By baggygreenmania - 17 Nov 2018 9:52 PM
First match.. Oz v Saffers:
Australia: Aaron Finch (c), D’Arcy Short, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Ben McDermott, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Andrew Tye, Jason Behrendorff, Billy Stanlake.
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Faf du Plessis (c), David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Farhaan Behardien, Andile Phehlukwayo, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
Match reduced to 10 overs a side after rain deluged the stadium.
Same old story.. Aussies bowled too short and were unable to execute a yorker. SA 6-108.
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By Paddles - 19 Nov 2018 5:25 PM
Aus didn't fall behind because of the Smith and Warner bans - Aus fell behind when it went to roads to win at home because "just in case".
This Aus collapse is not as much to do with Smith and Warner like you think - the writing was on the wall in the 2015 Ashes. Aus rightly won the World Cup in 2015... But its end was obvious when Rogers retired - let alone Clarke and the end of Watto. Johsnon's retirement was called by me before the Indian test series. You don't bowl 150+ in your back-end 30's.
Aus are still a force at home. So are WI now and Bang. This is the reality. Aus has fallen way behind in dominating world cricket. They will not get roads anywhere but NZ (who needs 5 day test matches for the broadcasters to be happy) and Aus. Noone else will give Aussies a road to play on. CA, if it ever wants to win away from home, needs to make cricketers who can play for spin, swing and seam - and not simply be one dimensional flat and bouncy flat track bullies. Get bowlers who can spin, swing and seam and batsmen who can play it - because not every pitch is a road. In a way CA is like SAC - SAC spin is so bad - in the second test in SL on a dustbowl - they played a seam attack this year. I am serious! (just look at the scorecard below to see the issue). CA sends tall pace merchants who are good for roads into swing and seam conditions? Why?
http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18629/scorecard/1142582/sri-lanka-vs-south-africa-2nd-test-sa-in-sl-2018
(Lakmal - the only Sri Lankan seamer only bowls 2 overs. Steyn, Ngidi and Rabada were like lambs to the slaughter).
But unlike CA - SAC pacemen can swing and seam...
CA is simply and entirely one dimesional now and has been for years. Bouncy flat track bullies... This is why their away record is horrid. And why all intl batsmen look forward to touring Australia. This is the reality of world cricket right now. If the Marsh's make runs in Australia - all batsmen are able to. And the likes of Kohli know it.
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