Do the Saffies have a chance to register a series win down

by Josh Carney Thu 30 Oct 2008, 00:49

under ?

Saffies are a pretty decent team at the moment and fared a lot better in India earlier this year. But somehow I think that the Aussies still have the wood on them when it comes to the crunch situations.

by DJ_Smerk Thu 30 Oct 2008, 01:30

Their Key players will need to lose weight before they even think about winning down under. The tour of India will be a sufficient wake-up call for the Aussies who will come back hard on they're own soil.

Expect a tightly fought contest in my books...

by PlanetPakistan Thu 30 Oct 2008, 02:04

Brett Lee and Clark will suddenly start bowling well once there is more pace and bounce in the pitch.

Hope Steyn does well...really well.

by G.Wood Thu 30 Oct 2008, 02:05

The Aussie ball doesn't go Irish as readily so our batsmen won't be as big a muppets as they appear in India and England

by Josh Carney Thu 30 Oct 2008, 02:07

Brett Lee to me appears to be on the slide. Don't think he will ever get back to the highs he had in the recent past.

by Basil Thu 30 Oct 2008, 02:07

My money is on an Aussie win. Too many people are pinning too much on one lost test in India.

But, if the series in India turns into a rout...........

by Red Thu 30 Oct 2008, 03:07

We're much more comfortable on home soil and Lee will suddenly be bowling quickly and with venom again. The absence of a spinner won't be felt as much. Our batting and fielding is superior to the Saffas.

Also Steyn looks stuffed and Morkel is unproven. Ntini is over the hill and they have no spinner. Smith has never made a run against us and has 'wankers' elbow syndrome to contend with anyway.

Hussey will be prolific against them and Hayden probably will regain his touch and charge their inexperienced attack.

Our mojo will be back and Punter knows we can mentally dominate the South Africans. Their team may include quota selections just to top it off.

by G.Wood Thu 30 Oct 2008, 03:12

Red wrote:
Our mojo will be back .

Can he bowl?

by SG Thu 30 Oct 2008, 03:20

Yep, just because they're beaten by India in India in a test doesn't mean that they'll lose at home as well.

by PlanetPakistan Thu 30 Oct 2008, 03:27

I reckon AUS will be severely tested in SL.

by SG Thu 30 Oct 2008, 03:35

True, but they're not scheduled to tour SL in near future, I reckon not before '11.

by Red Thu 30 Oct 2008, 04:49

SG wrote:True, but they're not scheduled to tour SL in near future, I reckon not before '11.

Exactly a lot of water to flow under the proverbial bridge before then. We have done quite well over there in the past.

by taipan Thu 30 Oct 2008, 06:11

Red wrote:Smith has never made a run against us and has 'wankers' elbow syndrome to contend with anyway.

by Naeem Thu 30 Oct 2008, 06:47

Its a tough one.

SA is a lot more settled than Australia in tests and will surely give them a run for their money. But SA is always on an upward curve heading to Australia and they end up getting the hiding of their lives.

So i think its best to just wait and see. I think the players should keep their mouths shut, stick to basics and not try and play Australia at their own game - sledging.

by doremi Thu 30 Oct 2008, 12:08

If the Saffies play their 1st choice pace attack, India or no India, the Aussie batsmen will have to play out of their skins, otherwise there is a chance of a mauling at home.

by Don't quote me Thu 30 Oct 2008, 12:44

Red wrote:Smith has never made a run against us .

Don't read too much into that, a lot of players who previously failed against AUS will now fill their boots now that McGrath & Warne are no longer in the building, just look at;

Shiv, sanga, jaya, dhoni, gambhir in the last yr or so

by Henry Thu 30 Oct 2008, 16:00

Most of those guys you mentioned either DID make good runs against Warne and Mcgrath when they were playing, or never faced them in a test match.

by lardbucket Fri 30 Jan 2009, 13:34

An interesting re-read. Some 'predictions' seem superficially to have come seriously unstuck. Woof, woof?

by taipan Fri 30 Jan 2009, 13:39

Red wrote:We're much more comfortable on home soil and Lee will suddenly be bowling quickly and with venom again. The absence of a spinner won't be felt as much. Our batting and fielding is superior to the Saffas.

Also Steyn looks stuffed and Morkel is unproven. Ntini is over the hill and they have no spinner. Smith has never made a run against us and has 'wankers' elbow syndrome to contend with anyway.

Hussey will be prolific against them and Hayden probably will regain his touch and charge their inexperienced attack.

Our mojo will be back and Punter knows we can mentally dominate the South Africans. Their team may include quota selections just to top it off.

Nice shooting red,

by PeterCS Fri 30 Jan 2009, 13:44

Splattergun shooting.

by taipan Fri 30 Jan 2009, 13:46

PeterCS wrote:Splattergun shooting.

Everyone a coconut.

by eowyn Fri 30 Jan 2009, 13:49

PeterCS wrote:Splattergun shooting.

A la Bugsy Malone?

by Henry Fri 30 Jan 2009, 14:12

It's funny because EVERYTHING he/she/it said was wrong. Very Happy

by taipan Sat 31 Jan 2009, 08:01

Henry wrote:It's funny because EVERYTHING he/she/it said was wrong.

For a change?

by Zat Sat 31 Jan 2009, 13:10

Henry wrote:It's funny because EVERYTHING he/she/it said was wrong.

Debbie Spillane strikes again!

And another thing, why do poms refer to Australia as Down Under, yet not South Africa...?

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