TT Boy
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Mickey Arthur has said the first priority is to save the game and then reevaluate the situation at tea.Playing for a draw simply does not work (well not often anyway). Look at England in Adelaide 2006, they tried to bat out a day and they quite rightly lost.
If South Africa bat for a draw (or their sole purpose), the series will end 2-1 IMO.
I don’t think a positive result for South Africa is possible, the required run-rate is already around 3.5 and after Neil Mac and Amla get themselves back in again tomorrow it will be up at around fours and if they get a sniff, Ponting can just ask Johnson to bowl ever further away from off-stump with a seven two field.
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