***Official*** Australia in South Africa

[pup11]

The game is gone unless tomorrow the conditions get overcast and tricky to bat in, the pitch has no demons in it and this batting effort from the Saffas is just putting a few more question marks over our batting performance.

 

[Prince EWS]

If I hear the word pitch one more time I'm gonna stab ****s.

Yeah I might move the posts into another thread if it continues.

 

[honestbharani]

Then why is he whinging about pitches in a thread in which has no relation to poor pitches?

Where was i whinging about pitches? I am complaining of the ICC's way of categorizing what is a good pitch and what isn't and how a similar scorecard with spinners doing the damage on a SC wicket will mean the pitch getting reported.

 

[intcricket]

96ao.

It would be amazing if South Africa get to 230 with the loss of 9 wickets gone. Would be absolutely brilliant to watch the end.

 

[grecian]

This demon pitch, isn't that demonical really, is it?

 

[Spikey]

the pitch has no demons in it

seriously when was the last time you watched an aus match

 

[Burgey]

Hussey having a great day......

 

[Spikey]

ahaahah hussey **** you

 

[benchmark00]

You're ****ing uselss h00ssey. Get a New South Welsman in there.

 

[intcricket]

Oh God, Hussey's dropped a catch. What is happening to Australia today.

 

[Spikey]

would have caught it

 

[Cevno]

It's exciting, but just nowhere close. My opinion of course, some may prefer it the other way around.

DWTA.

Watching spinners operate at their best is gun.

To be fair, spinners rely on the pitch more than seamers. The ICC can't really report something for being 'incredibly overcast' as has been the case often when pacemen dominate. I think the spin friendly pitches are fine, just some of them are pretty heinous and designed to suit three pronged spin attacks, which shouldn't happen.

Myth.

And If they can't report something for being "Incredibly Overcast" then they shouldn't report something for being incredibly hot and sunny and the pitch cracking up early as a result too. Overcast conditions have more effect on a pitch with juice/live grass on it which is hard, while Sunny conditions cause a dry pitch to break up early and spin more.

 

[andyc]

Happy to say that Hussey's shot was worse now. WAC.

 

[Prince EWS]

would have caught it

Corey Richards would have caught it.

Dom Thornely would've dropped it though IMO. Just a gut feel.

 

[NasserFan207]

Well thats that. See ya'll tommorow.

 

[Pothas]

Bloody hell was about to say how well Amla had played.

Anyway that was just extraordinary.

 

[Howe_zat]

Well that's a right royal nutjob of a day's cricket.

No really way to sum it up. Bowling's been good, but we've seen nothing in the vein of Steyn's second spell from yesterday. Pitch has been on the seamy side of average, but mostly fine. Batting has been beyond woeful.

Would say SA to win by 4 wickets tomorrow, but **** knows, frankly.

 

[honestbharani]

Again, how good was Clarke's innings? Serious question here, btw.. I didn't watch it. But sounds like it was all kinds of awesome...

 

[pup11]

So near yet so far.... that dropped catch sums up this game perfectly from an Oz pov...

 

[Burgey]

23 wickets, 290 odd runs.

What a day's play.