Watching Aus in SA and wondering

[ravishingravi]

What could have been. This really is a shadow of the great SA teams. Without Steyn they cant muster the intensity to win against big teams. But we somehow found a way to lose to this side. I wont be surprised if Aus win 4-0 to avenge their home defeat. It will be demolition job for sure. And with that Aussie batting line up which relies on only two players basically. 

[gattaca]

They lost all home series to Australia since readmission. They also lost all quarter , semifinal matches in World Cup against Australia. They are mental midgets when playing Australia in pressure situation.

[TheWall]

India had a great chance to win the series.. but for some stupid team selection...

[rkt.india]

Even the strong SA teams lost to Aus at home.

[cric_fan]

What could have been. This really is a shadow of the great SA teams. Without Steyn they cant muster the intensity to win against big teams. But we somehow found a way to lose to this side. I wont be surprised if Aus win 4-0 to avenge their home defeat. It will be demolition job for sure. And with that Aussie batting line up which relies on only two players basically. 

Irrelevant.

Nothing surprising. Aus have not lost there since the 80’s.

[rkt.india]

OP is Ghajini of ICF.

[Singh bling]

You cannot expect SA to win with Quota

[Tattieboy]

1 hour ago, Singh bling said:

You cannot expect SA to win with Quota

They managed to beat #1 ranked test team with a quota 

[ravishingravi]

Perhaps I spoke too soon. This could get closer. Magically, the pitch has flattened again. 

[rkt.india]

2 minutes ago, ravishingravi said:

Perhaps I spoke too soon. This could get closer. Magically, the pitch has flattened again. 

and you should have checked the history too. SA have never won against Aus at home since their return. 

[rkt.india]

32 minutes ago, Tattieboy said:

They managed to beat #1 ranked test team with a quota 

Without quota they would have been actual #1. They lost a terrific fast bowler like Kyle Abott due to quota who signed Kolpak. They lost likes of Ingram, Riley Rossow to.

Edited March 4, 2018 by rkt.india

[ravishingravi]

1 minute ago, rkt.india said:

and you should have checked the history too. SA have never won against Aus at home since their return. 

This is weak Australian batting Line up. The teams that won in the past were strong teams. Past records doesn’t mean much when you enter into a new series with a new team. Only Smith, Warner, Cummins abd maybe Lyon have toured Aus 

 

Not ti mention. That this Aus team inspire of playing in similar conditions felt the need to prepare for 10 days before the series. That says something about us. 

[rkt.india]

2 minutes ago, ravishingravi said:

This is weak Australian batting Line up. The teams that won in the past were strong teams. Past records doesn’t mean much when you enter into a new series with a new team. Only Smith, Warner, Cummins abd maybe Lyon have toured Aus 

 

Not ti mention. That this Aus team inspire of playing in similar conditions felt the need to prepare for 10 days before the series. That says something about us. 

but it is all about conditions and these conditions are not too different for Australia than what they get at home. Pace and bounce without much lateral movement is their bread and butter. This is where SA are wrong that they gave them a flattish pitch. This is no where the pitches we got in Capetown and at Wanderers. 

[Rightarmfast]

23 minutes ago, ravishingravi said:

Perhaps I spoke too soon. This could get closer. Magically, the pitch has flattened again. 

Waiting for the experts to come out in the open and admit. They were cursing Indian bowlers for bowling bad. Now what do they have to say? :) 

For all you know, the wickets will be taken eventually. But for a major part of the inning now, the Aussie fast bowlers are looking like toothless tigers! 

[Temujin Khaghan]

for australia these saffer grounds are like home grounds... much like how srilankan grounds are now for india...

[Singh bling]

1 hour ago, Tattieboy said:

They managed to beat #1 ranked test team with a quota 

Quota is slow poison , if more and more whites give up Cricket they will hardly find good players.

 

If you know only 20% of SA school have cricket and most of them dominated by whites .So how can you expect 80% to fill the boots who neither have interest nor have facilities

[Lannister]

The buddy-team selections has cost us the series. Hope Kohli is watching the test match and realize that he took Indian captaincy for granted and utilized it for his own selfish agendas. 

[rkt.india]

1 hour ago, ravishingravi said:

This is weak Australian batting Line up. The teams that won in the past were strong teams. Past records doesn’t mean much when you enter into a new series with a new team. Only Smith, Warner, Cummins abd maybe Lyon have toured Aus 

 

Not ti mention. That this Aus team inspire of playing in similar conditions felt the need to prepare for 10 days before the series. That says something about us. 

Another point. Good Aussie teams defeated good SA teams. Not so good Aussie team also defeating not so good SA team. This Aussie bowling is still one of the best they ever had.

[Tattieboy]

10 minutes ago, Singh bling said:

Quota is slow poison , if more and more whites give up Cricket they will hardly find good players.

 

If you know only 20% of SA school have cricket and most of them dominated by whites .So how can you expect 80% to fill the boots who neither have interest nor have facilities

My point is not about quotas which should never be in place but #1 test team can't beat a team that has to pick quotas 

[rkt.india]

49 minutes ago, Rightarmfast said:

Waiting for the experts to come out in the open and admit. They were cursing Indian bowlers for bowling bad. Now what do they have to say? :) 

For all you know, the wickets will be taken eventually. But for a major part of the inning now, the Aussie fast bowlers are looking like toothless tigers! 

Only thing you are forgetting is Indian bowlers bowled on more favorable pitches.