Looking ahead to the 2nd test...

[SeinDude]

South Africa vs Australia at Cape Town
2nd test: starts Friday 7:30pm

The big news in the lead up to this match is that Daryl Cullinan, (Warne's bunny) has been brought back along with Shaun Pollock for the injured Donald. South Africa have made 4 changes, while the Aussies I would expect would field the same team that thrashed the Proteas in the 1st test.

It should be very interesting and I'm looking forward to Warne's battle with Cullinan.

Any thoughts??

SeinDude

 

[Briedis]

South African team

Shaun Pollock (captain)
Gary Kirsten
Herschelle Gibbs
Jacques Kallis
Daryll Cullinan
Ashwell Prince
Neil McKenzie, Mark Boucher
Paul Adams
Makhaya Ntini
Dewald Pretorius.
12th man: Andrew Hall Easterns (also back-up all-rounder)

Dewald Pretorius is making his debut for SA. His career stats are:

FIRST-CLASS (1997/98 - 2001/02; last updated 04/03/2002)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 31 36 7 262 43 9.03 0 0 8 0

O R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 989.1 2985 122 24.46 5-50 4 0 48.6 3.01

 

[BigKev]

Lets hope its over in three days again, and the Waugh twins get runs.

 

[SeinDude]

Well, Shaun Pollock and Daryl Cullinan have pulled out of the South African team for the 2nd test overnight. Pollock is still being troubled by his side muscle injury and Cullinan has pulled out due to a contract dispute.

I wonder if part of that contract dispute was regarding a clause that could have been in Daryl's contract preventing him from doing anything that might stop him playing to his best for his country. Maybe Daryl thought turning up and facing Shane Warne would stop him from playing to his best, so he pulled out!!

Seriously though, it was probably something to do with the length of his contract.

SeinDude

 

[hourn]

This South African attack is one of the worst attacks i have ever seen.

Look at their team when you take Donald and Pollock out of it, its a pop-gun attack at best.

Makahya Ntini is their best bowler and is quite good, but would only just get into ur second XI team.
Paul Adams has a decent record, but wouldn't match up to any of the spinners we have in Australia.
Dewald Pretoruis - young quick bowler with a good first class record, but looking at the current standard of South African cricket (how the hell are these guys the second best team in the world, and only a couple of points behind us on the ICC table) who knows what were up against.
Jaques Kallis is allright, but is a support medium pacer, not the main pace bowler after the openers.
Andrew Hall is just a partime medium pacer.

Very ordinary indeed - will be lucky to see the Australian tail at all during this test match.

 

[SeinDude]

NEVER under-estimate the opponent, but having said that, if we play to our best, we should win.

SeinDude

 

[Nige_Bix]

cullinan out

looks like he must have cold feet and found a way out of having to face warnie!!

 

[SeinDude]

This test is a milestone test... Shane Warne's 100th test and also Justin Langer's 50th test.

Go Aussies!!

SeinDude

 

[GoEagles]

Originally posted by SeinDude
This test is a milestone test... Shane Warne's 100th test and also Justin Langer's 50th test.

Go Aussies!!

SeinDude

Hope these 2 boys have a great milestone game. Warnie will become the 7th Aussie to play 100 test matches.

 

[BW]

im predicting a double hundred by an aussie (Langer would be no.1 prediction)