***Official*** Australia in South Africa

[Matt79]

Sounds like Morne is bowling better today. Bowling to retain his place surely.

 

[Briony]

Sounds like Morne is bowling better today. Bowling to retain his place surely.

Yes, but he's not a patch on any of the Aussie bowlers despite all the hype on him before he came over here.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Honestly not understanding Ponting's aversion to enforcing the follow-on. The pitch doesn't seem THAT bad.

It looks like there are quite a few cracks in it...

 

[Matt79]

Yes, but he's not a patch on any of the Aussie bowlers despite all the hype on him before he came over here.

Aren't you a Saffie?

 

[Briony]

Aren't you a Saffie?

No, but I like Steyn and AB which is why they are in my avatar having their homosexual moment..

 

[Top_Cat]

Such skillful batting by Ponting right now. Beautiful hands.

 

[pasag]

Not out.

 

[Top_Cat]

Oooooooo, close. Hughes seems safe by millimetres.

 

[pasag]

Lead passes 300, would win this if we declared now, with no Smith.

 

[Uppercut]

The frame he was looking at was a split-second too late, which may have saved him.

 

[Matt79]

Great session by the Aussies, we were already in the box seat, but it would take an absolute miracle for SA from here.

So impressed by Hughes, even just listening on radio. What a gun debut series by a 20 year old.

 

[pasag]

Haha Jackman, stop talking.

 

[Matt79]

Haha Jackman, stop talking.

??

 

[Top_Cat]

Haha Jackman, stop talking.

Yeah agreed. He's embarrassing himself.

 

[pasag]

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Going on about how SA are unlucky, not getting the rub of the green, blah blah blah

 

[Top_Cat]

??

Chalk up another Saffie who refuses to rate Hughes because he doesn't look 'normal'.

The problem is that, much like Chris Gayle, people only look at what happens before and after the ball has been hit. At the point of contact, as the fact he seems to be doing alright would indicate, he's fine technically.

EDIT: What pasag said too.

 

[wfdu_ben91]

Hughes:

1st innings: Duck
2nd innings: Half-Century
3rd innings: Century
4th innings: One hundred and fifty
5th innings: Double-Hundred

 

[Burgey]

Haha, no chance of that.

Scary stuff for England with the Ashes coming up, especially if Stuart Clark's back to take the new-ball with Johnson. Is Lee likely to be back for the Ashes?

May well not be picked tbh (Lee I mean).

Assuming Clark is fit, you've got him, the three playing here and Bollinger as 5 pretty decent quicks to form the basis for the squad to England.

As much as Lee was grand for the 12 months before his marriage then injury issues, his record in England is moderate, and that's putting it at its most flattering to him. I wouldn't be surprised if he missed out tbh.

 

[wfdu_ben91]

May well not be picked tbh (Lee I mean).

He will be picked. It's just that no one wants him to be picked.

 

[Burgey]

He will be picked. It's just that no one wants him to be picked.

Should he be? Interesting isn't it?