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

[OverratedSanity]

If Australia somehow manage to win this last game it could well be the most against the odds win in test history.

 

[TheJediBrah]

If Australia somehow manage to win this last game it could well be the most against the odds win in test history.

It's just not possible, not because of the bans but because of the mindset of the players. Look what happened in the 4th innings of the last game, they were in no state to be playing Test cricket. That's an indication of what this whole last Test will be.

 

[Spark]

It's just not possible, not because of the bans but because of the mindset of the players. Look what happened in the 4th innings of the last game, they were in no state to be playing Test cricket. That's an indication of what this whole last Test will be.

Worse than 47ao?

 

[Marius]

I'm going on the first day, but perhaps I should clear the rest of my weekend so I can be at the ground when we win our first home series against Australia in nearly 50 years.

 

[harsh.ag]

It's just not possible, not because of the bans but because of the mindset of the players. Look what happened in the 4th innings of the last game, they were in no state to be playing Test cricket. That's an indication of what this whole last Test will be.

Yeah it looks really bleak. Don't even want to watch the last game tbh.

 

[vic_orthdox]

I'm pretty sure I watched the Test after the Amir/Butt/Asif incident, so I'll probably be watching this one.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yeah it looks really bleak. Don't even want to watch the last game tbh.

I don't think I'll be watching much cricket for a while

 

[karan316]

So the BCCI bans them from playing the IPL too. That's plain BS. I don't know why people are going with the flow and overreacting to this situation. It was ball tampering, not match fixing.

 

[Starfighter]

So the BCCI bans them from playing the IPL too. That's plain BS. I don't know why people are going with the flow and overreacting to this situation. It was ball tampering, not match fixing.

I await with bated breath for someone to draw equivalence between them.

 

[Spark]

I await with bated breath for someone to draw equivalence between them.

Were you not here when it happened? That discussion dominated the tour thread for about half an hour, and then came up repeatedly (by the same guy) for another few days.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Meh, I'll watch it...nothing will match the unwatchability of that NZ vs Pak test after Hughes died. It was a painful experience. Thank god Baz played that crazy knock... made it bearable.

 

[StephenZA]

I'm going on the first day, but perhaps I should clear the rest of my weekend so I can be at the ground when we win our first home series against Australia in nearly 50 years.

At least we now know that mental disintegration works on the Aussies... keep it in our pack of tools from now on. 'Can give it, but can't take it'...

Would it be terrible for the SA team to wear green and yellow armbands in sympathy with Smith and co?

 

[Dendarii]

I agree.

I just wonder if they feel they can't leave out Kesh but want the back up of 4 seamers.

Not really committing to anything but says it is Mulder's home ground, balance issues and he is progressing well

Wiaan Mulder could get a chance, says Ottis Gibson

Gibson not committing to anything makes me think that he was asked a question about Mulder and gave a non-committal answer. Even if Mulder isn't being seriously considered at all he's not going to come out and say it in public. So I don't know how much we can read into that.

 

[Starfighter]

Were you not here when it happened? That discussion dominated the tour thread for about half an hour, and then came up repeatedly (by the same guy) for another few days.

Nope I wasn't here.

 

[Starfighter]

I do wonder if Rabada being let off heightened things so much that they were willing to try something brazenly stupid. It can't have helped.

 

[Bolo]

If Australia somehow manage to win this last game it could well be the most against the odds win in test history.

The beauty of matches between these two sides over the last decade is you can never pick a winner. no matter what the teamsheet looks like, or how great the difference between the two has seemed on the field in previous games, there is always a surprise.

The odds look pretty damn long on this one though.

 

[vcs]

Meh, I'll watch it...nothing will match the unwatchability of that NZ vs Pak test after Hughes died. It was a painful experience. Thank god Baz played that crazy knock... made it bearable.

Yeah of course you will.. not as if you have anything else to do over the weekend.

 

[S.Kennedy]

I look forward to this test match like I've never looked forward before. Hope the South Africans, team and supporters, sledge the heck out of Australia.

 

[stephen]

I'm looking forward to this match just because it'll give us some actual cricket to talk about.

 

[SteveNZ]

I look forward to this test match like I've never looked forward before. Hope the South Africans, team and supporters, sledge the heck out of Australia.

Er...can't we just hope for cricket now? I feel like you've missed the point of all this.