South Africa v Australia, 5xODIs, 27 Sep - 12 Oct, 2016

JGK wrote:HTF do you not reach 300 when your opener gets 173 off 136?

Has a batsman ever scored as much and still ended up on the losing side?

Basil wrote:

JGK wrote:HTF do you not reach 300 when your opener gets 173 off 136?

Has a batsman ever scored as much and still ended up on the losing side?

Pointing was close.

Basil wrote:

JGK wrote:HTF do you not reach 300 when your opener gets 173 off 136?

Has a batsman ever scored as much and still ended up on the losing side?

Charles Coventry made 194* for a losing team.

Actually only the 4th highest score.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=batted_score;result=2;template=results;type=batting;view=innings

Compared to the manifestly incompetent Mickey, Boof was a revelation.

horace wrote:Compared to the manifestly incompetent Mickey, Boof was a revelation.

Boof is just another Mickey without the homework.

The influence of the bnlg kjnr and the Marshs have limited his success in recent times

What is Mickey doing these days?

dont try and confuse horrie with facts

Well following floggings by the yaapies and Lankans feel free to celebrate Mere Marsh, QDenial, Bog and Iron Gloves

Aye, twas a very ordinary few months. Hardly encouraging leading into a summer featuring the Yarps and Wackies.

horace wrote:Well following floggings by the yaapies and Lankans feel free to celebrate Mere Marsh, QDenial, Bog and Iron Gloves

Mitch Marsh was one of the better performers ...still vast improvement required

NCN was injured and didnt play a game

Bog scored runs when he was picked (too late) and then got injured

What different selections would you have made , horrie?

Bog would not have toured. Am not wedded to bits and pieces players batting at 6.00 and would prefer a batsman. QDenial selection was bizarre.
Bancroft, Patterson, Tremain.

Thankfully IG is leaving.

Don't worry Aussie fans, you'll be back on home soil soon, in all of it's FTB, Channel Nine cheerleading glory, and all else will be forgotten....until the next time they go overseas.

It's just a sign of the inevitable Indianisation of all Test nations.

Ban India.

Batting-wise for Australia, perhaps it's time for Aus to look beyond the hit and miss FTB Finch and the ageing and technically questionable Bailey.

Mitch Marsh has also received more than his fair share of chances for not much in the way of performances. The odd hard-hitting 50 once every 10 innings may have been excusable two years ago when he first came into the Aussie side, but they should be expecting more from him now.

Henry wrote:Don't worry Aussie fans, you'll be back on home soil soon, in all of it's FTB, Channel Nine cheerleading glory, and all else will be forgotten....until the next time they go overseas.

Not so sure, Trev. The SAffers will be very hard to beat in conditions not unlike their home.

skully wrote:

Henry wrote:Don't worry Aussie fans, you'll be back on home soil soon, in all of it's FTB, Channel Nine cheerleading glory, and all else will be forgotten....until the next time they go overseas.

Not so sure, Trev. The SAffers will be very hard to beat in conditions not unlike their home.

On the pitches they are lily to play on, I can't see them being able to bowl Aus out cheaply enough to force results. If Starc is fit, he could be the difference between the two sides.

I hope you are right. It's been an ordinary last few months performance wise from the Aussies.

BTW, welcome back, man.

Cheers, have taken a bit of a break from cricket this last month or so. There's only so many jamodis a person can take!

Fair call.

Henry wrote:Don't worry Aussie fans, you'll be back on home soil soon, in all of it's FTB, Channel Nine cheerleading glory, and all else will be forgotten....until the next time they go overseas.

Oh Fark!!!!!

Our summer has been trevved

I don't suppose there's any chance CA will let the chips fall where they will and not instruct groundsmen to turn this into a yawnathon? Admittedly on form about the only chance we have of not losing.

Henry wrote:Don't worry Aussie fans, you'll be back on home soil soon, in all of it's FTB, Channel Nine cheerleading glory, and all else will be forgotten....until the next time they go overseas.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/former-test-players-brett-lee-and-mike-hussey-have-left-channel-nines-cricket-coverage-on-eve-of-the-summer/news-story/b08e748225d06ae01655756c03e36f4c

except for Lee and Hussey. But looks like we're getting KP and Waqar

Big Dog wrote:I'm just waiting for the usual B/S from Sutherland, Leahman, Marsh & Howard et al about how their selections were justified & how well the team really played despite being caned. These teflon fools never seem to learn from their mistakes.

Just as i predicted FFS

National Selector Mark Waugh and CA's Executive General Manager of High Performance Pat Howard have both defended Australia's inexperienced five-man pace attack that toured South Africa, warning against judging the quintet so early in their careers.

With Starc and Hazlewood rested, the pace attack for the series consisted of John Hastings (23 ODIs to his name before the tour began), Scott Boland (10 ODIs) as well as uncapped trio Chris Tremain, Joe Mennie and Dan Worrall.

And while they all struggled to contain the home side's star-studded batting line-up in the series whitewash, Waugh pointed out they weren't alone in a series where the average team total, aside from a low-scoring clash in Port Elizabeth, was 317.

"They've been a little bit short of the mark, but to be honest, the grounds and the pitches have been very tough to bowl on," Waugh told Wide World of Sports.

"It's been a learning curve for those guys. Joe Mennie bowled really well last night (in the fifth ODI), Chris Tremain has bowled well at times. They'll know now what level is required to succeed against good quality players."

Howard, too, said the inexperienced pacemen shouldn't be judged on just one series.

"You don’t want to judge people at the start (of their careers)," he said. "Give people time. There is that test about how people rise to the occasion.

"We challenge players when they come into the international squad, let's see what it’s like (and now) they’ll go back into domestic cricket and they've got to dominate that.

"I want to see how those players take this opportunity and grow from it.

"We'll cop our criticism (for resting players) but the preparation is important. Players are coming back now and selectors will have choice."