3rd test Aus V SA, Perth 30 Nov to 4 Dec

[PaarlBok]

Faf my pick of the batsmen today. Fighting for dead. Agree on Johnson, he has been excellent, could have been much better without all those tattoos.

 

[The Red Baron]

And that's why you should keep a spinner in your side. Lyon did exceptionally well today. He cleaned up the tail, which is exactly what a spinner should do in Perth. Let the fast bowlers soften up the top order, and let the spinner clean up the lower order. SA all out for 225.

This will be a testy little session for the Aus top order.

 

[The Red Baron]

Clarkie handled Watson's bowling workload really well today too.

 

[mark_s]

Th time lat year the test ws over by stumps on day 1. That won't be the case today but we are set up for a result in this match either way. I'm disappointed that sa got over 150, felt like we let them off the hook a bit

 

[mark_s]

Ps well batted by FAF again.

 

[mark_s]

Well it's on now. Cowan gone for a golden with. Beautiful catch by Jacques. It's all happening, and there is still plenty of overs to stumps.

 

[PaarlBok]

And that's why you should keep a spinner in your side. Lyon did exceptionally well today. He cleaned up the tail, which is exactly what a spinner should do in Perth. Let the fast bowlers soften up the top order, and let the spinner clean up the lower order. SA all out for 225.

This will be a testy little session for the Aus top order.

We got two LH off spinners.

 

[PaarlBok]

We need at least two wickets before close to claw back. 200 runs short.

 

[mark_s]

You have two and more seem likely

 

[mark_s]

SA are bowling very well here. Not sure the has been a short ball yet. They are making the most of the moving ball. Styen has been the best I have seen him this series.

 

[mark_s]

How good is test cricket! Awesome first day here with honours shared. Good bowling from sa kept the pressure on to stumps but I am happy with Warner and Lyon gritting it out. Can't wait for tomorrow.

 

[The Red Baron]

Lyon won't ever play a harder knock. That was gripping viewing, watching Lyon hang on against an unplayable Steyn. Well done young man, I am really looking forward to an excellent days cricket tomorrow.

 

[The Red Baron]

We got two LH off spinners.

And I would expect Smith to use his spinners in a similar fashion.

 

[alen wast]

I think the push from CSA was for a rotation of location every four years. One here, one there. Which from their perspective, is perfectly reasonable.





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[Torn Hammy]

Great to see the new ball swing. Big test for our batters today as pitch will speed up.

 

[barbarian]

Great fightback by the Saffers this morning. Clarke, Ponting, Hussey, Lyon all out to good balls. Warner on the other hand...

Good lone hand from Matt Wade, without him we would be right in the shit. If he keeps going we might end up just level with SA, but if he gets out early we will be in deep shit.

Can't wait for the next two sessions, will be fascinating. Test cricket at its best.
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[The_Brown_Hornet]

What a test match, but we are in big, big trouble here. We need a minimum of 50 more to feel like we're still in the game for mine. If the Saffers lead by more than about 75 it will be extremely tough to make it back from this point.

 

[barbarian]

Wade goes to a lazy shot off Peterson. Good innings, but should have done better once he got past 50.

Now it's all about damage reduction, if we can get within 50 we are doing well.
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[The_Brown_Hornet]

All out for 162. Deep do-do now. The wicket will be a bit easier to bat on and we're likely to be chasing a fairly sizeable target to win. Big effort required the rest of the day in the field.

 

[barbarian]

I can't see us chasing down any sort of total with our top order in such a shitty state. It's frankly a miracle we have been on top in the first two tests, without Clarke and Hussey we'd be fucked.