***Official*** South Africa In Australia

[Craig]

Game over for Saffies after that drop?

Nah.

 

[Uppercut]

Game over for Saffies after that drop?

 

[Athlai]

The game was over as soon as Katich came on the field.

Oh wait Peter Siddle? ****.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

First drop catch of the series? First one I've seen.

 

[aussie]

Aside from a late spell on day four neither does Brett Lee, who spent the best part of the test bowling 135kph and not swinging the ball. His not in the team to do that. If Lee deserves another chance so does Siddle, who probably has played only a couple of games at the WACA in his whole career.

Without Stuart Clark, Lee's role over the next 5 test is can't be the bowler who Ponting goes to bowl a 5-6 over spell at high pace, Johnson will take that over. He obviously will have to adapt to the role of the senior bowler.

 

[susudear]

Haydehn

Looked 100% for a 100 till he mistimed that drive.

 

[Zinzan]

Katich is just on a different planet atm, its uncanny how he moves across his stumps exposing himself for LBW's or bowled, yet never misses

 

[Uppercut]

Katich is just on a different planet atm, its uncanny how he moves across his stumps exposing himself for LBW's or bowled, yet never misses

Hmm, except that time at Perth where he missed and was lbw to Morkel.

 

[Zinzan]

Hmm, except that time at Perth where he missed and was lbw to Morkel.

We'll yeah, apart from that occasion

 

[Athlai]

First drop catch of the series? First one I've seen.

78.6 Harris to Krejza, no run, dropped! Or did it come off the pad? Krejza pushed forward to defend and the ball thudded off his pad past Amla at silly point, that missed the bat

Only one I can find though it doesn't sound terribly convincing.

 

[Dydl]

First drop catch of the series? First one I've seen.

Yeah, I reckon that's the first. Remember reading something somewhere about how great the fielding was from both sides in the first test, and that there were no dropped catches.

 

[Zinzan]

Just saw the replay, that was a sitter

 

[Craig]

Hey OT, but where is the best place to get all the stats for 2008, that is most runs, wickets etc?

 

[inbox24]

Hey OT, but where is the best place to get all the stats for 2008, that is most runs, wickets etc?

Down at the bottom "Records by calendar year"

http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/records/index.html

 

[Athlai]

Hey OT, but where is the best place to get all the stats for 2008, that is most runs, wickets etc?

Runs
Wickets
Dismissals

 

[archie mac]

No drops in the first Test, one already here, I wonder how much will it cost them, I think Ponting will make 150+

 

[Craig]

Down at the bottom "Records by calendar year"

http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/records/index.html

Runs
Wickets
Dismissals

Awesome.

 

[Dydl]

Loving Ponting's driving atm.

As I type, he smashes another boundary.

And as I edit, another one goes.

Well played 50 too.

 

[Jono]

Ponting's creaming them now.

 

[duffer]

Haha nice, nipped back a touch.