Thread for Craziest Series of the YEAR (AUS VS SA)

[Deep Dey]

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THE CRAZIEST SERIES OF THE YEAR
VS

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FIXTURES

DATE	TIME	FORMAT	MATCH	VENUE
Friday 02-Nov-12 to Sunday 04-Nov-12	10:30 local 23:30 GMT (Prev. Day) 05:00 IST	3- Day Warm-Up Match	Australia A vs South Aficans	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Match Result	Australia A Won The Toss & Chose To Bat Australia A 480/7d and 13/1d; South Africans 277/6d Match drawn
DATE	TIME	FORMAT	MATCH	VENUE
Friday 09-Nov-12 to Tuesday 13-Nov-12	10:00 local 00:00 GMT 05:30 IST	1st Test	Australia vs South Africa	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Match Result	South Africa Won The Toss & Chose To Bat South Africa 450 and 166/5; Australia 565/5d Match drawn
DATE	TIME	FORMAT	MATCH	VENUE
Thursday 22-Nov-12 to Monday 26-Nov-12	10:30 local 00:00 GMT 05:30 IST	2nd Test	Australia vs South Africa	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Match Result	Australia Won The Toss & Chose To Bat Australia 550 and 267/8d; South Africa 388 and 248/8 Match drawn
DATE	TIME	FORMAT	MATCH	VENUE
Friday 30-Nov-12 to Monday 03-Dec-12	10:30 local 02:30 GMT 08:00 IST	3rd Test	Australia vs South Africa	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Match Result	South Africa Won The Toss & Chose To Bat South Africa 225 and 569; Australia 163 and 322 South Africa won by 309 runs

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SQUADS
AUSTRALIA SQUAD

Australia A Squad	Australia Test Squad (1st Test)	Australia Test Squad (2nd Test)	Australia Test Squad (3rd Test)
Phillip Hughes Rob Quiney Liam Davis Alex Doolan Andrew McDonald (Capt) Tim Paine (WK) Steven Smith Moises Henriques Glenn Maxwell John Hastings Nathan Coulter-Nile	David Warner Ed Cowan Shane Watson Ricky Ponting Michael Clarke (Capt) Michael Hussey Matthew Wade (WK) Peter Siddle James Pattinson Ben Hilfenhaus Mitchell Starc Nathan Lyon Rob Quiney	David Warner Ed Cowan Shane Watson Ricky Ponting Michael Clarke (Capt) Michael Hussey Matthew Wade (WK) Peter Siddle James Pattinson Ben Hilfenhaus Mitchell Starc Nathan Lyon Rob Quiney	David Warner Ed Cowan Shane Watson Ricky Ponting Michael Clarke (Capt) Michael Hussey Matthew Wade (WK) Peter Siddle Mitchell Johnson Ben Hilfenhaus Mitchell Starc Nathan Lyon Josh Hazelwood John Hastings

SOUTH AFRICA SQUAD

South Africa Test Squad

Graeme Smith (Capt) Hashim Amla AB de Villiers (WK) Dean Elgar Faf du Plessis Imran Tahir Jacques Kallis Rory Kleinveldt Morne Morkel Alviro Petersen Robbie Peterson Vernon Philander Jacques Rudolph Dale Steyn Thami Tsolekile (WK) Ryan Mclaren

Withdrawn Players

1.JP Duminy (due to Heel Injury)

STATS OF ALL AUSTRALIA VS SOUTH AFRICA SERIES
CLICK HERE

[Deep Dey]

Ryobi Cup

Tasmania 221/9 (50 ov)
South Australia 83/2 (19.0 ov)
South Australia require another 139 runs with 8 wickets and 31.0 overs remaining

Ponting scored 47

Hughes 37

Cowan 13
Lyon 1/51

[Deep Dey]

Watson to return home from cl t20 very soon to prepare for the test series as per orders of CA including michael clarke




http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2012/content/current/story/586697.html

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[Haseeh]

Strac,Cummins,??

[Deep Dey]

Strac,Cummins,??

WATSON IS INJURY PRONE SO HE IS CALLED BACK TO GIVE HIM SOME REST

CUMMINS WON'T PLAY TEST SERIES, CONFIRMED

[Haseeh]

Cummins is better option

[Deep Dey]

Cummins is better option

NOPES

HE WILL BREAKDOWN

HE IS NOT FIT FOR TESTS YET

[ND]

Sa will win

[Haseeh]

Hughes IN or OUT?

[Deep Dey]

Hughes IN or OUT?

squad yet to announced

but hughes highly unlikely

[Mad max]

Strac,Cummins,??

WATSON IS INJURY PRONE SO HE IS CALLED BACK TO GIVE HIM SOME REST

CUMMINS WON'T PLAY TEST SERIES, CONFIRMED

utter rubbish if this is true

The future of Aussie bowling not playing LOL LOL LOL that too in AUstralia

[DKN]

Watson to return home from cl t20 very soon to prepare for the test series as per orders of CA including michael clarke




http://www.espncricinfo.com/champions-league-twenty20-2012/content/current/story/586697.html

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He will play 2 more matches

[Deep Dey]

Strac,Cummins,??

WATSON IS INJURY PRONE SO HE IS CALLED BACK TO GIVE HIM SOME REST

CUMMINS WON'T PLAY TEST SERIES, CONFIRMED

utter rubbish if this is true

The future of Aussie bowling not playing LOL LOL LOL that too in AUstralia

if he plays , he will be out for next test

his body is not yet fot for test matches

[Mad max]

Strac,Cummins,??

WATSON IS INJURY PRONE SO HE IS CALLED BACK TO GIVE HIM SOME REST

CUMMINS WON'T PLAY TEST SERIES, CONFIRMED

utter rubbish if this is true

The future of Aussie bowling not playing LOL LOL LOL that too in AUstralia

if he plays , he will be out for next test

his body is not yet fot for test matches

So then why to play Cricket if u cant play real Cricket ?
Just sit in home and watch it with a cup of tea

He is just 19 years old and not 90
How can he loose fitness for just 1 test ?

Utter rubbish i would say...
and hes been brought in Australia ..Usually Aussies have best FItness in the world ..

[Deep Dey]

Strac,Cummins,??

WATSON IS INJURY PRONE SO HE IS CALLED BACK TO GIVE HIM SOME REST

CUMMINS WON'T PLAY TEST SERIES, CONFIRMED

utter rubbish if this is true

The future of Aussie bowling not playing LOL LOL LOL that too in AUstralia

if he plays , he will be out for next test

his body is not yet fot for test matches

So then why to play Cricket if u cant play real Cricket ?
Just sit in home and watch it with a cup of tea

He is just 19 years old and not 90
How can he loose fitness for just 1 test ?

Utter rubbish i would say...
and hes been brought in Australia ..Usually Aussies have best FItness in the world ..

arre baba he hasn't played any 4-day games since that johanesberg test vs sa

if you have siddle,hilfenhaus,starc,pattinson in the line up, cummins have no business in the team

[Mad max]

Strac,Cummins,??

WATSON IS INJURY PRONE SO HE IS CALLED BACK TO GIVE HIM SOME REST

CUMMINS WON'T PLAY TEST SERIES, CONFIRMED

utter rubbish if this is true

The future of Aussie bowling not playing LOL LOL LOL that too in AUstralia

if he plays , he will be out for next test

his body is not yet fot for test matches

So then why to play Cricket if u cant play real Cricket ?
Just sit in home and watch it with a cup of tea

He is just 19 years old and not 90
How can he loose fitness for just 1 test ?

Utter rubbish i would say...
and hes been brought in Australia ..Usually Aussies have best FItness in the world ..

arre baba he hasn't played any 4-day games since that johanesberg test vs sa

if you have siddle,hilfenhaus,starc,pattinson in the line up, cummins have no business in the team

So what ? Why you need Siddle in the line up rather than Cummins who is Young and Pacy and future of Aussies..while SIddle hardly plays 10 intl matches in a year...

if i were the selector of CA i would definitely kick out Siddle and get in Cummins

[Deep Dey]

Strac,Cummins,??

WATSON IS INJURY PRONE SO HE IS CALLED BACK TO GIVE HIM SOME REST

CUMMINS WON'T PLAY TEST SERIES, CONFIRMED

utter rubbish if this is true

The future of Aussie bowling not playing LOL LOL LOL that too in AUstralia

if he plays , he will be out for next test

his body is not yet fot for test matches

So then why to play Cricket if u cant play real Cricket ?
Just sit in home and watch it with a cup of tea

He is just 19 years old and not 90
How can he loose fitness for just 1 test ?

Utter rubbish i would say...
and hes been brought in Australia ..Usually Aussies have best FItness in the world ..

arre baba he hasn't played any 4-day games since that johanesberg test vs sa

if you have siddle,hilfenhaus,starc,pattinson in the line up, cummins have no business in the team

So what ? Why you need Siddle in the line up rather than Cummins who is Young and Pacy and future of Aussies..while SIddle hardly plays 10 intl matches in a year...

if i were the selector of CA i would definitely kick out Siddle and get in Cummins

ahem ahem

i guess you remember the india vs australia series 2011/12 and siddle's performance

[Mad max]

Strac,Cummins,??

WATSON IS INJURY PRONE SO HE IS CALLED BACK TO GIVE HIM SOME REST

CUMMINS WON'T PLAY TEST SERIES, CONFIRMED

utter rubbish if this is true

The future of Aussie bowling not playing LOL LOL LOL that too in AUstralia

if he plays , he will be out for next test

his body is not yet fot for test matches

So then why to play Cricket if u cant play real Cricket ?
Just sit in home and watch it with a cup of tea

He is just 19 years old and not 90
How can he loose fitness for just 1 test ?

Utter rubbish i would say...
and hes been brought in Australia ..Usually Aussies have best FItness in the world ..

arre baba he hasn't played any 4-day games since that johanesberg test vs sa

if you have siddle,hilfenhaus,starc,pattinson in the line up, cummins have no business in the team

So what ? Why you need Siddle in the line up rather than Cummins who is Young and Pacy and future of Aussies..while SIddle hardly plays 10 intl matches in a year...

if i were the selector of CA i would definitely kick out Siddle and get in Cummins

ahem ahem

i guess you remember the india vs australia series 2011/12 and siddle's performance

I do remember him getting Tendulkar bowled on 93 in the last over of the day and missing tendulkar's 100th 100 ...

but you cant say this time too he will perform in same way and who will need to leave out Pat CUmmins who picked up 7 against Proteas in their home turf and also stealed victory from them by scoring 15 crucial runs ?

You cant leave out Cummins as far as i concern

[Mad max]

Whateva but What a real feast of series this is

the BEst series i would say
The worlds best fast bowling attacks going on neck and neck

Hilfy,Starc,Siddle,Cummins,Pattinson

Steyn,Philander,Morne

my goodness hecker of a contest this would be

[Deep Dey]

Strac,Cummins,??

WATSON IS INJURY PRONE SO HE IS CALLED BACK TO GIVE HIM SOME REST

CUMMINS WON'T PLAY TEST SERIES, CONFIRMED

utter rubbish if this is true

The future of Aussie bowling not playing LOL LOL LOL that too in AUstralia

if he plays , he will be out for next test

his body is not yet fot for test matches

So then why to play Cricket if u cant play real Cricket ?
Just sit in home and watch it with a cup of tea

He is just 19 years old and not 90
How can he loose fitness for just 1 test ?

Utter rubbish i would say...
and hes been brought in Australia ..Usually Aussies have best FItness in the world ..

arre baba he hasn't played any 4-day games since that johanesberg test vs sa

if you have siddle,hilfenhaus,starc,pattinson in the line up, cummins have no business in the team

So what ? Why you need Siddle in the line up rather than Cummins who is Young and Pacy and future of Aussies..while SIddle hardly plays 10 intl matches in a year...

if i were the selector of CA i would definitely kick out Siddle and get in Cummins

ahem ahem

i guess you remember the india vs australia series 2011/12 and siddle's performance

I do remember him getting Tendulkar bowled on 93 in the last over of the day and missing tendulkar's 100th 100 ...

but you cant say this time too he will perform in same way and who will need to leave out Pat CUmmins who picked up 7 against Proteas in their home turf and also stealed victory from them by scoring 15 crucial runs ?

You cant leave out Cummins as far as i concern

siddle and hilfenhaus played that series vs india only because cummins was injured

so there has to be strong reason to drop siddle or hilfy, they both performed well vs india and then vs windies, there has to be strong reason to drop them .

you cannot drop them because cummins is 19 yr old and probable future star

+ Ryan harris will also be back, where to fit cummins


going by your logic, why not drop gambhir and sehwag and bring unmukt chand then, chand is also 19 and much better batsman than sehwag and gambhir currently on form, purely on form

[Mad max]

Strac,Cummins,??

WATSON IS INJURY PRONE SO HE IS CALLED BACK TO GIVE HIM SOME REST

CUMMINS WON'T PLAY TEST SERIES, CONFIRMED

utter rubbish if this is true

The future of Aussie bowling not playing LOL LOL LOL that too in AUstralia

if he plays , he will be out for next test

his body is not yet fot for test matches

So then why to play Cricket if u cant play real Cricket ?
Just sit in home and watch it with a cup of tea

He is just 19 years old and not 90
How can he loose fitness for just 1 test ?

Utter rubbish i would say...
and hes been brought in Australia ..Usually Aussies have best FItness in the world ..

arre baba he hasn't played any 4-day games since that johanesberg test vs sa

if you have siddle,hilfenhaus,starc,pattinson in the line up, cummins have no business in the team

So what ? Why you need Siddle in the line up rather than Cummins who is Young and Pacy and future of Aussies..while SIddle hardly plays 10 intl matches in a year...

if i were the selector of CA i would definitely kick out Siddle and get in Cummins

ahem ahem

i guess you remember the india vs australia series 2011/12 and siddle's performance

I do remember him getting Tendulkar bowled on 93 in the last over of the day and missing tendulkar's 100th 100 ...

but you cant say this time too he will perform in same way and who will need to leave out Pat CUmmins who picked up 7 against Proteas in their home turf and also stealed victory from them by scoring 15 crucial runs ?

You cant leave out Cummins as far as i concern

siddle and hilfenhaus played that series vs india only because cummins was injured

so there has to be strong reason to drop siddle or hilfy, they both performed well vs india and then vs windies, there has to be strong reason to drop them .

you cannot drop them because cummins is 19 yr old and probable future star

+ Ryan harris will also be back, where to fit cummins


going by your logic, why not drop gambhir and sehwag and bring unmukt chand then, chand is also 19 and much better batsman than sehwag and gambhir currently on form, purely on form

Lol you are comparing with an undebuted one

Even Cummins has performed well in his last test at Durban isnt it ?

now he is fit as well why not bring him back ?? WHy only Siddle ?

You cannot drop Hifly in these conditions because he is the key weapon for aussies....and Strike bowler..Even Starc...
and Pattinson no way to drop him after getting 6 wickets in recent matches..

But whats use of Siddle...he is just being used as Extra Seamer but nothing else..

I am sure he wont be given chance in XI ahead of pattinson,Starc,Hily,Ryan

Siddle is not much of swing bowler..he is an old ball specialist isnt ? if he has to be taken into XI then aussies should go with 4 fast bowlers ,.,

Will they ?

[Deep Dey]

Strac,Cummins,??

WATSON IS INJURY PRONE SO HE IS CALLED BACK TO GIVE HIM SOME REST

CUMMINS WON'T PLAY TEST SERIES, CONFIRMED

utter rubbish if this is true

The future of Aussie bowling not playing LOL LOL LOL that too in AUstralia

if he plays , he will be out for next test

his body is not yet fot for test matches

So then why to play Cricket if u cant play real Cricket ?
Just sit in home and watch it with a cup of tea

He is just 19 years old and not 90
How can he loose fitness for just 1 test ?

Utter rubbish i would say...
and hes been brought in Australia ..Usually Aussies have best FItness in the world ..

arre baba he hasn't played any 4-day games since that johanesberg test vs sa

if you have siddle,hilfenhaus,starc,pattinson in the line up, cummins have no business in the team

So what ? Why you need Siddle in the line up rather than Cummins who is Young and Pacy and future of Aussies..while SIddle hardly plays 10 intl matches in a year...

if i were the selector of CA i would definitely kick out Siddle and get in Cummins

ahem ahem

i guess you remember the india vs australia series 2011/12 and siddle's performance

I do remember him getting Tendulkar bowled on 93 in the last over of the day and missing tendulkar's 100th 100 ...

but you cant say this time too he will perform in same way and who will need to leave out Pat CUmmins who picked up 7 against Proteas in their home turf and also stealed victory from them by scoring 15 crucial runs ?

You cant leave out Cummins as far as i concern

siddle and hilfenhaus played that series vs india only because cummins was injured

so there has to be strong reason to drop siddle or hilfy, they both performed well vs india and then vs windies, there has to be strong reason to drop them .

you cannot drop them because cummins is 19 yr old and probable future star

+ Ryan harris will also be back, where to fit cummins


going by your logic, why not drop gambhir and sehwag and bring unmukt chand then, chand is also 19 and much better batsman than sehwag and gambhir currently on form, purely on form

Lol you are comparing with an undebuted one

Even Cummins has performed well in his last test at Durban isnt it ?

now he is fit as well why not bring him back ?? WHy only Siddle ?

You cannot drop Hifly in these conditions because he is the key weapon for aussies....and Strike bowler..Even Starc...
and Pattinson no way to drop him after getting 6 wickets in recent matches..

But whats use of Siddle...he is just being used as Extra Seamer but nothing else..

I am sure he wont be given chance in XI ahead of pattinson,Starc,Hily,Ryan

Siddle is not much of swing bowler..he is an old ball specialist isnt ? if he has to be taken into XI then aussies should go with 4 fast bowlers ,.,

Will they ?

mistake mistake mistake

Peter Siddle is the leader of australian bowling attack after johnson went

Siddle will play the series, confirmed
before that he is going to play 4 shield matches

[Deep Dey]

few more things

Cummins didn't play a single odi vs pak recently although he was fit
+
Give me a strong reason to drop siddle after his awesome performance vs india and west indies

strong reason

[Mad max]

Strac,Cummins,??

WATSON IS INJURY PRONE SO HE IS CALLED BACK TO GIVE HIM SOME REST

CUMMINS WON'T PLAY TEST SERIES, CONFIRMED

utter rubbish if this is true

The future of Aussie bowling not playing LOL LOL LOL that too in AUstralia

if he plays , he will be out for next test

his body is not yet fot for test matches

So then why to play Cricket if u cant play real Cricket ?
Just sit in home and watch it with a cup of tea

He is just 19 years old and not 90
How can he loose fitness for just 1 test ?

Utter rubbish i would say...
and hes been brought in Australia ..Usually Aussies have best FItness in the world ..

arre baba he hasn't played any 4-day games since that johanesberg test vs sa

if you have siddle,hilfenhaus,starc,pattinson in the line up, cummins have no business in the team

So what ? Why you need Siddle in the line up rather than Cummins who is Young and Pacy and future of Aussies..while SIddle hardly plays 10 intl matches in a year...

if i were the selector of CA i would definitely kick out Siddle and get in Cummins

ahem ahem

i guess you remember the india vs australia series 2011/12 and siddle's performance

I do remember him getting Tendulkar bowled on 93 in the last over of the day and missing tendulkar's 100th 100 ...

but you cant say this time too he will perform in same way and who will need to leave out Pat CUmmins who picked up 7 against Proteas in their home turf and also stealed victory from them by scoring 15 crucial runs ?

You cant leave out Cummins as far as i concern

siddle and hilfenhaus played that series vs india only because cummins was injured

so there has to be strong reason to drop siddle or hilfy, they both performed well vs india and then vs windies, there has to be strong reason to drop them .

you cannot drop them because cummins is 19 yr old and probable future star

+ Ryan harris will also be back, where to fit cummins


going by your logic, why not drop gambhir and sehwag and bring unmukt chand then, chand is also 19 and much better batsman than sehwag and gambhir currently on form, purely on form

Lol you are comparing with an undebuted one

Even Cummins has performed well in his last test at Durban isnt it ?

now he is fit as well why not bring him back ?? WHy only Siddle ?

You cannot drop Hifly in these conditions because he is the key weapon for aussies....and Strike bowler..Even Starc...
and Pattinson no way to drop him after getting 6 wickets in recent matches..

But whats use of Siddle...he is just being used as Extra Seamer but nothing else..

I am sure he wont be given chance in XI ahead of pattinson,Starc,Hily,Ryan

Siddle is not much of swing bowler..he is an old ball specialist isnt ? if he has to be taken into XI then aussies should go with 4 fast bowlers ,.,

Will they ?

mistake mistake mistake

Peter Siddle is the leader of australian bowling attack after johnson went

Siddle will play the series, confirmed
before that he is going to play 4 shield matches

then you will drop Pattinson/Starc ?
then that would be more controversial ...

Pattinson in form of his life and Starc- no need to say about him at present i guess..

I agree siddle was the leader of Aussies attack but remember when HIfly came back what happened ?>
Hilfy,Pattinson shared new ball or else RYan and HIlfy shared new ball ...but not the Siddle..He was used as Old ball Specialist..
but now Pattinson and Starc are there...So Starc and Hilfy go ahed in first overs ..Pattinson to follow..

where will u fit siddle in this line up unless it is Perth they cant take 4 seamers and get in siddle ..

Just because he is Leader of Aussie attack when MItchy left and performed well in 2 series and Named as "TEST" specialist you cant leave out Starc/Pattinson

[Haseeh]

So Harris too won't be there ?

[Mad max]

few more things

Cummins didn't play a single odi vs pak recently although he was fit
+
Give me a strong reason to drop siddle after his awesome performance vs india and west indies

strong reason

Strong Reason is The Opponent is Saf not Windies or India who doesnt play Fast bowling Well

These Proteas are brought up on similar conditions

Siddle is not much good as Starc/Pattinson ..and not as attacking...

More over Siddle doesnt play cricket as they play in the whole year...

So this is enough to drop him i guess

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