3rd Test: South Africa v Australia at Cape Town Mar 1-5, 2014

[TheParraboy]

We are a different bowling unit than two years ago. Johnson was all over the shop, Harris injured, Hilfy (other than indian series) was a pie chucker.

Like Twizzle said, we are bowling too well for them to block all day. They are 4 down for a reason. Plus we got Warner to chirp at them, seems to work wonders

Day 5, ball should be doing something of the deck, plus we should be able to get the reverse swing going as ball is over 40 overs old now , they are good as gone

2-1 win sometime after tea. Shame its not a 5 test series would be 4-1 to Australia

 

[Haffa]

brilliant stuff, all round :lol:

Philander's bowling?

 

[Timbo]

If we can't take 6 wickets, with only 3 of them batsmen, in 90 overs on a day 5 pitch we don't deserve to win.

 

[typicalfan]

We want them blocking. It makes it easier for us to bear down on them and set ultra aggressive fields, all it takes is one error.

 

[TheParraboy]

If we can't take 6 wickets, with only 3 of them batsmen, in 90 overs on a day 5 pitch we don't deserve to win.

We probably have well over 100 overs at them

We start early don't we? Plus customary minimum 15 overs in the last hour of a test (or is it 20 overs?)

 

[JJ]

If we can't take 6 wickets, with only 3 of them batsmen, in 90 overs on a day 5 pitch we don't deserve to win.

Exactly - a trainspotter might advise on how often teams have saved tests from this position. but it's very very unlikely... If they still had Amla, perhaps an outside chance

 

[JJ]

Philander's bowling?

Philander's bowling in this series has been about as useful as El Diablo and Bunnies Man's posts

 

[herbert henry1908]

seems to be their modus operandi... amazing how good de Villiers is at it, given in reality he's such a flowing relatively free scoring player...

but a day with 4 recognised batsmen gone, will take a special effort

I give them about 5% chance.


We should still win from here. Got to be patient though, wouldn't surprise me if we only got Abbott early and had to wait a while for the next wicket.

 

[JJ]

I give them about 5% chance.


We should still win from here. Got to be patient though, wouldn't surprise me if we only got Abbott early and had to wait a while for the next wicket.

5% is about right I think... they don't seem to have much fight in them, a quick killing is also possible

 

[BunniesMan]

5% is about right I think... they don't seem to have much fight in them, a quick killing is also possible

They're not England. They did win a test against us a week ago.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

Yes they're not England who beat us three times last year

 

[JJ]

They're not England. They did win a test against us a week ago.

For sure, but they are 4 down, Duminy is pretty much rubbish - so it's all on AB, Faf and Philander

Plus, seldom done, not sure why you wouldn't be pretty bullish - they have to do something remarkable, you just need to bowl reasonably and take catches...

 

[jargan83]

Good to wake up and see that we picked up Amla last night. Hopefully we can pick 1 or two of them up early today.

I bet not a lot of shots will be played today. Like someone else said, it's not a surprise that no one goes to Test Cricket in South Africa as it can be a snooze fest

We probably have well over 100 overs at them

We start early don't we? Plus customary minimum 15 overs in the last hour of a test (or is it 20 overs?)

Sure do

 

[BunniesMan]

For sure, but they are 4 down, Duminy is pretty much rubbish - so it's all on AB, Faf and Philander

Plus, seldom done, not sure why you wouldn't be pretty bullish - they have to do something remarkable, you just need to bowl reasonably and take catches...

Duminy is in form.

And they saved a test in similar conditions against us in Adelaide and also just recently against India when it looked like India had them on the ropes.

Yes I acknowledge there's obviously a big difference between those bowling attacks and the one they face today. But still, if anybody is going to do it it'll be AB, Faf and friends.

 

[ek999]

Duminy is in form? Lol

 

[Twizzle]

Duminy is in form as a bowler which means f**k all

and this is not Adelaide

 

[jargan83]

Apparently a series consisting of 25, 10, 123, 18* and 4 is in form

 

[ek999]

Very Phil Hughes-like. That explains it

 

[jargan83]

Very Phil Hughes-like. That explains it

I had the exact same though after posting those scores :lol:

 

[Sphagnum]

Very Phil Hughes-like. That explains it

Except that there were some double figure scores in there as well as a flukey hundred on a batsman's paradise so it's far better than anything Hughes has done/will ever do.