Molehill
International Captain
But isn't this the point of some potential World Cup pitches (especially at the end of the tournaments). That doesn't work. This pitch was actually a really good comparison to what we often see then. Aus got away with it here largely because someone played with a bit of common sense and the SA bowlers forgot to just bowl it straight and wait for the wicket to do something dodgy. But you'd hope come WC time that these 2 would bat slightly more sensibly in the circumstances.Ehh. Head and marsh's job is to go out their and wack it, that's what they've been doing for ages. If it doesn't come off once in a while IDGAF. If they start failing consistently i'de be worried. Warner's shot is a bit concerning, but he also hasn't played a LOI game since the IPL, not gonna read into his stuff until we've seen him have a few hits. Carey and abbott coped very good balls (could have been a bit more solid in defense given the match situation, tbf). Inglis is a backup and stoinis is useless in ODI's and has been for 5+ years. A quick 20-30 odd at 7 is an above par effort from him at the moment.
PS Warner looks done for me. He might get some minnow bashing runs, but the decent seamers all seem to have his number now.