***Official*** South Africa in Australia 2012

[Spikey]

you can hook balls down to fine leg at 1, 5 or 11

[Ruckus]

I think the more important point is keeping Clarke and Hussey where they are, and just happens to mean Quiney (or whoever) will be at 3. They clearly like making runs there, so keep them there. It's one of the few things in our batting order which actually works and we know is dependable, so why change it. In any case Quiney is likely a very short term stop-gap, so we really don't even know how Watson will fare there yet.

[Spikey]

you know, i've sorta got behind the idea of playing Tsolekile over the last couple of days. it's probably because i'm over Rudolph

[Prince EWS]

Originally Posted by Spikey

you know, i've sorta got behind the idea of playing Tsolekile over the last couple of days. it's probably because i'm over Rudolph

There's a fair chance both will play; Duminy's out afterall. Faf and Tsolekile both playing is pretty unlikely IMO.

[Spikey]

i'd consider stupid bowler out and silly tahir in (such an obvious change it hardly counts as a change), xmas horse out for the keeper and the faf duminy swap. so


smitteh
virus
the great man
the great man
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faf
the keeper

like i dunno know, at adelaide do you really wanna risk a ****ty keeper? or the ****ty keeper's well known **** back? plus at adl if you do actually get yourself in trouble, you don't want your number 5 batsman to be a 40 and out guy....

I mean i won't be upset if he doesn't play - Firdose Moonda can suck it - but you know I'd support it if they went that way.

also would I be right in saying that the argument for the 7 batsmen structure has lost a bit of weight simply because the new #7 won't be a useful spinner? (read: not a leg spinner)

[Spikey]

keeper's probably a better batsman than the xmas horse anyway. M I RITE???

[benchmark00]

Would be good to see de kock stiffening up that lower order.

[Spikey]

that ian healy somewhat supports my line of thinking is a definite blackmark against me

[Spikey]

reindeers are deers and deers are basically horses, right

[benchmark00]

Pipe down.

[Spikey]

make me



do you think hilf was thinking 'oh no not again' basically all through the last test?

[howardj]

Originally Posted by uvelocity

it's his leg sore. If he can't bowl he can't run between the wickets, chase a ball to the boundary or dive at slip.

will struggle to be ready for lanka imo

I really don't buy that

Look at his injury history - it's always arisen when he is bowling

Just look at AB Field in his last FC game

He batted fine in the first innings, then was injured after bowling one over

He doesn't have a history at all of getting injured while batting

[robelinda]

Originally Posted by howardj

I really don't buy that

Look at his injury history - it's always arisen when he is bowling

Just look at AB Field in his last FC game

He batted fine in the first innings, then was injured after bowling one over

He doesn't have a history at all of getting injured while batting

he does have a history of getting a sore left shin from being on the bloody pad every other innings. #pleasehitstraightballsdude

[uvelocity]

Originally Posted by howardj

I really don't buy that

Look at his injury history - it's always arisen when he is bowling

Just look at AB Field in his last FC game

He batted fine in the first innings, then was injured after bowling one over

He doesn't have a history at all of getting injured while batting

how do you know he didn't pull it while batting, felt it was ok to keep playing, then when trying to bowl went ahh **** nah

Which doesn't address that now that he is injured, he cant run properly which was my point.

[howardj]

From all reports in the newspapers today, apparently he can run properly