1st Test- Australia V South Africa, Cape Town

[GVGjr]

Re: 1st Test- Australia V South Africa, Cape Town

Who would be the front runners to come into the side this summer?

Batting
Warner, Maddinson, Khawaja and Ferguson?

Bowling
Cummings, Copeland, Pattinson and Beer?

Keeping
Wade?

Warner has been sent over as Marsh's replacement.

[BulldogBelle]

Re: 1st Test- Australia V South Africa, Cape Town

I dont 'love' Warner, but he has earnt the opportunity.

[Ghost Dog]

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I dont 'love' Warner, but he has earnt the opportunity.

I love Warner. Boon like center of gravity. He breathes a bit of life into Cricket.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Re: 1st Test- Australia V South Africa, Cape Town

Warner - just what we need, another who blasts his way out of trouble.

Do we have anyone who can dig in when we need it?

[Topdog]

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Agree entirely. Ponting ( now falling across the crease)

Noticed this a lot too. I'd like to see how many times he has been out LBW in the last year or 2.

[Topdog]

Re: 1st Test- Australia V South Africa, Cape Town

Warner - just what we need, another who blasts his way out of trouble.

Do we have anyone who can dig in when we need it?

Warner has been working very hard on building an innings and not blasting his way out. Suggest you watch some of his work in the past 6 months. Has changed his style completely.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Re: 1st Test- Australia V South Africa, Cape Town

Noticed this a lot too. I'd like to see how many times he has been out LBW in the last year or 2.

Pointing has always fallen across the crease, he just got away with it for years.

[ledge]

Re: 1st Test- Australia V South Africa, Cape Town

Warner - just what we need, another who blasts his way out of trouble.

Do we have anyone who can dig in when we need it?

Katich

[GVGjr]

Re: 1st Test- Australia V South Africa, Cape Town

Warner - just what we need, another who blasts his way out of trouble.

Do we have anyone who can dig in when we need it?

I think he has reach a level of maturity with his batting that should mean he's prepared to dig in and graft his runs when needed.

Usman Khawaja can certainly dig in when needed.

[LostDoggy]

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Usman Khawaja can certainly dig in when needed.

Because he's a real batsman, you know, in the old sense of the word. Hit-and-giggle sloggers aren't really batsmen per se.

Interesting that you guys are saying that Warner, the archetypal slogger, is maturing. I look forward to seeing that maturity, as his eye and reaction time are astonishing, so he certainly has the raw physical gifts of a precocious talent -- if his technique and mental side of his game develop accordingly he could become a valuable counter-punching type in the middle order.

I hope he puts the hard work required to eke out a glorious Test career ahead of the easier money on offer in the shorter forms of the game.

[chef]

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Katich

That would be huge step backwards IMO.

[KT31]

Re: 1st Test- Australia V South Africa, Cape Town

That would be huge step backwards IMO.

Why ?

[chef]

Re: 1st Test- Australia V South Africa, Cape Town

Why ?

You can't rebuild a cricket side with 36 year olds.

[LostDoggy]

Re: 1st Test- Australia V South Africa, Cape Town

I think he has reach a level of maturity with his batting that should mean he's prepared to dig in and graft his runs when needed.

Usman Khawaja can certainly dig in when needed.

Warner has played one shield match this season and scored 148 off 185 balls.

Liam Davis, RH Opener from WA is doing well so far this season in the Shield: Seems to be a Katich type who can hang around and take the shine off the ball.

Matches - 4 Ins - 8 Runs - 451 HS - 135 Ave - 56.37 BF - 1078 SR - 41.83