work with smith on that. Probably not.

He's at second slip so I imagine he'd be looking at it as a good shout but taking a fair bit of an idea from his keeper, bowler and first slip. The former should be the best judge, the latter is Voges and his eyes don't work anymore as we've seen when he bats, and the bowler is on debut and understandably would be screaming for anything.

 

[slippy888]

cant drop those

 

[Starfighter]

not sure if Lyon knows how to use himself.

This is part of his problem. He doesn't seem top be able plan a batsmen out. He just bowls the same thing over again and gets wickets through persistence. Sure he won us the Adelaide test against India with that strategy, but you'd think that as this point he'd have some sort of variation in his game.

Thanks Fergo for costing Joe a first test wicket.

 

[straw man]

Impressive start to Bavuma's test career. I keep thinking that a tall outswing bowler like Southee or Hazelwood should be able to exploit his fondness for hitting through the covers to get him edging behind, but it hasn't happened so far - his shot selection has been good.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

bavauma is not a world beater but this is a world class innings from him

I like him as he is a good foil for some of the more attacking players in the side. You need a batting unit and this lad is a big part of it.

 

[StephenZA]

200 run lead... another great sessions, boys.

 

[Starfighter]

cant drop those

Thank you Captain Obvious.