***Official*** Australia in South Africa

[Mister Wright]

Probably not, but his bowling has done the job so far i'd like to see how he goes in SA's 2nd dig.

Bowling's definitely not good enough for a specialist bowler.

 

[Burgey]

To Craigos:

Reversed - not out on referral. Have no idea why. Not because it looked any more or less out than others, but because from what I've seen they generally don't change the lbw decisions - it pitched in line, hit in line so it'shard to see where the evidence was to overrule it.

Now Johnson's gone to slip - refer it Mitch!!!!

 

[Craig]

So Johnson is human!

 

[Matt79]

I would say that it was a close decision, but if they were following the 'it has to be conclusive to overturn' then it shouldn't have been overturned. It just about hit him in line with off, and was hitting off stump.

Cricinfo says Hawkeye showed it missing the stumps.

 

[Manee]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo - Johnson!!!!

 

[pasag]

Cricinfo says Hawkeye showed it missing the stumps.

Nah, hawkeye showed it hitting.

 

[four_or_six]

Cricinfo says Hawkeye showed it missing the stumps.

The Hawkeye on the TV had the bails flying off!

 

[Matt79]

So Johnson is human!

This doesn't drop his batting average below 30 does it?

 

[four_or_six]

29.77

 

[Craig]

This doesn't drop his batting average below 30 does it?

Richard to confirm.

 

[Manee]

As much as I love McDonald's bowling, he has to go, get Bollinger in.

 

[Matt79]

Then the Cricinfo guys are on drugs. They explicitly said it showed the Haddin ball just missing. Pretty poor, people trust them to get this stuff right.

 

[Zinzan]

South Africa's chances to chase down over 400 to win again ?

 

[four_or_six]

Johnson's average could be below Broad's by the end of tomorrow.

 

[pasag]

Haddin should be protecting Siddle.

 

[Prince EWS]

Bowling's definitely not good enough for a specialist bowler.

Indeed. McDonald cops too much crap on this forum but under virtually no circumstances is he a better bowler than Bollinger, nor does our lower order need boosting, nor is North good enough as a bowler to render the fourth specialist bowler surplus to the needs of the team.

I think he's a good cricketer - maybe even Test standard given certain conditions and a team balanced in a certain way - but he certainly doesn't fit the balance of the team in his current role.

 

[Zinzan]

Johnson's average could be below Broad's by the end of tomorrow.

Doesn't mean a lot given he's still 10 times the cricketer Broad will ever be

 

[MendisNuffSaid]

I initally said that Australia would succumb to the pressure of setting a 1st innings total, i might be right here. But SA have a lot of work to be done from here regardless.

 

[alternative]

See that the allrounder is gone.

 

[social]

Haddin should just have a swing as both Siddle and Hilfy are useless