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***Official*** Australia in South Africa + South Africa in Australia 2016/17
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WindieWeathers
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So who will replace Lehman if the axe falls lads? I guess Gillespie would be the obvious choice now or is anyone else in the mix? It's hard to see how Aus can recover from this without any profound changes to the set-up tbh. They look totally devoid of confidence and that's no surprise when you lose five tests in a row so heavily. The attack is fine bar Siddle so it's just a matter of finding another pacer to compliement Starc and Hazelwood. But that batting order is just tragic right now and according to Chapple the cupboard is bare where young batsmen coming through are concerned. Will be very interesting to see how cricket Australia react to this crisis. Certainly winning the last game will at least inspire a bit of hope and may keep Lehman in the job but I wouldn't bet on that happening right now.
vcs
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Yeah, I'm being Captain Hindsight here. He was pretty brilliant in the ODI series in India before that, and scored a century against England in the 4th Test I think. And he's been uniformly brilliant in all formats since then.
indiaholic
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I think there was a Bangladesh tour around that time where he was woeful?
OverratedSanity
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Yeah he definitely wasn't in good touch. And that India tour probably wouldn't have done his confidence much good.
vcs
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That Bangladesh series was barely any sample size, both games got washed out and there were 1-2 completed innings for SA. I think Vilas got picked for the 2nd game and didn't get to bat.
QdK should have been picked on the basis of the A tour to India and the ODI series, but they probably thought it wasn't sufficient grounds to drop Vilas right away without giving him a chance.
QdK should have been picked on the basis of the A tour to India and the ODI series, but they probably thought it wasn't sufficient grounds to drop Vilas right away without giving him a chance.
indiaholic
International Captain
Yep probably wanted to give Vilas a chance.
He was not good in the ODIs and T20s in Bangladesh. So maybe they factored that in too?
He was not good in the ODIs and T20s in Bangladesh. So maybe they factored that in too?
Prince EWS
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Yeah it was fine at the time. Even from the perspective of de Kock himself, he was batting with an absolute needle at the time and it was an absurdly hard tour for an out of form South African bat to have to go on. Medium term it could have helped him to not have not played that series.
Black_Warrior
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Lehman is not getting the axe for one home series loss. Changes will probably take place after the India series drubbing next year but even then..Lehman might not be the guy to get the chop. He has a lot of goodwill and the overall perception has been that he has been good for Australian cricket. He has a contract till 2019
Gob
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Architecting ain't easy. Since you are all craving for my posts, here's my two cents. I'm bit surprised with the sudden fall of the cliff since i thought they started to put together a decent team after NZ win specially given the side was pretty young. I've actually marked down both SL and this series as Aust wins along with Pakistan one at the time before losing in India.
Its easy to blame Smith but the problems are the same old ones. Can't play the moving ball and can't play the spinning ball
indiaholic
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Is this the lowest number of balls Australia has faced in a home test?
CapeTown Guy
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The fewest since Bradman's debut, I think I read.
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No idea, but it's probably the lowest number of balls they've played with
Lowest combined total and balls faced in a home test since bradmans debut test in 1928
morgieb
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Since the start of the 20th Century, I think so. The only time it might have happened was the 1880's.
Howe_zat
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As far as I can tell, no, though they have been beaten 1-0 and 2-0 in the early days, and been 3-0 down before winning a dead rubber.
flibbertyjibber
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They actually do have a few similarities at present. A couple of bats who are miles better than the rest and you get them it is all over and a couple of good pace bowlers who have no runs on the board to work with so have to bowl brilliantly just to keep the side in the game. They haven't reached our ****wittery on team changes yet though but that may change for next week.