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[The_Bird]

1400 runs so far this calendar year, I think he's earnt a dud score. Does this show the Aussies lack of reserve firepower, Hastings looked as quick as Hussey at times. They were raving about Johnson on TV but SA scored 569!!!

He cant've bowled that well.

[Manormanic]

Hastings seemed like he'd been picked for being a good egg!

[smokem]

Clarke can't be expected to save the day every Test.

I guess not... Just disappointed to lose the final test so convincingly after being so close to winning the 2nd.

[The_Bird]

Hastings seemed like he'd been picked for being a good egg!

why was he prefered over Hazelwood? i thought Hazelwood he was a poor mans Pattinson, so thats better than being a tad quicker than hussey. He reminded me of Martin Bicknell ambling in bowling 70 mph swingers.

[Manormanic]

why was he prefered over Hazelwood? i thought Hazelwood he was a poor mans Pattinson, so thats better than being a tad quicker than hussey. He reminded me of Martin Bicknell ambling in bowling 70 mph swingers.

he reminded me of James Hopes - someone who might do okay in one day cricket as a fourth seamer who could bat a bit but nowhere close to being a Test bowler.

Surely amongst all the "big hopes" and recent graduates that our Australian posters have talked about there had to be someone better - Hazlewood, Coulter Nile, Cutting, Bird, Butterworth, Copeland, Bollinger, Henriques...?

And thats before we ask why Siddle or Hilfenhaus couldn't man up!