bigfluffylemon wrote:Pretty miserable from South Africa, to be honest. They were the number 2 ranked side in the world, but haven't made 200 in their last 8 innings now?
Their batting does look pretty ropey. But then, Australia do have a habit of grinding teams into the ground at the MCG lately. Since 2011, India have got the better of Australia here with 2 victories and a draw, and every other team who has played a boxing day test here has been on the receiving end of a hiding - smallest margin of victories have been 8 wickets and 122 runs, three innings wins (and the draw in 2017 with England on a pathetic road of a pitch).
alfie wrote:They want to play five bowlers ? Bold in its way ; but on top of that weak top order it really is a recipe for disaster -
Arthur Crabtree wrote:I see Wee Davie is now 36 and retired hurt after celebrating his double ton. Maybe not many races left to run for the pugnacious left hander.
When I started watching cricket, no Aussie would play cricket much past 30 beyond a small elite. Players stopped playing earlier because cricket was just a phase in their life after which they went into work. One of the reasons pros go on for so many years now is because attitudes have changed towards what a sporting career is. It's not just better refuelling and sports science. I have some regard for those that feel that the main work of their life isn't playing sport for the bulk of their years and retiring for good on a pile of savings and a brand name.
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