Their personnel is much the same but both teams have changed in character since the last time they met in the Test arena four years ago
Pat Cummins is fit and will spearhead Australia’s bowling attack when the Test series against South Africa gets under way at the Gabba in Brisbane.Pat Cummins is fit and will spearhead Australia’s bowling attack when the Test series against South Africa gets under way at the Gabba in Brisbane.Last modified on Fri 16 Dec 2022 01.02 GMTs far as rematches go, this is less spicy than it might have been.
If anything, the tension between the nations is more at an administrative level. South African leaders were furious whenAustralia cited Covid for cancelling the 2021 tour after they had gone to every length possible to satisfy CA’s health requirements, given the frail financial state of Cricket South Africa.
His short-ball barrages on docile Pakistan decks suggest that he could relish Australian conditions. Marco Jansen offers every point of difference available: 207cm tall, left-arm angle, effective both sides of the wicket, and able to bat up the order if required. Gerald Coetzee is yet to debut at 22 years old, but bowls with serious heat and took a hat-trick to wipe out the lower order of a CA team during a warm-up match.
Whoever is picked from that wealth of talent will need to be at their best against an Australian side that is enviably settled. Khawaja, Smith, Travis Head and Marnus Labuschagne all made bulk runs in the recent series against the West Indies, with the only minor concerns being the uncompetitive nature of that attack, the distractions during a few low scores for Warner, and the lack of time in the middle for Cameron Green.
The bowling looks equally robust given the current bench strength. Hazlewood and Cummins missed the second West Indies Test, Hazlewood will remain absent for Brisbane, and Starc may need a break at some stage, but Scott Boland picked up where he left off last summer by taking three wickets in an over, and Michael Neser performed admirably in his second match. Both have outstanding domestic records at the Gabba.
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