1st Test: Australia v South Africa at Perth on Nov 3-7, 2016

[Red Bear]

You need a spinner to meet over rates given how long quicks are taking to bowl.

It's also good to have a point of difference when you have four quck bowlers including Marsh.

I would maybe not if I thought Smith and Voges could give us 20 overs and innings (if needed). But they probably can't. So Lyon gets the go.

O'Keefe and Agar are both off to a good start in the shield, which is good. Nice to have some pressure on the incumbants.

 

[El Diablo]

Would you pick a spinner( regardless of who) at the WACA though??

Unless they were a genuine all rounder I feel it's a waste.

i'd pick 5 just for shits and giggles

 

[Canard]

You need a spinner to meet over rates given how long quicks are taking to bowl.

It's also good to have a point of difference when you have four quck bowlers including Marsh.

I would maybe not if I thought Smith and Voges could give us 20 overs and innings (if needed). But they probably can't. So Lyon gets the go.

O'Keefe and Agar are both off to a good start in the shield, which is good. Nice to have some pressure on the incumbants.

Fair enough.

Always surprised by how little Smith bowls.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

I thought Nevill was meant to be a good keeper? this fool has more byes than career runs

Can't bat,can't keep,Bring back Wade

 

[Iafeta]

Congratulations to Mitch Marsh. On the verge of a major milestone. One more for a well deserved 30 test wickets.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Needs to be some serious stfu over the declaration, especially from Taylor.

 

[Hutty1986]

Timid nath takes a wonderful 0/117

 

[JJ]

Congratulations to Mitch Marsh. On the verge of a major milestone. One more for a well deserved 30 test wickets.

I think Philander is looking at Marsh and wondering if that's really what they consider an all-rounder in Australia

 

[JJ]

What is the value of selecting Lyon on any pitch?

He's the GOAT, haven't you heard?

 

[JJ]

On this pitch minus the opposition's best quick there surely must be a chance of a test lineup batting out a draw?

 

[Red Bear]

On this pitch minus the opposition's best quick there surely must be a chance of a test lineup batting out a draw?

I would hope so. Not all that confident though

 

[WaznTheGreat]

On this pitch minus the opposition's best quick there surely must be a chance of a test lineup batting out a draw?

Brah Peter Nevill and Mitchell Marsh couldn't last more than 8 balls against my offspin let alone these guys

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Spinner can't take wickets?
Allrounder can't score runs?

There's only one solution.......

The big show.

You know you want it.

 

[hineyrulz]

Well this is f**ked up right now.

Agar would be a better option at 6 then Marsh.

 

[Timbo]

This is just plain embarrassing.

Lyon getting tonked by tail-enders, MMarsh batting worse than Bobby Niney and Siddle struggling to break 125 kph.

 

[Tommy Smith]

f**king lol the Lyon tamer.

He couldn't tame a three toed sloth.

0/132. And yet he's a walk up start every test.

If I were to write a comedy of Australian cricket it'd be called 'the Lyon and the 3 Marsh's'.

 

[Tommy Smith]

John Howard is a better bowler than Nathan Lyon.

 

[Canard]

Mats Wilander out.

Player of the match so far for mine.

 

[Eelectrica]

One would like to think SA batted too long here and we can survive the 4.5 session given how easy it looked out there and SA are a strike bowler short.

The way our batsmen play sometimes you'd swear they swapped pitches or dug potholes in it.

 

[hineyrulz]

I can see these two putting on about 150 and then us get rolled for about 270.