Re: South Africa v Australia - touring squad
Reply #38 –
Dont think its going matter if its Doolan, Marsh or Hughes..I expect the South African quicks to run through our top order and it will be down to Haddin, Johnson, Siddle to make some runs when the ball is older and the bowlers tired.
Marsh, Doolan, Hughes and Henriques is a rubbery quartet to be expecting runs from vs one of the best attacks in the world led by the best fast bowler.
Its down to Johnson, Siddle and Harris to win this series with the ball and I think the Saffies batting is nowhere near as good as their bowlers and we can exploit that.
It will be interesting, as our batting certainly does not look to be the matchwinner that our bowling could be. The Middle Order does look to be somewhat elastic.
I really hope they go with Hughes......I'm still not sure what he did wrong to get dropped in England after scoring an unbeaten 80 in the first test & putting on over 160 with Agar for the last wicket. He failed in the 2nd test....but so did everybody. I thought he worked hard at #6 & given the saffers lack of a decent spinner, could be very dangerous coming in with the shine off the ball. Shaun Marsh......still not sure why he deserves to be over there.
The only other thought would be in batting one of the leftys up at #3 is that Steyne & Philanders stock ball is the outswinger to right handers. But I think they've pretty much penciled in Doolan at 3.
I'm also not a Watson fan...but we will miss his overs more than his batting & more than I care to admit.
Hopefully Mitch can crack Smiths finger open again early on in the first !
cheers