akilana
International 12th Man
He can have a poor series and he is still better than the competition.
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***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2018
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
It's like the guy with the DUI swearing it's his first time driving drunk. I'm not buying first time either. But I also don't think this is as huge a deal as it is made out to be.
Well there choices are between smith and warner. Not exactaly blessed with great captaincy material.
Yes for now. But it can dramatically reduce the gap depending on how poor he performs if he were to fail.
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There is no world in which this is the first time. Every team in the history of ever tampers with the ball in some non-natural manner.
But.
I don’t see how Smith lasts as skipper after this. This is a major embarrassment for a Test nation which is generally pretty greedy for the moral high ground.
But.
I don’t see how Smith lasts as skipper after this. This is a major embarrassment for a Test nation which is generally pretty greedy for the moral high ground.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
he can get 3 consecutive ducks through the rest of the series and he's still streets ahead of the other 3.
I wouldn't be so sure of that. He would be ahead but not by that significant margin considering Kohli had a good SA tour. But Kohli needs to do that in England as well.
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SeamUp
International Coach
I would have said that before our summer started but Kohli was so damn awesome in tough SA conditions I think it is closer than we all think.`
Smith of course still has 3 innings but my estimations of Kohli went up massively after the series.
shifty_eyes
U19 12th Man
Its uncertain if Australia did similar thing vs England series at home as well. Chances of getting away with ball tempering at home for them are quite high.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
until kohli goes to england and proves he's not a walking wicket over there the gap is quite considerable.
that is an absolute eyesore on his record.
smith's got out cheaply here but its not like he's looked utterly clueless as to how to deal with the conditions.
SeamUp
International Coach
This might be more deliberate than we all initially thought.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
also it being a 'big 4' needs looking at.
root is not doing anywhere near enough at the moment to be ranked with these guys.
2 test match centuries in 2017 for a guy who plays as many games as he does is poor.
root is not doing anywhere near enough at the moment to be ranked with these guys.
2 test match centuries in 2017 for a guy who plays as many games as he does is poor.
SeamUp
International Coach
Oh yeah I agree.
But just judging by the tough SA conditions Kohli was awesome carrying his teams batting. The wickets for India were like snake-pits compared to these 'normal' good SA test wickets.
But I agree - massive series for Kohli to come in England and he needs to get things right there to nail down his ability world wide.
srbhkshk
International Captain
Yeah but he makes like 3 fifties each test...
