Australian Tour of South Africa 2018

[Sea fog]

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cri...loud-ahead-of-third-test-20180319-p4z55p.html

Yes, just read this on The Age website.

 

[010203]

Rabada's hearing was marathon one - 6 hours in fact. Maybe this is not as cut and dried as we might have thought.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...g/news-story/dc28839d5668b0637761c590f98e85c0

 

[PhatBoy]

Rabada's hearing was marathon one - 6 hours in fact. Maybe this is not as cut and dried as we might have thought.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...g/news-story/dc28839d5668b0637761c590f98e85c0

I’d imagine the two points they will focus on will be the intent side of things - the charge was deliberate contact, so they may have argued along the lines that not trying to avoid something doesn’t equal intent to deliberately do it, along with precedent. So something like the Ben Stokes/Mitchell Johnson one would get a run.

 

[smasha]

All the hype for this series but only a handful attending.

Let’s hope more than two dozen attend the next test.

 

[PhatBoy]

All the hype for this series but only a handful attending.

Let’s hope more than two dozen attend the next test.

It’s the third biggest sport in SA and arguably the third biggest format of it. Port Elizabeth rarely gets big crowds anyway so the second test was never likely to draw big. The third and fourth will be a bit better attended, but something tells me the people of capetown have a slightly more pressing issue at the moment.....

 

[Kram]

All the hype for this series but only a handful attending.

Let’s hope more than two dozen attend the next test.

It's called work and school, not everyone get gifted a Test match right in the middle of holidays every year like the Victorians!

 

[Van_Dyke]

All the hype for this series but only a handful attending.

Let’s hope more than two dozen attend the next test.

It’s the third biggest sport in SA and arguably the third biggest format of it. Port Elizabeth rarely gets big crowds anyway so the second test was never likely to draw big. The third and fourth will be a bit better attended, but something tells me the people of capetown have a slightly more pressing issue at the moment.....

Not to mention that this in March, after a number of test matches which have already been held in SA’s home summer. People have work/school

 

[PhatBoy]

Bullring on a weekend should have a pretty good atmosphere if the series is tilting towards SA

 

[Moody Blue]

It’s the third biggest sport in SA and arguably the third biggest format of it. Port Elizabeth rarely gets big crowds anyway so the second test was never likely to draw big. The third and fourth will be a bit better attended, but something tells me the people of capetown have a slightly more pressing issue at the moment.....

Don't wait for any cold or warm showers after the day's play.

 

[PhatBoy]

Don't wait for any cold or warm showers after the day's play.

Might be limited to golden showers

 

[Moody Blue]

Any chance that Starc can complete a tour without pulling a heart muscle? Always a drama with him.

 

[Moody Blue]

Rabada's hearing was marathon one - 6 hours in fact. Maybe this is not as cut and dried as we might have thought.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...g/news-story/dc28839d5668b0637761c590f98e85c0

It must have been a snooze fest after the first hour.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Rabada's hearing was marathon one - 6 hours in fact. Maybe this is not as cut and dried as we might have thought.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/s...g/news-story/dc28839d5668b0637761c590f98e85c0

6 hours to ask 2 questions.
1. Was it avoidable?
2. Was it inappropriate?

Answer yes to both ...... was that 6 hours already?

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

It must have been a snooze fest after the first hour.

Lawyers getting paid by the hour.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Lawyers getting paid by the hour.

Surprised they didn’t ask for a dinner break to get paid another hour lol

 

[PhatBoy]

6 hours to ask 2 questions.
1. Was it avoidable?
2. Was it inappropriate?

Answer yes to both ...... was that 6 hours already?

3. Was it intentional, which was what the charge was actually for
4. Is the charge and sentence appropriate given other precedents from both the last week, and the last 5 years.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

3. Was it intentional, which was what the charge was actually for
4. Is the charge and sentence appropriate given other precedents from both the last week, and the last 5 years.

It's no 3 that would be the biggie. He's got too many demerit points and previous on this particular issue to start dragging in other player's behaviour with much credibility.

No 3 could keep spokespeople occupied for days.

 

[PhatBoy]

It's no 3 that would be the biggie. He's got too many demerit points and previous on this particular issue to start dragging in other player's behaviour with much credibility.

No 3 could keep spokespeople occupied for days.

Not so much other players but other precedents.

When Stokes and Johnson bumped shoulders - and it was pretty obvious that both could have avoided it - they were given 1 point each. What might hurt their use of that argument is that they bumped during play rather than after a wicket.

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Rabada's free to play

 

[Woody15]

Yep.. confirmed.

 

[Sea fog]

Surprised really.

 

[PintSzedSlasher]

Hope he gives another send off to show how ridiculous overturning this decision is.

 

[RookiePick]

Is the ICC the most toothless governing body in world sport? discuss.

 

[Woody15]

 

[scottywiper]

Is the ICC the most toothless governing body in world sport? discuss.

Unquestionably