South Africa beat Australia by 47 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, Imran Tahir, M Morkel, CH Morris, WD Parnell, AM Phangiso, K Rabada, RR Rossouw, T Shamsi

 

[#GreenRoars]

I hope SA will bounce back.

 

[Convict]

please no boland

 

[Hasan123]

Starc vs AB. The battle I have been waiting for

 

[SL_Fan]

Was looking forward to this one. Starc vs AB. Sucks that the game starts at 3am over here in wadiya. Fail whale.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Amla will smash Starc here and there.

 

[#GreenRoars]

please no boland

Who is better, Paris or Boland?

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Ugh, I see the match is played on that pitch again. Not sure if I'll watch though, I've got better things to do than watching us lose

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Will be a good game though both teams arent as strong as they were in the world cup.

 

[Ab Fan]

Big game today... Expecting fun .

 

[boomboomcheema]

Hope AB gets a big one tonite

 

[rhony]

Can't wait. Their games are always close.

 

[Ab Fan]

SA are going with a very poor pace attack.

 

[Hasan123]

Big game SA need to bounce back. These 2 have had some classics over the year. Ab and Amla need to step up today against Starc

 

[Ozymandiasza]

SA are going with a very poor pace attack.

So many spinners, I might just watch.

 

[Ab Fan]

So many spinners, I might just watch.

Yes. Neither of the teams are good vs spin. SA have went with three main spinners and Aussies will chase on a slow pitch. Clearly, the batsmen would be eyeing for a 250 -260 score which will be challenging one. But I don't have faith on Parnell and Morris with the ball can have a bad day.

 

[Justcrazy]

SA playing three specialist spinners plus duminy

 

[Convict]

Who is better, Paris or Boland?

Paris is miles ahead of Boland.

 

[Hasan123]

Smithhhh u kill joy, why is starc being rested? Win today and you can rest him against West indies

 

[Hasan123]

Hope Coulter Nile is smashed everywhere as punishment for resting Starc

 

[Justcrazy]

NO match thread ?

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Behardien AGAIN! WHY?!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

De Kock is becoming one of my favourite batsmen in the world today. Cant believe we have garbage like Shehzad and SA have De Kock. The closest young batsman we have to De Kock in terms of potential is Babar.

 

[Hasan123]

De kock is youngest player to 10 odi centuries. Should come close to most odi centuries made by a South African

 

[Justcrazy]

De Kock is becoming one of my favourite batsmen in the world today. Cant believe we have garbage like Shehzad and SA have De Kock. The closest young batsman we have to De Kock in terms of potential is Babar.

He has excellent record also as an opener. Really sets up the tone on the top

 

[Hasan123]

De Kock is becoming one of my favourite batsmen in the world today. Cant believe we have garbage like Shehzad and SA have De Kock. The closest young batsman we have to De Kock in terms of potential is Babar.

Kohli is my favourite player but de kock is up there as one of my favourite. Will go down as an atg in LOI formats. Love it when he's in full flow

 

[Hasan123]

Beautiful cut shot from Amla

 

[marlonbrowndo]

We need an aggressive left handed opener. Lets give Sharjeel a consistent run. If he fails we can try Imam/Sami

 

[Ozymandiasza]

The average score at this ground is just scary. 227 wasn't it?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Australia need to develop Paris. They have 2 great quicks in Starc and Hazlewood. Cant afford rubbish like Boland. Give Paris a consistent run.

 

[Hasan123]

Top 4 has to score for SA today can't trust batting order after Behardien

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Smashed by De Kock. We need Sharjeel in ODIs in the power play. He is not nearly as Dynamic as De Kock but we need to evolve.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Pretty sure he knicked it. That or his bat hit his pad

 

[Justcrazy]

D Kock is looking good here again , he needs to bat through , SA will post a solid total

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Dont think he hit but but its given not out and no snicko

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Thats out in my opinion

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Great review from Australia

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Iffy decision in my opinion.

 

[Justcrazy]

DE kock gone !

 

[#GreenRoars]

Just came from Taraweeh, was excited to watch De kock, and

 

[#GreenRoars]

Thank God Zampa is playing

 

[Ab Fan]

Paris is miles ahead of Boland.

Where are Pattinson and Cummins between?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Where are Pattinson and Cummins between?

Cummins is injured I think and Pattinson only plays Tests

 

[Justcrazy]

Aussie bowlers are bowling well here , tight stuff pulling back the run rate

 

[dauntless]

Lyon bowling well got another one

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Impact looks outside off...

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Guess I was wrong. What a decision. South Africas 2 most experienced guys need to play 2 great innings here.

 

[Justcrazy]

Lyon strikes.

 

[Justcrazy]

Zampa on now , spin from both ends

 

[Convict]

Where are Pattinson and Cummins between?

Cummins about the same as Paris though.

Pattinson behind in my opinion

 

[Justcrazy]

is playing slow here , he needs to bat right through here

 

[Hasan123]

Cummins about the same as Paris though.

Pattinson behind in my opinion

I thought Pattinson is better than cummins in test

 

[Justcrazy]

74.2
16 overs

 

[Hasan123]

Ab and Amla the key. Ab could be devastating when in especially as starc won't be bowling at the end

 

[Ahson8]

Cummins about the same as Paris though.

Pattinson behind in my opinion

He think he meant to say where are Cummins & Pattinson btw ? As in why they are not selected for this series.
And btw got corrected to between by the word corrector. Speaking from experience

 

[Justcrazy]

Starc rested , has made the Aussies attack look ordinary here. They need to break this partnership here , otherwise this pair can take the game away from them easily

 

[#GreenRoars]

SA going good so far.

 

[#GreenRoars]

And Amla run out

 

[#GreenRoars]

Now all responsibility on ABDV and Duminy

 

[Hasan123]

JP and ab need to minpulate the spinners well

 

[Ab Fan]

Cummins about the same as Paris though.

Pattinson behind in my opinion

Didn't asked for a comparison actually. Pattinson is injured I think. What about Cummins?

 

[Executioner]

Mohammad Ashraful is a better batsman than Farhaan Behaardien.

 

[Convict]

Didn't asked for a comparison actually. Pattinson is injured I think. What about Cummins?

Oh. Both injured as per usual.

 

[Ahson8]

Honestly perplexed why SA chose to bat after they struggled vs WI last time.

AB might be an amazing player but his captaincy has always been average / poor.

 

[Firebreaker]

This is such a poor pitch

 

[Firebreaker]

Why does SA have such a long tail?

Their tail starts from number 6

 

[#GreenRoars]

Going to be another easy victory for Aus

 

[Hasan123]

Poor quality pitch. Behardien gonna earn his position for a while with this innings

 

[#GreenRoars]

Finally Farhan is doing some thing.

 

[Hasan123]

I hope the pitches for the rest of this series aren't like this.

 

[Hasan123]

Behardien couldn't even out that away woww

 

[badsha001]

sensible innings from FB today

 

[Muhammad10]

These tri-series pitches remind me of Asia Cup T20.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Good stuff from Parnell. Looking a different bowler.

 

[Muhammad10]

Parnell traps Warner LBW! 1/1 (2)

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Only a matter of time for Finch. Don't see him surviving.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Nasty delivery from Rabada.

 

[Abdullah719]

Khawaja gone, oooh!

 

[Hasan123]

Rabada with a beauty! What a talent! Amir Rabada mustafizur and starc the future of fast bowling

 

[Muhammad10]

SA on :AAG

Rabada gets Khawaja!