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Chairman of Selectors
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Well before this series we all knew that AUS batting had to stand up if they want possibly win this series, because the pace attack had the ability to keep S Africa's batting in check.
The batting did step up & it was great to see Cowan get that hundred cause i'm sure many people were still sceptical about him.
Hopefully Watson is fit to play as an all-rounder in the next test now.
For South Africa, well i guess their much vaunted bowling attack just had one of those unusually bad days. As i think cricinfo highlighted this was first time a team had scored so heavily vs them since Sanga/Jayawardene in 2006. Coincidentally the last time they lost a test series.
However i had suspected before the series, that Klienvelt could be another quota-ish selection & my concerns were confirmed. Chris Morris who impressed in the t20 champions league & who has been bowling excellently in domestic cricket would have been a better fourth seamer replacement for the injured M De Lange.
The batting did step up & it was great to see Cowan get that hundred cause i'm sure many people were still sceptical about him.
Hopefully Watson is fit to play as an all-rounder in the next test now.
For South Africa, well i guess their much vaunted bowling attack just had one of those unusually bad days. As i think cricinfo highlighted this was first time a team had scored so heavily vs them since Sanga/Jayawardene in 2006. Coincidentally the last time they lost a test series.
However i had suspected before the series, that Klienvelt could be another quota-ish selection & my concerns were confirmed. Chris Morris who impressed in the t20 champions league & who has been bowling excellently in domestic cricket would have been a better fourth seamer replacement for the injured M De Lange.