Aus vs SAF Series

[Johno6]

How did duminy do his achillies

[locky801]

How did duminy do his achillies

in the warm down, think they were kicking a soccer ball or something around

[daysofourlives]

Saffers wont need to bat again ...

Hooray, I was wrong ...

They will be batting again

What chance of an Aussie win tomorrow given we have 7 hours jovial jim?

[locky801]

4/483

Clarke 218*

Hussey 82*

[Jim05]

How did duminy do his achillies

Doing a warm down after end of day 1.
If he would have had a beer and ciggy at the end like the old days instead of warming down he would still be playing

[Jim05]

Saffers wont need to bat again ...

Hooray, I was wrong ...

They will be batting again

What chance of an Aussie win tomorrow given we have 7 hours jovial jim?

Pitch looks fairly flat so will be hard work, maybe spin will have an impact and Lyon, Warner and Clarke can do the job.
If we get a couple of early wickets they will panic.
Will be hard, draw still the favourite but atleast they are no hope of winning

[daysofourlives]

200 in front by lunch tomorrow and then see what the saffers are made of?

[Grahaml]

No reason not to look at scoring another 120 runs before lunch and see what happens. After day 1 they expected to be in total control not batting to save the match, could be something for them to think about before the second test. Could even look to get a real hurry on, lead by 100-120 and have 10 overs before lunch at them.

[locky801]

Be nice to have Gilchrist coming in next and going beserk for an hour but then again Clarke and Huss were going at 6 an over for the last 15.

Just cant see the pitch going from a road to a minefield overnight, still they had us 3/40 and were cock a hoop, gos to show their bowlers are no better than ours

[Grahaml]

;) Be nice to have Gilchrist coming in next and going beserk for an hour but then again Clarke and Huss were going at 6 an over for the last 15.

Just cant see the pitch going from a road to a minefield overnight, still they had us 3/40 and were cock a hoop, gos to show their bowlers are no better than ours

Another day, maybe it'll start doing a bit. There was swing and seam for South Africa, but there's a real sameness about their bowling. I guess the hope is a few wickets, no Duminy and they might panic a little.

[whufc]

Pressure does funny things especially when the win is out of the question. The Saffies will just be batting for survival!!!

How many overs is there in a days play (90)?

Would think a lead of around 175-200 with a few overs before lunch at them would have them a tad uncomfortable especially at 1/0 straight up.

Will be interesting to see what fields smith sets up in the morning, will he go defensive and just try and delay the declaration or will he try and get a couple of quick wickets and take the declaration away.

[heater31]

Pressure does funny things especially when the win is out of the question. The Saffies will just be batting for survival!!!

How many overs is there in a days play (90)?

Would think a lead of around 175-200 with a few overs before lunch at them would have them a tad uncomfortable especially at 1/0 straight up.

Will be interesting to see what fields smith sets up in the morning, will he go defensive and just try and delay the declaration or will he try and get a couple of quick wickets and take the declaration away.

105ish with the extended first session to make up for day 2

[Grahaml]

Pressure does funny things especially when the win is out of the question. The Saffies will just be batting for survival!!!

How many overs is there in a days play (90)?

Would think a lead of around 175-200 with a few overs before lunch at them would have them a tad uncomfortable especially at 1/0 straight up.

Will be interesting to see what fields smith sets up in the morning, will he go defensive and just try and delay the declaration or will he try and get a couple of quick wickets and take the declaration away.

I doubt they even need that much of a lead. I don't see them scoring 100 a session on the last day much less the 250 they'd need to even give us a tricky run chase. I'd bat 20-25 overs, aim for 100 runs and declare 140 or so in front. We'd need to bowl them out for something like that to win, if they get 50 ahead then so be it.

[whufc]

Pressure does funny things especially when the win is out of the question. The Saffies will just be batting for survival!!!

How many overs is there in a days play (90)?

Would think a lead of around 175-200 with a few overs before lunch at them would have them a tad uncomfortable especially at 1/0 straight up.

Will be interesting to see what fields smith sets up in the morning, will he go defensive and just try and delay the declaration or will he try and get a couple of quick wickets and take the declaration away.

I doubt they even need that much of a lead. I don't see them scoring 100 a session on the last day much less the 250 they'd need to even give us a tricky run chase. I'd bat 20-25 overs, aim for 100 runs and declare 140 or so in front. We'd need to bowl them out for something like that to win, if they get 50 ahead then so be it.

If there 105 overs I could see them batting around another 35 overs with an increased aggression at say 4 an over that would give us another 140 runs.

70 overs to get 9 wickets

[dedja]

How's Ian Healy's suggested declaration going?

[whufc]

How's Ian Healy's suggested declaration going?

I think his idea was probably the go until Clarke and Cowan batted us into such a good position, if we had lost wickets and the tail were in we should have declared imho

[jackpot jim]

Of course in tomorrows Advertiser, their cricket writers will be full of praise for Clarke, Cowan and Hussey and rightly so. Will crap on that Aust are the only team that can win and how the Aussies are capable of going toe to toe with the world champs blah blah blah.
All after only a couple of days ago after only 1 day into the series the same writers lambasted the Australian bowlers and the team in general, completely writing them off as a legitimite challenger to S.A. Their justification ? - Sth Africa rack up 2/280 odd on a road. Pathetic journalism.

[Dutchy]

While they went at a good pace in the last hour Im not sure why they didnt really put the foot down a bit earlier and be 100 in front tonight, had plenty of wickets in hand and will need every over they can get tomorrow.

[whufc]

Of course in tomorrows Advertiser, their cricket writers will be full of praise for Clarke, Cowan and Hussey and rightly so. Will crap on that Aust are the only team that can win and how the Aussies are capable of going toe to toe with the world champs blah blah blah.
All after only a couple of days ago after only 1 day into the series the same writers lambasted the Australian bowlers and the team in general, completely writing them off as a legitimite challenger to S.A. Their justification ? - Sth Africa rack up 2/280 odd on a road. Pathetic journalism.

I think the bowlers deserved the critism, they wasted the new ball as badly as I have seen in a long time.

If it wasn't for the day of rain and their tail just going the slap to move the game on they probably would have finished well over 500 with only 9 wickets

[Jim05]

I know they start an hour earlier which makes up some time lost is there any reason they cant start at 9:00 and make up 2 hours per day?
Obviously the players will claim fatigue but surely with decent breaks it could be done.