South Africa in Australia Dec 2008-Jan 2009

[Big Man]

Responsibility doesn't weigh Clarkey down either.

A shoe in for the Captaincy.

 

[mattfb]

piss off. how the hell did he get him out there that was a crap ball. thats rubbish.

 

[Big Man]

Bugger.

Well batted Clarkey.

 

[.Mob]

YESS! JP, YOU BEAUTY!

The end of a quite brilliant innings, he has really saved the Aussies here.

 

[ajdude]

Magnificent innings, but great catch by "Japes" as Boucher was calling him.

 

[jordox]

Good stuff, Johnson gone too. I got bored of watching Australia bat.

 

[.Mob]

Looking back now, the ball wasn't completely awful, the dip actually did Clarke in. He had planned that out all along obviously, as there is not a lot this boy cannot do. I'm waiting for Boucher to get injured in some freaky accident, and JP takes some blinders as wicketkeeper.

Yeah.

 

[Big Man]

Bugger MJ.

 

[smssia0112]

I don't really see the benefit of having McDonald in the side. He's not like any of the other class all-rounders around the world. His record is just average in both his batting and bowling. If you look at the best all-rounders in the world they've got 1 strong suit which they're class. Kallis is a top class batsman, Flintoff is a world class fast bowler and Vettori is a quality spinner, McDonald doesn't seem to have 1 stand out feature of his game. I just think it would benefit Australia more to either pick a class batsman or a quality bowler, not try and pick someone who's average at both, it seems they're intent to find a Flintoff/Kallis but none of the all-rounders are good enough. I'd much rather see someone like Dave Hussey in the side if I was an Aussie fan.

I'd hardly call his stats over the last few years average, batting over 45 and bowling below 30, that's pretty good to me.

 

[Big Man]

Good stuff, Johnson gone too. I got bored of watching Australia bat.

Well now you can watch the new look Australian bowling lineup rip through SAf.

 

[mattfb]

Johnson should have played the cut shot he was playing so good throughout the innings. He panicked and tried to play big but he didn't need too.

 

[jordox]

Well now you can watch the new look Australian bowling lineup rip through SAf.

Yeah, I am really excited to watch Bollinger, I'm a big fan of his. He should open the bowling instead of Siddle.

 

[mattfb]

Yeah, I am really excited to watch Bollinger, I'm a big fan of his. He should open the bowling instead of Siddle.

He should open the bowling with Siddle.

 

[ajdude]

He should open the bowling with Siddle.

He is opening the bowling with Siddle.

 

[jordox]

He is opening the bowling with Siddle.

Oh really? That annoys me too, Johnson is a machine.

Oh well, Ponting knows better than me.