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[Vic Nicholas]

Marchant de Lange could be a superstar if he stays on the park.

Has height, pace, bounce and accuracy.

[skip1973]

Watching Anderson - he goes off running and if he gets agressive then he is very rarely even looking at the batsman!
He occasionally has words if he's having a real battle but thats all.

Where Johnson runs up and stares at the batsman after just about every ball! And if the batsman dares to say anything then he gets ultra agressive and in their face!
And Johnson gets totally in their face! The only total tool is the person who comes up with this comparison in the first place!

Try opening both eyes instead of just one.

[csnew]

ABD looking class out there at the moment. Classy straight drive

[petehosk]

Try opening both eyes instead of just one.

I realise that Anderson does get drawn into arguments when he shouldn't.
But watch most of his dismissals. Then watch Johnson who is almost as bad as Andre Nel!
I'm not the one who needs to open their eyes. Try taking your nose out of Johnsons ar5e and realise that he is far too 'in your face!'

[tim2000s]

Makes you wonder though. Take Johnson out of the attack and what is Australia left with? His pace and aggression gives the other bowlers room to breathe...


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[petehosk]

To be fair, Harris is decent and Siddle can be good! Don't rate Lyons and never have done, although he does a decent holding job.
But where Aus are good at the moment is in their depth! They seem to have a far deeper wealth of pace bowlers than normal these days!!

[Cedrictoad]

Re: Steyn, it I had the Mumbai monsters and still took 4 wickets I would be pretty stoked!  When Steyn is 100% he is every bit as aggressive and devastating as Johnson.

The bloke with one knee is a pretty tidy bowler... I suspect one of Starc, Cummins, Pattison, Faulkner etc could come in a do a job.

How good is DeVilliers seeing it today... like a beach ball ha ha.  His Kahuna is a strange shape... looks more like a Bubble!

[Alvaro]

I think where Australia are good at the moment is keeping three excellent seamers and a decent spinner that are winning you games on the park. No need for depth at the moment, it's just window dressing. Always easy to espouse the abilities of reserves when you don't actually need them isn't it?

[smilley792]

De villiers does look every bit as good as his ranking suggests today,

[Vic Nicholas]

I think where Australia are good at the moment is keeping three excellent seamers and a decent spinner that are winning you games on the park. No need for depth at the moment, it's just window dressing. Always easy to espouse the abilities of reserves when you don't actually need them isn't it?

That is very true.

Depth players always look great when they are not actually playing.

Just ask the much vaunted Tremlett, Rankin, Meaker, Dernbach, Overton etc who have all been touted as champions that "would walk into any side in the world except our own".

It is fair to say Johnson makes this attack dangerous, Harris is quality and Siddle is just a work horse.

[Vic Nicholas]

De villiers does look every bit as good as his ranking suggests today,

de Villiers is all class.

What a player.

[The_Bird]

We will also get to see how good Lyon is as a genuine 4th bowler. If SA can get on top of him early the Australian attack loses it's potency for me.

[Cedrictoad]

Has anybody else noticed the number of times the keeper has been beaten for height in this match?

Haddin twice and DeVilliers 3 times...

This pitch must be a bit two paced (maybe harder and bouncer at one end?)

[Cedrictoad]

We will also get to see how good Lyon is as a genuine 4th bowler. If SA can get on top of him early the Australian attack loses it's potency for me.

Boyce and Muirhead are snapping at his heals too.

[smilley792]

Muirhead will play a test match this year! I'll put money on it.

And if he makes it to be the main test bowler, he won't be a defensive spinner to tie an end up, he will be a Shane warne esque attacking bowler that take wickets!