***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2018

[slippy888]

34 years of age Australia need to look at the future now and bring in the likes of Head,Lynn into test team

 

[Daemon]

Bancroft looks like a walking wicket atm

 

[TheJediBrah]

Slippy I love you but Head is ****ing crap and Lynn can't even stay standing in a vertical position for more than an hour without his shoulder inexplicably falling out

 

[StephenZA]

de Bruyn comes in. No Mulder or Ngidi. Fair enough imo.

Without Starc and Cummins that Australian lower order looks awful. MMarsh, Paine at 6/7..eugh.

Good selection, going back to the tried tested 7 batsmen, not throwing Mulder/Ngidi into a charged series straight away. I would assume that Bavuma still not 100% fit.

 

[Daemon]

Dunno if Philander bowling so full is good. He isn't like most other bowlers that beat the bat without getting edges when they bowl back of a length. His little deviations when the ball hits the seam on that length are what gets him wickets.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Border at commentary? I thought he was 100 years old..how is he still on 2 feet

 

[TheJediBrah]

Commentators get chairs

 

[Gnske]

That was genius from Bancroft

 

[StephenZA]

Philander guy looks pretty good.... nice wicket!

 

[Gob]

**** im surprised

 

[Starfighter]

Well done Cameron!

 

[Black_Warrior]

Dropping Renshaw and then to have a makeshift test opener makes zero sense. Renshaw struggled in Asia where he was touring for the first ****ing time.Still averages 59 in Australia. Shouldn't have been dropped in the first place

 

[Starfighter]

Dropping Renshaw and then to have a makeshift test opener makes zero sense. Renshaw struggled in Asia where he was touring for the first ****ing time.Still averages 59 in Australia. Shouldn't have been dropped in the first place

I don't suppose you were aware of his Renshaw's form earlier in the shield season. And Bancrofts (on the flat Perth pitch)

 

[vcs]

Reetam: "Amidst all the hurrah for Smith, people are not looking at him objecctively. He is yet to score a defining innings as yet on a green-top or a rank-turner (Pune doesn't count coz he was dropped 6 times en route his 100). Cook has a Mumbai 2012,Kohli has an Adelaide 2014, where is Smith?"

I hope Smith doesn't get too big for his boots, he may have scored bucketloads of runs everywhere, but Reetam from cricinfo isn't quite convinced yet.

 

[Black_Warrior]

I don't suppose you were aware of his Renshaw's form earlier in the shield season. And Bancrofts (on the flat Perth pitch)

I don't follow Shield but if you've picked a young Test opener, I would give him more than few test matches especially after he showed reasons to stick with him. A full home Ashes season against hapless England would have helped him establish himself better.

 

[Spikey]

it's almost as if you shouldn't take form too seriously

 

[Gnske]

I hope Smith doesn't get too big for his boots, he may have scored bucketloads of runs everywhere, but Reetam from cricinfo isn't quite convinced yet.

Yes, Adelaide 2014 was a real greentop and Kohli was in constant peril during those tons

 

[Starfighter]

I hope Smith doesn't get too big for his boots, he may have scored bucketloads of runs everywhere, but Reetam from cricinfo isn't quite convinced yet.

What a silly person.

I don't follow Shield but if you've picked a young Test opener, I would give him more than few test matches especially after he showed reasons to stick with him. A full home Ashes season against hapless England would have helped him establish himself better.

It was a bit hard to pick someone whose form was dire beyond belief.

 

[Gnske]

Maharaj introduced late for Khawaja tbh

 

[Spark]

Jesus, in the 11th over