2026 - 2027 Summer of Cricket

[Thieves Like Us]

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how goods test cricket though, t20 can never produce the rollercoaster of emotions a test makes you feel.

never seen truer words spoken!

 

[Frank McWilliams]

Two openers required with Renshaw 3; Smith 4, Head 5 & Green 6.
Also wouldn’t hurt to be looking at a young Paceman and spinner for the future, it needs to start happening.

 

[Lefty]

Apart from Head in the second innings, Australia were pathetic.

Maddinson, Marnus and Webster must be dropped!

The best batting lineup for Cape Town using players from the current squad is:

Head
Renshaw
Green
Smith
Inglis
Connolly
Carey.

I’m not going to waste anymore of my time discussing why Marnus must be axed!

 

[EASBay17]

Two openers required with Renshaw 3; Smith 4, Head 5 & Green 6.
Also wouldn’t hurt to be looking at a young Paceman and spinner for the future, it needs to start happening.

Pace stocks arent a concern longterm, will need richardson to tie us over for a couple of years, hopefully guys like spencer johnson and lance morris can stay fit for the medium term. both are on the comeback trail from stress fractures in the back.
Unless form and results dictate it there isnt going to be the mass exodus people are anticipating i dont think.

1 poor day of test cricket isnt going to take anything away from the core group of players that are there.

We are in desperate need of genuine gritty test openers, the flow on effect of our failures up top to the middle order shouldnt be understated.
look at a guy like ponting he made a career out of spending the first session of nearly every innings in the pavillion, marnus has spent 3 years batting inside the first 5 overs.