First Test Match at the WACA: Australia v South Africa

[hearts on fire]

Agreed Marty, especially about how the WACA Tests finish late..... get home from a hard day, have some good dinner and sit back with a couple of cold ones(solo) and watch the cricket...... thats life.

[RoosterMarty]

What the hell are our batsmen thinking today? Why play a shot like that just before stumps?

Geez then Tony Greig thinks Johnson is bowled, but the umpire gives it out LBW.

Last ball of the day.

9/341.

[spell_check]

That's a fantastic delivery from Morkel, great angle-in.

[hearts on fire]

Everyone except Ponting and Hussey have scored at least 12. The score of 339 in a day is more like the Australian team we have known this decade. But South Africa are in the match still with the 8 wickets.

Well summed up Spelly...... we struggled early on in the day but our middle order stood strong.

If we struggled early, they will too...... this could go either way, all depends on the South African innings.

[hearts on fire]

What the hell are our batsmen thinking today? Why play a shot like that just before stumps?

Geez then Tony Greig thinks Johnson is bowled, but the umpire gives it out LBW.

Last ball of the day.

9/341.

Clarke, Symonds, Johnson all got out to playing stupid shots......

DO THEY NOT REALISE THEY HAVE UNLIMITED BATTING TIME! they don't need to score a ton in one session.

TAKE YOUR TIME!

[Dogmatic]

[quote="hearts on fireClarke, Symonds, Johnson all got out to playing stupid shots......

DO THEY NOT REALISE THEY HAVE UNLIMITED BATTING TIME! they don't need to score a ton in one session.

TAKE YOUR TIME![/quote]
I have no problem with Symonds attempting the shot he got out on.
Harris is not a big turner of the ball and it was outside leg.
He would have been disappointed with the execution/result of the shot however 9 times out of 10 it would have been catching practice in row q.
Brad Haddin's shot was very disappointing.

[Not Scared]

Agreed on Symonds shot. That is the way he plays, and if he changes that he probably doesn't make it to that amount of runs in the first place. For some other guys there is nothing wrong with hitting the ball along the ground. Amazingly, Harris has taken over 50 test wickets at about 30, including some pretty high class batsman. It would seem that everyone's eyes light up when they face him, and they get themselves out.

Loved the comment by Jim Maxwell on ABC radio that if you had to pick the outstanding thing about his bowling you would struggle, apart from the whites being nice and clean.

[stan]

9/341 after being 3/15 is probably reasonable. And In my opinion the Aussies would be slightly ahead because well the runs are on the board.
Still if Krezja can hit a few today and siddle hangs around a bit we might be able to push the total to say 350 - 360. Which would give our bowlers something to bowl at. And with the new ball there will be chances early. I still have my doubts about McKenzies new found technique that he has gone on about. Him and Amla I believe the aussies should target hard with the new ball. I feel they might be vaunerable to some good seam bowling.

[rod_rooster]

I agree with Dogmatic and Not Scared regarding the Symonds shot. It was there to be hit and his game is all about playing his shots. He didn't execute the shot well but that's the way it goes. More often than not that goes sailing over the fence.

The worst shot of the day for mine was Michael Clarke's. I am an unashamed fan of Pup and believe he will become one of our best ever players but in order to do so he needs to stop having brain snaps like he did yesterday. There was no need to be playing that shot and particularly after just losing a wicket. Just very dumb cricket from Clarke and very dissapointing to watch.

[The Ash Man]

Agreed Marty, especially about how the WACA Tests finish late..... get home from a hard day, have some good dinner and sit back with a couple of cold ones(solo) and watch the cricket...... thats life.

You're on holidays and you dont have a job HOF!
Dont pi55 in my pocket and tell me its raining!

[rod_rooster]

Agreed Marty, especially about how the WACA Tests finish late..... get home from a hard day, have some good dinner and sit back with a couple of cold ones(solo) and watch the cricket...... thats life.

You're on holidays and you dont have a job HOF!
Dont pi55 in my pocket and tell me its raining!

ROFLMAO

[Bob Loblaw]

Tomorrow should be an interesting day of cricket......


Can Krejza back up his unbelievable performance from India? NO

How will Siddle go? 3/70

How will the South African's go batting on this track? 320


Stay tuned folks!

[wycbloods]

I agree with Dogmatic and Not Scared regarding the Symonds shot. It was there to be hit and his game is all about playing his shots. He didn't execute the shot well but that's the way it goes. More often than not that goes sailing over the fence.

The worst shot of the day for mine was Michael Clarke's. I am an unashamed fan of Pup and believe he will become one of our best ever players but in order to do so he needs to stop having brain snaps like he did yesterday. There was no need to be playing that shot and particularly after just losing a wicket. Just very dumb cricket from Clarke and very dissapointing to watch.

Clarkes was the worst by miles for me. The timing of the wicket and the way he got out showed to me he has a long way to go before he leads this country on the cricket field.

[hearts on fire]

Agreed Marty, especially about how the WACA Tests finish late..... get home from a hard day, have some good dinner and sit back with a couple of cold ones(solo) and watch the cricket...... thats life.

You're on holidays and you dont have a job HOF!
Dont pi55 in my pocket and tell me its raining!

you can still have a hard day, without working....... i am always keeping myself busy and out and about.........

haha.......LMAO

[hearts on fire]

Peter Siddle scored his first Test run this morning.

Australia 9/343

[Rik E Boy]

I agree with Dogmatic and Not Scared regarding the Symonds shot. It was there to be hit and his game is all about playing his shots. He didn't execute the shot well but that's the way it goes. More often than not that goes sailing over the fence.

The worst shot of the day for mine was Michael Clarke's. I am an unashamed fan of Pup and believe he will become one of our best ever players but in order to do so he needs to stop having brain snaps like he did yesterday. There was no need to be playing that shot and particularly after just losing a wicket. Just very dumb cricket from Clarke and very dissapointing to watch.

Clarkes was the worst by miles for me. The timing of the wicket and the way he got out showed to me he has a long way to go before he leads this country on the cricket field.

THROWN AWAY

Pup
Roy
Braddin

Let's hope the Jarpies are just as generous today.

regards,

REB

[hearts on fire]

Peter Siddle scored his first Test run this morning.

Australia 9/343

Now his first Test four, after crap fielding by Ntini.

[Adelaide Hawk]

Geez then Tony Greig thinks Johnson is bowled, but the umpire gives it out LBW.

I'm being serious, I have questioned Greig's eye-sight for quite some time. He makes statements like "the ball clearly missing leg stump", etc, and I'm sitting there thinking "huh"? There are time when clearly he either cannot see what happened, or he just isn't watching.

[FD88]

9/357

Krejza 24*
Siddle 11

Do we have the best tail in world cricket? These two both play like batsmen.

[hearts on fire]

Our tail would be England, New Zealand, West Indies, Pakistan and Bangladesh's middle order.