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Message: [QUOTE="1910, post: 2784068, member: 8272"] The pitch will decide a lot of the value of this Test match as a contest- last year was a batting utopia with 1441 runs scored. The Shield match last week had South Australia destroy Western Australia with Mennie, Sayers and Worrell all bowling well and getting good seam movement. A bit of grass on Thursday would be nice. South Africa loves Perth- killed us in 2008 and 2012. South Africa weakened by the missing of AB a lot will fall on Faf and Amla- they have a weak/inexperienced middle order. Rossouw will be interesting loves driving and is stylish, has one day 100’s but this will be his Test debut. Cook again is going to have to fire on his first tour here. Reminds me of the English Cook- elegant. Faf and Amla are just all class. They will just do what they do and do well. Amla's 196 in 2012 was one of the best touring knocks ever. Bowling- wow. I hope South Africa go with Morkle, Steyn, Phillander and Rabada it will be awesome. Steyn charging in bowling with outswing but hasn’t played a Test since Boxing Day- he’s a warrior and Australia get him going. Rabada- will get bounce- England had nightmares about him and they couldn’t get near him 13/144- coming into the right hander at 150 kmph isn’t hours of fun. Inexperienced but gee 29 Test wickets from eight Tests is fun to watch. Phillander seam up, movement no runs. He bowls full and at Perth that can be gold. Morne will get bounce. They all offer something. Strength is obviously that bowling attack and weakness is rookies in their batting line up- most of their top 6 has played 11 or fewer Tests. Australia is under done- no substitute for games and we are going in with Starc bowling 20 overs since Sri Lanka, Siddle being out for six months and Hazelwood. It’s our most inexperienced bowling attack possibly since the West Indies when McDermott went home and McGrath, Julian and Riffel stepped up. Starc will have the Doctor over his left shoulder and will bowl fast- Siddle will do all the work up hill. Marsh will have to carry a burden here- it’s his home track and first home Test with his brother. Time to produce. I watched Hazelwood in Brisbane, he bowled well and fast. This is a big Test for him he was terrible last year at Perth 1/134. Our batting will rely on Smith and Warner nothing new there. Like South Africa we are brittle after our best two. Our bats need to give our bowlers something to bowl at if we are only chipping in with 220 every innings or if we are bowling for long periods of time- inexperience and lack of game will hurt us. I fear out batting won’t be strong enough unless Smith and Warner dominate. [/QUOTE]

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