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***Official*** Australia in South Africa
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wellAlbidarned
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The ball that got Clarke cut away pretty sharply against the angle.
Burgey
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Did you watch the game by chance?
centurymaker
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wellAlbidarned
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Was referring to the first innings dismissal.
SJS
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Disgraceful Batting says the Australian captain
I have never been a great fan of Clarke but his batting yesterday was a revelation and this is even better. I can think of many captains (current and past), particularly in the part of the world where I come from screaming "Disgraceful Wicket" and the next day's papers hitting two inch thick headlines repeating the same.
I have never been a great fan of Clarke but his batting yesterday was a revelation and this is even better. I can think of many captains (current and past), particularly in the part of the world where I come from screaming "Disgraceful Wicket" and the next day's papers hitting two inch thick headlines repeating the same.
Spark
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That was more him going on a slog, tbf. If he'd stayed still he'd probably have put it somewhere over midwicket, but that happens when you're batting with a #11.
centurymaker
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only watched bits and pieces on a live stream.
it was hardly as bad as it's being portrayed...
aussie batsmen struggled against english bowlers on pretty flat pitches in the ashes, so on this lively deck they WERE expected to register a low score, obviously nowhere as low as this.
prob 100-150 runs.
why sa collapse? it's because watson bowled better than any other bowler in this match.. plus SA batting is top heavy...
it's not really a sub 150 pitch imo.
centurymaker
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I've always liked clarke.Disgraceful Batting says the Australian captain
I have never been a great fan of Clarke but his batting yesterday was a revelation and this is even better. I can think of many captains (current and past), particularly in the part of the world where I come from screaming "Disgraceful Wicket" and the next day's papers hitting two inch thick headlines repeating the same.
and the yarps were terribly undercooked too.
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Burgey
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Well there were patches in the game where most every ball was oing something sideways - for both sides.
You seem to think I am blaming the wicket for Australia making 40 odd, you're wrong. But the point is at various times during the first couple of days, there was consistent movement - not up and down, but sideways. Not jagging a foot sideways, doing enough sideways. It was great to watch.
The point I was making in the post which you erroneously thought was my blaming the pitch for Australia making 40 something, is that for Australia to win they will need the pitch to behave in a similar manner for the first two sessions today, and not to flatten right out. Bit of cloud cover would help too.
That's the only point I was making. I had thought i'd made it quite clearly, but plainly I hadn't.
Ikki
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Copeland and McDonald would have had SA out for 10ao and 10ao.
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tooextracool
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Really surprises me to see 2 sides that on paper possess such quality batsmen come out and bat like amateurs. Is it that hard to play a forward defense these days?
SJS
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Is it that hard for quality batsmen not to commit themselves early into a stroke on a difficult wicket? Not to push when they should be playing with a dead bat? Not to flash when they dont have to? Not to play square of the wicket even when the ball is coming in towards them?
Smith and Amla showed that it could be done. Even someone like Smith with his very typical style of playing refused to play square of the wicket and the result showed. Amla played so late and left almost everything that he could except rank half volleys. He was so relieved at having reached the end of the day's play in safety that he lost it on the last ball of the last over. I would say he deserved the reprieve for he, along with his skipper, had shown to his team mates, the Australians and the rest of the cricketing world that there are difficult wickets and there is bad batting. It is the combination of the two that is an unmitigated disaster.
I hope South Africa bat well enough to get the target to show the folly of batting on bad wickets as if they are good wickets . . . or worse, batting as if to say "What's the point in trying anyway"
Smith and Amla showed that it could be done. Even someone like Smith with his very typical style of playing refused to play square of the wicket and the result showed. Amla played so late and left almost everything that he could except rank half volleys. He was so relieved at having reached the end of the day's play in safety that he lost it on the last ball of the last over. I would say he deserved the reprieve for he, along with his skipper, had shown to his team mates, the Australians and the rest of the cricketing world that there are difficult wickets and there is bad batting. It is the combination of the two that is an unmitigated disaster.
I hope South Africa bat well enough to get the target to show the folly of batting on bad wickets as if they are good wickets . . . or worse, batting as if to say "What's the point in trying anyway"
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tooextracool
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You think so? I reckon that he wouldn't be half the bowler that he is today if it wasnt for those flare ups. Watson, the tearaway quick bowler was a pretty terrible bowler to be honest, its only now that hes been forced to bowl within himself that he's actually realized the value of line and length.
Australia's batting lineup is an absolute joke as any self-respecting grade team wouldve managed more than 50
Anyway, this match just provides more evidence that test cricket is at its lowest ebb in at least 40 years (probably much more but I couldnt be bothered going back any further) - the standard is just completely ****
Anyway, this match just provides more evidence that test cricket is at its lowest ebb in at least 40 years (probably much more but I couldnt be bothered going back any further) - the standard is just completely ****