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SA Thumped

Petroltorque
in ForzaMinardi.com Forum -- The Pub
After the no contest of Australia's defeat of South Africa, was their loss at home simply an aberation.
I don't see the Ashes being much of a test for them either. 3 or 4 nil is a realistic outcome.

Comments

  • oznomad
    Let's not get too carried away yet, PT. As long as we win the contest I'll be happy, and we've got some blokes who are yet to be tried under English conditions.

    Biggest issue the media are talking about at the moment is, who do we leave out to make way for the return of Brett Lee! Hilfenhaus or McDonald look the most likely, but both of them swing the ball so it'll be tricky.
  • viges
    Just our bloody luck.
  • Petroltorque
    Oznomad, Durban under lights was a trial run for the English conditions. Seth Efrica ( please say with a stong Afrikaans accent) folded! Their batting lineup is way better than anything England can find, unless they're thinking of exhuming Dennis Compton and Peter May or W G Grace...
  • viges
    or Michael Vaughan.
  • viges
    Actually, batting is not the problem. Strauss, Cook, Pietersen, Collingwood + Vaughany is a great line-up (No.3 is an issue).

    We do not have a strikeforce of the 2005 vintage - ie four bowlers all taking wickets.
  • SuperRoo
    Yes, contrasting form from both teams leading to the Ashes. England at home always rise to the colonial challenge.
    It will come down to how the youth brigade handle the added pressure.
  • oznomad
    "Just our bloody luck." hehehehehe McDonald will probably get the gig, mainly because of his greater ability with the bat. Younger too, so looking to the future, he may be a better long term prospect.
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