***Official*** Australia in South Africa

[Howe_zat]

Congrats Cummins.

Nice catch.

 

[Sylvester]

Cummins!

 

[The Sean]

Pat!!

Off the mark in Test cricket - well done son.

 

[Howe_zat]

Cummins!!!!!!

Say we're on top here right now. Good snare there. That was humming.

Definitely. Last two batsmen in with only 120 on the board on a batsman's track.

 

[Flem274*]

First test wicket. Good on the dude.

 

[morgieb]

Patto!

 

[Spark]

There you go. If you can drive it, you can nick it. Half volleys are annoying, but it's a fair price to pay for having them 4 down after 31 overs.

 

[Top_Cat]

Jesus Ponting made that look real easy. Not bad for a bloke in his late 30's.

 

[robelinda]

Yeah a beauty of a catch, as soon as Amla edged it i thought "who is it going to....." there's that nervous half second when you just hope like hell when the camera pans out that the catch is taken......

 

[Burgey]

Fanie de Villiers doing a stint on the radio. Not bad insights tbh.

 

[Spark]

So I don't think we should bounce ABdV. Murder on that pull.

 

[Howe_zat]

Sho-oh-oh-t.

Would be more than happy to watch AB 'till stumps.

 

[Spark]

Some of the ring fielding has been shoddy today. Third or fourth misfield there.

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He's not beating the field, but how the **** does ABdV play that shot? Can't be more than half a foot from his body.

 

[aussie tragic]

So finally we have a "real" once in a generation bowler...1-26 from 12 overs bowling 145kph+ when 18 yrs old

 

[Top_Cat]

Reckon the Aussies need to be a bit conservative with AB here. Keep him out there as long as possible without scoring, matter of time before his lack of FC cricket and his finger injury throbbing catches up to him.

 

[Burgey]

Fanie talking some good stuff about the angles of our blokes at delivery leading to them swinging it wide of the stumps but not closer in.

**** you, Troy Cooley.

 

[Spark]

Fanie talking some good stuff about the angles of our blokes at delivery leading to them swinging it wide of the stumps but not closer in.

**** you, Troy Cooley.

Usage of the crease seems to have been forgotten nowadays. Very few bowlers do it - in the last year or two, only a few (Broad, Zaheer, any others?) come straight to mind.

EDIT: Haha Mitch will love that.

 

[Howe_zat]

Reckon the Aussies need to be a bit conservative with AB here. Keep him out there as long as possible without scoring, matter of time before his lack of FC cricket and his finger injury throbbing catches up to him.

Given the nature of the bowling, that sounds just as difficult as getting him out.

 

[Uppercut]

Usage of the crease seems to have been forgotten nowadays. Very few bowlers do it - in the last year or two, only a few (Broad, Zaheer, any others?) come straight to mind.

Jimmeh to Manou at Edgbaston.

Ntini was a master back in the day.

 

[Uppercut]

Given the nature of the bowling, that sounds just as difficult as getting him out.

Fast, bouncy pitch too.