***Official*** Australia in South Africa 2018

[GotSpin]

This is a very good contest right now

 

[Daemon]

I know I did it earlier, but if both your most out of form batsmen are on 45 and 39 it's a bit hard to complain about the run rate tbf.

 

[GotSpin]

I know I did it earlier, but if both your most out of form batsmen are on 45 and 39 it's a bit hard to complain about the run rate tbf.

Looks incredibly hard to score right now

 

[Bolo]

Yup, wrong two players to be asking this of. Elgar is a grinder at the best of times and is out of sorts. Amla is a grinder when not in good nick.

 

[SeamUp]

Amla smashed the cover off it.

 

[Bijed]

Cricinfo

50.2
Starc to Amla, no run, the yorker, the one that's moving. Who else thinks that would have got a No. 11 out? Full on middle and leg, defended towards gully

50.4
Starc to Elgar, no run, that's sensational! All reverse. The ball pitches and moves back in, Elgar wanted to leave but he somehow defends. That would have definitely got a No. 11

Sounds like Starc's bowling well, but Cricinfo's benchmark for a good ball is 'would have got a No. 11 out'?

 

[Spark]

Dharmasena just doing what he does

 

[GRAB]

Dharmasena - whatever you think the decision is, signal the opposite! You might be right more!

 

[Daemon]

Holding "Don't have a problem with them at all. They stop when the batsman is facing up and bowler is entering his stride"

Gotta love how the band then played right throughout the over with no breaks.

 

[Rasimione]

Amla and Elgar need to get a move on here. A loss of two wickets and the Australians are back.

 

[GRAB]

Amla and Elgar need to get a move on here. A loss of two wickets and the Australians are back.

Aussies bowling well. Liewe bang Jan as dooie jan.

 

[Bolo]

Amla smashed the cover off it.

He's very capable of laying waste in his ODI style of batting. I don't think he can turn it on and off at will though.

Some big reverse on a couple of balls from Hazelwood with the ball 50 overs old. I think we may need to revise the 'ball won't reverse much today's thought.

 

[GotSpin]

Some good tight bowling without much luck here

 

[burr]

So is there any chance of KG escaping a ban? That will suck so much for the series if not. Partic if goes 1-1 and set up for a classic. He's got some kind of attitude/anger problem he needs to address. I guess he's pretty young, will mature I'm sure.

 

[Gnske]

Holding "Don't have a problem with them at all. They stop when the batsman is facing up and bowler is entering his stride"

Gotta love how the band then played right throughout the over with no breaks.

I'm not even there and I know that's a load of horsesh*t

The band has never not played during the delivery stride

 

[SeamUp]

SA preferably like to bat once too so very much making Australia toil for as long as possible. The pitch does lend to the grind the drier and drier it gets.

 

[Jarquis]

Varun Chetty can get in the bin

 

[SeamUp]

I do think too much is being made of the scoring rate. This is test cricket.

Australia are bowling well
Reversing both ways
Spinning but slowly when Lyon was on
Pitch isn't quick
Tough to time the ball down the ground

 

[SeamUp]

The band have packed their bags and gone home after the umpires told them to settle down.

 

[Gnske]

The band have packed their bags and gone home after the umpires told them to settle down.

I love umpires now