SA Footy

Morning all, happy Boland day…

Hazelwood ended up ruling himself out due to injury

Australia win the toss and will bowl

Theunis de Bruyn comes in for van der Dussen for South Africa. Whenever I hear commentators say de Bruyn it reminds me of this.

Not a fan of bowling at all.
A lot of pressure on Boland now.
Having seen the way our tail batted against the SA attack in Queensland we can't be chasing a big total.
We need to roll them today otherwise we'll be chasing all game.

Some good bounce early

Obviously bowling first can work but I’m not a huge fan of it here and given the situation.

South Africa’s best way back in the series was to make a big first innings.

We bat first score over 300 we would have controlled the game and the series.

Fingers crossed we roll them

First wicket for Boland!

Hate to be chasing 250 on day 4 or 5 on this pitch especially after a couple of stinkers on it.

Bowling first is a nice thought but that’s all it should be, Bowling captains are a nice thought….

Wonder if bowling the next two days in 37 and 40 degrees had any factor

Brodlach wrote:Wonder if bowling the next two days in 37 and 40 degrees had any factor

This …

It will fail miserably if we’re still out there and they’ve got 500 on the board though!

Fielding Marn!

That’s quality

Getting Party out of the sh!t pitch is going to be a road next session

Two wickets due to brain fades

Right on top now

Might be batting by tea

Patty, I’m the dumbest captain out here,

Dean, hold my beer

Brodlach wrote:Wonder if bowling the next two days in 37 and 40 degrees had any factor

Absolutely plus SA going with the same line up (playing 5 batsmen/5 bowlers) Cummins would of obviously rated the Aussies chances to get through them quickly again even if we thought it was an interesting decision to bowl first and now 4 wickets in the first session suggests it was a good decision. An ideal start for Aus but obviously a fair bit of work still to do.

Brodlach wrote:Hazelwood ended up ruling himself out due to injury

And so did I.

Lightning McQueen wrote:

Brodlach wrote:Hazelwood ended up ruling himself out due to injury

And so did I.

That’s a narrowly avoided selection headache

Thats quality

Patty owes Marnus a few beers