Australia's Tour of South Africa.

[Mailman the 2nd]

Will Pietersen be available for selection now hes not in the England team?

I'm assuming this is a joke question but no he's not allowed for a few years

[Kellogscrunchynut]

Will Pietersen be available for selection now hes not in the England team?

I'm assuming this is a joke question but no he's not allowed for a few years

Was initially, but now I'm intrigued.

[Mailman the 2nd]

Will Pietersen be available for selection now hes not in the England team?

I'm assuming this is a joke question but no he's not allowed for a few years

Was initially, but now I'm intrigued.

http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,48465.0.html

Luke Ronchi moved from Australia to New Zealand and managed to play. Pietersen would have to wait 4 years before he'd be able to legally play

[Nige]

Will Pietersen be available for selection now hes not in the England team?

I'm assuming this is a joke question but no he's not allowed for a few years

Was initially, but now I'm intrigued.

http://forum.fanfooty.com.au/index.php/topic,48465.0.html

Luke Ronchi moved from Australia to New Zealand and managed to play. Pietersen would have to wait 4 years before he'd be able to legally play

Yeah, and I can't see him resurrecting his career at 38.

[JBs-Hawks]

I could see him trying at 38, cant see SA wanting him though :P Maybe he can try NZ with Ronchi.

[Mailman the 2nd]

In other news, Sangakkara just passed 300* against Bangladesh looking to go into the record books

[Bill Manspeaker]

In other news, Sangakkara just passed 300* against Bangladesh looking to go into the record books

out for 319. Sri Lanka all out 587

[GoLions]

In other news, Sangakkara just passed 300* against Bangladesh looking to go into the record books

out for 319. Sri Lanka all out 587

Fastest player to 11000 runs I believe it was (beating Lara by 5 innings). Also puts him at equal 2nd (with Lara) on most double hundreds, behind Bradman.

[ossie85]

A triple century against Bangladesh :/

Stats should be based on matches against the big 8.

.... except for Dizzy's double century.

[Ringo]

With the ICC forcing matches against developing countries stats to compare against the greats of previous eras will be very insignificant.  Also with the number of tests being played these days Total runs scored, centuries etc will also increase.

The only true comparison is Batting average over all tests and no one comes close to Bradmans 99.94 and Bradman played in the era of uncovered pitches as well.

Imagine what Bradman would have scored if he had more than the 80 tests available to him,

Back on subject though I think the result will be decided by which batting lineup handles the relative pace attacks better and hate to say it on current form South Africas batsmen appear more capable than our fragile top order. It was still there exposed by England and where would we have been without Haddin.

[Mailman the 2nd]

A triple century against Bangladesh :/

Stats should be based on matches against the big 8.

.... except for Dizzy's double century.

Only 3 of the top 100 scores of all-time in test cricket have been against Bangladesh. Sanga certainly deserves it one of the best wicket-keeper batsman of all time

[The_Captain]

Doolan is actually a middle order batsman

Usually bats at 3 or 4.... so right on the cusp of being a top order/middle order.

Owned.

[Cicjose]

how dickhead? Doolan bats at 4 or 5 for Tasmania in First Class cricket

he opens in T20 but that form shouldn't count towards test selection

[CrowsFan]

Let's refrain from the name calling cic :)

[Mailman the 2nd]

1-4 is the Top order, so he is more or less a top order batsman....

Bowling is more or less the only thing Watson has going for him, so Doolan taking his spot and Watto moving down would be ideal.

I don't think Hughes will be in the first XI either, considering he's more or less a replacement for Marsh's spot in the selector's eyes