Re: Australia v Sth Africa

"Steven Davies-Morris" <sdavmor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> 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.

Agree entirely - NZ does not have an 'enforcer'.

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Andrew