vic_orthdox
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To the Indian supporter?
To the Indian supporter?
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***Official*** South Africa In Australia
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There's been a lot of talk about the Oz attack of late but IMO SA have their problems as well
A replacement has to be found for Ntini sooner rather than later. Whilst it's not unusual for him to perform poorly away from home, he's down on pace and accuracy and looks as though the end is near
Morkel has been very disappointing. He's a guy with all the potential in the world but I think he's gone backwards in the last 12 months and for a young guy, that's not a good thing
Harris is Harris - steady, accurate but, as we've seen today and in India, can simply be played out if the players treat him with respect
SA might get to no. 1 in the ranking at some point but they certainly wont dominate for long unless something or someone changes
A replacement has to be found for Ntini sooner rather than later. Whilst it's not unusual for him to perform poorly away from home, he's down on pace and accuracy and looks as though the end is near
Morkel has been very disappointing. He's a guy with all the potential in the world but I think he's gone backwards in the last 12 months and for a young guy, that's not a good thing
Harris is Harris - steady, accurate but, as we've seen today and in India, can simply be played out if the players treat him with respect
SA might get to no. 1 in the ranking at some point but they certainly wont dominate for long unless something or someone changes
vic_orthdox
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Don't think they've bowled all that well in this innings, and I expect the pitch to look a lot worse in the fourth innings when the Australians bowled on it. The other things is that Australia's lead has let it play on a dicey pitch with some freedom, and that positivity has made it hard for SA to zone in on the cracks and good areas, they're forced to bowl to the batsman rather than the pitch. But in the end, it is a dead rubber - fine saying they have problems now...
I think it's all not too bad whilst they have Kallis around, because they can hide someone to an extent. Steyn is supposedly carrying an ankle problem at the moment (according to reports a couple of days ago), but the big test will be when Kallis retires/stops bowling. Much like the consternation over England's attack since Flintoff's form with the bat became not good enough to bat in the top 7, let alone 6.
FaaipDeOiad
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375 is a pretty significant chase when you're starting 1 down and batting on the last day.
It's possible of course but it'd be a massive effort. Declaration is good.
It's possible of course but it'd be a massive effort. Declaration is good.
vic_orthdox
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Exactly. He had to give himself enough time to bowl them out, and it shows confidence in his bowling attack. Much rather that we lose with him declaring now, than waiting another hour.
Johnners
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Haha, whatever.
inbox24
International Debutant
Ok should of made myself clear. This is definitely a good declaration for cricket. But in terms of us winning this game, I really can't see us taking these 9 wickets despite the pitch looking like a chasm. Except for that one crack creating uneven bounce, it's pretty flat and easy to bat on as Hussey and Clarke have just shown and Boucher and Morkel showed the other day. Also fully expecting Ponting to go into turtle mode as soon as they start getting anywhere near that total.
Prediction:
- African win 70%
- Draw 30%
EDIT: good move with Morkel opening, fully expect a stodgey 40ish from him.
Johnners
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All well and good, apart from that fact that Australia dismissed South Africa for less than 376 the first time around, and that was including the time Smith was out there. He's their best batsmen at the moment, their captain, and extremely important to SA when chasing.
Also worth noting they're now effectively 2/2, you've got no idea about cricket if you think South Africa are favourites.
Top_Cat
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Ridiculously pessimistic and basically without foundation.
Morkel out second ball to a very tailender bunt to mid-on. Good call.
FaaipDeOiad
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Hahahaha.
duffer
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Who says I was refering to this match only? And how does having one semi decent match not make him a bad umpire when he's been horrific in the past? Prejudiced cocoon? A Precambrianism if I've ever seen one.
susudear
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Such a ****
@ "Precambriasm" or whatever ism!!
Such an idiot. There is no need to bring up his past errors when he has hardly done anything wrong in this match.
Every umpire has had a bad day.
@ "Precambriasm" or whatever ism!!Such an idiot. There is no need to bring up his past errors when he has hardly done anything wrong in this match.
Every umpire has had a bad day.