Australian International Season 2022/23

[Corona Man]

Morning all, happy Boland day…

[Brodlach]

Hazelwood ended up ruling himself out due to injury

[Brodlach]

Australia win the toss and will bowl

[The Dark Knight]

Theunis de Bruyn comes in for van der Dussen for South Africa. Whenever I hear commentators say de Bruyn it reminds me of this.

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[Trader]

Not a fan of bowling at all.
A lot of pressure on Boland now.
Having seen the way our tail batted against the SA attack in Queensland we can't be chasing a big total.
We need to roll them today otherwise we'll be chasing all game.

[Brodlach]

Some good bounce early

[whufc]

Obviously bowling first can work but I’m not a huge fan of it here and given the situation.

South Africa’s best way back in the series was to make a big first innings.

We bat first score over 300 we would have controlled the game and the series.

Fingers crossed we roll them

[The Dark Knight]

First wicket for Boland!

[am Bays]

Hate to be chasing 250 on day 4 or 5 on this pitch especially after a couple of stinkers on it.

Bowling first is a nice thought but that’s all it should be, Bowling captains are a nice thought….

[Brodlach]

Wonder if bowling the next two days in 37 and 40 degrees had any factor

[mots02]

Wonder if bowling the next two days in 37 and 40 degrees had any factor

This …

It will fail miserably if we’re still out there and they’ve got 500 on the board though!

[Armchair expert]

Fielding Marn!

[am Bays]

That’s quality

Getting Party out of the sh!t pitch is going to be a road next session

Two wickets due to brain fades

[Armchair expert]

Right on top now

Might be batting by tea

[am Bays]

Patty, I’m the dumbest captain out here,

Dean, hold my beer

[The Dark Knight]

Wonder if bowling the next two days in 37 and 40 degrees had any factor

Absolutely plus SA going with the same line up (playing 5 batsmen/5 bowlers) Cummins would of obviously rated the Aussies chances to get through them quickly again even if we thought it was an interesting decision to bowl first and now 4 wickets in the first session suggests it was a good decision. An ideal start for Aus but obviously a fair bit of work still to do.

[Lightning McQueen]

Hazelwood ended up ruling himself out due to injury

And so did I.

[mots02]

Hazelwood ended up ruling himself out due to injury

And so did I.

That’s a narrowly avoided selection headache

[Armchair expert]

Thats quality

[am Bays]

Patty owes Marnus a few beers