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I know what the numbers say but just watching him, he's clearly not in peak form. Not suggesting he be dropped yet, though.
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four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
How injured is Siddle? It's unusual to 'rest' someone for two/three months, especially from the shorter form of the game.
vic_orthdox
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Think that the foot is still a big issue. It's a "hotspot", a developing stress fracture. Rest is the best thing for it, and I'd imagine that they'd pretty much just be using him for Tests for the time being, and trying to give him the smallest workload possible in-between; hoping that it heals itself during that resting time.
Redbacks
International Captain
From watching FC games to Test matches it appears that siddle bowled +10km/h when playing for Australia. This extra effort is great, but perhaps has lead to his injury as his body adjusts to the greater demands he puts in now. (or did I just watch a ODD game where he bowled a bit slower at 130-5 km/h?)
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He looks far better than Ponting or Clarke to me. Faaaaar better. He's got a few really dodgy decisions of late.
Yeah, he's clearly been superior to those two lately - and that's a problem (last match notwithstanding).
Noble One
International Vice-Captain
Siddle's injury problems have been around for far longer than since his test career began. Hopefully he can sort all the niggles out, he has good inspiration inside the test team in Lee and Johnson, both made great comebacks from early injury problems.
Australia need Siddle to go on as that 'all day' bowler, for this to happen he needs to put these injuries behind him, easier said than done though.
Langeveldt
Soutie
Roelof should be given the keys to Port Elizabeth.. Apparently all the SA players were out mending their hangovers this morning.. They deserve it too.. Lets crush them 4-1
Lol, it's looking pretty likely, can't see Australia bouncing back here unless they bat first and post a really imposing total, which in turn is unlikely due to their struggles against the spinners.
Langeveldt
Soutie
I was struck by Ponting's mediocrity, mind you he does seem to struggle against off spin bowling.. What is the status on Andrew Symonds? Guy likes a fish, and now they can't beat South Africa, give him a break ffs..
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
That’s surprising as a number of the squad don’t drink.
I think Ponting has faded pretty considerably over the last 18 months. In that last game, bar the over he got out against Steyn, he looked a shadow of his former self. The confidence seems to have deserted him a little bit and his footwork has noticeably slowed.
Really? I thought apart from Amla and maybe Ntini they were all up for 2 or 20 pints?
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah. Neil Manthorp wrote an article a few months back saying apart from Captain Smith, Bouch, Kallis, Neil Mac and Harro, not many of the squad drink or enjoy a drink and Gibbs of course can’t drink anymore if he wants to continue to play for South Africa. It surprised the Australians, as when South Africa won the test/odi series there, the celebrations were fairly mute and sedate. Though, van der Merwe looks like the sort of guy who enjoys a drink.
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TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
The confidence issue maybe simply due to what is coming after him.
Langeveldt
Soutie
Reckon Boucher and Ntini were nursing sore heads today, according to a friend who saw them brunching..
Inferiority
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Oh harden up, they are well paid professional cricketers. There are high school kids that go on exchange programs for longer.