Yes I was taking a lot of liberty with my comment. Marnus is much more along the lines of Strauss and Prior rather than Pieterson or Hick.
Regardless, itās somewhat embarrassing that someone with his FC record is anywhere near a Test squad, let alone actually get a game. And you can put Finch and Head in that category too. Itās a real crapshoot hoping for guys with FC averages 40 or under to be able to make it at Test levelā¦
Finch would be there to try and emulate Warnerās fast starts you would think
Head is Langers personal fave. Was always going to creep in once the coach was known.
The other guy: I have no farking idea of why that has happened.
And of course Marsh has a family pedigree advantage.
Head had a decent Shield season.
More than decent.
Comparable to Maxwellās.
I like head
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I wouldnāt be surprised if Head ends up a pretty good test player. Finch is too vulnerable to the moving ball. Donāt know enough about Labuschagne.
Taking aside my bias of course Trav is one of the most talented kids seen in the SA program for some time. He does have issues both technically and mentally but having seen first hand how hard he works on his game Iām certain he can overcome them and become a very good test player. Iād love to say my 2 years of coaching him at u11ās and u12ās had some bearing on his development though 
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Now we know why heās got those technical and mental deficiencies!!! 
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He was a cocky little ā ā ā ā ā before I got to him
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Correction, it took England from a mediocre team to world number 1, at least a for short time anyways
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Pakistan won the toss and will bat first
Massive crowd there, more than a norf home game thatās for sure
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Massive workload ahead for Lyon and Holland. Need to dismiss them for under 450ā¦
I thought he was named at three but I might have been looking at it wrong. Itās usually kwalja.
I donāt mind him being gifted games if heās been identified as ticking a few boxes. I think itās his brother thatās been given plenty more opportunity and heād worry sheep.
Exactly like his old man without the runs.
Very tough to win having lost the toss. Wicket hasnāt got a blade of grass on it. Looks like a 500plus wicket first up before we succumb to spin twice cheaply.
Has that feel about it doesnāt it? Our bowlers are not really troubling them overly much.
Our boy, Nic Maddinson, ended up crashing through the WA tail like a dose of Epsom salts.
63 run win, Maddinson 4-28 off 4.5
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He also batted well with 58 (63)
on pitches like this one if you lose the toss, a win is almost out of the question. For the first few days the ball will do nothing then all of a sudden every ball will be like facing a hand grenade
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Same as I said last year, umpires are neutral but the pitches are doctored for the home side. Does betting money talk?
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Pakistan doing it with ease, 0/85 after 29