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Klinger, IMO. Has form and God on his sideAgree with this, except if Hayden fails agains this innings, we should toy with the prospect of Hussey opening and his brother in the middle OR Hughes.
Klinger, IMO. Has form and God on his sideAgree with this, except if Hayden fails agains this innings, we should toy with the prospect of Hussey opening and his brother in the middle OR Hughes.
That was a mix of frustration and jest, wonder why you would take it seriously, its not as if i had gun to Smith' head demanding him to declare.That's not how test cricket works, fanboy.
A-****ing-men!!!Personally, and I know this may upset some Aussies, but I think Clarke is one of the biggest ****s in world cricket. Comes across all matey-matey and then claims a catch which bounced a foot in front of him which he pushed down into the turf. And yes, I realise this was a while back now and a lot of water's passed under the bridge but that claimed catch is to me what a Pom's peppermints are to Burgey.
Yeah would have been a real possibility if the Aussie selectors were actually taking domestic performances into perspective for Aussie team selection.Klinger, IMO. Has form and God on his side
Wright in rating NSW bowler shockerPossibly the only changes at this stage, however, a big innings from Symonds or some wickets in the 2nd innings is all that is needed from him to retain his spot. Bollinger should definitely come in.
Why wouldn't Watson not bat ahead of Haddin?Hayden
Katich
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
Haddin
Watson
Johnson
Hilfenhaus
Bollinger
Siddle
Throw the kitchen sink at them.
Steyn had an amazing amount of luck. He wasn't as hopeless with the bat as he usually is, but every edge flew to the boundary or missed - every catching chance not taken, etc.What was Steyn´s innings like? Tons of luck or did he actually bat well?
Join the fun!McKenzie might have to make way, if Prince comes back, because there's no way they're dropping golden boy JP now.
Haddin's pretty close to our best bat at the moment.Why wouldn't Watson not bat ahead of Haddin?
It is looking more and more like it. If he's not fit to bowl (well, by and large anyway) is Symonds in his current nick really one of the best six batsmen you have?Lee (if fit), Hayden and Symonds will all play in Sydney regardless of result here.
Test side is a bro's club, not a representative of the best players in the country.
Lee's been off the field all day mate, he has a stress fracture in his left foot. Apparently he tried to jump over his "runs conceded" column and that's what caused his injury.
Stands to reason; you blokes are the chosen people, after all.Klinger, IMO. Has form and God on his side
LT, how's your home town going? I rode an ostrich there once...Haven't seen a minute of the game - working all the time and having no satelite tv. But when I woke up this morning and listened to the radio and heard Neil Manthorp waffling about SA being ahead and Steyn having 60 and Duminy 100+ I thought I am in the wrong movie?
Test Cricket against Australia just doesn't work like that for SA...well - it never did as long as I am following them - not 2 games in a row.
Getting all my infos from i-net, newspapers and peeping in here and "listening" to you guys. So I know about dropped catches, I know about Lee (bummer) I have just a couple of questions to get a better picture:
Was it just Aus being hopeless (that would be a first in my memory)or SA just being to strong (with Harris and Steyn... ) or what the heck?
Symonds being injured how badly? They said on the radio this morning he can't run? That should rule him out for the next test? Or how does selection work down under? The inside relationships between players, selectors etc are totally unknown to me.
Somebody wrote here something about Steyn having a broken finger. Is that confirmed? Which hand?
Last:
What is a good score for Aus to give them a realistc chance to bowl SA out again in the 5 days?...
Thank you
longtom
But on ability isn't Watson better? If by that, why doesn't Haddin go and open the batting since on current form >>>>>> Hayden?Haddin's pretty close to our best bat at the moment.