Australia beat South Africa by 36 runs in the Tri-Nation Series

[#GreenRoars]

Australia Squad
SPD Smith*, DA Warner, GJ Bailey, SM Boland, NM Coulter-Nile, JP Faulkner, AJ Finch, JR Hazlewood, TM Head, UT Khawaja, NM Lyon, MR Marsh, GJ Maxwell, MA Starc, MS Wade†, A Zampa

South Africa Squad
AB de Villiers*, KJ Abbott, HM Amla, F Behardien, Q de Kock†, JP Duminy, F du Plessis, D Elgar, Imran Tahir, M Morkel, CH Morris, WD Parnell, AM Phangiso, K Rabada, T Shamsi

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Australia win the toss and choose to bat first

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Shamsi and Rosseuw out. Abbott and Faf in.

Maxwell, Lyon and Coulter Nile out. Bailey, Starc and Faulkner in.

 

[Muhammad10]

Hope to see a decent pitch, with some assistance for bowlers but hopefully also scores of at least 230.

 

[Ab Fan]

Why do they keep playing Duminy in the team? He never scores much and is too boring to watch.

Everyone out there performs once in 5 games.JP Duminy takes 10 games to play one good knock.When was the last time he performed with the bat?

 

[Hasan123]

Will try to keep updated with the match via cricinfo. Watching football

 

[Justcrazy]

Good Start by Aussies here , SA need to bring on there spinners.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Warner is miles better than Finch

 

[#GreenRoars]

Solid start from Australia, playing carefully.

 

[Justcrazy]

34 / 0

7 overs.

Aussies playing with a plan , keep wickets in hand.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Finch doing what Shehzad normally does. Except Finch is way better

 

[Chrish]

Free hit on 70m boundary is such a BS

 

[Chrish]

Abbott is a class.. Another gem

 

[Justcrazy]

Warner is looking dangerous here .

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Finch is so overrated. Much better than Shehzad but he always always gets bogged down against good bowling.

 

[Justcrazy]

Tahir gets Finch

 

[Convict]

Finch is so overrated. Much better than Shehzad but he always always gets bogged down against good bowling.

People rate him?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

People rate him?

Lol at least 10 on this forum. He wouldve lost Australia the world cup semi if it wasnt for Smith's blinder. He is very powerful and sometimes destructive but needs to improve a lot.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Warner is class

 

[Justcrazy]

Warner hammers Tahir

 

[Hasan123]

Tuned in for a while. Good start by Warner and Australia. Khwaja and smith need to contribute today

 

[Hasan123]

Warner is class

He has matured massively. A certain due from Pakistan could learn from him

 

[Ahson8]

How does Phangiso make it ahead of Shamsi ?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Khawaja is a bad runner

 

[marlonbrowndo]

How does Phangiso make it ahead of Shamsi ?

Shocking

 

[Convict]

Austin Ross Marsh will be in the team for the next match

 

[Justcrazy]

78.1

16 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Warner 64 NO , he is well set to get a Ton here

 

[Justcrazy]

96.1

19 overs , good going by Aussies here

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Easily the best opener in the world all formats combined. No one comes close. Rohit and Guptill both bad in Tests

 

[marlonbrowndo]

What a shot from Khawaja

 

[Justcrazy]

123.1

24 overs , great batting by Aussies here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Easily the best opener in the world all formats combined. No one comes close. Rohit and Guptill both bad in Tests

He has matured a lot and playing with more composure . His shot selection is also very impressive , choses the right ball to attack.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

This is gonna be a really good game

 

[Justcrazy]

Aussies are going at about 5 an over here now , and keeping wickets in hand for final onslaught.

 

[Justcrazy]

This is gonna be a really good game

If SA bat well , needs to get a ton here.

 

[Justcrazy]

144.1

28 overs

 

[#GreenRoars]

Warner solid for a century here.

 

[#GreenRoars]

It seems SA will face a huge total today.

 

[Justcrazy]

Warner playing it really cool here

 

[Chrish]

Amla bhai will have to score extra run to make up for it

 

[Justcrazy]

Both Batsmen have completed personal milestones , Things looking bad for SA here

 

[Ahson8]

Shocking

Only one thing can explain it perhaps; quota.

 

[Ahson8]

Warner can make a 200, if he stays out there till the end.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Warner should fire now.

 

[Justcrazy]

184.1

34 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

Warner misses a golden opportunity to get 200

 

[Hasan123]

Could be a high scoring game

 

[Hasan123]

Ab drops a sitter

 

[Justcrazy]

196.2

39 overs

 

[Justcrazy]

khwaja gone

 

[#GreenRoars]

10 overs left, 7 wickets in hands and score is 200. So i guess they should get 300 here.

 

[Justcrazy]

204.3

9 overs left

 

[Justcrazy]

Bailey gone

tahir strikes again

 

[Chrish]

Australia missing maxwell big time

 

[Hasan123]

300 and Aussies would be favourite. 288 it's an even game

 

[thelandofthebravepeople]

Who is the SA commentator?

He sounds very much like Faf Du Plessis I thought it was him, but it's some one else.

 

[dauntless]

Amla and faf going good

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Faf is the backbone of their ODI lineup and they needed him back at 3. That lofted straight drive was the shot of the match btw

 

[MMHS]

Since last Ashes, this is probably the worst ever Australian attack ODI game has seen. I think, AUS is dominating ODI cricket as most of the matches are played on absolute belters & Aussies over muscling teams in batting shoot outs. It'll be interesting to see if SRL prepares 450 per score (match total) wickets. I don't think AUS attack is capable of defending 250 on a standard wicket. There is hardly anything from them once the new ball loses shine.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Since last Ashes, this is probably the worst ever Australian attack ODI game has seen. I think, AUS is dominating ODI cricket as most of the matches are played on absolute belters & Aussies over muscling teams in batting shoot outs. It'll be interesting to see if SRL prepares 450 per score (match total) wickets. I don't think AUS attack is capable of defending 250 on a standard wicket. There is hardly anything from them once the new ball loses shine.

I agree that Australias bowling is poor while they can have the best batting lineup in the world but they arent playing the perfect lineup imo. Pakistan can have the best ODI bowling lineup (I cant believe I just said that)

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Amla throws it away. Good catch from Smith. That was travelling. AB walks out. His strike rate has dropped below 100... Lets see if he is in the mood to change that in this game

 

[Muhammad10]

Amla throws it away. Good catch from Smith. That was travelling. AB walks out. His strike rate has dropped below 100... Lets see if he is in the mood to change that in this game

Looks like he is.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

What a pull shot that is! Looks like AB is in THAT mood. Guess Im not sleeping after sehri after all

 

[Ab Fan]

Bring Starc for god sake...

 

[in_cutter]

One of the commentators sounds very much like the late Tony Cozier.

 

[Hasan123]

Faf is the backbone of their ODI lineup and they needed him back at 3. That lofted straight drive was the shot of the match btw

Agreed he's underrated as a number 3 makes south Africa batting solid

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Cmon AB the poor Australian bowlers didnt vote for Dhoni in the poll. Why take your anger out on them? Proving a point. Not going to look at stats but I think AB has a very good record against Australia. Thrn again in ODIs is there a team he doesnt have a good record against.

 

[Ab Fan]

And there we have Starc..Fun begins.

 

[Hasan123]

JP can't get bogged down here needs to rotate the strike

 

[Muhammad10]

Surprisingly classy shots by Duminy against Starc. That'll surely rile him up.

 

[Hasan123]

Mitchell Marshs bowling has really come on, needs to improve his batting though

 

[Hasan123]

Wow poor shot from AB. Good change by Smith to bring Hazelwood back into the attack.

 

[Hasan123]

Ab when batting thinks instinctively. All he should be doing is knocking the ball around and waiting for the inevitable bad balls that will come. Batting instinctively can work but sometimes you just got bat with your head and not give away your wicket

 

[Chrish]

it's still doable..

 

[Hasan123]

Smiths capatincy has been spot. Good bowling changes and field is well set. Seems to have the perfect balance between attack and defence. Love the way Australia develop captains they all seems to be tactically aware and are agressive also. From Waugh to Pointing to Clarke to Steve Smith. They have prepared well for each replacement over the last few years.

 

[Justcrazy]

Duminy needs to stay till the end and guide SA home here

 

[Justcrazy]

Parnel in now ....... long tail for SA

 

[Hasan123]

Zampa will be a brilliant LO bowler. Bit of patience by Aussie selectors and they have a brilliant spinner on there hands

 

[Justcrazy]

Rotation of strike is key here , a couple of good overs is required