***Official Australia in South Africa***

[Langeveldt]

Going for the old reverse psychology there?

Well if "nobody can beat Australia" it makes me feel better when SA lose

 

[SquidAU]

Well if "nobody can beat Australia" it makes me feel better when SA lose

And absolutely ecstatic when they win then? Feel like rioting?

 

[Langeveldt]

And absolutely ecstatic when they win then? Feel like rioting?

I always feel like rioting.. Nothing like a solid riot

 

[SquidAU]

I always feel like rioting.. Nothing like a solid riot

Well, what you do in your spare time is your own busines.....

 

[howardj]

Hope an Administrator 'stickies' this thread. The tour starts in less than two weeks.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

So no Botha - who will bowl the tweakers for South Africa?

Seriously, I hope that Dorey is left behind. He just isn't up to scratch yet, in terms of his international class.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I expect Botha to play.

 

[marc71178]

Even though he's currently banned from bowling?

 

[benchmark00]

Even though he's currently banned from bowling?

SA will take the international banning on the chin just so Botha can play, ofcourse.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Even though he's currently banned from bowling?

Well ****, I didn't even know that.

 

[howardj]

Be awesome to see Kallis back in the Test series - fresh from his century and half-century, in the 3rd Test at the SCG.

 

[Langeveldt]

Boje should be available for the tests, I hear he was playing for the whoopdeedooda snakes or whatever the free state are called a few weeks ago..

 

[aussie]

So you don't want them to retain "guys like Clark & Clark"?

read again mate..

 

[aussie]

0-3 (although if we get to see the likes of Dorey and Tait playing, SA could be in with a shout at a test match)

Dorey yes, but not Tait since if he bowls well with his pace on those boucy SA tracks could be a handful.

 

[aussie]

This is the first time the new look Aussie side will be playing on foreign soil. It is the first tour since the Ashes also, so I don't think it will be that easy for the Aussies. If McGrath is missing we could be in a lot of trouble as I can see lee being very expensive on the Saffie pitches and can't see there being much assistance for Bracken either.

yes if McGrath doesn't make it for the test series at least it could be trouble for Australia, but even so i dont think Lee will be as expensive as you think in SA, on evidence of his bowling in test this summer i think he will be fairly economical.

 

[aussie]

Boje should be available for the tests, I hear he was playing for the whoopdeedooda snakes or whatever the free state are called a few weeks ago..

for SA sake they would be better off not playing him even though he your best spinner, an all-out seam attack of Pollock/Ntini/Nel/Langeveldt would be a better option.

 

[marc71178]

yes if McGrath doesn't make it for the test series at least it could be trouble for Australia, but even so i dont think Lee will be as expensive as you think in SA, on evidence of his bowling in test this summer i think he will be fairly economical.

Didn't he go over 4 an over, whilst averaging over 40?!

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Boje should be available for the tests, I hear he was playing for the whoopdeedooda snakes or whatever the free state are called a few weeks ago..

Boje was dropped for Sydney, the so-called "spinners paradise", after a poor Melbourne Test. Would the South Africans go back to him if Botha is unavailable, or would they take a punt on another spinner?

 

[aussie]

Didn't he go over 4 an over, whilst averaging over 40?!

what, the australian home season i'm talking about.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Since the start of the Australian summer [not including the "Super Test"]

Mat Runs HS BatAv 100 50 W BB BowlAv 5w Ct St
6 146 47 24.33 0 0 31 5/30 25.74 2 0 0