3rd Test: Australia v South Africa @ SCG Jan 4-8, 2023

[baggygreen man]

Next batsman

You and I both know CA has an obsession with an all rounder at #6. Hardie is the best we have behind Green. He has a decent FC average @44.5 too.

 

[Smug Panther]

You and I both know CA has an obsession with an all rounder at #6. Hardie is the best we have behind Green. He has a decent FC average @44.5 too.

Green is the first one we've found good enough since a young Steve Waugh. I know they are obsessed but I'll be amazed if he's up to the level needed

 

[TheParraboy]

Agar and Renshaw

Agar and Renshaw earn Australia call-ups for Sydney Test

The home side have given themselves the option of playing two spinners at the SCG

www.espncricinfo.com

Australia squad for Sydney Test vs South Africa Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Matthew Renshaw, Steven Smith, David Warner

 

[Smug Panther]

Agar and Renshaw

Agar and Renshaw earn Australia call-ups for Sydney Test

The home side have given themselves the option of playing two spinners at the SCG

www.espncricinfo.com

Australia squad for Sydney Test vs South Africa Pat Cummins, Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Lance Morris, Matthew Renshaw, Steven Smith, David Warner

Renshaw in please

 

[TheParraboy]

Renshaw may be cover for Warner. Since Harris is in the squad, Renshaw to play at 6 maybe?

Agar will play IMO, at 6 or at the coverted 8 position

Dont think we go into the test with 2 pacemen only

 

[mave]

Renshaw in the squad, so the gnome has something to whinge about for 5 days on Ch7

 

[mave]

Sorry, I meant 3 days.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Agar will play I'd say although he averages over 40 with the ball. Carey to 6 Agar @7. Probably the first time in history Australia has had a twin bald spin attack.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Dont think we go into the test with 2 pacemen only

But one of those will be Feathers Morris who will take all 20 wickets with his 300km/hr thunderbolts.

 

[Twizzle]

Who do you have in mind and in what position? Tricky this as all the form batsmen are openers and CA will never drop Warner now from India and Ussie is a lock.

well there are a few but the next in line will come in at 6 even if he's an opener at state level, they won't disrupt the top order imo

 

[Twizzle]

god I hope it's not Agar the Horrible, he's a better batsman than he is a bowler and we don't need 2 offfies in India, they'll have him for breakfast

not much foresight there

Renshaw to 6 seems the most likely and he has been making runs down the order, then Haze in for Starc

 

[TheParraboy]

Be quite funny if the blokes who take the most wickets bowling spin at the SCG, got hair on their heads..

Lyon - BALD
Agar - BALD
Smith - HAIR
Head - HAIR
Renshaw - HAIR
Marnus - HAIR

 

[TheParraboy]

 

[Travitoh]

If Agar is the second best spinner in Australia then we may as well use Head as the second spin option and pick another batsman.

 

[hineyrulz]

Agar will play I'd say although he averages over 40 with the ball. Carey to 6 Agar @7. Probably the first time in history Australia has had a twin bald spin attack.

Nude on the dome and Nude on the pitch.

 

[baggygreen man]

Green is the first one we've found good enough since a young Steve Waugh. I know they are obsessed but I'll be amazed if he's up to the level needed

Sorry , after some early success as a Test all rounder Tugga's bowling faded pretty fast and he finished his career with a piddling 92 wickets. Green will pass that in a year or two and imo will pass Nugget Miller's 170 before 55 matches. He will murder Nugget's 2958 runs too.

 

[baggygreen man]

Nude on the dome and Nude on the pitch.

If he gets the correct deck he can turn em unless he has forgotten the art having played so much white ball when only darts are needed.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

If he gets the correct deck he can turn em unless he has forgotten the art having played so much white ball when only darts are needed.

Actually, the best white ball spinners don't bowl darts. That includes Zampa who is a better white ball bowler and bowler full stop than Agar.

If Agar is picked it will be because of his batting which shows where the mindset of the selectors is.

 

[baggygreen man]

Actually, the best white ball spinners don't bowl darts

Best white ball finger spinners then. Zamps has the added weapon of being able to spin it both ways.

 

[Smug Panther]

Sorry , after some early success as a Test all rounder Tugga's bowling faded pretty fast and he finished his career with a piddling 92 wickets. Green will pass that in a year or two and imo will pass Nugget Miller's 170 before 55 matches. He will murder Nugget's 2958 runs too.

Yeah you missed the point