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

[Daemon]

This is seriously good to watch. Australia know they have to make breakthroughs here or the total will get out of hand. Cummins/Haze on fire and Markram/AB just trying to survive.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

This is seriously good to watch. Australia know they have to make breakthroughs here or the total will get out of hand. Cummins/Haze on fire and Markram/AB just trying to survive.

Brilliant awareness of the situation by Markram too. So young with such an old head on his shoulders.

 

[GRAB]

Hazlewood and Philander have had the same series so far... Looked unplayable often, but wickets column doesn't reflect.

 

[stephen]

Brilliant awareness of the situation by Markram too. So young with such an old head on his shoulders.

He's been a cat this innings with his 9 lives. Making them count too.

 

[Daemon]

There's defs something in his pockets. Ball tampering imo. More controversy.

 

[duffer]

Yeah, this don't look good.

 

[SeamUp]

Oh wow.

Earlier the camera caught Bancroft and he looked nervous.

He said to the slip cordon : they watching me

Didn't mention anything here but that doesn't look good.

Probably as a junior was given the task.

 

[duffer]

Oh wow.

Earlier the camera caught Bancroft and he looked nervous.

He said to the slip cordon : they watching me

Didn't mention anything here but that doesn't look good.

Probably as a junior was given the task.

It's okay though. Aussies don't cheat.

 

[ImpatientLime]

need to know where the line is with regards to ball tampering asap

dirt ok but bottle opener beyond the line?

 

[Spark]

i just love that we have yet more reasons to talk about anything but the cricket

 

[morgieb]

need to know where the line is with regards to ball tampering asap

dirt ok but bottle opener beyond the line?

Murray Mints definitely over the line. Burgey to confirm.

 

[morgieb]

Pretty shitting ball tampering if it was, the ball isn't looking too dangerous right now.

 

[Daemon]

i just love that we have yet more reasons to talk about anything but the cricket

I thought the previous Border Gavaskar was bad but this has been incredible. Not a day goes by without something controversial (or made controversial).

 

[flibbertyjibber]

He's been a cat this innings with his 9 lives. Making them count too.

Has the mental ability to let the last one go though. Good thing to have, some players get a bit of luck and try to dominate like Warner and fail. At least this lad lets it all go and just concentrates on the next ball.

 

[morgieb]

I thought the previous Border Gavaskar was bad but this has been incredible. Not a day goes by without something controversial (or made controversial).

2017 Border Gavaskar Trophy was only controversial because of Kohli and him stirring the pot with stuff that would've been ignored otherwise (Smith getting referral hints from the dressing room). This has literally everyone involved haha.

 

[duffer]

i just love that we have yet more reasons to talk about anything but the cricket

And the cricket has been really watchable too.

 

[ImpatientLime]

was a little confused by the murray mint thing

thought you had to be at least 60 to eat those disgusting things

werther's original tier

 

[Spark]

I thought the previous Border Gavaskar was bad but this has been incredible. Not a day goes by without something controversial (or made controversial).

this has made a compelling series garbage to follow. i almost cbf with it any more, honestly.

 

[GRAB]

"What has it got in its pocketses?"

 

[stephen]

Has the mental ability to let the last one go though. Good thing to have, some players get a bit of luck and try to dominate like Warner and fail. At least this lad lets it all go and just concentrates on the next ball.

It definitely takes skill to put a drop behind you as a batsman and make the most of the opportunity. There are so many times you seer a batsman get out within 10 runs of being dropped and I thunk a lot of that is psychological.

I said at the start of the test I felt Makram's wicket was the key wicket and that's definitely true in this innings. Get him early and get De Villiers in against the new ball. But we didn't and de Villiers got to come in a lot later.

Catches win matches, especially on bouncy wickets where attacking the stumps isn't as powerful.