Australian cricket tour of South Africa September/October 2026

Gudnews said:
Temba has been open minded in the past about his position: https://chat.deepseek.com/share/axwnqkwjr3h0vqvg6x


It's not ideal, but this has the real potential to benefit the whole unit. He all but opened in this innings as it is. And you'll probably find that he's been coming in to face the new ball frequently during his time as captain, averaging over 50 as one.
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That was at the very very start of his test career. Ofcourse at that point he would have batted wherever to get a spot in the team.
 
L-Dog said:
I wonder if they know we only have 2 days left, atleast give the guys a shot....
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Can only believe they are using the Steve Waugh method of trying to get aus to totally mental disintegrate that they can't cope with batting.
 
Well we need to bowl them out for under 225 now

Or they could score 500 plus and beat us.

Go Rabada!
 
stefan9 said:
That was at the very very start of his test career. Ofcourse at that point he would have batted wherever to get a spot in the team.
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It would be interesting to see what he thinks now. He'd kill it as well at 3, and benefit the unit to boot most importantly.
 
I wonder what happened to the old Duck graphic. Is it seen as too mean now?

iu
 
Binary_Bark said:
I wonder what happened to the old Duck graphic. Is it seen as too mean now?

iu
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It appears that in Oz land Daddles the duck was a victim of a change in broadcaster.

It’s a sight burned into the memory of every Australian cricket lover. As a batsman trudges back to the pavilion after being dismissed for nought, a little cartoon duck wearing a cap and leg pads appears from the left of the television screen.

He is the picture of righteous indignation, furious at the injustice of a world that has conspired against him. As he nears the middle of the screen, he stops, plants his bat on the ground like a battle standard and glares haughtily at the unseen umpire (also, presumably, a duck) behind him.

Suddenly, reality hits. His whole body sags with the realisation of what has happened. His imperious scowl turns to a grimace of despair. A series of sorrowful quacks escape his beak. In shame, he claps a hand over his eyes. As a final self-humiliation, he turns his cap backwards on his head. Like the human batsman above him, he turns and stumps off to oblivion, dragging his now-flaccid bat behind him.
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But Daddles the duck is one of the relics Australians will mourn the most. For decades, the snooty little cartoon drake harrumphed his way across TV screens, adding insult to injury for batsmen who’d failed to get any runs on the board.
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Gudnews said:
It would be interesting to see what he thinks now. He'd kill it as well at 3, and benefit the unit to boot most importantly.
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Or he would struggle there and the unit would be weaker for it like happened to Aus when Steve Smith went to open for a year.
 
Heisenborg said:
Dark clouds over Australia as Rabada can't complete more than one over before being replaced.

Did i get the clickbait right
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You forgot Under Siege

'Australia under siege as dark clouds gather because Rabada couldn't continue his spell'
 
As the one commentator said, getting taken off for light could actually be a good things for SA as we don't waste the new ball on spin.

We come out tomorrow with basically a new ball, whereas it could have been dulled after a bunch of spin bowling.
 
stefan9 said:
Or he would struggle there and the unit would be weaker for it like happened to Aus when Steve Smith went to open for a year.
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4 to 3 is not the same as 4 to open. Temba's approach is better suited than Smith's to see out the new ball.
 
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thestaggy said:
He has batted 4 innings against the Aussies, including this one. He has only been dismissed twice.

Batting average is total runs scored divided by the number of dismissals.

132/2 = 66

If he gets dismissed, his average will drop; 132/3 = 44 (which is still a mightily impressive average)
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Thanks for that - makes sense now :)
 
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