***Official*** Australia in South Africa

[Jacknife]

McGrath would've been proud of the way he's bowled in this innings, tbf. More importantly though I reckon McGrath would've averaged about 9 with the ball in Tests if he could have carried this pitch around his pocket

Could you just imagine having to face him on this pitch.

 

[ganeshran]

Highest partnership of the innings

 

[Sylvester]

Lowest ever score and a win would have been epic.

Someone else can take that record we got more than enough and possibly one more to come.

 

[Burgey]

A time to reflect on the batsmen who batted on under prepared wickets which were never covered when it started raining. Time to stop thinking those fellows were school kids compared to our post graduate giants ??

PS : And this does not look like a mine field frankly . . . though clearly a pitch that suits the pacers . . .

Most every ball is doing something mate, some extravagant, often just enough.

 

[Shri]

Predicting Aus to get to 45-50 before being bowled out.

 

[ganeshran]

Altcricket on twitter.

What do you call a world-class Aussie batsman? Retired.

 

[Kylez]

If I need your advice, I'll ask you for it mate.

At the moment, like everyone else in this thread, I'm enjoying the joke performance.

At the moment, like everyone else in this thread, we're not enjoying the joke posting by yourself.

 

[Spark]

THIRTY!

z

 

[Ikki]

Siddle's 7 is like a 100 on this pitch.

 

[Mike5181]

More importantly there's 140 people in this thread.

 

[intcricket]

Credit where credit is due, he's bowled really well. Noted that he got the new ball in his first test ahead of Morkel, and I believe he bowled well in the tour match. Haddin and Johnson dismissals aside in this innings he's deserved his haul

He's good, mate. But 5 wickets? Seriously? This is Australia he is playing against, not Kenya or Bangladesh. What kind of hole have Australia put themselves into.

As an Indian though, totally loving the SA spirit

 

[Agent Nationaux]

The Aussies wanted to beat the Kiwis, until sanity prevailed in the form of Siddle, who just put his foot down and said, not having it mate.

 

[Prince EWS]

Siddle's 7 is like a 100 on this pitch.

And his 20 this morning was one of the great Test innings.

 

[ganeshran]

Looks like the pitch has eased out

 

[jan]

What a cricket day today in Cape Town!

 

[Jayzamann]

Hahah easy as that, ey Sids? Back away and slap it on the off. Nice.

 

[ganeshran]

Siddle gets to double figures. Awesome

 

[Jacknife]

It's flattening out.

 

[Burgey]

Taste it Kiwis!!!!!!!!

This.

 

[benchmark00]

We keep going like this and we'll have to declare.

#aussiedomination