2nd Test: Australia v South Africa at Hobart on Nov 12-16, 2016

[El Diablo]

Bazal having an emeltdown lol

 

[umina panther]

Another problem is that haze and starc just resort to bowling wicket taking balls in these situations

Least they did in england

I mean i cant blame the bowlers its a difficult job to defend <100

Thats Starc's whole game. it is what is

 

[T-Boon]

In terms of whether it was good bowling or bad batting Warner played a bad shot and Khawaja just played down the wrong line to what was an OK ball and Ferguson got run out. Thats three of the top 6 just below standard for Test cricket.

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

What part of "we didn't play well" is difficult for you to understand? I actually understand that South Africa deserve all the credit for how they played, which was brilliant, instead of moping around about how it was all a product of CA and their commercial interest and T20 and modern batting and that's the reason we got rolled. That doesn't mean I'm defending the way we played, you complete and utter hazelnut.

Yes, actually it does.

"We didn't play well" - understatement of the f**king century right there.

Loads and loads of teams bowl and field just as well as that. Doesn't mean you get rolled for eighty f**king five before tea, at home, 1-0 down, again without their best bowler, you apologetic peanut.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Let's have a look at the Australian batting.
Warner: never scores meaningful runs on a pitch that does anything so no surprise out cheaply here.
Burns: not an opener and got a beauty
Kwajaha: squared up again, has a technical deficiency where he doesn't get forward or back and leads with his arms.
Smith: played every ball on its merits and so was 48no at the end
Voges: got a good un but is not a test player. All his runs against the west Indies on roads
Ferguson: can't judge his batting but for stupidity gets 9/10
Neville: timid but once again gets handed a shit sandwich from the top order

 

[Bazal]

Bazal having an emeltdown lol

Nah, I'll leave those to you. Hey, if I start calling you a lemon again can I expect my posts to be deleted in a huff? Lol

 

[Pete Cash]

Let's have a look at the Australian batting.
Warner: never scores meaningful runs on a pitch that does anything so no surprise out cheaply here.
Burns: not an opener and got a beauty
Kwajaha: squared up again, has a technical deficiency where he doesn't get forward or back and leads with his arms.
Smith: played every ball on its merits and so was 48no at the end
Voges: got a good un but is not a test player. All his runs against the west Indies on roads
Ferguson: can't judge his batting but for stupidity gets 9/10
Neville: timid but once again gets handed a shit sandwich from the top order

Remember when Warner scored that great century on a green Hobart wicket against NZ

Now he just cant be arsed

 

[umina panther]

Bazal is a very good judge of cricket

 

[Bazal]

Yes, actually it does.

"We didn't play well" - understatement of the f**king century right there.

Loads and loads of teams bowl and field just as well as that. Doesn't mean you get rolled for eighty f**king five before tea, at home, 1-0 down, again without their best bowler, you apologetic peanut.

Right. So recognising a good performance from someone other than Australia isn't on. Got it. I forgot we're the best side in the world every day and only our own mistakes contribute to our losses. My apologies.

Blah blah blah CA stooges blah blah modern batsmen blah blah T20 dollars. Is that better?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Rod Marsh has the biggest upper lip in history

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Remember when Warner scored that great century on a green Hobart wicket against NZ

Now he just cant be arsed

I think Davey has eyes on the captaincy.

 

[Bazal]

Remember when Warner scored that great century on a green Hobart wicket against NZ

Now he just cant be arsed

That was the dismissal you'd be really angry about as a captain. Just an absolute nothing shot.

I'd get Mennie on instead of Starc here, he's not going to get as much out of this wicket

 

[JJ]

I think Davey has eyes on the captaincy.

Would Australia really put the stupidest man in world cricket in charge? Davey Dumb Dumb

 

[El Diablo]

Nah, I'll leave those to you. Hey, if I start calling you a lemon again can I expect my posts to be deleted in a huff? Lol

you're right on the verge of threatening to throw yourself in front of a bus lol

they toys have already been tossed

not long now

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Poor Bazal.

Guy's been beaten down so much that he thinks if the opposition team bowl real well, getting all out before tea for 85 on the first day is in some sick way acceptable when Australia play test match cricket at home.

Sad indictment of first class in this country.

 

[Pete Cash]

Right. So recognising a good performance from someone other than Australia isn't on. Got it. I forgot we're the best side in the world every day and only our own mistakes contribute to our losses. My apologies.

Blah blah blah CA stooges blah blah modern batsmen blah blah T20 dollars. Is that better?

Mate south africa did bowl well but we should aspire to be better than this turd

Its garbage from the top down. i reckon chadd sayers would be a handful on this wicket for example but the selectors have a "type"

 

[Bazal]

The other thing I wonder, and I say it as a big Smith fan, is whether he has the personality to be a good captain. Tactically, he's fine, but it just seems to me that the side has no fear of failure. That goes equally for Lehmann tbh.

Blokes used to be terrified of AB, Tugga and even Tubby if they didn't give it their all at least. They'd have extra sessions, they'd get ripped apart in the sheds....they had a healthy respect for and fear of their skipper. I just don't see that in this side.

 

[El Diablo]

Would Australia really put the stupidest man in world cricket in charge?

what has Bowden got to do with this?

 

[Bazal]

you're right on the verge of threatening to throw yourself in front of a bus lol

they toys have already been tossed

not long now

 

[Pete Cash]

The other thing I wonder, and I say it as a big Smith fan, is whether he has the personality to be a good captain. Tactically, he's fine, but it just seems to me that the side has no fear of failure. That goes equally for Lehmann tbh.

Blokes used to be terrified of AB, Tugga and even Tubby if they didn't give it their all at least. They'd have extra sessions, they'd get ripped apart in the sheds....they had a healthy respect for and fear of their skipper. I just don't see that in this side.

Hes only in his mid 20s in fairness.

He should be putting his foot up the arse of a few blokes for sure though