Has SA turned into a bad ODI and T20 team?

[f.b.m]

so you have so much disdain for "mickey mouse "cricket that you watched the aussies play the saffers in a T20 game no less.i bet you were watching it for ian healy's fascinating commentory and wayne parnell's amazing talent.

Um, I usually watch TV when having breakfast. inb4moarzandubalmz.

[cowboysfan]

Um, I usually watch TV when having breakfast. inb4moarzandubalmz.

thanks for clearing that up.i really like your opinions-they will be missed during the mother of all "mickey mouse" cricket-the IPL. its sad but you could always have bigger meals ...

[Sachinism]

Remem the first T20 we played against them ... DK smashed one for six of the last ball !!!

India's 1st T20 and we won DK and D Mongia, bring back DM, he has the best bowling action :giggle:

[flamy]

thanks for clearing that up.i really like your opinions-they will be missed during the mother of all "mickey mouse" cricket-the IPL. its sad but you could always have bigger meals ...

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[diegovegaz]

their odi play is moderate, but they have got it all wrong in T20s gibbs, leaving balls outside the off stump, which should have been slapped to the boundary poor, indeed, running between the wickets inexperienced useless players in the line-up dropping catches can't help them either playing test specialists like mckenzie and kallis!!!!! but everything turns around when graeme smith is present

[diegovegaz]

I would like to see a team more on these lines ... Smith Gibbs ABDV Duminy Kemp Albie Boucher Morne Botha Ntini Steyn

kemp is in icl, difficult for him to get into the side until the ban is taken back ntini doesn't fit well in the T20 outfit, lacks variation

[Dinx - the Jinx]

Um, I usually watch TV when having breakfast. inb4moarzandubalmz.

so.. you eat breakfast for 3 and half hours - not stop.. huh? with all the cheer leading around

[f.b.m]

so.. you eat breakfast for 3 and half hours - not stop.. huh? with all the cheer leading around

Yeah, I have a 7 course breakfast and I have to milk the cows beforehand so that takes a bit of time.

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Proteas win a thriller South Africa has twice come back from forlorn positions to defeat a new-look Australia by three wickets in a thrilling opening to the one-day international summer at the MCG on Friday night. More... Proteas win a thriller 16/01/2009 10:21 PM Andrew Wu at the MCG Sportal South Africa has twice come back from forlorn positions to defeat a new-look Australia by three wickets in a thrilling opening to the one-day international summer at the MCG on Friday night. Led by Albie Morkel, who made a match-winning 40 off only 18 balls, the Proteas capitalised on a well-chosen batting powerplay to plunder 18 runs off the 48th over, bowled by Ben Hilfenhaus, to steal a remarkable victory with three balls to spare. The win, courtesy of the third most successful run chase at the MCG, was the Proteas' sixth from as many matches against Australia at the venue and snapped the hosts' eight-match winning streak in 50-over cricket. Morkel delivered the final twist in a thrilling match where Australia had for the large part appeared destined to win. The Proteas needed 50 off the final five overs but the initiation of a batting powerplay in the 46th over, and some costly midfields, enabled Morkel and Johan Botha to carve a match-winning 51-run stand off only 35 balls. After reaching an imposing 8-271, built largely on half-centuries from freshmen internationals Shaun Marsh and David Hussey, the Proteas lost early wickets and were in big trouble when Jacques Kallis departed with the score on 3-90 in the 19th over. But a 123-run stand off 135 balls between the irrepressible Jean-Paul Duminy and the hitherto out-of-form Neil McKenzie returned the ascendancy to the Proteas before Duminy's dismissal for 71 triggered another change in momentum. The Proteas lost 4-8 in less than three overs to slump to 7-221 in the 44th over before the older Morkel brother and Botha put the Australians to the sword. Australia was not helped by stumbles in the field from Shaun Tait and Nathan Bracken in the 48th over. Tait's misfield gifted Morkel a boundary when only one should have been conceded, while Bracken's error allowed the Proteas to grab an extra two runs. That came moments after Bracken had conceded 13 runs in the 47th over, which finished with a massive six from Morkel. It was a devastating finish for the Australians, who until the final few overs were about to celebrate a win of substance. Five of its less experienced players had, up until this point, been responsible for delivering Australia control of the match. Marsh, Hussey and to a lesser extent Cameron White made valuable contributions with the bat, before Hilfenhaus and Tait made important breakthroughs with the ball. That pair had removed Herschelle Gibbs and Hashim Amla with the new ball then dismissed McKenzie and Boucher during the Proteas' stumble. Australia was helped by a charitable fielding performance by the Proteas. Vaughn can Jaarsveld gave lives to Ricky Ponting and Hussey, and McKenzie reprieved Marsh. Ponting and Hussey were the two most costly. Ponting was dropped on 33 and lived to make 46, while Hussey's life enabled him to make 52 at better than a run a ball to lift Australia's run rate towards the end of its innings. But Morkel's heroics at the death ensured the Proteas would not pay the ultimate price.