***Official*** Australia in South Africa + South Africa in Australia 2016/17

[Zinzan]

Jeez David Warner can barely speak. One of the people that you say "well lucky you're good at sport"

Indeed, careers in public speaking & modeling would be tougher gigs for him.

 

[vcs]

Hope SA can scrape 200 somehow. Du Plessis/Bavuma/De Kock are certainly capable.

On Warner, he's clearly no Einstein, but I remember reading somewhere he's made a lot of money off successful investments outside cricket...

 

[StephenZA]

Hope SA can scrape 200 somehow. Du Plessis/Bavuma/De Kock are certainly capable.

On Warner, he's clearly no Einstein, but I remember reading somewhere he's made a lot of money off successful investments outside cricket...

Need to get to 300... think that will definitely keep us in a game. 200 is not nearly close enough....

 

[Starfighter]

Ooh nice, we have colour coded dots for each bowler on the manhattan now.

 

[Jono]

Duminy at 4 < Ballance at 4

what an embarrassment to the great #4s of our time. Tendulkar, Lara, Kohli

 

[StephenZA]

Pietersen currently on SA commentary very.... flannel pure flannel.... currently stroking de Kock off (in a good way)

 

[Jono]

It's just a road. Everyone makes runs in Australia. Everyone. Always. No one ever gets bowled out.

lol at how early you've gone here.

 

[mr_mister]

Rilee must be lickin his lips. Odds are one of Cook/Elgar will fail again in the second dig and then he must get the nod for the second test

 

[Jono]

also good to see Aussie fans cracking the shits at their pitches being called roads all the time. Literally tasting what subcontinent fans have had to cop for a decade.

 

[StephenZA]

Rilee must be lickin his lips. Odds are one of Cook/Elgar will fail again in the second dig and then he must get the nod for the second test

I think that Cook will need to do something special 2nd innings... but Rilee cannot open, he plays to many injudicious shots.

 

[Gnske]

also good to see Aussie fans cracking the shits at their pitches being called roads all the time. Literally tasting what subcontinent fans have had to cop for a decade.

But subcontinent fans deserve every last bit of it.

 

[Starfighter]

Time to get the Lyon on to finish them off.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Rilee must be lickin his lips. Odds are one of Cook/Elgar will fail again in the second dig and then he must get the nod for the second test

Think they arent moving Elgar, its cook maybe but i doubt. They will give him extended run

 

[cnerd123]

I'm not watching the game, but commentary seems to suggest that this is a very typical Australian pitch tbh. Lots of pace and bounce, bit of movement, generally hard to get used to for the new batsman at the crease. Especially hard when you have a quality pace attack who knows how to use the conditions bowling at you.

But the ball will get older and softer, and as long as a couple of guys can weather the initial storm and get their eye in, there are runs to be had. Bounce is true, outfield is quick. There is value in your strokes.

I expect both sides to be something like 50/3 a lot over this series, provided conditions stay the same. Both teams have quality quicks and frail top orders. We're living in the golden era of the Engine Room; expect loads of runs from 7-11.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

I think that Cook will need to do something special 2nd innings... but Rilee cannot open, he plays to many injudicious shots.

Yeah dont think Rilee will be good at opening in tests

 

[Jono]

But subcontinent fans deserve every last bit of it.

we'll let Daemon be the judge of that

 

[Starfighter]

Leave our flies alone Temba.

 

[mr_mister]

I'm not watching the game, but commentary seems to suggest that this is a very typical Australian pitch tbh. Lots of pace and bounce, bit of movement, generally hard to get used to for the new batsman at the crease. Especially hard when you have a quality pace attack who knows how to use the conditions bowling at you.

But the ball will get older and softer, and as long as a couple of guys can weather the initial storm and get their eye in, there are runs to be had. Bounce is true, outfield is quick. There is value in your strokes.

I expect both sides to be something like 50/3 a lot over this series, provided conditions stay the same. Both teams have quality quicks and frail top orders. We're living in the golden era of the Engine Room; expect loads of runs from 7-11.

Both 11s aren't much chop... Change this statement to 6-9

 

[cnerd123]

Both 11s aren't much chop... Change this statement to 6-9

Nufan is gonna be so pissed at you

 

[StephenZA]

Both 11s aren't much chop... Change this statement to 6-9

On batting ability Steyn should be our 11... he has an international 50