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*Official* South Africa Test Tour of Zimbabwe 2025

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Northerner

U19 12th Man
Stefan9 said:
Who bats 3 if he doesn't is the issue. None of Stubbs or beddingham suited to it either.
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I would have Markram at 3 and look for another opener, may be give Van Tonder or Brand a chance, both have only 2 test matches under their belt, give them a go,
 
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Stefan9

International Regular
Northerner said:
I would have Markram at 3 and look for another opener, may be give Van Tonder or Brand a chance, both have only 2 test matches under their belt, give them a go,
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Then you have to drop one of Stubbs or beddingham.
Van Tonder isn't an opener. If you want to look at another option outside the squad its Jordan Hermann.
Rickelton has batted more at three then Aiden so would make more sense to move him if you want to move one.
 
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Northerner

U19 12th Man
Stefan9 said:
Then you have to drop one of Stubbs or beddingham.
Van Tonder isn't an opener. If you want to look at another option outside the squad its Jordan Hermann.
Rickelton has batted more at three then Aiden so would make more sense to move him if you want to move one.
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Mulder has been excellent this test, but he is not a number 3, need to try a few things out regarding positions 2/3.
 
CricAddict

CricAddict

International Coach
To me, this is the best XI as of now. But it is great that there are good alternatives for each slot.

Markram
Rickleton
Brevis
Bavuma
Pretorius
Verreynne
Mulder
Jansen
Bosch
Maharaj
Rabada
 
Dendarii

Dendarii

International Debutant
CricAddict said:
To me, this is the best XI as of now. But it is great that there are good alternatives for each slot.

Markram
Rickleton
Brevis
Bavuma
Pretorius
Verreynne
Mulder
Jansen
Bosch
Maharaj
Rabada
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I'm not convinced Bosch is a good enough bowler to to play him and Mulder. It should be one or the other, with the third seamer being a specialist. Who that should be is up for grabs at the moment, but that does have a lot to do with so many of them having been injured.
 
CricAddict

CricAddict

International Coach
Dendarii said:
I'm not convinced Bosch is a good enough bowler to to play him and Mulder. It should be one or the other, with the third seamer being a specialist. Who that should be is up for grabs at the moment, but that does have a lot to do with so many of them having been injured.
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As of now, it is Ngidi but there are about 20 bowlers behind his back vying for that third seamer role.
 
Nintendo

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Dendarii said:
I'm not convinced Bosch is a good enough bowler to to play him and Mulder. It should be one or the other, with the third seamer being a specialist. Who that should be is up for grabs at the moment, but that does have a lot to do with so many of them having been injured.
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I think it can work. Between them Bosch and Mulder should be able to cover the 3rd seamer/4th bowler role because there bowling is so polar. With brevis + makram to make up the 5th bowler overs I think it's plausible.
 
StephenZA

StephenZA

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Playing Bosch at 8/9 only makes sense if you have no other quality seamers available. With Ngidi, Coetzee, Burger, just as a starting point, for a 3rd seamer option, unfortunately Bosch doesn't make the team, the position available to him is the allrounders position, at 6/7.
 
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