I'm going to start using this patch and do some work in this thread based on my experiences. I will play a range of different players, to see how they perform and if their ratings need adjusted.
My 15 man squad for the ODI series against South Africa.
Callum Ferguson (BAT)
Mike Hussey (BAT)
Shaun Marsh (OBT)
Ricky Ponting (BAT)
Michael Clarke (BAT)
David Warner (OBT)
Adam Voges (BAT)
Brad Haddin (WKB)
Shane Watson (ALL)
James Hopes (ALL)
Nathan Hauritz (BWL)
Brett Lee (BWL)
Nathan Bracken (BWL)
Mitchell Johnson (BWL)
Peter Siddle (BWL)
South African 18 man squad for the ODI series against Australia.
Graeme Smith (OBT)
Hashim Amla (OBT)
Ashwell Prince (BAT)
JP Duminy (BAT)
AB De Villiers (BAT) *wk*
Neil McKenzie (OBT)
Herschelle Gibbs (BAT) *wk*
Imraan Khan (BAT)
Mark Boucher (WKB)
Jacques Kallis (ALL)
Albie Morkel (ALL)
Vernon Philander (ALL)
Morne Morkel (BWL)
Paul Harris (BWL)
Dale Steyn (BWL)
Monde Zondeki (BWL)
Makhaya Ntini (BWL)
Lonwabo Tsotsobe (BWL)
hedger_14 added 2 Minutes and 41 Seconds later...
Surprised not to see Botha in the squad as he has a better bowling rating than Harris. But I guess form might be a factor and they only want to play 1 spinner. van der Merwe and Wayne Parnell would be close to the squad but just outside for the time being.
hedger_14 added 6 Minutes and 56 Seconds later...
1st ODI:
Conditions: Sunny all day, good for batting, not much help for both seam and spin, fast outfield.
Australia Squad:
1. Shaun Marsh
2. Shane Watson
3. Ricky Ponting *
4. Michael Clarke
5. Mike Hussey
6. Brad Haddin (wk)
7. James Hopes
8. Mitchell Johnson (!)
9. Nathan Hauritz
10. Nathan Bracken (2)
11. Peter Siddle
South Africa Squad:
1. Graeme Smith (c)
2. Herschelle Gibbs
3. AB de Villiers
4. Jacques Kallis
5. Ashwell Prince
6. Neil McKenzie
7. Mark Boucher (wk)
8. Albie Morkel
9. Morne Morkel
10. Paul Harris
11. Dale Steyn
Brett Lee rested. Warner and Ferguson unlucky to miss out on a spot in the starting XI. Surprised not to see Duminy in the squad and McKenzie in instead.
South Africa win the toss and elect to bowl.