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

[aussie tragic]

Gabba ground looking pretty soaked with big puddles everywhere

There goes my saturday plan of laying on the couch all day....maybe they'll play replays and my wife won't know the difference

[benchmark00]

gee I made a couple of crap posts. was so so drunk & angry though

raining here all morning, not heavily but will be one of those annoying on again off again days imo

You made the crap posts before getting drunk itbt.

[morgieb]

Gabba ground looking pretty soaked with big puddles everywhere

There goes my saturday plan of laying on the couch all day....maybe they'll play replays and my wife won't know the difference

Nah, they'll just settle for old movies IMO.

[Monk]

Really wish they'd play old cricket footage instead of F-Troop.

[robelinda]

Really wish they'd play old cricket footage instead of F-Troop.

tell me about it, x 10000. Sick of this garbage, they hardly ever show any old gold footage unless its looking like a shortish break, whenever its a long rain delay they always go straight to silly old shows. I recall so many glorious rain days when they would show lots of old series, in 2001 when NZ toured the 2nd test was virtually a washout, they showed full days of test series highlights of old NZ tours, absolute gold.

[Top_Cat]

Am not upset about the cricket being delayed, getting to watch the SA Christmas Pageant which none of you ****s can see. Sucks to be yoooo.

[Pothas]

I don't think they bowled badly yesterday, maybe not as well as last year but then SA are a much better team than India were last year. And I still don't know why professional cricketers need someone to tell them not to bowl ****. The average club cricketer can work that out.

Am off to the game myself today. Don't know if we'll get much play...would like to see Kallis and Amla in action.

Yeah yesterday was very similar to when South Africa toured here this year, not so much the first match when England were fairly awful but the second two tests. The bowling was reasonable, the batting good and crucially some missed chances which these batsmen don't forgive.

Bloody rain, am going to have to listen to Dominic Cork now.

[aussie tragic]

Lots of rain heading for Brissy

128 km Brisbane (Marburg) Radar Loop

[Monk]

Might go and make a ton and roll the arm over. Weather in Western Vic is perfect!

[Neil Pickup]

Lots of rain heading for Brissy

128 km Brisbane (Marburg) Radar Loop

Having just seen highlights of this morning's biblical storm, I get the feeling it might not matter if it misses or not...

Oooh, Paul Allott on Ben Hilfenhaus: "Right Arm Mitchell Johnson". Harsh!

[Spikey]

Am not upset about the cricket being delayed, getting to watch the SA Christmas Pageant which none of you ****s can see. Sucks to be yoooo.

i think one of the most depressing mornings i've ever experienced was when i woke up early, couldn't get back to bed, didn't have any internet, and this was the best thing on tv

[Ruckus]

Was just reading this article: Australia v South Africa, 1st Test, Brisbane, 1st day : Bowlers forget the McDermott mantra | Cricket Features | Australia v South Africa | ESPN Cricinfo. On very flat pitches, like the one yesterday, where the bowlers are basically not getting any movement off the pitch or through the air, is it actually a good tactic to continue to try to pitch the ball up? If your not getting any swing isn't that basically just allowing the batsmen to drive the ball, knowing it's gonna be coming straight onto the bat?

[Top_Cat]

i think one of the most depressing mornings i've ever experienced was when i woke up early, couldn't get back to bed, didn't have any internet, and this was the best thing on tv

You, of course, mean the most uplifting, awesome, special, incredible and life-affirming mornings you've ever experienced.

[aussie tragic]

Having just seen highlights of this morning's biblical storm, I get the feeling it might not matter if it misses or not...

looking the weather map again, the rain should be clear of the Gabba in about an hour....how good is the gabba at mopping up all the puddles?

I'm prediciting (i.e. hoping for) a 1:30 start?

[uvelocity]

Was just reading this article: Australia v South Africa, 1st Test, Brisbane, 1st day : Bowlers forget the McDermott mantra | Cricket Features | Australia v South Africa | ESPN Cricinfo. On very flat pitches, like the one yesterday, where the bowlers are basically not getting any movement off the pitch or through the air, is it actually a good tactic to continue to try to pitch the ball up? If your not getting any swing isn't that basically just allowing the batsmen to drive the ball, knowing it's gonna be coming straight onto the bat?

bowling short takes a number of dismissal modes out of the equation, so even if the pitch is doing nothing, and it is purely batsman error, the error to the full ball has a stronger chance of resulting in a wicket than to a short.