*Official* Australia vs South Africa -2022/3

[Burgey]

except the most recent when jimmy was bowling okay

 

[Burgey]

SHUT UP ALL OF YOU, EPISODE TWO IS ON

 

[Burgey]

He still hates those ***** who went to SA lol

 

[Burgey]

Don’t doubt yourself, you beautiful, beautiful man

 

[TheJediBrah]

No one else is watching m8

 

[Burgey]

I don’t care

 

[Sunil1z]

What if Burgey is Border ??
Age as well as grumpiness checks out

 

[Burgey]

 

[Stefan9]

Elgar gone 'Younis Da Brain' to come in..

Proper captains knock that from elgar...

 

[Heboric]

I was watching a clip on YouTube of todays play (obviously with sound way down to save my ears). but I swear I was hearing the docile tones of Ian Smith. What he doing there ?

 

[Burgey]

Commentating

 

[Kirkut]

Yeah England, try bazballing them..

 

[halba]

3 changes for SCG.

lance morris given SCG debut: New years test. Hope the wicket is a bit more in it than MCG.

Boland set to be rested after likely a long stint in 2nd test(flat wicket) , Hazlewood will return on home turf.

If its a spinning deck- Swepson will likely play - been a long time since a leg spinner has bowled at the SCG. If its a seaming track- Neser or Hardie will play in place of Green.

Australia poised to unleash ‘Wild Thing’ in Sydney
'Under paywall' The australian

 

[Bahseph]

Just took a look at Elgar's record since becoming captain fulltime and it's really pathetic to be fair. He got the post through seniority but he doesn't seem to be able to handle the pressure that comes with it on a regular basis.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Someone on cricketweb years from now will give him extra points for being from SA where batting is harder

To be fair, I think he genuinely does deserve extra points for being quite good in home conditions where many players struggle.

But those extra points bring his total rating up to [not many points].

 

[halba]

Just took a look at Elgar's record since becoming captain fulltime and it's really pathetic to be fair. He got the post through seniority but he doesn't seem to be able to handle the pressure that comes with it on a regular basis.

hes really poor. career average of only 38 for a veteran.

 

[Bahseph]

hes really poor. career average of only 38 for a veteran.

No I think he has performed around his talent level in Tests. I never viewed him as a 50-ish averaging batsman,but us SA fans hoped he could bump up that average to about 45-ish over the last few years. He hasn't. Still been a useful servant to the Proteas but he has always been supporting cast and never the main actor

 

[kevinw]

hes really poor. career average of only 38 for a veteran.

There just aren't many openers consistently hitting 40+ who aren't flat track bullies at home. Elgar bats in pretty challenging conditions at home and still averages mid 40s there. His away record is reasonable (are there any openers going above 30 away?) too. He's a decent enough opener in an era of few good ones.

 

[Prince EWS]

Just took a look at Elgar's record since becoming captain fulltime and it's really pathetic to be fair. He got the post through seniority but he doesn't seem to be able to handle the pressure that comes with it on a regular basis.

Yeah but the answer to this is obviously to relieve him of captaincy, not to drop him outright.

 

[Bahseph]

Yeah but the answer to this is obviously to relieve him of captaincy, not to drop him outright.

Yeah that would be fine imo. But they would just slap the captaincy on Bavuma and he would clock a 100 Tests without scoring another ton.