God help me - the Test Cricket thread

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Front on is meant to be easier on your back but it won't allow you to swing the ball away. A lot of the Windies greats were front on bowlers too so being side on isnt essential I agree.
Nortje seems to do it easy too, strolls in first ball at @147k, never looks In a sweat either and was doing laps of the MCG pre game in the heat. He is consistently the quickest bowler in the world by a long way and very fit as well. Think he clocked 155k yesterday in that heat  at one stage which is scary stuff.
If he had a smarter captain who bowled him at the crunch times with good plans he would have even better results.

I think that's one of the key factors EB.  South Africa has a great pace attack but they're not being given the opportunity to play to their strengths.  Rabada isn't the bowler he was but his performance seems to set the stage for his teammates.  Bringing him on first or second change, and with a plan, could get a lot more out of his bowling, particularly if Nortje and Jansen/Ngidi have knocked over an opener or two.