***Official*** India in South Africa 2013/14

[Dissector]

I would say SA has a real chance now. I guess for India the hope is the pitch will deliver something unplayable soon enough and perhaps that SA will go for the win and lose a couple of wickets. Reckon it's time to bring Ashwin back when there are still just enough runs to play with.

 

[centurymaker]

175 to go. SA looking good.

Indian bowling has been poor (barring that of Shami largely speaking)

 

[Jono]

Front runner Ab doing the job again for his country. Such a gun. Further pissing on the myth.

 

[cricmahanty]

Shouldn't go down the defensive route unless there are less than 100 runs to play with and SA still have frontline batsmen to bat with.

We're on a 8-match abroad losing streak anyway, might as well lose the 9th if we don't win.

 

[Jono]

Negative Indian fans. So brutal. Put people on the boundary?

 

[Garson007]

**** **** ****. Just so many ****ing overs left.

 

[Prince EWS]

India can't waste this opportunity to get to 1-0 up IMO. I'm usually pretty defensively minded, compared to the rest of CW anyway, but if India only draw here I reckon they'll get hammered in Durban. The opportunity to go 1-0 up is worth so much in the context of the series; it's worth risking losing for even if this partnership goes for a little while longer.

 

[Spark]

Front runner Ab doing the job again for his country. Such a gun. Further pissing on the myth.

This is a good knock, but come on now.

 

[hendrix]

They have to go all out attack because even with defensive fields this pair can easily manage 4 an over or whatever's required. They need to break the partnership to both win or draw.

 

[Spark]

India don't even need to go defensive, they just have to stop trying to ball magic balls which invariably end up as pies.

 

[Daemon]

We obviously go for the win here, I can't believe anyone would suggest otherwise.

Zaheer unfortunately hasn't produced the goods today. Bowled some good deliveries as he always does but even Sharma was more accurate.

 

[Cabinet96]

India can't waste this opportunity to get to 1-0 up IMO. I'm usually pretty defensively minded, compared to the rest of CW anyway, but if India only draw here I reckon they'll get hammered in Durban. The opportunity to go 1-0 up is worth so much in the context of the series; it's worth risking losing for even if this partnership goes for a little while longer.

Gotta be prepared to lose to win

 

[Prince EWS]

Gotta be prepared to lose to win

Well, India do here.

South Africa on the other hand should really just be focussing on saving this and backing themselves to go on and win the second Test. If the win's there for the taking then sure, but I'd not push for it.

 

[Garson007]

Well, India do here.

South Africa on the other hand should really just be focussing on saving this and backing themselves to go on and win the second Test. If the win's there for the taking then sure, but I'd not push for it.

It's really 20 runs too much.

 

[Prince EWS]

It's really 20 runs too much.

Yeah I think we're going to be talking about that annoying Zaheer knock a lot at the end of the match.

 

[hendrix]

I do wish Fap would cut that. It was short and wide filth and should be smashed.

 

[Jono]

This is a good knock, but come on now.

What do you want him to do?

 

[kykweer.proteas]

I would just love to attack ishant with a hair clipper... then again it might help his bowling more.

 

[Contra]

starting to grip and reverse just a bit now.

 

[Spark]

What do you want him to do?

I don't need him to do anything, I'm just saying that the point that a fair few of his runs recently have come in much easier situations than this is a perfectly valid one, and this knock doesn't change it that much.