Australia vs South Africa | 3rd Test | Perth | 1/12/12 | Day 3

[TM Riddle]

another gone ...good catch by Johnson....well bowled starc!

 

[TM Riddle]

Why dont they declare?

 

[Jeetu111]

20 overs left .Smith being ultra defensive imo .

 

[SL_Fan]

If SA get all out here that might be a blessing in disguise.

 

[Random Aussie]

Just need a 300(200) from Warner and the game is on.

 

[SL_Fan]

Shot :4 for ABCD

 

[mosh101]

Tail needs to support AB

 

[mosh101]

Smashed for fourrrr

 

[TM Riddle]

pulled by AB...4 off Johnson.

 

[Random Aussie]

Why dont they declare?

Because they dont need to. They will want enough time tonight to make it difficult for us, but not enough time for us to make any real dent in the chase. They dont want us 0/100 at stumps.

 

[Jeetu111]

cricinfo : "For the record, the highest ever score in the 4th innings of a match for a player in their last test is 96 by Sunil Gavaskar." And that innings was a beauty .

 

[TM Riddle]

Steyn must be smiling in the dressing room after watching this uneven bounce

 

[SL_Fan]

I reckon the declaration is coming in a couple of overs.

 

[Buffet]

Just need a 300(200) from Warner and the game is on.

Healy hacked this account ?

 

[TM Riddle]

Because they dont need to. They will want enough time tonight to make it difficult for us, but not enough time for us to make any real dent in the chase. They dont want us 0/100 at stumps.

lol you would'nt have either

 

[Jeetu111]

poor cricket from Smith .Why give the opportunity to Aussies to draw the test . 607/7 & 20 overs left .

 

[TM Riddle]

Heely hacked this account ?

Surely

 

[Random Aussie]

Not so impressed Starc has finally got it together, we needed this yesterday mate.

 

[SL_Fan]

Clarke seems to be in a good mood still.

 

[Jeetu111]

Steyn must be smiling in the dressing room after watching this uneven bounce

Does any one believe the surface is now deteriorating ?

 

[TM Riddle]

philander gets off the mark with a 4.

 

[Random Aussie]

lol you would'nt have either

No but Smith is defensive and is wary because we have come back from ridiculous situations against them before. It isnt going to matter in the end anyway, we are going to lose and lose heavily.

 

[TM Riddle]

Does any one believe the surface is now deteriorating ?

Aussies were bowling terribly...let's accept this fact.

 

[SL_Fan]

If SA don't leave themselves with at least 15-20 overs to bowl at Aus today they would have missed a trick imo.

 

[Jeetu111]

Predict Australia's 4th inning total - my guess is 414

 

[SL_Fan]

Does any one believe the surface is now deteriorating ?

Looks great for batting to me

 

[TM Riddle]

No but Smith is defensive and is wary because we have come back from ridiculous situations against them before. It isnt going to matter in the end anyway, we are going to lose and lose heavily.

yup...the lead is way too much...just pray for the rain now

 

[Saurav]

predict australia's 4th inning total - my guess is 414

276

 

[SL_Fan]

ABCDEFG

Top knock. Hope he gives up the gloves.

 

[King Cobra]

Healy hacked this account ?

Is it because healy is always too optimistic ?

 

[TM Riddle]

where is warner's moustache???

 

[SL_Fan]

According to crapinfo

The last 2 tests have produced the 2nd and 3rd fastest scoring 550plus scores in test history, out of 272 such scores.

 

[TM Riddle]

AB gone...what a player!

 

[Jeetu111]

619/8 & Smith is crazy if he does not declare now.

 

[OZGOD]

Might as well declare now that ABCDEF has been dismissed. No point getting bowled out by the OZ. Dictate terms and declare.

 

[TM Riddle]

If they don't declare now I'd avada kedavara snape I mean Smith.

 

[Jeetu111]

18 overs left & the saffers bat on .... !

 

[mosh101]

So i guess they're going to play it through

 

[TM Riddle]

Smith wants to give a chance to both starc and MJ to take a 5fer...very generous of him

 

[TM Riddle]

Smith= dhoni

 

[Kwremb]

I think SA have a master plan to gift Johnson a 5-fer and keep him in the team

 

[Jeetu111]

622/8 & 197 overs left in match . Smith thing - omg,how do we see this tricky test thru !!!

 

[SL_Fan]

Declaring in another couple of overs would leave SA with 15 overs to bowl today. Three 5 over spells for Steyn, Morkel and VP to go all out.

 

[mosh101]

Dale Boom Boom Steyn

 

[Jeetu111]

Declaring in another couple of overs would leave SA with 15 overs to bowl today. Three 5 over spells for Steyn, Morkel and VP to go all out.

absolute stupidity .had he declared just before drinks ,they would saved 2 overs for innings change over .

 

[SL_Fan]

Morkel padded up as well. This is just far too defensive from SA.

 

[SL_Fan]

absolute stupidity .had he declared just before drinks ,they would saved 2 overs for innings change over .

Yeah I don't see the point either. Plus stand a good chance of injuring your quicks while batting here as well.

 

[mosh101]

Morkel padded up

 

[SL_Fan]

What's with Donanld and that rugby ball? He carries it every where lol

 

[Saurav]

this is ridiculous now

 

[SL_Fan]

5-fer for Starc

 

[Jeetu111]

9th out

 

[Jeetu111]

Smith has backed draw imo .

 

[SL_Fan]

Morkel out to bat

 

[mosh101]

Mitch should get a five-er too

 

[SL_Fan]

finally SA innings comes to an end.

 

[mosh101]

Oh what a beautyyy ! Take a bow starc

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Well batted Saffers.

 

[Jeetu111]

632 needed in 194 overs.

 

[mosh101]

Aussies innings going to be interesting now

 

[OZGOD]

569 all out, 631 to chase. 105 runs a session basically.

 

[SL_Fan]

So 14 overs to bowl at Aus. Worked out ok in the end. Maybe getting all out was a blessing in disguise. SA far too defensive.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Smith has backed draw imo .

BS. Still 2 days in it.

 

[Jeetu111]

basically 50 runs every hour or a wicket in every 75 minutes .

 

[JustAnotherFan]

So 14 overs to bowl at Aus. Worked out ok in the end. Maybe getting all out was a blessing in disguise. SA far too defensive.

Some of you guys are pathetic. Must Smith just give Aus the series win. Give Aus a target of 450? If Aus wants to be #1 they must deserve it and score runs. There top 6 could only score 50 runs in the first innings. Hilarious. They couldn't face pace.

Saffers are playing for back to back series wins in Aus. An honorable achievement.

 

[OZGOD]

Will they attack or will they try to hold on till stumps with all 10 wickets in hand?

 

[Jeetu111]

Will they attack or will they try to hold on till stumps with all 10 wickets in hand?

Defend i guess .

 

[mosh101]

Feel there will definitely be a result here with 2 days to go

 

[OZGOD]

Smith has backed draw imo .

It's a pragmatic decision. Smiffy knows that he just needs to draw the match to maintain the #1 ranking. Of course he wants to win the series, but I think he definitely doesn't want to lose it. So pile on a mountain of runs and take the loss out of the equation. Realistically there's really only one result here, a Yarpie win.

 

[Kwremb]

Some of you guys are pathetic. Must Smith just give Aus the series win. Give Aus a target of 450? If Aus wants to be #1 they must deserve it and score runs. There top 6 could only score 50 runs in the first innings. Hilarious. They couldn't face pace.

Saffers are playing for back to back series wins in Aus. An honorable achievement.

Ya some of the criticism is way over the top, if Smith was defensive they might have gone at 3 an over instead of seizing the initiative.

 

[mosh101]

Four for warner

 

[OZGOD]

4 for Warner...628 left to go.

 

[Random Aussie]

Warner hits another four, 624 runs to go.

 

[Random Aussie]

Nearly got a run there

 

[mosh101]

Another boundary for warner

 

[Random Aussie]

623 runs to go

 

[Anfield]

lol@talks about defensive captaincy and a draw here. Anyone who thinks this will end as a draw should really stop watching cricket.

 

[mosh101]

Warner on fire

 

[Amjid Javed]

Aussies should try and chase this down!

 

[adnanulhaq97]

^ they have the time