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[Scotty_WCE]

So a fairly good day for Australia. 259 is a reasonable score in a day-night Test, it was annoying that SA's tail managed to add so many runs. Nicely done by Khawaja and Renshaw to get through to stumps unharmed; a good platform for them both to build on in the first session tomorrow.

 

[Brendan_B]

Good to see a couple of batsmen able to leave a ball outside off!!

 

[Brendan_B]

The pleasing thing was that the 12 over period would have been tricky for any batsmen. SA didn't quite get their lengths right but were nibbling the ball around and asking questions. I hope they can consolidate this arvo and push on, when was the last time a debutant made a really big score for us?

Watching the Aussie paceman struggling to knock over SA's tail was frustrating. Does anyone else think our bowlers, particularly Starc show no patience in these dituations and overdo the short ball?

 

[Parrapaul]

The pleasing thing was that the 12 over period would have been tricky for any batsmen. SA didn't quite get their lengths right but were nibbling the ball around and asking questions. I hope they can consolidate this arvo and push on, when was the last time a debutant made a really big score for us?

Watching the Aussie paceman struggling to knock over SA's tail was frustrating. Does anyone else think our bowlers, particularly Starc show no patience in these dituations and overdo the short ball?

Starc bowls one of the best Yorkers in world cricket and is almost unplayable by the tail, but he keeps trying to bounce them out.

Very frustrating!!!

 

[Parrapaul]

Yes throw in one or two bouncers force them on the back foot, then 3 or 4 Yorkers/pitched up balls and it will be game on

 

[The Mad Hatter]

The pleasing thing was that the 12 over period would have been tricky for any batsmen. SA didn't quite get their lengths right but were nibbling the ball around and asking questions. I hope they can consolidate this arvo and push on, when was the last time a debutant made a really big score for us?

Watching the Aussie paceman struggling to knock over SA's tail was frustrating. Does anyone else think our bowlers, particularly Starc show no patience in these dituations and overdo the short ball?

Michael Clarke India 2004[ten years after Blewett and with Ponting cruelly judged LBW for 96 in 1995/96].
Phil Hughes South Africa 2009 [yikes --- just realised it was his 2nd test]
Marcus North South Africa 2009
Shaun Marsh SL 2011
Ashton Agar 98 in 2015 Ashes.
Adam Voges West Indies 2015

 

[Keatoboy]

Beginning to warm to Matt Renshaw. He looked quite solid last night.

 

[Angry]

Beginning to warm to Matt Renshaw. He looked quite solid last night.

He's a good player mate

 

[bigrob2307]

Renshaw looked like an opener made for test cricket, lets hope he can back it up today.

I didnt miss Warner not opening.....

 

[Keatoboy]

He's a good player mate

I never said I didn't think he was good. I just felt that he was a little inexperienced. Having met him twice in the last week, he's a really nice bloke. Hopefully he proves his worth.

 

[Matty76]

A mixed bag with the willow for our debutants so far!

I thought Matt Renshaw was outstanding on Thursday night, it could so easily have been a 3/20 score at stumps if not for his patience and concentration. He'll never make a tougher ten runs in his Test career I don't reckon.

Peter Handscomb looked terrific, those three boundaries off Philander in consecutive balls to pass fifty had me applauding! Yes, he is unconventional. However, a lot of modern-day batsman are.

Nic Maddinson had to bat in difficult conditions and to be honest he never looked like making a run. His was perhaps the most debatable of the top order call-ups although it would be foolish to discredit a man based on one innings. Who knows, he might play an important cameo in the second innings to calm dressing room nerves.

Brilliantly well done by Usman Khawaja yesterday - he could become the first Australian to carry his bat at the Adelaide Oval since Mark Taylor against the same opponent in 1998.

 

[Brendan_B]

What kind of lead do we think is unbeatable?

400 (150 lead) are my thoughts

 

[bigrob2307]

Still looked a pretty good batting wicket especially during the day. Wouldn't want to be chasing much starting the twilight session on day 5

Need to win this one from the position we are in, give the younger guys a good confidence boost heading in to the Pakistan series.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Wade is useless.

Meanwhile, Nevill doing well in SS.

 

[Keatoboy]

Wade is useless.

Meanwhile, Nevill doing well in SS.

He can't be that useless if he's keeping in test match cricket for Australia.

I do think though that if Nevill performs well as he currently is in the next few shield rounds, he'll replace Wade for the first test against Pakistan at the GABBA.

 

[Brendan_B]

Wade is useless.

Meanwhile, Nevill doing well in SS.

Haven't been watching, WADE drop one?

 

[Keatoboy]

Haven't been watching, WADE drop one?

Didn't drop one, just didn't go after one that he probably should have. Left it to first slip instead who dropped it.

 

[Brendan_B]

Saw it just now, pretty poor from WADE.

Lucky it didn't cost us much.

Just on keepers I think HARTLEY is one of the best glove man going around still, just never got his chance.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Wade picked for his chirp.

You could drop him, put Handsome in as wk at 7, then pick Head, Patterson, whoever to bat.

Id keep Renshaw and Khawaja opening too. s Marsh 3, Smith 4, Warner 5.

Shaun Marsh to come back maybe.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

He can't be that useless if he's keeping in test match cricket for Australia.

I do think though that if Nevill performs well as he currently is in the next few shield rounds, he'll replace Wade for the first test against Pakistan at the GABBA.

There is a very good reason he's called Scissorhands.

And Healy was picking him to pieces, so uhmmmm....yeah, Wade is useless.