*Official* Australia vs South Africa -2022/3

[Spark]

So Warner ticks both boxes?

like i said, it's not unheard of to get your card marked. anyone can get out first ball on a pitch like this against rabada but that is a bad way to go. it's not like you can point to some previous ball that you faced taking off as an excuse, that is him going out to the middle half-dismissed already.

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

honestly, it wasn't actually that great - he just took his eye off the ball so early that he almost spooned it in the air. he thought it was going to decapitate him, he flinched so badly

Warner probably took his eye off the ball. The ball was still good but Warner just seem to get tangled up.

 

[kingkallis]

Is Labu the luckiest bat ever?

 

[The_CricketUmpire]

Top 5: Australia - Most Dismissals Combination in Test Cricket for Bowler and Fielder

*Doesn't include bowler/wicketkeeper*

52:
Nathan Lyon/Steve Smith (84 matches)

51:
Shane Warne/Mark Taylor (66 matches)

39:
Shane Warne/Matt Hayden (69 matches)

39:
Shane Warne/Mark Waugh (69 matches)

36:
Shane Warne/Ricky Ponting (85 matches)

 

[Chubb]

Is Labu the luckiest bat ever?

according to Fox, using a method pioneered on Cricketweb, he is.

 

[Coronis]

Great shot

 

[Prince EWS]

a dismissal like that basically cost brad hodge an entire test career (well, that and his personality)

Warner well known for being a nice bloke though so that won't happen in this case. ?

 

[Coronis]

Poor review

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Worst case scenario is Marnus Labuschagne being the best South African batsman in this test match , that would really be taking the piss how lucky is this guy. ?

 

[StephenZA]

Nice.

 

[kingkallis]

MARCOOO!!!!!

Big wicket there.

 

[honestbharani]

So his edges can go to slip? I thought it was some kind of 4th law of physics or something that his edges always go where there are no fielders.

 

[Prince EWS]

I was sure he was gonna drop that just because it was Marnus.

 

[Aritro]

Howie saying to pollock, "We saw him in the BBL here Shaun but you would have seen him play a lot of red ball cricket..."

Yes God forbid as a cricket commentator you should spend your evenings watching foreign cricket

 

[ashley bach]

2/22 @SillyCowCorner1

 

[Aritro]

So his edges can go to slip? I thought it was some kind of 4th law of physics or something that his edges always go where there are no fielders.

They often go to all sorts of fielders to be fair. The law of physics is that they'll drop it

 

[honestbharani]

Dont understand why Jansen did not take the new ball. Ngidi as the 3rd seamer was the difference for RSA when they beat India in RSA. And its obvious Jansen needs the new ball swing more than Ngidi.

 

[StephenZA]

Another nice one...

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wow, brute of a ball

Edit: hmm, didn't actually bounce as high as I thought

 

[ataraxia]

SA need to get 3 wickets for under 80 here IMO. Then they should be a chance, hopefully.

Yesssssss. Harmer!