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

[Tipster]

I'm getting nervous lads!!!

 

[Sphagnum]

If we batted like this, I'd stop watching Australia play test cricket regardless of the circumstances so you're 100% strike rate of being wrong about everything continues.

 

[TheParraboy]

100 runs in 100 overs today?

 

[Twizzle]

hindsight is 20/20

patience

 

[BunniesMan]

I'm getting nervous lads!!!

I've been nervous since we batted past the world record total.

That Doolan innings. And basically all of those last 100 runs were such a waste.

If we lose we have ourselves to blame.

If we batted like this, I'd stop watching Australia play test cricket regardless of the circumstances so you're 100% strike rate of being wrong about everything continues.

If we had the trophy. And we were 3/15 chasing 500+. You'd expect us to still go for the win?

Like batting for a draw has never given us exciting cricket. Remember the 2005 and 2009 Ashes? Two of the greatest and most exciting series ever. 40% of the Tests ended in draws.

 

[Twizzle]

Dean Jones has tweeted its time for Warner or Smith to bowl some leggies.

I reckon the way Warner is going at the moment I'd bring him on, he can do no wrong.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Well done South Africa. Well played for the draw. I'm off to bed zzzzzz.

 

[umina panther]

Lyon doesn't look like doing anything

 

[BunniesMan]

Abbott with a 1st class average of 18 has survived 80 balls.

If they make it he deserves so much of the credit. The more he does the less Faf and Duminy need to do.

hindsight is 20/20

patience

Fair point. Two quick wickets any time before tea and we've all but won. But it's not just hindsight, a lot of people were questioning how long we were batting at the time.

 

[undertaker]

Gee the pitch is offering totally nothing today, gunna be hard work I think.

Going to have to strike with the new ball. The Saffers survive those 15 overs and barring any stupid batting, the draw will be cemented

 

[BunniesMan]

With runs not a factor there is no risk at all in bringing on the part timers.

This really could be a situation of a half tracker or a sloppy full toss breaking their concentration and getting the wicket.

Losing a wicket to a parttimer after fighting for so long could be just the thing to break their spirit.

 

[undertaker]

Dean Jones has tweeted its time for Warner or Smith to bowl some leggies.

I reckon the way Warner is going at the moment I'd bring him on, he can do no wrong.

I'm surprised Warner hasn't been used much in the past. He turns the ball quite a bit.

Nevertheless, I don't think it will hurt Clarke to throw in a bowling option out of left field to try something different

 

[Tipster]

Clarke looks more threatening than Lyon

 

[Canard]

f**k me swinging.

It's 1.5 hours in, and people are slitting their wrists.

 

[undertaker]

Can Rogers bowl or not?

 

[mattyg]

Worth something ridiculous like giving Rogers or even haddin an over? Could get in the batsmans head maybe

 

[Hutty1986]

Need to f**k this abbott merkin off here

 

[Tipster]

Can Rogers bowl or not?

Are we that desperate already?

 

[BunniesMan]

Can Rogers bowl or not?

If Wade can bowl in a Test Rogers can

 

[umina panther]

Bang