2nd Test: South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth Feb 20-24, 2014

[Jason Maher]

f**k. Double miss for both Doolan and Marsh. We just can't afford so much hit and miss at the top of the order. Move Clarke and Smith up.

 

[Tommy Smith]

Lol Darsh.

Half his innings are ducks. What a useless turd.

 

[herbert henry1908]

Lol. Shaun Marsh.

 

[8Ball]

That Marsh dismissal is technically shambolic for a top order batsman. Goes out there.. Knows the ball is swinging back late into his pads. Then he plants his front foot outside off to a full ball. Who the f**k is the batting coach

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

6 ducks in 15 innings and he averages 55 when actually scores runs

 

[Wizardman]

I've been praying for rain for the last two days...still am

 

[herbert henry1908]

So Shaun Marsh has played 15 test innings now.

6 ducks

2 scores under 10

2 under 20

2 44's

An 81

And 2 140's

 

[saint.nick]

Clearly doesn't have the mentality required of a test batsman. Way too unreliable.

 

[HevyDevy]

Well, time for Clarke to score some runs I guess.

And can we get over this Marsh experiment? How he scored a hundred last Test I'll never know. His firs 50 was one of the ugliest things I've ever seen.

 

[HevyDevy]

Lol we're so rubbish

 

[saint.nick]

clarke, the f*** have you been doing lately?

 

[saint.nick]

here we go, the collapse begins...

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Holy shit

 

[8Ball]

Well this was unexpected.. :sarcasm:

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

:lol:

These merkins are useless. The second time we'll lose a series 2-1 after being 1-0 up

 

[BunniesMan]

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/a-straight-bat-cricket-blog/2013/oct/25/shaun-marsh-the-special-one

The Shaun Marsh who the selectors believe in doesn't exist. He is a figment of their imagination, a shadow just beyond their grasp, the lost love forever dancing on the edge of their consciousness. He's not real.

The reality is this: Shaun Marsh is a 30-year-old, injury-prone, mediocre Shield batsman with a fully sick IPL highlights reel. He's had more than a decade to score runs consistently at Shield level. He has never done so. That's on him. He should be held accountable for that level of performance like any other professional cricketer. Instead, the selectors reward him for it by persistently promoting him to the Australian team

Clearly doesn't have the mentality required of a test batsman. Way too unreliable.

Marsh doesn't have the mentality required to be a good shield batsman.

 

[saint.nick]

The fact it's gotten from 0-120something to 5-161 is absolutely criminal.

 

[BunniesMan]

As long as Haddin and/or Johnson are there to bat with Rogers I won't give up hope on batting until the rain comes.

 

[Matt23]

Darsh should be batting 6 or not at all, need to address our inability to bat on pitches like this, and I don't think this Di Venuto nuffy is the man for the job.

 

[Fufu Andronez]

The Kallis-Ponting trophy actually sounds pretty good as a name for this series