The Cricket Thread

[Spanish Sahara]

Huge wicket by Harris

 

[Spanish Sahara]

Johnson and Doolan again!

 

[Brishawk]

Watson still not recovered. Has the big fella played his last test match? Will he be a bourses for courses inclusion? Or is doolan/marsh just warming his seat?

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[moginie]

South Africa have won the toss & are batting.

McLaren & both Peterso(e)n's are out, de Kock, Parnell & Elgar are in. Philander is not 100% but will play.

Unsurprisingly, no changes for us.

 

[Spanish Sahara]

Great start!

 

[MinerBoy]

Pitch looks fairly low and lifeless but the bowlers are just ON at the moment. LBWs as plumb as you can get.

Great bowling.

Want to get AB in early and do a 'Bell' to him by constantly having him at the crease 3 hours earlier than he wants to be.

 

[MinerBoy]

Lyon on this early shows how handy Watson would be on this type of pitch. A slowish, lifeless, stump to stump type.

SA be spewing they are 2fa already.

 

[Brishawk]

Philander is not 100% but will play.

I read an article the other day claiming the aussies had worked him out and that when conditions suit him you play tight and when they turn in favour of the batsman you go after him. It also claimed he tries to dodge games on flat pitches such as Adelaide last SA tour in aus. Interesting that he has 'niggles' on a flat pitch here...

 

[Brishawk]

If we could eke out another session with the bat we are a chance at the draw. The win would be incredibly unlikely. Its so frustrating when we get a look at the conditions and then still go out and 'play our natural game' instead of being patient and waiting for the bad ball.

 

[Noneedforaname]

I wish Clarke would pull the pin on this. Declare before the follow on and put it on the SAffers.

 

[Brishawk]

Looks like we will need 500-600 to win . . . lets hope it rains . . .

 

[moginie]

It's going to be a long, hard five & a half sessions to save this test.

Let's see what we've got.

Firstly, I'd like to see Rogers make double figures this tour.

 

[moginie]

In three scoring shots Rogers has more than doubled his aggregate this series.

 

[Brishawk]

It's going to be a long, hard five & a half sessions to save this test.

Let's see what we've got.

Firstly, I'd like to see Rogers make double figures this tour.

336 required with 10 wickets in hand...we might be a chance to win this with some luck and disciplined application.


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[spudmaster]

Warner and Rogers doing exactly what needs to be done so far. Brilliant work.

 

[spudmaster]

Oh how is that for ******* timing...
Ah well, good effort from Warner all the same. Need the rest to follow suit though, none of this collapsing bullshit.

 

[Brishawk]

A win was always unlikely but that collapse is pathetic.

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[MinerBoy]

Weak as piss wasn't it...

Went to bed at about 1-125 with about a session and a bit to go. Wake up this morning and they're all out. That's as weak as it can get.

 

[grizzlym]

Horrible collapse.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

It seems Australia went to sleep about the same time all our supporters did.

Take a good long look at yourselves. You've let your country down.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Just goes to show that Johnson, Haddin and to a lesser extent Steve Smith and Bucky were papering over some issues as they were whitewashing an England side that dropped their collective heads after Brisbane. Clarke has struggled to make runs for months, Doolan is going through some growing pains and Marsh followed up a century with a pair.

South Africa would be odds-on to claim the series victory from hereon. Boof will have to earn his dough. Presumably Watson, if he's cleared fit to bowl, will be back in the team for the 3rd test with one of Marsh and Doolan to make way.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

Interesting set of statistics in today's article in the Age about Bucky.

From the start of the winter Ashes tour, Bucky has faced at least 100 balls in an innings 11 times (from 23 innings). Warner is the next best (5 times from 20 innings), then Smith (5 times from 22 innings).

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cric...-the-australian-test-team-20140225-33foa.html

Sure, England was poor throughout the summer Ashes, and Australia wiped South Africa off the map in the first Test, but it underlines just how poorly Australians can actually bat when survival is a priority.

 

[eldorado]

Dave Warner is a *******.

 

[Spanish Sahara]

Dave Warner is a *******.

What happened?

 

[eldorado]

Accused the South Africans of ball tampering to get reverse swing, AB deVilliers wth his gloves, apparently...