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

[OverratedSanity]

My god Markram plays some glorious shots. We talking Bobby Roode level glorious.

Yeah seriously classy. Was impressed with him in the India series as well. He's the only young SA batsman who looks like a real star.

 

[duffer]

Nice one Markram.

 

[veganbob]

Lovely not seeing the 2 devils play. I wonder though if Aussies heart will be in it. It would be like a relay team at the olympics with 2 runners caught taking drugs and forcing another to take drugs get banned too.

Also looks like starc has been dropped cause he is useless without a tampered ball

 

[GRAB]

Gary mauled by bunyip!

 

[Shri]

Has Kohli orgasmed yet?

 

[Boris_Dog]

Oooh Burnsie gets one in the baby makers.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Crowded House is a Kiwi band.

Appropriately it was a Kiwi band that Australia claim, just as we're trying to ape New Zealand's style of play.

 

[Boris_Dog]

Hes ok. Must be a tough nut.

 

[S.Kennedy]

It is a thoroughly castrated Australia. Even the (two) wicket celebrations were almost apologetic.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Joe Burns has the Chappell era facial hair.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Fair play to Paine, you should be able to ask them to check when you're not really sure.

You don't want to force a guy to claim it completely and pretend that he's sure to get it referred up. If he had have carried on then, they would have definitely sent it upstairs.

 

[GRAB]

Appropriately it was a Kiwi band that Australia claim, just as we're trying to ape New Zealand's style of play.

Formed in Melbourne, and two thirds of the core band are from Victoria? Australian band with one-two ex-pat Kiwis in surely?

 

[weldone]

This pitch will break. Maharaj will be lethal in the 4th innings, if not the 2nd.

 

[morgieb]

Formed in Melbourne, and two thirds of the core band are from Victoria? Australian band with one-two ex-pat Kiwis in surely?

Said expat Kiwis were the frontmen of the band, though.

 

[GRAB]

Cricket Records | Records | v Australia | Test matches | Most runs | ESPNcricinfo - for those of us curious about the all-time list...

 

[Senile Sentry]

Brilliant innings by Markram. What a star he is turning out to be for SA!

 

[GRAB]

Curious sort of an innings from de Villiers so far. Take it the pitch is a little slow so hard to come in and play like de Villiers, but with Oz on the ropes, a half an hour of Demon de Villiers will finish them off...

 

[GotSpin]

That's some of the worst bowling I've seen from Lyon from a pitch that does offer assistance. Pace bowlers havent been that bad though. Sayers could have bowled a tighter line

 

[Spikey]

ever since paine became captain australia has sucked

 

[Borges]

So the opening bowler is also the stock bowler? Interesting.