3rd Test: Australia v South Africa Cape Town - Mar 19-23, 2009

[gong_eagle]

Ponting has won the toss again and the Aussies will bat

 

[gong_eagle]

teams

South Africa: 1 Imraan Khan, 2 Ashwell Prince, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis (capt), 5 AB de Villiers, 6 JP Duminy, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Albie Morkel, 9 Paul Harris, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Makhaya Ntini.

Australia: 1 Phillip Hughes, 2 Simon Katich, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Brad Haddin (wk), 7 Andrew McDonald, 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Peter Siddle, 10 Bryce McGain, 11 Ben Hilfenhaus.

 

[hineyrulz]

North must be crook to not be playing, MaGain should have been playing anyway IMO. Good luck to him, lets hope we see more of the Hughes and Kat show.........

 

[IanG]

North must be crook to not be playing, MaGain should have been playing anyway IMO. Good luck to him, lets hope we see more of the Hughes and Kat show.........

Yeah I just heard he's in hospital on a drip from that gastric bug.

 

[IanG]

ABC Radio commetating via the mobile phone again.

Wonder who presented Bryce McGain with his Baggy Green.

 

[Iafeta]

Very strange and defensive decision not to go for a referral on Katich. He was dead leg before.

 

[Bazal]

Kat survives an LBW shout...was out IMO, very lucky that there was no referral

 

[Iafeta]

Decision is still baffling. I dare say if South Africa had competed in this series and had more confidence they would have sent it upstairs, but they're 2-0 down and very apprehensive. Katich was dead for all money and probably should have been given out by the on field umpire in the first place.

 

[mozza91]

Decision is still baffling. I dare say if South Africa had competed in this series and had more confidence they would have sent it upstairs, but they're 2-0 down and very apprehensive. Katich was dead for all money and probably should have been given out by the on field umpire in the first place.

It's typical South Africa too defensive for their own good

 

[Kiki]

just saw it on the tele, they did it in a big group....it was very cute actually!

 

[Bazal]

I can understand why Rauf didn't give it....

A)The umpires seem gunshy in the face of referrals, as though they'd rather be seen as erring in favour of the batsman than the bowler
B)It pitched on leg, so there may have been doubt at full speed onfield

C) (and this one is most important) Asad Rauf is an utterly useless umpire who I'd be upset to see officiating when facing up in a 6th grade social match

It was out and Kat is very, very lucky.

 

[Iafeta]

LOL - I reckon C.

I think the reason he gave it not out was because he thought I've got the benefit of these blokes using the referral if I'm wrong anyway, so I'll take a punt and say not out using the old benefit of the doubt cliche. I think without it, he would have given it.

 

[Bazal]

They've referred him this time...this one isn't out IMO

 

[Timbo]

Any money he's not out this time.

Massive stuff up by the Yarpies here. FAR too high, pitched outside leg.

HUUUUUUUUGE stuff up.

 

[Timbo]

I imagine Kallis is feeling silly right about now.

 

[Iafeta]

Woeful captaincy. They've probably gone and cost themselves this test match in the first session, Katcih will bang a century in here.

 

[aussies1st]

LMAO why refer that.

 

[Bazal]

God, they haven't seemed to understand the laws of the game sometimes in this series...their use and non use of the referral has been woeful

 

[hineyrulz]

LOL @ the Saffa's!!!! Have they got one referral right yet????

 

[aussies1st]

Geez what a hit by Hughes