South Africa had Smith then and he tore into Starc and Hastings up front. Can't see Elgar or Cook doing the same. Open with de Kock?Yeah it's a total replay of Perth 2012 so far, where both first innings were around 250 and Amla came out and bitchslapped Australia out of the series.
No AB to downhill ski this time though.
would risk him opening the bowling against two lefties. one might skid through, you never know
tbf I wouldn't have brought a part-timer on at any point in those two sessions either. You're running through them and don't have many runs on the board - just gun it full throttle with Rabada and Philander while Mahraj is doing a job holding up an end. Pretty good captaincy IMO. We'd be lambasting him if he did bring Duminy or Elgar on.
nah SA got 60 run leadYeah it's a total replay of Perth 2012 so far, where both first innings were around 250 and Amla came out and bitchslapped Australia out of the series.
No AB to downhill ski this time though.
become a bowler and you will love it the way Dan and I do.
Lol still going on about this.
KP brought it up in the tea break in my defence, said it was a dangerous precedent. made me think about it again ( i thought everyone watches the lunch and tea interval coverage)
Why can't we have both?
Well tbf South Africa did have a clear first-innings lead there. Fair point overall though.Yeah it's a total replay of Perth 2012 so far, where both first innings were around 250 and Amla came out and bitchslapped Australia out of the series.
No AB to downhill ski this time though.
Just think about how unlucky you have to be to get out doing that though. The ball would have to pitch, hit and travel perfectly to be out. It's almost impossible for a delivery from that angle to hit the pad that far out of the crease in line and still be hitting the stumps.
The only thing going against SA is Steyn missing. Otherwise I'd have them on top.
