*Official* Australia vs South Africa -2022/3

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Won't know how good the youngsters are unless picked , but going forward there is Janneman Malan , Ryan Rickleton , Joshua Richards, Tony De Zorzi who should be given genuine chances in the test side , but anyway gotta give credit to the Australian attack this some pretty top notch bowling, I reckon Bazball is the only way to go on this pitch just gonna be sitting ducks otherwise.

 

[Anil]

Now for SA to score 350 or more and win the test.

yep, that's a definite possibility...

 

[Spark]

Like, Boland hasn't even had a bowl yet. God knows how many he'll take in his first over.

 

[Prince EWS]

It's faster off the deck for sure, much more significant seam movement.

Boland's spell is going to be fun.

 

[Gob]

Well yeah I was pretty critical of that pitch too. I'm not impressed by this, we don't need a pitch this bowler friendly to know that this lot can bowl.

Yeah quality of the attacks present exaggerate the wicket tbh. WI would still have struggled to get 10 wickets

 

[Prince EWS]

Like, Boland hasn't even had a bowl yet. God knows how many he'll take in his first over.

Haha great minds etc etc

 

[Starfighter]

Won't know how good the youngsters are unless picked , but going forward there is Janneman Malan , Ryan Rickleton , Joshua Richards, Tony De Zorzi who should be given genuine chances in the test side , but anyway gotta give credit to the Australian attack this some pretty top notch bowling, I reckon Bazball is the only way to go on this pitch just gonna be sitting ducks otherwise.

There is a sticking point with all those players.

 

[Shady Slim]

if this was taking spin rather than seam the gomer public who (rightly) are hooting and hollering for starc's wickets would call it poor tbh

 

[Starfighter]

WI would still have struggled to get 10 wickets

But I was told they bowled well on the first day at Perth. (They didn't)

 

[Shady Slim]

There is a sticking point with all those players.

you say this however i imagine a lot of these guys are also probably significantly better test bats than rassie from what i've seen

 

[Spark]

you say this however i imagine a lot of these guys are also probably significantly better test bats than rassie from what i've seen

Zondo is a ridiculous selection though.

 

[StephenZA]

There is a sticking point with all those players.

What would that be?

 

[Prince EWS]

There is a sticking point with all those players.

Yeah but Rassie and Erwee have the same sticking point without the upside.

I definitely thought Rassie was worth a crack given how many runs he was scoring in both domestic cricket and ODIs even though he was on the older side, and he's played a couple of good Test knocks too, but there's no point having a 34 year old averaging 30. I think it's time to say it didn't really work and move on.

 

[Starfighter]

you say this however i imagine a lot of these guys are also probably significantly better test bats than rassie from what i've seen

Yeah, but vdD also better than at least one of the current pair, if not both.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Shouldn't that be the other way around?

Yeah people do that quite a lot and it annoys me too haha

 

[Starfighter]

Yeah people do that quite a lot and it annoys me too haha

Like, it's literally saying the opposite of what the intent is.

 

[Starfighter]

That has climbed very steeply.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

There is a sticking point with all those players.

What would the sticking point be ?

 

[StephenZA]

If people are in any way thinking that the quota issue is the reason for the poor selection policy at this stage they are truly ignorant of how bad the selection issue is. And few of the problems are due to quota compared to just out right stupid archaic thinking.

 

[Starfighter]

Hayden with effusive praise for Zondo here for playing... a forward defence.