South Africa in Australia Dec 2008-Jan 2009

[Precambrian]

Australia :laugh:

Excellent stuff from the debutantes Parnell and Lopsy. Lopsy in particular impressed me with his immaculate control.

 

[mattfb]

Sorry for jinxing Aus again as well

LOL, piss off Dan and don't make an appearance in the Australia vs New Zealand thread!!

 

[Highlander999]

Cheers for that Tom, but can you guys just put us on hold for the next few weeks? I'm hoping we don't suffer a home loss like one country we know...

Can't resist it Matt Too many years of "we are the best" You gotta love it

 

[mattfb]

Can't resist it Matt Too many years of "we are the best" You gotta love it

Haha, yeah I know, fair call.

But damn that Duminy is a pest! When South Africa go to England he'll probably average 7 and you guys will be asking what all the fuss was about!

 

[Highlander999]

Well at least the Ashes will be close. We will either be bowling each other out for 70 odd or making 500+

 

[ajdude]

That Commonwealth Bank chairman probably didn't know how to pronounce Tsotsobe's name. >_< Nah, Amla deserved at least one MOTM award this series.

And hey, South Africa may have won the Test and ODI serii (is that a word?) but we can take away the fact that we won the Twenty20 series pretty comfortably. Well, the first match anyway.

 

[Highlander999]

LOL desperate. And it is just series, it's like sheep and sheep, it doesn't change when there is more than one

 

[mattfb]

And hey, South Africa may have won the Test and ODI serii (is that a word?) but we can take away the fact that we won the Twenty20 series pretty comfortably. Well, the first match anyway.

That's a pretty small consolation imo.

 

[piriyanth]

Australia always struggle when it comes to chasing runs:crying

 

[formula1man]

Well we need a major overhaul i believe. Some of these players just dont belong.

 

[Precambrian]

That Commonwealth Bank chairman probably didn't know how to pronounce Tsotsobe's name. >_< Nah, Amla deserved at least one MOTM award this series.

And hey, South Africa may have won the Test and ODI serii (is that a word?) but we can take away the fact that we won the Twenty20 series pretty comfortably. Well, the first match anyway.

Good one mate.

Attention to a post in his book "Captains Diary - 2008" by Ricky Thomas Ponting :

Teams that are outclassed in five-day matches and even 50-over games are much more competitive in Twenty20. India offer a good example of this.

How quickly things can come back biting you! All Ponting has to brag about currently is a T20 series win.

 

[King Pietersen]

Might as well give us the Ashes now, let's compare results against South Africa:
Tests: 2-1 to South Africa in both
ODi's: 4-0 to England in England, 3-1 to South Africa in Australia.

That therefore leads me to believe, South Africa > England > Australia. Might as well present The Ashes to Strauss and co today =)

 

[Highlander999]

Plus South Africa played us with a stronger squad

 

[mattfb]

How quickly things can come back biting you! All Ponting has to brag about currently is a T20 series win.

I wouldn't say we were much more competitive in the Twenty20's, especially in the second, neither did we treat the wins like it was the best thing ever to happen.

Feelin Blue? added 1 Minutes and 22 Seconds later...

Might as well give us the Ashes now, let's compare results against South Africa:
Tests: 2-1 to South Africa in both
ODi's: 4-0 to England in England, 3-1 to South Africa in Australia.

That therefore leads me to believe, South Africa > England > Australia. Might as well present The Ashes to Strauss and co today =)

Plus South Africa played us with a stronger squad

See, bragging is contagious. It's just impossible not to do, and you guys arent even number 1 yet!

I'm not sure that 'yet' belongs their though

 

[Precambrian]

Might as well give us the Ashes now, let's compare results against South Africa:
Tests: 2-1 to South Africa in both
ODi's: 4-0 to England in England, 3-1 to South Africa in Australia.

That therefore leads me to believe, South Africa > England > Australia. Might as well present The Ashes to Strauss and co today =)

And since we beat England 1-0 both at home and away, let us sneak in there

SA > India > Daylight > England > Australia.