Australia vs South Africa | 3rd Test | Perth | 30/11/12 | Day 1

[Saurav]

 

[style_guru]

MJ warming up. Time for some spraying around

 

[Saurav]

lol at Octomo

 

[Saurav]

Philander gone

 

[Amjid Javed]

Hopefully S.A can some how get up to 250 here and Faf can get another 100.

Interesting to see how S.A bowlers then go on this surface as its offering something for the bowlers.

 

[Amjid Javed]

SA 202/8 - S.A had extra batting in this line up so current score isnt looking to clever!

 

[Saurav]

Steyn gone

 

[Saurav]

Haydos

 

[Saurav]

lol Morne Morkel killing MJ

 

[Saurav]

225 all out

Faf not out 77

 

[mosh101]

Faf one man army

 

[Amjid Javed]

225 is probably 125 short of a decent total here. So its time for the S.A bowlers to actually do some serious damage for the 1st time in this series or they could be staring down the barrel again at having to try and save the game half way through a match.

 

[Saurav]

Cowan out first ball

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Watson will kill everyone today

 

[mosh101]

Come on saffers

 

[mosh101]

Warners moustache lol

 

[mosh101]

Philander bowling well here

 

[Saurav]

Watson out

Ponting to bat

 

[Saurav]

lol they sent Lyon

 

[Justcrazy]

 

[Justcrazy]

Australia trail by 207 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

 

[Justcrazy]

This match will finish on day 4

 

[style_guru]

Watto's woes continue

Night chowkidaar in as Lyon

 

[Justcrazy]

SA can easily get another tonight here, and put Aussies under pressure.

 

[Justcrazy]

4 :legbyes

 

[Justcrazy]

Steyn 7 short of 300 test wickets, he can get that in this Test match itself.

 

[Justcrazy]

Punter should have come out, No point in sending lyon now.

 

[Saurav]

lol crowd cheered for Lyon thinking it was Punter

 

[Justcrazy]

This pitch should suit warner

 

[Justcrazy]

:4

 

[Justcrazy]

31 / 2

 

[Amjid Javed]

AUS 31/2

Another 2 wickets here for S.A before close of play would be great.

 

[Justcrazy]

31 / 2

5 overs left for the day

 

[Robert]

Punter should have come out, No point in sending lyon now.

Hmm, it's a bit un-Australian to use a bowler to protect Ponting. Tugga wouldn't have done that.

 

[Robert]

What's with the low scoring - is this the usual Perth flier?

 

[Justcrazy]

Australia trail by 192 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings


Stumps.

 

[Justcrazy]

Sa fast bowlers will test Aussies to the hilt tomorrow.

 

[rockers2012]

Pitch is playing up. Not a high scoring game I expect.

 

[Convict]

What's with the low scoring - is this the usual Perth flier?

It's a good test wicket which provided a much more entertaining days play that your usual test match.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Very crucial morning tomorrow, it looks like the Aussies will come out and try and play there shots and S.A need to pretty much have there best bowling session of the series so far and make some serious inroads into the Aussies batting.

Game is nicely balanced at moment

 

[Jo_Don]

Think it's fairly even at the moment, but as usual it will come down to Clarke and Hussey. At 75/6, Aus will feel that SA got 100 more than they should have. It's a problem that we suffered with under Mickey Mouse, the lack of that killer instinct, to either finish the opposition off or put up a defiant fight.

 

[leatherface58]

Australia have been the better test side of the two in this series. Don't know why south africa are being considered favourites in this test. 1st test, saffers were saved by Rain. 2nd test by Faf the Don.

 

[Executioner]

Watson will kill everyone today

watson got out cheaply.

All your prediction/analysis end up as an epic phail

 

[Amjid Javed]

Batting usually gets easier as match goes along at perth so if S.A can keep Aussies to a level 1st inns effort then we could see a 1 inns shoot out in the 3rd/4th inns to decide the series which would be great.

 

[leatherface58]

Ian Healy was disgusting towards the end. When Lyon got a peach from Steyn and survived, Healy was like Thank God he didn't nick it. even tracer bullet shastri isn't so blatantly biased.

 

[SL_Fan]

Wow what a day of cricket. Wickets falling left, right and centre. Brilliant bowling by the Aussies, Starc especially. SA has a lot to do to get back in this game. That Amla run out was a complete waste. AB doesn't look himself at all not sure what he was thinking calling for a run there. He needs to give up the gloves asap. It's clearly not working for him. Super knock under immense pressure by DP again. Looks like SA have found another gem of a player.

 

[SL_Fan]

Ian Healy was disgusting towards the end. When Lyon got a peach from Steyn and survived, Healy was like Thank God he didn't nick it. even tracer bullet shastri isn't so blatantly biased.

You are not meant to take him seriously. He's just there for the laughs.

 

[Mamoon]

Australian commentators are becoming more and more annoying and have started to rival Sri Lankan and Kiwi commentators.

 

[Jeetu111]

The wicket offers zip with the new ball & then is a decent track . imo , Australia will score around 275 . Your predictions for the innings & match folks ?