***Official*** South Africa in Australia 2012

[benchmark00]

Half meat deluxe/half BBQ chicken.

 

[Ruckus]

Good man, it will be done.

 

[uvelocity]

Didn't get too see much of the play but cant understand the use of the bowling. Given up on the win and keeping em fresh for perth already?

 

[Spikey]

well they all sucked bar warner

 

[benchmark00]

Didn't get too see much of the play but cant understand the use of the bowling. Given up on the win and keeping em fresh for perth already?

The only thing the pitch was doing outside of the very new ball was spinning.

 

[Spikey]

everyone tastin'

 

[uvelocity]

how many genuine chances did we have off lyon? saw the missed stumping.... even without pitch assistance would expect siddle and patto to nip out a couple. When Rudolph came out surely that was the time for sids and patto. And I mean I saw him coming on for his 5th over and the score was over 100 with the field spread.

Lyon did a good job, kept it tight and we obviously rotated around him, just seems to me we under utilised our best assets. What about hilf, still no good?

 

[Daemon]

Lyon did a good job, kept it tight and we obviously rotated around him, just seems to me we under utilised our best assets. What about hilf, still no good?

The only thing the pitch was doing outside of the very new ball was spinning.

tbf

 

[hendrix]

I thought all the bowlers were pretty good, the batsmen were just very determined and the pitch is very flat.

Lyon was excellent. I can see him taking a 5 for in the 4th innings.

Warner is a nice option to have.

 

[Ruckus]

I didn't see a lot of it, but geez Hilf looked terrible from what I saw. Even worse than last match. With the bowling dpeth we have atm, it's probably very close to the stage where we should move on from him as a first choice bowler given his track record.

 

[Spikey]

i only saw his first over and his arm looked alright then. did it fall to pieces (not literally. but if it did literally fall to pieces that'd be something) or did it just make little difference

 

[Spikey]

peter siddle can't bowl tomorrow. his arms fall to pieces due to lack of meat

 

[Spark]

the spell i saw, he bowled a stack of half-volleys. not good.

 

[Spikey]

some might say he's getting the batsman playing!

 

[Ruckus]

I dunno technically how he was going, but from what saw it was just poor bowling...too wide, short etc.

 

[Son Of Coco]

because it deviated slightly off the seam.

Check the ball tracking that the commentators showed after the delivery. Maybe a small hint of outswing but it wasn't late, it was almost from the hand. At that length it should've been driven through the covers for 4.

 

[Andre]

Got some issues behind the stumps I think. Wade's glovework needs huge work (easy to say after today, but it's something that has been raised a fair bit). Plus, he gets very bogged down with the bat.

 

[Spikey]

Good thing Rad Haddin is in stunning form!


Wade was pretty terrible today but I mean we all expected this, and really it's not like Haddin is King **** himself when keeping to spinners. they're pretty much the same guy ffs. rhe chances of Haddin actually being able to win back his spot for the ashes have risen after today though, obv

 

[Spikey]

Frankly more than ever, the idea of Wade as a batsman is worth considering (As is Andre's slight critique of his batting)

 

[Spikey]

God it'd be great if we spend the summer saying Wade should be dropped for Haddin. Then once and for all we'd know Australian cricket is going around in a really **** circle. The idea gives me tingles.