Re: Australia v Sth Africa

Jellore wrote:
> On Dec 2, 11:24 pm, Mike Holmans <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 04:13:33 -0800 (PST), ben.gus...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 tapped
>> the keyboard and brought forth:
>>
>>> On Dec 2, 8:11 am, "will_s" <wl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>> Sth Africa will beat Australia in AUSTRALIA and become the World
Champions
>>>> of Test Cricket.
>>> Ignoring what the English commentators believe, Steyn is the premium
>>> fast bowler in world cricket.
>> I'd basically agree with that, but he had a rotten series in England,
>> which is probably why some English commentators are still sceptical.
>> People are of course allowed to have bad series, but Steyn will need
>> to recover his previous form if he's to justify the tag of best in the
>> world.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mike
>> --
> 
> He only played two Tests in the series and took 8 wickets. If he had
> of repeated that in the two he missed he would have ended up SA's top
> wicket taker.

Forget the wickets Steyn took. Against England he dropped short far
too often and his line was frequently off. I fully expect him to be
much better down under than he was in England (hello world's #1 fast
bowler), but I agree with Mike's general point. Should Steyn bowl the
same brand of "B" grade spells vs Oz he'll be blasted into kingdom 
come.  Which I don't think will be the case.

In fact I'd like to see both Steyn and Lee be the cat amongst the
pigeons. I hope that both of them have their tails up and frequently
thud the ball into the opposition batsmen on the torso/helmet at
around 95mph. Lots of glaring, posturing and pointed comments. If
so it should be both entertaining and a demonstration of "que es mas
macho?".

While the Kiwis swung/seamed the ball effectively I really thought a
heavy dose of Bond flat out into the Oz batters' ribs would have made
for a much more engaging contest. I look forward to seeing Steyn (and
Morkel) provide a bit of genuine pace ooomph that neither NZ, or India
for that matter, could deliver.

It should be a very good brawl of a series IMO.  Bring it on.
-- 
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