South Africa Tour of Australia 2025 , 3 T20Is and 3 Odis

[diga]

32 minutes ago, rollingstoned said:

Sa off to Good start in first odi. 

Markram continues his form from the WTC test final against Aussies 

[KV244]

Sa 131 for 1

[KV244]

Sa 137 for 2

[rollingstoned]

5 4s in that Burger over. Ball coming on nicely now unlike first innings. 

[Suhaan]

Just now, rollingstoned said:

5 4s in that Burger over. Ball coming on nicely now unlike first innings. 

Most of them he served as half vollies,Head was just crunching through off and point from his place no feet movement required 

[rollingstoned]

Damn labu played all around that. Nice ball to nail him. 

[rollingstoned]

Aus v sa game in Australia being bossed by spinners. Not something you'd expect on your bingo card. 

[rollingstoned]

Ingliswa also bowled now. 

[rollingstoned]

Hacks being brutally exposed here lol.

[rollingstoned]

Oaf after oaf looking clueless against minimal spin and drift lmao.

[nitinbwj]

Haha....Mirch Marsh and his team of Tullas. 

[Chakdephatte]

Australia was in same situation when Maxwell was dropped 

 

A 200 run loss was on cards, but Maxwell rescued them. Then they fluked wins in semi final and final. Exceptionally lucky team. 

[nitinbwj]

4 hours ago, Chakdephatte said:

Australia was in same situation when Maxwell was dropped 

 

A 200 run loss was on cards, but Maxwell rescued them. Then they fluked wins in semi final and final. Exceptionally lucky team. 

Yes,they are a fuking tulla team BUT they have a player called Smith who would have won them this match again 

[nitinbwj]

Hanuman ji ne Kangaroos ki Lanka jala di 

[Gollum]

16 hours ago, Chakdephatte said:

Australia was in same situation when Maxwell was dropped 

 

A 200 run loss was on cards, but Maxwell rescued them. Then they fluked wins in semi final and final. Exceptionally lucky team. 

Aussies were making the SF as number 3 team even had they lost by 800 runs to Afg. 

 

NZ made SF with just 5 wins. Aussies had lost only to Ind and RSA before that Afg match, and their last match was against Bangladesh on a patta in Pune. BD was in awful form that WC and finished with same points as Netherlands, they were never going to knock out Aussies from the competition. 

 

They didn't fluke in SF and F. Showed their clutchnesss in SF, and final was a massacre. 

[Gollum]

Aussies will clown around as usual but come 2027 October, once again they will be the team to beat. Even if they don't win, the eventual champion will have to go through them by playing their best match of the tournament, like 96 Lanka, 11 India, 19 England. 

 

Got whitewashed at home against Pak last year. But in CT, even with their depleted team (picks like Dwarshius, Sangha, Ellis, Connolly) tested eventual champs to the maximum. Kohli had to bring out his best knock in recent years, KL his most clutch one, and more clutchness by Shreyas, Pandya, Axar. Btw it was their first match in Dubai while we were stationed there whole tournament. We were one brainfade or stroke of bad luck away from losing that day, and no way would Kiwis have beaten even 3rd string Aus in an ICC final. 

Edited August 20, 2025 by Gollum

[Nikhil_cric]

11 hours ago, Gollum said:

Aussies will clown around as usual but come 2027 October, once again they will be the team to beat. Even if they don't win, the eventual champion will have to go through them by playing their best match of the tournament, like 96 Lanka, 11 India, 19 England. 

 

Got whitewashed at home against Pak last year. But in CT, even with their depleted team (picks like Dwarshius, Sangha, Ellis, Connolly) tested eventual champs to the maximum. Kohli had to bring out his best knock in recent years, KL his most clutch one, and more clutchness by Shreyas, Pandya, Axar. Btw it was their first match in Dubai while we were stationed there whole tournament. We were one brainfade or stroke of bad luck away from losing that day, and no way would Kiwis have beaten even 3rd string Aus in an ICC final. 

That's because their selections and combinations are usually spot in  every World Cup squad of 15. 

 

You'll never see them make basic blunders like pick 3 wicket keepers and 3 spinners in England like we did in 2019 

 

[Gollum]

57 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

That's because their selections and combinations are usually spot in  every World Cup squad of 15. 

 

You'll never see them make basic blunders like pick 3 wicket keepers and 3 spinners in England like we did in 2019 

 

Yes, have to give it to them. They have nailed the ODI format since 1987 WC. To think that a past it Aussie team gave our all conquering 2011 side such a scare in the Motera QF says it all. 

 

1987, 2023 they literally stole the trophies when they weren't even among top 2 sides the whole tournament. 

[Nikhil_cric]

18 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Yes, have to give it to them. They have nailed the ODI format since 1987 WC. To think that a past it Aussie team gave our all conquering 2011 side such a scare in the Motera QF says it all. 

 

1987, 2023 they literally stole the trophies when they weren't even among top 2 sides the whole tournament. 

Batting depth and batting allrounders

 

1987 - S Waugh + AB

1999 - Tom Moody

2003 - Symonds + Lehmann

2007 - Watson + Symonds 

2015 - Maxwell + Watson

2023 - Maxwell

 

 

In the 2 new ball era , there is a persistent myth that you need 5 or even 6 bowlers to succeed. 

 

Australia in 2015 CWC dominated the World Cup with

 

Maxwell - average 36, economy 5.7

Watson - average 85, economy 6.57

 

They don't care about such fraud bowler heavy theories.

 

Edited August 20, 2025 by Nikhil_cric

[Chakdephatte]

1 hour ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Batting depth and batting allrounders

 

1987 - S Waugh + AB

1999 - Tom Moody

2003 - Symonds + Lehmann

2007 - Watson + Symonds 

2015 - Maxwell + Watson

2023 - Maxwell

 

 

In the 2 new ball era , there is a persistent myth that you need 5 or even 6 bowlers to succeed. 

 

Australia in 2015 CWC dominated the World Cup with

 

Maxwell - average 36, economy 5.7

Watson - average 85, economy 6.57

 

They don't care about such fraud bowler heavy theories.

 

For ICF, your 5th bowler decides the quality of your team.