South Africa in Australia (2012)

Clarke and Sangakkara are the best two batsmen at the moment, Kohli, Amla and Kallis come next. Need to look at current numbers, a 200, 250 and a 300 (2 of these not out) against top sides for Clarke has not been matched by anyone else.

Cummins is injured... again.

There are a lot of good fast bowling options, I'd personally chooses the fastest bowler, look to get a bowler who can have a real impact. I like the look of Coulter-Nile.

Someone called Joe said : "I think everyone is forgetting that in years gone by umpires called every no-ball as it happened and the bowler had a chance to correct.These days a bowler can be over the line fractionally a lot of deliveries, but they only find out if a wicket falls. I'd like to ask why the four no-balls that have taken wickets were not called 'live' by the umpires?" Fair point, and it makes you wonder how many no-balls that don't take a wicket are not being called.

Edited by MalhotraRaj84 - 13 November 2012 at 3:10am

Some great points you have made there Raj. One thing I must say though, is that SAF missed the trick by playing Kleinveldt, who is both out of his depth and overweight. I haven't seen such an impotent spell of bowling from a South African in a long time. He never threatened to take a wicket, wasn't bowling at more than medium pace and was bowling a lot of no balls - terrible selection, and if he is SAF's 4th best fit fast bowler, then the stocks must be low. Imran Tahir should have played, Australia don't play leg spin that well (Kaneria and Kumble have both done well in Australia) and he would have provided good variation. Kallis is adequate enough to be the 4th fast bowler, but he also looked a little bit cooked after his long innings.


Australia's goal for the future is to find 2 or 3 decent batsmen to come into the side, and to really back Lyon in this format. Khawaja is test standard, his technique is very good and he has the ability to make big scores. He will come into the side soon, while Nic Maddinson, Burns and Doonan are the other 3 young domestic batsmen to look out for. There is some talent around, unfortunately the wickets in Australian domestic cricket are results orientated and hence why there are A LOT of fast bowlers with awesome numbers in the domestic game (Trent Copeland is a good example, and he's only medium pace).

Wow, if only the second day would not have been washed out , Aussies would have been in great great chance to win this one.

while the forum remains inactive let me tell you this series is going to charge me up, this is going to be a neck to neck battel between two of the best sides in the world. Clearly RSA seem to have a better line up but their mental block against the Aussies continues to haunt them.