***Official*** South Africa in Australia 2012

[benchmark00]

Watch me.

[Daemon]

Originally Posted by benchmark00

Someone get this on video and then GIF it.

[Son Of Coco]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

Man that must have been fun watching Imran Tahir getting annihilated like that. I wish England had done that and gotten after Morkel instead of gifting him wicket after wicket.

I can't be bothered going through all the posts, so if anyone advocates Australia declaring at 550 or the like would someone please shoot them for me.

I came to the conclusion, from the bits and pieces I saw today, that Clarke doesn't have a lot of respect for Tahir or Morkel.

[Prince EWS]

Originally Posted by Spark

Well if a meteorite fell on my roof, blew up my fridge and caused a gas explosion I'd be pissed off too, if we want to deal in wild hypotheticals

He once drew an analogy between how much I death-rode Symonds's Test career and how he had felt about Michael Clarke a couple of years earlier when he was first forging his way into Test cricket. I often think of how hard he must be taking it when Clarke plays well, because I can't comprehend how much of a cricket grump I'd be if Symonds's Test career turned out like Clarke's.

[benchmark00]

Originally Posted by Daemon

Ohhhhhhh baby!

[Spark]

Tahir was so bad. I mean, PEWS has gone way OTT today but he's right when it comes to Tahir, he was absolutely abysmal. Couldn't get through an over without a long hop or a full toss. Not just the batting either - bowled a ****load of pies post-tea which got smacked to fielders.

[benchmark00]

srsly, there would be some people who couldn't understand how hard it is to play that shot. On drive is the hardest to play in cricket. **** he nailed it.

[Spikey]

Originally Posted by benchmark00

Ohhhhhhh baby!

it's kinda weird to see the crowd go totally nuts for 150, but man he deserved it

[benchmark00]

Yeah Tahir has bowled as bad as I've ever seen a visiting spinner.

In fact, it's not even a competition. Worst by miles. Looked absolutely 2nd grade standard. And that's no way an exaggeration.

[Daemon]

Originally Posted by Spark

Tahir was so bad. I mean, PEWS has gone way OTT today but he's right when it comes to Tahir, he was absolutely abysmal. Couldn't get through an over without a long hop or a full toss. Not just the batting either - bowled a ****load of pies post-tea which got smacked to fielders.

Trying to dig up the post where Prez said no to playing Robbie P instead of Tahir and that Tahir was the way forward.

[Daemon]

Originally Posted by Daemon

Is Robbie P still an option for SA? No idea whether he's been performing of late, but I think he's a a pretty decent bowler and a handy bat. Anything to not let Tahir play really..

What his ability with that bat means is also that Tsolekile could come in for Duminy without weakening the overall batting of the South Africans.

Originally Posted by MrPrez

We've been trying to move away from containing, Giles/Boje-like trundlers. Would much rather Tahir played.

got it.

[Spark]

Well, he got one thing spot on: they've moved away from containing alright.

[robelinda]

Clarke's 150 drive reminds me of Blewett's shot to bring up his 100 when he made that 214. click link for the shot.

1997 South Africa vs Australia TEST SERIES REVIEW - YouTube

[Prince EWS]

Boje wasn't what I'd call a containing type bowler anyway; he was an attacking left arm spinner. He was just usually quite poor. Paul Harris - now there's a containing bowler.

[Spark]

I mean, when you get comfortably outbowled by a part-timer on debut whose first delivery was literally put into a construction site, that says a bit