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

[Tec15]

It has begun... Hopefully Big Vern gets five to get to 200 wickets.

 

[Spark]

Yeah there's a reason I was not at all enthused about Burns back in the side

 

[harsh.ag]

Will be surprised if this is the case

Oz will be looking to rebuild from ground up as pressure is on for complete clean out

Guys like Doran will be fast tracked and don’t be surprised if Renshaw is our next captain

Renshaw may work actually. If he can bat, that is.

 

[GotSpin]

Jesus, that was awful. Renners still here though

 

[Bolo]

188

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Will be surprised if this is the case

Oz will be looking to rebuild from ground up as pressure is on for complete clean out

Guys like Doran will be fast tracked and don’t be surprised if Renshaw is our next captain

Maybe, just think so many changes in one go might be too much. Plus Khawaja does have a good home record even if he struggled in ashes and should score heavily in the upcoming series till Smith returns.

 

[GotSpin]

Maybe, just think so many changes in one go might be too much. Plus Khawaja does have a good home record even if he struggled in ashes and should score heavily in the upcoming series till Smith returns.

Khawaja and Smarsh need to be put out to pasture

 

[Spark]

Maybe, just think so many changes in one go might be too much. Plus Khawaja does have a good home record even if he struggled in ashes and should score heavily in the upcoming series till Smith returns.

Against Ashwin?

 

[SeamUp]

Yeah there's a reason I was not at all enthused about Burns back in the side

I must admit that was a nothing shot for an opener and it was with hard hands too. So many no-no's

Who to open then ? Hughes, Weatherald, Harris ?

I thought young Jake Doran reminded me of a Justin Langer in the u19 CWC but he is in the middle order.

 

[Spark]

I must admit that was a nothing shot for an opener and it was with hard hands too. So many no-no's

Who to open then ? Hughes, Weatherald, Harris ?

I thought young Jake Doran reminded me of a Justin Langer in the u19 CWC but he is in the middle order.

He's looked like that against pretty much every good spell of fast bowling he's faced in his Test career so far.

 

[vcs]

Lucky SA.. Rabada has ensured that Steyn's absence is not felt.

 

[social]

Maybe, just think so many changes in one go might be too much. Plus Khawaja does have a good home record even if he struggled in ashes and should score heavily in the upcoming series till Smith returns.

Not about cricket sense atm

Reaction to what has happened is so over the top that changes are inevitable

 

[S.Kennedy]

South Africa bowling and Warne is still having a pop at poor Chadd Sayers!

 

[StephenZA]

Lucky SA.. Rabada has ensured that Steyn's absence is not felt.

To have 3 natural athletics bowlers of Donald, Steyn and Rabada practically following each other.... does not happen often.

 

[Bolo]

RSA would need 3 Rabada's to make steyns absence not too harmful. Even then it would be felt, cos he's steyn

 

[vcs]

Renshaw loves a good play-and-miss.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

To have 3 natural athletics bowlers of Donald, Steyn and Rabada practically following each other.... does not happen often.

Yeah you buggers, we had Caddick, Hoggard and Anderson who basically went back to back and have been very lucky to have them but your lot are a huge upgrade on ours. Not that they were natural athletes too other than Jimmy but I was just picking the guys who went longest injury free.

 

[Bijed]

South Africa bowling and Warne is still having a pop at poor Chadd Sayers!

What's he saying? "Thing is, for Joe Burns, he's just spent nearly 2 days watching Chadd Sayers bowling and making it easy to score runs and look like it's a good pitch to bat on, but then you go out there to bat and you face someone who gets it above 130 and it's a whole different story"?

 

[S.Kennedy]

What's he saying? "Thing is, for Joe Burns, he's just spent nearly 2 days watching Chadd Sayers bowling and making it easy to score runs a look like it's a good pitch to bat on, but then you go out there to bat and you face someone who gets it above 130 and it's a whole different story"?

He was criticising him for not having a bumper in his arsenal like Philander, for when batsman play out of their crease.

 

[Spark]

He was criticising him for not having a bumper in his arsenal like Philander, for when batsman play out of their crease.

I cannot remember Philander bouncing a batsman standing out of his crease in my life