First test starts October 9th
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Thanks Mike!
Hurrah!
Thatās what Iām waiting for,but Iāll watch Fox Cricket for Free,wherever possibleā¦
Marsh was flying in Aust 1st ODI, then the wheels came off big time for the Aust batting line up. Connolly keeping his good form gping, firming nicely for a first test top 6 batting opportunityā¦surely not at number 3 though?
Not sure who out of Inglis or Carey, Aust should go with at the ODI levelā¦both have a penchant for reverse sweeping at the most ill opportune moments, often resulting in their untimely dismissalā¦definitely canāt play both.
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Brainless batting. After a brilliant start, the required run rate was down to about 5. So the approach from every batsman was to try and slog the ball out of the parkā¦ shades of bazball
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Perfect rehearsal for the Tests.
Iām afraid that lapse that allowed Jansen to belt 75 was the deepest cut
it became a big difference
over 100 extra runs from that far down a batting order is big
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South Africa actually had the worst of the conditions, surviving an awkward period at the start.
It was an impressive performance by them given they were missing their best two bowlers. Jansen seemed to be inspired with the bat, ball and in the field and his catch to remove Renshaw had to be seen to be believed
Australiaās inadequacy in handling any type of decent spinner was there once more for all to see and made more concerning by the complete demolition of the Australia A batsmen by a couple of spinners in India which was happening at the same time as this match!
Whilst disappointing, letās see what happens over the coming weeksā¦pretty sure a fair few pundits were putting Freoās cue back in the rack after that dismal loss to Hawthornā¦come 3 weeks later and itās not all doom n gloomā¦yet!
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Iām not even bothered about these games,Freeze.
Real thing is in 2 weeks,or thereabouts .
Australian bowlers receiving some absolute hammer at times
Miller brutal looking plenty of balls left and almost 300 on the board
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Ellis only bowled 4 overs due to injury so South Africa were always going to get a huge score. One positive was the 5 wicket haul from Jack Edwards. The rest of the bowling was cannon fodder, think Zampa needs a rest. Needed a couple of centuries to have any hope but Marsh and Head got out when well set. The rest of the batting was pretty forgettable, Bartlett excepted. What the hell was Green doing? Thought it was a test match maybe he was having a hit up for that series?
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I thought Australia did really well to restrict SA to 365 all up
That was at one stage a 400 plus chase staring at us
And then the opening pair got into some minds
but just gave it away at the wrong time altogether
another 10 overs together would have seen huge cracks appear
and then Carey promoted up the order?
Well that is a big no
Pity Marsh got out really he was scaring the SA bowlers witless
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Aust chased wellā¦just needed one of the openers to ton upā¦losing Ellis hurt, even more so when Zampa went for a bitā¦Aust were scratching around for those Ellis 6 oversā¦only got beaten by 32ā¦be more concerned if SA had bowled Aust out for under 200 TBHā¦rather Bavuma fill his boots now then in the test seriesā¦and Miller wonāt be suiting up in the testsā¦can see Aust bouncing back in the test seriesā¦though WTF was Carey batting at 4?..
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You would expect this last game you will need close to 350 to win again, not sure the Aussies have the quality or depth in their middle order to make those scores regularly
Starc and Cummins may have a run in this game in preparation for the tests
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Consolation win. Nice to see Peake given a go at number 4, unlucky not to get a 50. A decent batting display albeit against a under strength attack. Looked like another injury concern for Green, the guy is jinxed
Cummins and Starc had a good tune up for the test, theres a warm up game on the weekend for them to get a few more overs under their belt
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FMD just when you think Bailey, McDonald & co couldnt get any more incompetent you wake up to read they have added Nic Maddinson to the Test squad along with Sam Harper.
Australian cricket going nowhere with these clowns running the showā¦
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Iām interested in Harperās progress.
Going with Maddinson seems like theyāre going back to Veteran Ranks to plug a gap.
mmmmmm well that sounds like Green is dodgy yet again
and Inglis isnāt going back with that broken finger
Mate you would think Maddinsonās next Test attempt, couldnāt go as bad as the first attemptā¦as for Harperā¦well he is one of few of Aust batsmen actually getting bat on ball these days and scoring runsā¦really thought Peake would of been in thereā¦not sure what is going to happenā¦unlucky for Green if he is outā¦
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