2nd Test: South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth March 9-13, 2018

[TheParraboy]

SA lead by 20. Any more than 50 will be a good lead.

Agree

Don't trust our 2nd innings batting, so we need to skittle these last 3 wickets for under 20 runs preferably.

When we bat we will need over 300 to make a game of it, they will chase down anything under that relatively easily I reckon

 

[hineyrulz]

Need AB out quick or we are screwed.

 

[Bazal]

I think AB will retire from tests, this article suggests he wanted to in 2016
Matter of time and the time is this series will be his last id say
Will focus on the 2019 world cup and retire from that format as well??

https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/ab-de-villiers-set-retire-test-cricket

He will play on in t20 comps cause the money is there in a short period of time- good luck to him.

Shame he could play test cricket for another couple of years easily
might make an appearance in the Shame thread, ill run it by Bazal

Request denied!

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Everyone is a disgrace(Cos South Africa have a lead) lol

 

[Eelectrica]

Teams evenly matched. Series going to come down Smith and ABDV. Points to ABDV this game.
Guess this is what happens when AB doesn't get run out for a duck.

 

[Bazal]

Lol...Ball falls short off the edge, Paine moves up, ball goes over his head.....

 

[Hutty1986]

300+ total will be an enough of an advantage v our batting imo. De Villiers sticks around and we're gone

 

[Bazal]

Haha...Philander gets a cock shot, ABDV says "nice!"

 

[Fufu Andronez]

Is warner wearing a prosthetic hand?

 

[Bazal]

Ah, there's the plod Lyon we know and love...around the wicket bowling into the pads of the right hander...

 

[AlwaysGreen]

We're in trouble

 

[TheParraboy]

Doubt we get to bat this session

150+ lead for SA wouldn't surprise me at all

Philander has a million 50s in test cricket, he will get one here as well

 

[TheParraboy]

We're in trouble

We are playing like the Parramatta Eels...

 

[Bazal]

No shame in struggling to get AB out.

SA were always going to have the stars, hopefully they only perform in this test

 

[_snafu_]

...

 

[AlwaysGreen]

We are playing like the Parramatta Eels...

We only need to panic when we start playing like the raiders.

 

[Bazal]

Mr "Not As Good As James Pattinson" strikes!

Good catch Bancroft

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Bancroft might be struggle with the bat but he's a top drawer batpad.

 

[TheParraboy]

...

fair enough..

 

[TheParraboy]

Well played AB

superstar