3rd Test: South Africa v Australia at Newlands, Capetown, March 22-26, 2018

[JJ]

Paine should make Smuth and Warner bowl unchanged all day

 

[Mr Spock!]

The Indians would have threatened to go home by now if they didn't receive an apology if this was them.

 

[Mr Angry]

So do I losing the captaincy is pretty big though.

 

[Incorrect]

Imagine Australia chase down 450+ in the 4th innings to win and its Smith and Warner the not out batsmen... The pair of them celebrating hitting the winning runs would be like that specs savers ad where the dude pummels that seagull playing beach volleyball while everyone else looks on horrified !

 

[Timbo]

Paine should make Smuth and Warner bowl unchanged all day

Nah, fine leg to fine leg.

 

[JJ]

So do I losing the captaincy is pretty big though.

For more than the remainder of this test I trust

 

[ANTiLAG]

He was due.

Now look who's being sabermetrical.

 

[Sans Souci Sainter]

Warnie sounds like he had a big night in a Cape Town nightclub just quietly

He looked like it too.

 

[_snafu_]

He looked like it too.

Is his plastic face melting?

 

[Mr Angry]

380 to get RSA with 3 more wickets

 

[Mr Spock!]

You must be disappointed, CA did more than the other boards already.

They have.

What other country has the PM weighing in????

Pakistan?

The double standards are diabolical.

 

[mozza91]

Have really lost interest in this match to be honest. Pretty hard to support Australia at the moment.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

They have.

What other country has the PM weighing in????

Pakistan?

The double standards are diabolical.

They would be....if they were double standards to begin with.

 

[Hutty1986]

Hard to see anything but a 3-1 thumping now. SA's first home test series win v Australia in a very long time

 

[Rabbits20]

Fly over Renshaw, Maxy, Wade for the 4th test

out you go Smith ,Davey, Bancroft

If any of the bowlers encouraged it then they can go to, bring in Sayers, Bird

I'd fly Burns over too!

Burns and Renshaw too open!!

 

[Rabbits20]

As much as I really don't like bowlers as the Captain, I sincerely hope Haze is not part of the current leadership group.

He will be my only logical short term replacement, if CA have the balls to sack Smith as Captain, and assuming Warner is part of the group.

Starc may be apart of the leadership group too, who knows??

Time will tell!!

I hope it's no one else besides the 2 complete knuckleheads..

 

[Mr Angry]

For more than the remainder of this test I trust

When he was Prime Minister John Howard stated he had the second most important job in Australia behind the captain of the nation’s cricket team.

You do not get that job back.

 

[Mr Spock!]

They would be....if they were double standards to begin with.

Derrr...playing against the captain pinged for it twice....

I bet South Africa didn't have a meltdown.

 

[TheParraboy]

Paine should make Smuth and Warner bowl unchanged all day

SA would look be pretty stupid batting all day though...

 

[Tiger5150]

Derrr...playing against the captain pinged for it twice....

I bet South Africa didn't have a meltdown.

So how is that a double standard? Did Cricket Australia have a say in Du Plessis penalty? Have SA or ICC had a say so far in what has happened to Smith & Warner.

What you are describing, is a single standard or more typically, a standard. Time will tell if CA stick to it.