With those two offering pace from the flanks, Francesco Totti can continue to pull the strings.
With the pitch offering pace and carry for the seamers, and more gloom forecast for the remaining three days, Fraser's week in the county of his birth should still have a happy ending.
The remainder of a woefully out-of-their-depth Zimbabwe side were dismantled by a South Africa pace attack that ruthlessly exploited a pitch offering pace and bounce.
The ground known as the Waca, an acronym for the Western Australian Cricket Association, has traditionally produced pitches offering pace and bounce, especially when the sea breeze known as the Fremantle Doctor comes calling in the afternoon.
Offering frantic, fast paced gameplay with a unique style, tone and storyline that drips with energy, attitude and anarchy, The Club will be a genuine showcase for the capabilities of the next-gen platforms by maximising the graphical and audio technology available to give a gameplay experience that is second to none.
In its place, "Four Ways" had Fast Forward pacing the stage, offering snappy, misleading responses to banal questions posed by female cast members: "Where is the Upper East Side?" "How do I get to Grand Army Plaza?" In the background male cast members emulated and exaggerated Fast Forward's gestures.
And what a contrast they provided: Johnson, invigorated and resurgent, offering searing pace; Siddle unflaggingly industrious and utterly indefatigable.
While seven years is not an unusual amount of time for a venture-backed firm to go from start to public offering, the pace was often much quicker back in 1999.
With Benteke, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Andreas Weimann offering power, pace and movement there is no place for Bent.
Instead, the ball is keeping low, hitting the bottom of the bat, coming on slowly and offering insufficient pace for batsmen to play attacking shots.
