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*Official* Australia in South Africa 2023/24

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Welp, that green injury and marnus innings complicates things a fair bit. Nice to see marnus score, really liked the intent early. One place in the SC he's looked a good ODI bat was India in his debut tour. If he can keep this up I don't mind him taking the #4 spot, even if it complicates the bowling a bit.
 

Bahseph

International Debutant
There has been some serious faith being placed n Coetzee to have him at 8 instead of Maharaj. I don't think he will start over Nortje at the WC so we could have a 7/8/9 of Jansen,Maharaj and Rabada. My biggest concern is actually Markram at 4. I don't think he has nailed his ODI batting in comparison to his T20 batting.

Edit: Actually Ngidi has been a shambles of late. Perhaps its a matter of Nortje instead of him. I wouldn't hate that,Coetzee has something about him.
 

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
There has been some serious faith being placed n Coetzee to have him at 8 instead of Maharaj. I don't think he will start over Nortje at the WC so we could have a 7/8/9 of Jansen,Maharaj and Rabada. My biggest concern is actually Markram at 4. I don't think he has nailed his ODI batting in comparison to his T20 batting.

Edit: Actually Ngidi has been a shambles of late. Perhaps its a matter of Nortje instead of him. I wouldn't hate that,Coetzee has something about him.
I don't mind that, honestly. Jansen and Rabada are good enough to take the new ball and get any early swing from it in most situations, and from what i've seen of coetzee he seems more likely to take middle over wickets than ngidi. Means you've got maharaj to ideally keep the RR at under 5's from one end while the pacers chip away wickets at the other end in the middle overs. Is coetzee a good death bowler?
 

TheJediBrah

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Finally got a chance to watch some of the first game, I thought the SA tactics when Agar came out to bat were very ordinary. 7-down with run-rate not being an issue they had too many fielders in the deep. Let Agar and Marnus just knock it around for the win. They really needed to attack and not let them get away as soon as Agar came in. I can only assume the attacking style the Aussies had played in up until that point had them #spooked
 

Burgey

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Imagine being able to pump the ball as hard as Mitch Marsh can with orthodox shots then trying to lap a reverse sweep first ball. Basically summed up why he’s never kicked on as he ought to as a cricketer
 

Prince EWS

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Had no idea Lucky was even in the squad, or indeed anywhere even near selection anymore. Seems like a bit of a waste given he definitely won't be at the World Cup.
 

TheJediBrah

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Australia going to have to get 20 overs out of Hardie/Marsh/Head. They're going to need a big score because this bowling attack could go for plenty
 

TheJediBrah

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This is where Marnus can ruin all the good work he's done to his ODI reputation over the last few days by failing to keep scoring rapidly. If he slows down, bats a while longer and ends up less than a run-a-ball he's failed with the batting Aus have to come
 

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Ide still like to see how marnus goes in india before the WC, but he's done himself a ton of favours these past two games.
 

TheJediBrah

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This Shamsi guy seems like a bit of a ****

Been doing Johnny Bairstow's fitness regime it looks like too
 

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