Im not convinced marsh is an opener. He has seemed to have lost his flare that he had when batting in the middle order. He's a great batter but i just cant see him being a successful opener. Although that is pretty much the only available spot for him to slot into the australian team. Watson can open the batting pretty well so maybe thats the best option at the moment.
Yeh, from memory Parnell got a few runs batting at about 7, I bowled to him for a bit. Don't remember much of their bowling attack; besides Alexander who bowled quick and a couple of pretty ordinary spinners. Warner got 50-odd and Tom Cooper got 100.Vic Orthodox do you remember playing against Wayne Parnell? He must have been just turned 16 when you faced up against him at the U19 World Cup. I vaguely remember South Africa were manshamed in that game, think David Warner got some runs as well.
As I said, Watson in for Marsh is the only thing I may agree with.
His rep is solely built around his performances in the shorter form of the game. But I too thought he looked half decent on Sunday.
Cool.
Of course, almost forgot about that nasty blow AB copped to the midriff on Sunday. Do you know if it was just bad bruising or whether it was worse than that ?
Yes, and I'm sure that SA would prefer he prospers in tests. Is cute too. SA has a better looking team, as trivial a matter as that is.His rep is solely built around his performances in the shorter form of the game. But I too thought he looked half decent on Sunday.
His worked hard. He was the size of Jesse Ryder about a year ago.
Haven't heard anything other than bad bruising.
It was reported that they didn't order scans for his hip only treating the bruising. It perhaps is a bit more serious than they're making out but if it was bone damage you imagine that would have surfaced by now.
South Africa have actually won the toss, first time in the series from memory
