***Official*** Australia in South Africa

[uvelocity]

reasonable old showing for a tour match. can I hope we come out all guns blazing when it counts

 

[Spikey]

...so a neat 20* coming up

 

[uvelocity]

you're such a negative bastard for an internet toad

 

[Spark]

tbh i think we've done ok out of this tour match. most of our top order with the exception of hughes and ponting have made some runs, and our bowling has done decent, if a bit expensive second time round.

 

[uvelocity]

could only read from the scorecard that batting got easier

 

[Briony]

And let's face it SA hasn't had any valuable longer form match practice so the Aussies go in much better prepared and should be outright favourites for the match.

 

[Spark]

that's what the players were saying too. commentary also suggested the pitch was doing some wacky things day 1, pre-lunch day 2.

 

[uvelocity]

on track for 340. wait?

 

[stephen]

Good to see Watto back in form.

77 c Tsolekile b McLaren

 

[uvelocity]

punter saving it for later

 

[Spark]

looks like clarke decided he cbf'd batting with about 15 to get. the joys of being captain in a tour match.

 

[Howe_zat]

Given the pitch, Marsh and Clarke come out of this with plenty of credit.

 

[Cabinet96]

Australia in South Africa 2011-12: AB de Villiers declared fit | Cricket News | South Africa v Australia | ESPN Cricinfo

Huge boost for South Africa!

 

[Sylvester]

Boy Marsh has become consistent since stepping up.

 

[Nate]

He's lovely.

 

[Top_Cat]

Wouldn't be too worried about Copeland's figures this game. If you're a line bowler, once blokes get a look at you, the first thing they try to do is knock you off your line so there will be more expensive days ahead for him. Whether he's good enough to respond and keep taking wickets, we'll see.

 

[Top_Cat]

And this is why I love seeing SA lose.

South Africa A v Australians: Australians get hostile initiation despite win | Cricket News | South Africa v Australia | ESPN Cricinfo

Lots and lots of talk pre-series. Let's hope the team can back this up or, once again, they'll look like chumps. I mean, yapping about how much you rattled the oppo after having just been rolled by 7-wickets in quick time, srs.....

 

[robelinda]

That is gold. You would think Australia had got thrashed by an innings. The value of winning is just a *little* important you know Mr Barnes and Peterson. How's Smith, Amla, AB, and Duminy's FC form lately? Yeah thats what I thought, and we are underdone? Steyn was bowling medium pace in the one dayers FFS, and Morkel looked as bad as he always has vs Australia, innocuous but with loads of promise. Gotta love the SA press.

 

[BlazeDragon]

Good to see Watto back in form.

77 c Tsolekile b McLaren

His form is very inconsistent. Doesn't stay in one place for very long.

 

[uvelocity]

Gotta love the SA press.

Petersen surely drunk too.