Australia vs South Africa | T20 | MCG | 11/01/2009

[Amjid Javed]

Intresting that warner is 1st player to debut for Aussies with out playing a 1st class match domestically. Hope for some more fireworks in 2nd T20

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I didnt watch the match in the morning but the highlights are coming on now on Sky Sports 3 so I'll be watching that Warner innings now!

 

[Amjid Javed]

Warner also has an IPL contract so i guess his potential boom boom hitting has been spotted before!

 

[The Blazer]

Amazing game!

I'm going off to record it.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

I'm watching it!

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Warner got a life in the 1st over if De Villiers had hit the stumps....he was a goner!

 

[Deewana Mastana]

But we all had to witness an amazing knock by the 22 year old Warner! It was his day!

 

[McBoom]

Amazing game!

I'm going off to record it.

Upload it ALL !

 

[Easa]

Tait was RAPID, really exciting watching him bowl, clocked 152kph first ball, and 156kph later on.

His slowest ball in his first two overs was, hold your breath, 146kph.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Upload it ALL !

Your in for a treat if u get to see highlights!

 

[siccric]

I missed Australia's innings but saw the runchase. SA was out of it from the beginning, when they lost 3 wickets in the first three overs. Good comeback from Duminy but he could never win it highhandedly.

Second match 3 days from today?

 

[Savak]

Tait was RAPID, really exciting watching him bowl, clocked 152kph first ball, and 156kph later on.

His slowest ball in his first two overs was, hold your breath, 146kph.

He literally scared the **** out of Kallis and Devilliers.

 

[IronMan2009]

SA has been struggling in the shorter versions. Smith's absence only made things worse. Kallis opening in a T20? . I thought chanderpaul opening in T20 was bad.

 

[The Blazer]

Upload it ALL !

Will do! I've got Warner's ball by ball innings and Tait's ferocious first over so far which I need to upload- I've actually sacrificed some valuable revision time to watch this!

Need to get some work done but hopefully will get some time later this evening to upload some of the footage.

 

[The Blazer]

Tait was RAPID, really exciting watching him bowl, clocked 152kph first ball, and 156kph later on.

His slowest ball in his first two overs was, hold your breath, 146kph.

Did you see the way he mutilated AB? Very exciting stuff; watching him was a treat and a reminder of what the likes of Akhtar, Sohail Khan and Mohammad Talha will be able to do on quick Aussie pitches!

 

[jusarrived]

Tait should play test matches , not T20's ..he will need a good captain to do well though !

 

[Lightning]

Can't wait to see this BLAZE!

 

[McBoom]

Will do! I've got Warner's ball by ball innings and Tait's ferocious first over so far which I need to upload- I've actually sacrificed some valuable revision time to watch this!

Need to get some work done but hopefully will get some time later this evening to upload some of the footage.

I hope that you won't do another 100 off 45 this time.

 

[amarmak]

the sad thing is... australia played their weakest team against india and now willl have a strong lineup against pakistan (as always)

 

[Savak]

the sad thing is... australia played their weakest team against india and now willl have a strong lineup against pakistan (as always)

The Aussie bowling when they had Warne, Mcgrath, Gillespie and Co was the biggest problem for Pakistan. In comparison we should be able to deal with the likes of Lee, Johnson, Siddle, Clarke, Tait, Hilfenhaus in a better manner. The Aussie's still lack a spinner.

Our batters should be able to play more freely. Our bowling will have to rise to the occasion though especially if we have all our main bowlers available.

 

[The Blazer]

Guys, I'll be adding the footage in this thread:

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=54386&page=1

Tait's first over has been added in the Misc. section.

 

[saj786]

if tait makes it back in to the test team then that could be one of the fastest test attacks to be seen, tait, johnson, siddle, lee, all 150k+ bowlers

 

[Savak]

if tait makes it back in to the test team then that could be one of the fastest test attacks to be seen, tait, johnson, siddle, lee, all 150k+ bowlers

There is a difference. Tait is on average quicker than all of those guys combined and bowls a lot more aggressively. Johnson and Siddle on the other hand bowl the occasional heavy bowl but average 140-143 km/hr and one delivery in the 148-150 km/hr region. Lee is on the decline now.

Therefore having Tait in the team will change the dynamics of the attack. Besides Tait actually late swings the new ball, he bowls bouncers as well and can reverse swing the ball. The Aussie's are blundering by not backing him for the test side but to be honest i dont think Ponting is the right captain for him. Ponting is too impatient and panicks very quickly.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Have to say Tait bowled well for 4 overs, but can he sustain that for an ODI or Test match?

The death bowling of the Aussies was impressive today though!

 

[saj786]

There is a difference. Tait is on average quicker than all of those guys combined and bowls a lot more aggressively. Johnson and Siddle on the other hand bowl the occasional heavy bowl but average 140-143 km/hr and one delivery in the 148-150 km/hr region. Lee is on the decline now.

Therefore having Tait in the team will change the dynamics of the attack. Besides Tait actually late swings the new ball, he bowls bouncers as well and can reverse swing the ball. The Aussie's are blundering by not backing him for the test side but to be honest i dont think Ponting is the right captain for him. Ponting is too impatient and panicks very quickly.

the main problem for tait is his fragile body, if he stays fit and firing for when australia gos.africa then he'l b one of the first names on the squad, but taits biggest problem is can he back up is performance day after day without breaking down? the answer is no he clearly cant