***Official*** Australia in South Africa

[andruid]

Series Result: SAf 2-1
Top SA Runscorer: Kallis
Top Aus Runscorer: Katich
Top SA Wicket-taker: M. Morkel
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Siddle
Player of the Series: Kallis
Surprise Packet: Morkel
Dropped Player(s): Mcgain
Miscellaneous Event: Someone arrives at a test match drunk.

 

[Johnners]

Surprised Lee didn't make your Miscellaneous Event as well, given it would take a miracle for him to play any of the 3 tests , let alone be Australias leading wicket-taker...

 

[Redbacks]

Hopefully Hughes get the traditional 100 in his first innings

Why wasn't Warner picked in the squad

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Series Result: SAf 2-1
Top SA Runscorer: Kallis
Top Aus Runscorer: Katich
Top SA Wicket-taker: M. Morkel
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Lee
Player of the Series: Kallis
Surprise Packet: Morkel
Dropped Player(s): Mcgain
Miscellaneous Event: Someone arrives at a test match drunk.

 

[Nate]

Series Result: Aus 2-0
Top SA Runscorer: Smith
Top Aus Runscorer: Hughes
Top SA Wicket-taker: Ntini
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Bollinger
Player of the Series: Hughes
Surprise Packet: Hughes/Bollinger
Dropped Player(s): Morkel
Miscellaneous Event: Siddle gets injured.

 

[andruid]

Surprised Lee didn't make your Miscellaneous Event as well, given it would take a miracle for him to play any of the 3 tests , let alone be Australias leading wicket-taker...

Big oops did not even look at th aussie squad

 

[Mister Wright]

Series Result: SA 3-0
Top SA Runscorer: Kallis
Top Aus Runscorer: Katich
Top SA Wicket-taker: Steyn
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson
Player of the Series: Kallis
Surprise Packet: McKenzie
Dropped Player(s): McGain, Bollinger & Morkel
Miscellaneous Event: Hughes to get a pair on debut.

 

[Steulen]

Series Result: SA 2-0
Top SA Runscorer: Kallis
Top Aus Runscorer: Ponting
Top SA Wicket-taker: Steyn
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Siddle
Player of the Series: Kallis
Surprise Packet: McGain
Dropped Player(s): Bollinger, McDonald, Morkel
Miscellaneous Event: Haddin spitting a few teeth after catching a Steyn bouncer

 

[jondavluc]

Series Result: SA 2-1
Top SA Runscorer: Kallis
Top Aus Runscorer: Ponting
Top SA Wicket-taker: Steyn
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Siddle
Player of the Series: Kallis
Surprise Packet: North
Dropped Player(s): McUseless
Miscellaneous Event:

 

[Precambrian]

Series Result: SA 2-0
Top SA Runscorer: McKenzie
Top Aus Runscorer: Clarke
Top SA Wicket-taker: Steyn
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson
Player of the Series: Steyn
Surprise Packet: McGain
Dropped Player(s): North - from the team, Smith, McKenzie, Duminy - By Aussies on field, Clarke, Johnson - By Saffers on field
Miscellaneous Event: Female stripper. Though not necessarily on the pitch.

 

[Burgey]

McGain sounds like a naturally clumsy fella. Listening to Haddin this morning talking about how the boys have been having a giggle at the way he got crook. They were all having a feed and Bryce was saying what a great tuna salad he was enjoying. Turned out it was a chicken salad that had gone off.
This comes on top of missing the plane this tour and getting injured in India as well. He may be the clumsiest Aussie player since TBA May. Any bets on his getting picked for the first test and fallong off the bus as he arrives at the grouind? If I was in the squad I'd be sitting as far from him as possible..

 

[Evermind]

McGain sounds like a naturally clumsy fella. Listening to Haddin this morning talking about how the boys have been having a giggle at the way he got crook. They were all having a feed and Bryce was saying what a great tuna salad he was enjoying. Turned out it was a chicken salad that had gone off.
This comes on top of missing the plane this tour and getting injured in India as well. He may be the clumsiest Aussie player since TBA May. Any bets on his getting picked for the first test and fallong off the bus as he arrives at the grouind? If I was in the squad I'd be sitting as far from him as possible..

Panesar has found his equal for the Ashes.

 

[Julian87]

Series Result: Aus 2-1
Top SA Runscorer: Kallis
Top Aus Runscorer: Hughes
Top SA Wicket-taker: Morkel
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Bollinger
Player of the Series: Bollinger
Surprise Packet: Bollinger
Dropped Player(s): Hauritz/Harris (if a green seamer comes into play)
Miscellaneous Event: Both wicketkeepers to score at least one vital century in the series.

 

[Uppercut]

Series Result: 1-1
Top SA Runscorer: Smith
Top Aus Runscorer: Ponting
Top SA Wicket-taker: Ntini
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Siddle
Player of the Series: Smith
Surprise Packet: Tahir if he plays. If not, Hughes.
Dropped Player(s): Harris
Miscellaneous Event: South Africa to drop at least three Aussies on their way to centuries.

 

[howardj]

I know he'll probably get picked, but capping guys such is North is such a dead end thing. I really resent 30 year old debutants with a moderate FC record getting capped. He averages below 45 in FC cricket. Mike Hussey is very much the exception, rather than the rule in terms of picking 30 year old debutants. They should take a punt on someone like Ferguson at six - someone who has time and room for improvement.

 

[brockley]

What does ferguson bowl
Well if he is to be our fifth bowler

 

[Prince EWS]

I know he'll probably get picked, but capping guys such is North is such a dead end thing. I really resent 30 year old debutants with a moderate FC record getting capped. He averages below 45 in FC cricket. Mike Hussey is very much the exception, rather than the rule in terms of picking 30 year old debutants. They should take a punt on someone like Ferguson at six - someone who has time and room for improvement.

If North's First Class record is "moderate" then Ferguson's is "****ing shocking". You don't get bonus runs for picking young blokes - North is a better batsman than Ferguson and he's been picked as an allrounder anyway. No brainer.

 

[Prince EWS]

What does ferguson bowl

Medium pace. For someone who barely ever bowls at state level, he's apparently not the worst ever.

 

[howardj]

What does ferguson bowl
Well if he is to be our fifth bowler

You're not seriously saying North is a viable bowling option at Test match level, are you? We used to mock the Poms for picking 30+ year old blokes who had moderate records and who could do a bit of this and a bit of that. It's a dead-end pick in my view, and I would much rather a young specialist bastman with potential and scope for improvement get picked instead.

Most players get dropped from Test cricket (even Waughs, McGraths, Pontings, Warnes etc) and the problem with that for 30+ year old debutants (such as Brad Hodge) is that you never make it back. You never get to come again, and improve. .

 

[howardj]

If North's First Class record is "moderate" then Ferguson's is "****ing shocking". You don't get bonus runs for picking young blokes - North is a better batsman than Ferguson and he's been picked as an allrounder anyway. No brainer.

Like an Ealham or Chris Lewis..