Exactly why Burns would most likely have been picked. Could bat anywhere.
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He might still be picked but they are waiting for his injury to heal
Bird had excellent form in shield as well, its not a bad selection at all
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I love Bird's career is now judged on his bowling on a shocking pitch in his first game back into the side.
Let's just ignore his previous Tests where he's done a pretty decent job (with no continuinity in selection) and his excellent Shield record.
Let's just ignore his previous Tests where he's done a pretty decent job (with no continuinity in selection) and his excellent Shield record.
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Burns has a torn adductor I believe. Likely to miss the rest of the BBL/Shield from what I last read
Would have dropped Bancroft but since Burns is injured may as well stick with him. Ironically the fact that he has returned to good form immediately after returning to domestic cricket makes me even more concerned with him in South Africa.
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He should be in SA. Who cares about 3 meaningless games in NZ.
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# Player STA BAT BWL Age Mat Runs HS Ave 100 50 Wkt BBI BBM Ave 5i 10m Ct St
1. CT Bancroft+ WA RHB --- 25 5 179 82* 25.57 0 1 - -/--- --/--- --.-- - - 5 0
2. JM Bird TAS RHB RFM 31 9 43 19* 14.33 0 0 34 5/59 7/117 30.64 1 0 2 0
3. PJ Cummins NSW RHB RF 24 10 276 44 27.60 0 0 44 6/79 8/119 25.00 1 0 4 0
4. PSP Handscomb+ VIC RHB --- 26 12 805 110 47.35 2 4 - -/--- --/--- --.-- - - 18 0
5. JR Hazlewood NSW LHB RFM 27 36 274 39 11.91 0 0 139 6/67 9/136 25.77 6 0 15 0
6. JM Holland VIC RHB SLA 30 2 1 1 1.00 0 0 5 2/72 3/141 54.80 0 0 0 0
7. UT Khawaja QLD LHB RM 31 29 2061 174 45.80 6 10 0 -/--- --/--- --.-- 0 0 23 0
8. NM Lyon NSW RHB OS 30 74 720 40* 11.61 0 0 290 8/50 13/154 31.64 12 2 35 0
9. MR Marsh WA RHB RM 26 24 994 181 29.23 2 2 29 4/61 5/86 42.03 0 0 11 0
10. SE Marsh WA LHB SLA 34 28 1921 182 40.87 6 9 - -/--- --/--- --.-- - - 19 0
11. TD Paine TAS RHB RM 33 9 479 92 39.91 0 3 - -/--- --/--- --.-- - - 41 2
12. JA Richardson WA RHB RF 21 - -- -- --.-- - - - -/--- --/--- --.-- - - -- -
13. SPD Smith NSW RHB LS 28 61 6057 239 63.75 23 23 17 3/18 4/83 54.35 0 0 89 0
14. MA Starc NSW LHB LF 28 40 1111 99 23.14 0 9 170 6/50 11/94 27.73 1 8 19 0
15. DA Warner NSW LHB LS 31 71 6146 253 48.77 21 27 4 2/45 2/45 67.25 0 0 53 0First Class
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# Player STA BAT BWL Age Mat Runs HS Ave 100 50 Wkt BBI BBM Ave 5i 10m Ct St
1. CT Bancroft+ WA RHB --- 25 71 4569 228* 38.72 11 18 1 1/67 1/67 67.00 0 0 88 1
2. JM Bird TAS RHB RFM 31 67 617 39 10.82 0 0 278 7/45 11/95 24.69 12 3 2 0
3. PJ Cummins NSW RHB RF 24 20 481 82* 30.06 0 1 77 6/79 8/104 26.48 1 0 8 0
4. PSP Handscomb+ VIC RHB --- 26 87 5386 215 39.89 12 31 0 -/--- --/--- --.-- 0 0 126 4
5. JR Hazlewood NSW LHB RFM 27 68 587 43* 11.97 0 0 255 6/50 9/136 24.74 7 0 28 0
6. JM Holland VIC RHB SLA 30 54 633 55 15.43 0 1 175 7/82 8/68 32.16 5 0 14 0
7. UT Khawaja QLD LHB RM 31 117 8084 214 44.41 22 41 1 1/21 1/21 99.00 0 0 88 0
8. NM Lyon NSW RHB OS 30 127 1403 75 12.52 0 2 423 8/50 13/154 35.41 12 2 53 0
9. MR Marsh WA RHB RM 26 78 3809 211 32.00 7 18 116 6/84 9/156 30.06 1 0 38 0
10. SE Marsh WA LHB SLA 34 137 8941 182 41.78 24 44 2 2/20 --/--- 77.50 0 0 128 0
11. TD Paine TAS RHB RM 33 96 4269 215 29.64 1 27 0 -/--- --/--- --.-- 0 0 277 12
12. JA Richardson WA RHB RF 21 5 158 71 19.75 0 1 21 4/47 6/124 25.71 0 0 4 0
13. SPD Smith NSW RHB LS 28 114 10234 239 58.81 37 43 65 7/64 8/169 54.01 1 0 164 0
14. MA Starc NSW LHB LF 28 76 1666 99 23.46 0 10 296 8/73 11/94 26.20 13 2 36 0
15. DA Warner NSW LHB LS 31 99 8391 253 49.07 28 35 6 2/45 2/45 75.83 0 0 67 0
If Steyn is fit then I fear it will be a massacre. Saffers' bowling attack much more able to penetrate than the English outfit here. But I was proved wrong during the Ashes when I doubted the selection of Smarsh.
It won't be a massacre but it will be tough to win if he's firing. His injury in 2014 was key, dominated us in the 2nd test.
Our bowlers will cause headaches there and probably average less than they did in the Ashes. We just need our batsman to stand up. Bancroft, Khawaja.
Plays one test on the worst pitch of the year and bowls pies hey?Bird had excellent form in shield as well, its not a bad selection at all
he was bowling at 125k for most part of it. So yes he was bowling bloody pies
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Could be preparing to have him take over Captaincy of the ODI side for the World Cup? Only thing that would go towards justifying this.
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That's a serious miss-step.
The selectors got a lot right with the test series just gone so credit to them for that but this is a howler.
There should be 0 international bilateral or tri series T20s ever.
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He isn't a bad bowler, he's just very vanilla. A crook Pat Cummins looked far more threatening.
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Sayers yet again hard-done by, gotta hate the ‘selectors’
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They didn't need Steyn or Morkel to beat us out here last time. Rabada is a jet, Philander will run rings around us if there's any movement and Ngidi looks a likely sort. Gonna be tough.
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