Now now Redsman, come back down to earth.
Playing in SA is no secret that batting first is a major plus unless conditions dictate otherwise which rarely we see poor conditions in SA in terms of weather.
Graeme and the SA brains trust made a massive fuck up not batting first in the first test. Runs on the board is always gona put the opposition under pressure as chasing anything over 200 in a 4th innings of a test match is tough. God only knows why we chose to field. SA were behind the 8 ball every min of that test.
Then we get the second test. In a reversal of fortunes, AUS were now behind the 8 ball every min of the test as SA put runs on the board. If I may just ask you, what makes you think Aus are the most "dominant" team around? The fact that SA took almost 9 of their wickets in one session in the second innings to win the second test? Very dominant display from Aussie, you are right.
Let me tell you something Reds. There is nothing between the teams other than the luck of the toss. Had SA batted first in the last test, you can believe things would have been different. It was a flat deck but when you bat first, there is no pressure as you are setting the score. Its a totally different mindset and SA too would have exploited that flat deck and perfect day 1 batting conditions.
In hindsight, SA lost this series the min Graeme said, "We will have a bowl!" on day 1 of the first test..
Dominant is a word used when Aus score 500+ every test and bowl SA out for two scores under 250 each test. Not when both teams have embarrassed each other in 1 test each..It all fell to the team batting first this series and applying the pressure with runs on the board if you like!
