1st Test: South Africa v Australia at Centurion Feb 12-16, 2014

[Notell]

Multiple South Africans appeal vociferously for LBW.
Umpire says not out.
Not even a hint of referral.
Therefore, appeal was attempt at cheating, knowing it was not out.

 

[lockyno1]

Morne Morkel is off the field - possible shoulder scans according to the commentators

Great decision to bowl first Smith:lol:

 

[Pete Cash]

300 up

 

[madunit]

Saffers are starting to appeal as often as the indians.

 

[Pete Cash]

Shot Smiffy

 

[jargan83]

Nice shot Smiffy

 

[JJ]

All turning awful for the Jaapies if Morkel's hurt and Steyn has the squirts

 

[lockyno1]

All turning awful for the Jaapies if Morkel's hurt and Steyn has the squirts

Oh what a shame LOL:lol:

 

[madunit]

Shit Steyn

 

[Notell]

VERY disappoionting crowd. This is for the #1 rated nation against the #1 contenders.
Australian crowds peak when we are #1 or underdogs with a great chance. SA are currently #1 and fighting to retain that. SA crowds were poor when #1 against #2 (India) and now when facing their greatest adversary. To my knowledge there is no big sporting event fighting for attention (ie SA are not huge fans of the Winter Olympics for example.)

Test cricket is as good as ever. The SA media ought to lift their game, and the SA Cricket Association ought not complin when they are not included in the revamped ICC, for then failing to generate interst in this contest is an abysmal failure.

 

[Jason Maher]

Very happy to be proven wrong by Marsh. He did not deserve his selection. But I'm glad he led our fightback and put us in a very good position. Hope he gets many more hundreds.

At this stage all indications suggest Hughes will only return as an opener when Rogers retires.

Like many other players in the past, Hughes will only benefit from his time out of the team. He needs to keep plundering runs in Shield and bide his time.

 

[Sphagnum]

Heysman referring to the a West Indian slip cordon as a 'ghetto'

Only in South Africa

 

[JJ]

Oh what a shame LOL:lol:

as a Kiwi, this is kinda fun... obviously we have no love for Aussie cricket, but we hate Jaapies - long union history etc... and now Kallis is gone, nothing to like there... respect sure, but they are an arrogant bunch of f**ks, even more arrogant than you lot :lol:

 

[JJ]

Why is Hughes being mentioned, FFS

 

[Twizzle]

Morne Morkel is off the field - possible shoulder scans according to the commentators

awww, diddums

 

[chigurh]

Morne Morkel is off the field - possible shoulder scans according to the commentators

That's a shame - I don't want any excuses.

 

[JJ]

He's a big loss, as is Kallis - McLaren's pretty ordinary

 

[lockyno1]

He's a big loss, as is Kallis - McLaren's pretty ordinary

McLaren is less ordinary than Peterson lol:lol:

 

[Sphagnum]

awww, diddums

Can you put the filter back on now that the queer merkin is out of his 2 day retirement. Sick of hearing about that useless f**k and how he should be playing already.

 

[Twizzle]

as a Kiwi, this is kinda fun... obviously we have no love for Aussie cricket, but we hate Jaapies - long union history etc... and now Kallis is gone, nothing to like there... respect sure, but they are an arrogant bunch of f**ks, even more arrogant than you lot :lol:

so you speak for everyone in Kiwiland ?

I find all this injury stuff rather ironic as when we played them in Perth last year we had a completely revised bowling attack and they dusted us real good

now the boots on the other foot, these guys are potentially gonna be affected by injuries in the next test yet their depth has never been tested

they seem to be the fittest players in world cricket and yet have no rotation system

interresting times ahead