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

[Cabinet96]

de Bruyn looks a bit out of his depth.

 

[srbhkshk]

Just because you're struggling for a good keeper doesn't mean you just ask the opposition to do it for you

Will have to excuse De Kock's terrible form now, keeping for both the teams can't be good for the body.

 

[Daemon]

de Kock looks so scared here. Should bring Lyon on and make him prod at one.

 

[vcs]

SA could really do with some batsmen not named AB de Villiers stepping up. Amla's gradual decline is hurting them pretty badly right now.

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is a huge innings for de kock's confidence.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Feel Lyon to de Kock will be a pretty short battle when he comes on.

 

[Daemon]

SA could really do with some batsmen not named AB de Villiers stepping up. Amla's gradual decline is hurting them pretty badly right now.

tbf Amla's last 3 innings were half centuries but yeah, he's obviously been nowhere as good as he was around 2014 or so.

 

[sunilz]

AUS are massive favourites for this series IMO. players of IND, OZ and SA are multi-format cricketers . If they are in good form in one format then they are also in good form in other formats.SA batsmen except ABD and Duplessis are massively out of form . If SA win this series it will be due to their bowlers. I can't see SA batsman scoring more than 250 against AUS bowlers on a sporting wicket.

Looks like series is going as per script. SA best chance against chance AUS was by preparing green tops. But by preparing extreme pitches for India series they destroyed the confidence of their own batsmen. good luck winning a series against AUS team on slow wickets considering how well Oz played in India.

 

[vcs]

Cricket's so much better with AB back.

 

[sunilz]

So Lyon and Maharaj doing the job where Ashwin failed for us in Centurion. If he had turned up after we had them 2 for FA in the 2nd innings, we could have won that game.

while Ashwin certainly didn't perform well in the Test series, it was lost by batsmen. Unfair to blame bowling when u can't chase even 200

 

[TT Boy]

Best I’ve seen de Kock bat for a longtime but how did he miss that?

 

[Daemon]

**** me, the worst part about Lyon getting these 3 is Burgey when he wakes up to this tomorrow.

 

[vcs]

while Ashwin certainly didn't perform well in the Test series, it was lost by batsmen. Unfair to blame bowling when u can't chase even 200

Not placing all the blame on him, but there was an opportunity and he failed to step up there. Generally, our attack did well, yes.

Starc is bowling beautifully here.

 

[Daemon]

****ing hell Starc. Brilliant. Poor AB.

 

[Spark]

ABdV must be delighted with that display. Felt like he's been on 70 for ages.

 

[vcs]

Oh yes. Incredible from Starc.

 

[Top_Cat]

Hey someone tell me again how Starc's ****.

 

[Spark]

Hey someone tell me again how Starc's ****.

To be fair, it would have been nice if he had done this against England a few times rather than going for endless bouncers.

 

[ajdude]

so good to watch, glad i sat up.

 

[Top_Cat]

To be fair, it would have been nice if he had done this against England a few times rather than going for endless bouncers.

22 poles @ < 25, didn't go wicketless once. What more could he have done exactly?