Australia's Test Cricket Team Ntawm Cusp Of Greatness Tom Qab Thrashing South Africa

Pom tau tias lawv tau ntsib kev tawm tsam me ntsis, suav nrog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm South Africa, tab sis Australia xav tias nyob rau lub caij nyoog kub. Nws tsuas yog yuav yog lawv pab pawg xeem zoo tshaj plaws txij li lawv cov cim golden tau xaus 15 xyoo dhau los.

Lawv pab pawg zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd tej zaum yog Michael Clarke sab thaum lub sijhawm 18-hli ntshav thaj chaw pib thaum lig 2013 nrog rau Ashes whitewash thiab tseem suav nrog kev yeej ntawm Is Nrias teb thiab South Africa deb. Ntau qhov kev vam meej tau tsim tawm ntawm daim ntawv zoo nkauj ntawm kev ceev Mitchell Johnson, uas tau ncaws pob nrog rau txhua tus neeg hauv keeb kwm ntawm qhov kev ua si thaum lub sijhawm ntawd.

Tab sis nws tau ploj mus thiab ua rau Australia, uas tau nce thiab nqis mus ib txhis. Txog tam sim no. Basking nyob rau hauv dismantling South Africa, Australia tsis xav zoo li dag tus kub txawm hais tias lawv muaj ib tug laus batting line-up.

Australia txoj kev vam meej yog tsim los ntawm lub hnub qub-studded nres thiab lub pas dej ntawm cov txuj ci pace. Lawv muaj rau los yog xya tus ceev ceev uas muaj qhov tseeb hais tias yog tus thawj coj nrog speedster Lance Morris looming raws li ib tug x-factor nrog nws sheer pace intoxicating rau Australia lub hierarchy.

Nws tuaj yeem ua tau ib yam dab tsi zoo li Anrich Nortje uas muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau South Africa raws li tau hais tseg thaum nws ua haujlwm solo thaum muaj kev kub ntxhov ntawm MCG. Txawm hais tias South Africa tau raug thrashed nyob ib ncig ntawm lub batting-friendly pitch, Nortje yog lawv lub teeb ci ntsa iab nrog nws qhov nrawm nrawm nrawm dua 90mph soj ntsuam cov teeb batters.

Morris tuaj yeem muab qee yam zoo sib xws thiab raug txiav txim siab los hloov cov neeg raug mob sai Mitchell Starc rau cov roj hmab tuag zaum thib peb hauv Sydney. Australia lub peev xwm tsuas yog tsis muaj zog yog nyob rau hauv qhov tob thiab lawv tau txais koob hmoov nrog kev ua haujlwm ntev ntawm tus thawj coj Nathan Lyon, uas tau nce qib wicket-taking kab kos.

Australia tej zaum yuav xav tau ib tug thib ob spinner ntawm dab tsi looms raws li ib tug qhuav SCG wicket tab sis lawv reserves yog threadbare. Tom qab qhov kev sim ua tsis tiav nyob rau hauv subcontinent tiv thaiv Pakistan thiab Sri Lanka, legpinner Mitchell Swepson zoo li tsis txaus siab thaum cov neeg xaiv saib rau txhua tus neeg Ashton Agar, ib nrab tsis tu ncua hauv cov qauv luv dua tab sis leej twg tsis tau ua si Cricket rau tsib xyoos thiab muaj. ib tug me ntsis thawj-chav cov ntaub ntawv.

Australia qhov kev sib tw tau ntev ntev tom qab 2015 tau tso siab rau cov hnub qub David Warner thiab Steve Smith. Lawv tau sib npaug ntau dua tam sim no nrog Marnus Labuschagne nce mus rau No.1 qeb duas tom qab tau nce sai hauv ob peb xyoos dhau los, thaum Usman Khawaja tau tshwm sim los ua qhov qhib rau xyoo no.

Tej zaum qhov tseem ceeb tshaj rau lawv txoj kev vam meej mus ntev yog qhov tshwm sim ntawm Travis Lub taub hau raws li kev tawm tsam No.6 thiab Alex Carey raws li kev ntseeg siab 'keeper-batter. Ob leeg tau ntxiv dag zog rau thaj chaw muaj kev cuam tshuam rau Australia.

Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws, 23-xyoo-laus Cameron Green muaj lub peev xwm los ua tus neeg zoo tshaj plaws - ib yam dab tsi Australia tau xav tau ntau xyoo thiab tseem ploj lawm hauv lawv lub hnub qub.

Lub caveat yog tias qhov kev tawm tsam tau ua rau tsis txaus ntseeg nrog South Africa tshwj xeeb kev poob siab. Bar 2001-02 tawm tsam Australia cov pab pawg zoo tshaj plaws, South Africa yeej ib txwm ua pov thawj nruj kev tawm tsam hauv qab thiab tau yeej lawv qhov peb xeem dhau los nyob ntawd.

Tab sis lawv qhov kev txiav txim batting yog ib tug duab ntxoov ntxoo ntawm yav tas los thiab nws yog ib tug ntev nce rov qab rau South Africa, uas zoo nkaus li ib mais ntawm yuav ua tau ib tug saum toj kawg nkaus pab neeg nyob rau hauv lub neej yav tom ntej. Nws yog ib qho kev txhawj xeeb loj rau Kev Xeem Cricket lub neej yav tom ntej yog South Africa muab kauv rau hauv nruab nrab nrog cov qauv ntev twb tau tawm tsam rau qhov tob ntawm cov txuj ci uas tsis muaj kev cia siab ntawm cov pab pawg nthuav dav.

Tab sis rau tam sim no, qhov no yog hais txog Australia thiab lawv txoj kev nce mus rau qhov muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo. Lawv muaj tag nrho cov ntsiab lus thiab tseem ceeb nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov departments. Pat Cummins tsis tau poob qhov Kev Xeem Ua Haujlwm txij li tau tuav lub reins 12 lub hlis dhau los thiab tseem tau lees paub qhov kev yeej keeb kwm hauv Pakistan ua ntej xyoo.

Tab sis Australia thaum kawg yuav raug txiav txim los ntawm lawv qhov kev ua yeeb yam hauv blockbuster deb series hauv Is Nrias teb thiab Askiv xyoo tom ntej. Lawv yog era-defining series thiab yog hais tias Australia xav kom nco ntsoov raws li ib tug tag nrho-timer ces lawv yuav tsum yeej lawv tiag tiag.

Lub sij hawm yuav qhia, tab sis tag nrho cov cim qhia tau taw qhia rau kev khiav ntawm kev tswj hwm rau Australia.

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