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[Outswinger@Pace]

tbf it's very rough to blame either too much, they were both jaffas that you basically have to hope you don't edge.

That! Wouldn't give the batsmen too much **** for this. If such deliveries don't get wickets, pace bowlers might as well pack their bags and go home!

 

[NUFAN]

tbf it's very rough to blame either too much, they were both jaffas that you basically have to hope you don't edge.

If Hughes knew where his off stump was he could have just left it.. Still yeah it was a great delivery.

Marsh is going to edge on I think..

 

[Flem274*]

Jayzus, by the cricinfo descriptions of Philander I'm expecting the ball to do a backflip followed by a figure of eight, then side stepping Ponting's bat to crash into offstump.

 

[Spark]

If Hughes knew where his off stump was he could have just left it..

Moved away a fair bit.

 

[Top_Cat]

tbf it's very rough to blame either too much, they were both jaffas that you basically have to hope you don't edge.

Both squared-up, though. Ball's moving, yes, but that's usually a misjudgement of the pace of the deck.

 

[robelinda]

You would ljust love the Ponting of 2003 to smack around these guys and bat with the old authority....

 

[Flem274*]

Another beautiful delivery, this time from Philander. He's deserved that for his start, looks as though he could be an ideal foil for Steyn and Morkel. Hughes does look ugly when he's squared up like that, was lucky to get away with it the ball before.

Never seen a batsman look good when he gets squared up tbh.

 

[Spark]

Both squared-up, though. Ball's moving, yes, but that's usually a misjudgement of the pace of the deck.

Fair, but they'd faced about 15 balls each. You're vulnerable to that early doors.

 

[Spikey]

If Hughes knew where his off stump was he could have just left it...

uh wha


i guess he could have elected to take the ball on his body, and given the seam movement it would have missed

 

[Top_Cat]

Geez, you'd smell a similar square-up and big nick from Ponting, Clarke and Haddin on a pitch like this, wouldn't ya?

 

[Noble One]

If Philander lives up to the hype, this has the makings of an awesome opening bowler partnership. Steyn with his ability to bowl ***y outswing at pace, and Philander with pace and ability to jag the ball both ways.

...and then Morkel.

 

[Spikey]

Reverse the order

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

You would ljust love the Ponting of 2003 to smack around these guys and bat with the old authority....

Now you know the feeling that the average English fan of the 80s and the 90s experienced every single day of his life!

 

[smash84]

Jayzus, by the cricinfo descriptions of Philander I'm expecting the ball to do a backflip followed by a figure of eight, then side stepping Ponting's bat to crash into offstump.

haha....yeah, a lot of exaggeration going on

 

[NUFAN]

Moved away a fair bit.

Yeah I edited because I didn't want to take anything away from the delivery.

I have no fingernails already.

 

[Spikey]

hahaha amla needs a wicket asap

 

[Ikki]

****.

 

[Spark]

Haha that's a nice way to get off the mark.

 

[robelinda]

Authority.........

 

[Noble One]

I don't want Ponting to retire, no shot is more exciting than a Ponting hook.