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Message: [QUOTE="Sproj, post: 2784859, member: 8423"] I'm not worried about our pace bowling either. I am most worried about two things: we have developed a penchant for losing and that is a mentality that is hard to break. Has the honeymoon period with Darren Lehmann worn off? The other thing I'm worried about is that there doesn't seem to be any public talk anymore of raising standards. When Lehmann first took the job, he publicly declared the standards that were expected. Suddenly, we lose 3-0 in SL a place we have never lost before in a series and everyone just seems to go, 'Ahh spin, that old chestnut again but the batsmen are trying.' Then, as world number 1, we go to SA with a ridiculous bowling squad and give them all the momentum by losing 5-0 on the eve of a test series here and no one seems to take ownership of it. And I just want to add, Rabada is a gun in the making but he is still a rookie. Maharaj is on debut at the WACA and looking like he's throwing grenades. It is appalling and all on the back of a insatiable desire to self implode and throw our hands in the air when the going gets tough. SA lose Steyn and have an unfit Philander plus a very raw and underwhelming top six, but look at them right. Even Cook's bowling looked threatening. What the? Meanwhile, our bowlers can't even bowl out their tail and they walk off patting each other on the back and shaking hands with job well done? Screw you Australian test team. At least Khawaja seems to have re-found his very impressive mojo. These two bats, particularly MMarsh have a lot to prove tomorrow. Can they? Doubt it. I would seriously drop Voges next test. Age seems to have caught up with him in the batting department but very definitely in the fielding, he just never looks safe, ever. Unfortunately, as good as Head and Patterson are going in the last year or two, the only player who could very well be argued as having done enough is Lehmann, so get him in there. [/QUOTE]

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