considering SA made 313, one had to assume that the wicket was flat, and that was simply the case. I was there to witness the last 90 runs of the Forrest, hughes 254 run partnership, and it was only a run out at that stage that I could concieve dismissing one of these two batsmen. One spectator felt the need to proclaim "Run Forrest Run!!". Forrest was clinical in punishing the bad balls, and they were in no short supply. Henriques planted the foot, pad got in the way of the bat, Plumb out for one.
Thornley came in and punished Harris before playing a wild slash to tait when he was 5-10 balls in, from there he went into defensive mode for a few overs, but the SA attack was not of enough quality to keep him down for long. He was batting very well and formed a good partnership with Hughed but eventually got caught behind off a short ball down leg side, feathered it and Manou took a good catch. Smith D played a massive shot 3rd ball, missed it by a way and didn't look good during his short stay in the middle. Klinger was unable to 'cling' to Lambert cut at gully when he was on 8*.
Star of the show was Hughes, looked comfortable, pounced on any thing in the zone, stroking the ball through the covers with ease. I can probably count 3 occassions in the whole day where he made a mistake, on 108* he drove at catching hieght, just half a meter wide of cover, then two close calls on 159* and 161*, other than that he was in total control. Just a technical question, does anyone else notice he squares up a little to bowling on his pads? A swinging ball might cause some issues
