***Official*** South Africa in New Zealand 2017

[Bahnz]

Really need Jimmy to make a score here. With Rossco unlikely to bat we're gonna need 400 to win this match.

 

[Bahnz]

Brutal luck for NZ. Two seasons in a row that Taylor has been unavailable for the the showpiece test series.

 

[Meridio]

SA started well this morning, no free runs on offer - nothing on KW's pads, it's all just outside off stump.

 

[_Ed_]

Lucky to get away with that, Jimmy. Be careful.

 

[_Ed_]

35 minutes in, and Kane's still on his overnight score

 

[Gnske]

Neesham is in pure survival mode here

 

[Gnske]

SA brought the wrong Morkel

 

[veganbob]

Taylor is apparently in the nets now.

 

[straw man]

Ha, very very lucky Neesham

Edit: Or is he? Radio comms aren't sure, though Malcolm Jordan still says it's a no ball.

 

[Meridio]

wtf

 

[Gnske]

Tbf I think that shafting was a small mercy for Jimmy.

 

[veganbob]

Anderson for number 6 would make it look more solid. Neesham looks lost unless its a weak attack/batting paradise

 

[vandem]

I thought you had to ground part of your boot behind the line?

Edit, think I misunderstood the rule, appears that they look at the position of the foot when the initial contact with the ground is made, and is OK if heel is in the air but slightly behind "the imaginary line extending upwards from the back of the painted line". So may or may not have been a no ball (TV freeze-frame is ambiguous), but not enough evidence for 3rd ump to reverse the on-field decision.

 

[SeamUp]

It looked a no ball but one angle shows toe/point of first contact, that the heel may be behind the line in the air ?

Neesham got real working over.

 

[S.Kennedy]

''That's gone down like a cup of cold sick'' haha

 

[SeamUp]

Not long ago it looked like Morkel wouldn't add to 242 test wickets so quite a big moment for him.

 

[Meridio]

Think we've been a bit too passive this morning - while I certainly don't want to jump on the #intent bandwagon, we've just let SA bowl where they want to. Building up a lot of pressure on ourselves, such that when we do have something slightly loose, we're missing out on runs.

 

[straw man]

I haven't seen it, but cricinfo says this, which I'm sure is nonsense as I've never heard of Umpire's Call on no-ball.

Because this wasn't called no-ball by the third umpire, the decision was upheld. If Dharmasena called it on the field, third umpire would have surely given it not-out because he wouldn't have anything conclusive to suggest it wasn't one.

That's not how it's ever worked before, right?

 

[Bahnz]

Taylor update: Low grade tear in right calf. Could return to bat if needed. Not yet sure of his status for the rest of the series

 

[Neil Young]

It looked a no ball but one angle shows toe/point of first contact, that the heel may be behind the line in the air ?

Neesham got real working over.

Nah, he didn't. He comfortably left most he faced. Should have played his natural game, mind.