South Africa v Australia | 1st Test | Centurion | Day 4 | 15 February 2014

[Statistics375]

Outstanding shot by Amla.

Back foot cover drive when the bowler is bowling at a 150ks.

 

[SL_Fan]

Amla for a double

 

[OZGOD]

All that bowling as a unit thing sounds good on tv in the press interviews. But bowlers have egos. They don't want to be holding an end down while Johnson gets all the wickets. No way.

It's a team game mate. I don't know what is in their heads, but bowlers work as a unit. Wickets they get are a result of collective pressure. If Jonno was bowling with Tremlett and Bresnan who cannot build pressure I doubt he would be getting as many wickets as he is getting.

 

[WebGuru]

Classy shot by Amla.

 

[Statistics375]

Another boundary by Amla outstanding.

 

[Statistics375]

Nice to see a good crowd in.

 

[WebGuru]

Amla you beauty. Dont know why some people call him boring.

 

[badhmash_kaka]

wicket is coming...comeon australia

 

[badhmash_kaka]

these are shots of desperation..

 

[Energetic]

Decent crowd - 4/10

 

[OZGOD]

Good to see Clarke continuing to attack despite the boundaries from Amla and Faf

 

[Mr Consistent]

Its david warner time lol

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Please don't let Warner get you out.

 

[OZGOD]

Centurion looks packed today. Heaps of hotties in the crowd

 

[Convict]

Centurion looks packed today. Heaps of hotties in the crowd

Always plenty of talent in South Africa

 

[OZGOD]

Faf

plumb LBW from Siddle

 

[OZGOD]

Always plenty of talent in South Africa

Yea I was in Joburg and Cape Town a few years ago. Didn't want to leave lol

 

[Dr_Bassim]

The pitch isn't too bad for batting.

Maybe Australia should have taken the lead to 550 before declaring

I mean there is Johnson and all that, but without Johnson they would be hard pressed to find wickets quickly.


And while I say that Faf goes...

Guess Clarke knows what he was thinking.....

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Faf unlucky there. Really looked like staying there for a long time. Oh well. AB time.

 

[OZGOD]

3/49. Amla and AB will need to score 200 each

 

[Convict]

Brilliant ball from Siddle.

On the radio Barry Richards was just saying he expected that

 

[Mr Consistent]

3rd wicket down
faf gone

 

[OZGOD]

The pitch isn't too bad for batting.

Maybe Australia should have taken the lead to 550 before declaring

I mean there is Johnson and all that, but without Johnson they would be hard pressed to find wickets quickly.


And while I say that Faf goes...

Guess Clarke knows what he was thinking.....

Siddle has just taken a wicket. It's more than a one man show. There's only been 16 overs bowled lol. They are taking a wicket every 34 balls so far. They just need to bowl in the right areas, bowl to their strengths, and the wickets will come. It will take an outstanding effort from the Yarps to win and if they pull it off they deserve it.

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Amla does spank Johnson quite often

 

[Mr Consistent]

:4 runs by amla

 

[OZGOD]

Dodgy bounce and Amla mistimes inside edged but Haddin missed it and goes for 4 byes

 

[OZGOD]

Epic 22 from Amla so far

 

[style_guru]

If any of these two get out in next 10 overs, I expect the SA batting to fold up today itself.

 

[Smbhayi]

6 runs maiden over by Johnson.. lunch time..

 

[bigdaddymiandad]

SA will probably lose this from here has been a beast effort from Johnson.. not much can be done when he fires. It will be good for SA if both Amla and DeVilliers can score some runs and get in some sort of form and confidence.

The fate of this series will hinge alot on how Amla and De Villiers handle Johnson, and will need to be at their best as Johnno continues to steam in leaving a trail of destruction in his path. These two have the ability to take on Johnson and will have to be on top of their game.

The Saffers also need their main man Steyn to get into his groove, the bowling looks toothless when he is offcolour.

 

[OZGOD]

Siddle a bit too straight

 

[style_guru]

SA 80/3 after 24 overs.

 

[Robert]

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[Robert]

Always plenty of talent in South Africa

I was in hospital in Pretoria once. All the nurses looked like models! They seemed to consider me a wounded hero and cooed over me. It was great.....

 

[OZGOD]

Amla edges over the slips

 

[Smbhayi]

Amla in 6000 runs club in test. hope he can enter 10k runs when he retires...

 

[leatherface58]

I was in hospital in Pretoria once. All the nurses looked like models! They seemed to consider me a wounded hero and cooed over me. It was great.....

Oh Robert. What would the missus say?

 

[SL_Fan]

AB and Amla batting together. It doesn't get any better than that.

 

[Convict]

Oh Robert. What would the missus say?

He's not a war hero. He's a very naughty boy

 

[SL_Fan]

I was in hospital in Pretoria once. All the nurses looked like models! They seemed to consider me a wounded hero and cooed over me. It was great.....

Cmon now we've all had that dream. Pics or it didn't happen

 

[OZGOD]

3/94

 

[OZGOD]

Cmon now we've all had that dream. Pics or it didn't happen

Most Seffrican girls look like models actually. Though I would like pics too

 

[Convict]

Most Seffrican girls look like models actually. Though I would like pics too

The best thing about recent immigration trends to Perth

 

[OZGOD]

The best thing about recent immigration trends to Perth

Haha

 

[OZGOD]

Some away seam movement for Harris

 

[OZGOD]

Seffrica's two best bats at the crease. Get one of these out and it's goodnight (Robert's) nurse

 

[Convict]

Well done Rhino. That's what we needed

 

[OZGOD]

And as I type Amla is edged to the slips for 35

Seffrica 4/97 and a mountain to climb now

 

[mosh101]

Inside edge and review wasted

 

[mosh101]

Saffers all over the place !

Australia is just too good of a team at the moment !

 

[OZGOD]

Huge shout for LBW...referred

Could hear them saying:

"that was full?"
"pitched in line?"

Hotspot shows inside edge so this will be not out. Good call Aleem Dar, he must be laughing at the OZ inside

 

[SL_Fan]

No double for Amla then

 

[OZGOD]

That inside edge saved ABCD

 

[OZGOD]

No double for Amla then

ABCD needs a triple now

 

[OZGOD]

277 more runs for ABCD to get his triple

 

[Statistics375]

Most Seffrican girls look like models actually. Though I would like pics too

Must visit south africa.......

 

[SL_Fan]

The best thing about recent immigration trends to Perth

As if Aus is short of good sorts

 

[OZGOD]

As if Aus is short of good sorts

You know what they say, foreign tea seems to taste better than local tea if you've drunk a lot of local tea

 

[OZGOD]

One more wicket and we're into the tail with still 380 to get for the Yarps

 

[SL_Fan]

Most Seffrican girls look like models actually. Though I would like pics too

No arguments there but pretty sure Rob woke up a few minutes after that one

 

[OZGOD]

So glad that Pup keeps attacking. I know he has 380 runs to defend and just a wicket away from breaking into the tail but wickets slow the run rate more than any field placing you can make

 

[Energetic]

Very good crowd but bad pitch.

 

[SL_Fan]

You know what they say, foreign tea seems to taste better than local tea if you've drunk a lot of local tea

Fair enough a man needs his tea

 

[Statistics375]

So glad that Pup keeps attacking. I know he has 380 runs to defend and just a wicket away from breaking into the tail but wickets slow the run rate more than any field placing you can make

Mathews disagrees.

 

[SL_Fan]

Very good crowd but bad pitch.

Bahahaha always something you aint happy with isn't there

 

[Adil_94]

AB is making batting look easy

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[Adil_94]

So glad that Pup keeps attacking. I know he has 380 runs to defend and just a wicket away from breaking into the tail but wickets slow the run rate more than any field placing you can make

Clarke would never have bowled first on this deck but SAs defensive mentality has got the better of them

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[leatherface58]

Wonder if Energetic goes to funerals and birthday parties and laments about the lack of attendance.

 

[SL_Fan]

Wonder if Energetic goes to funerals and birthday parties and laments about the lack of attendance.

lmao )

 

[SL_Fan]

Clarke would never have bowled first on this deck but SAs defensive mentality has got the better of them

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Yeah bad move by Smiff no doubt. Bright sunny day and Steyn battling a stomach bug and still opts to bowl first. Fail whale! Must have been a bit unnerved by Aus attack I reckon.

 

[Adil_94]

Yeah bad move by Smiff no doubt. Bright sunny day and Steyn battling a stomach bug and still opts to bowl first. Fail whale! Must have been a bit unnerved by Aus attack I reckon.

Pretty much he was scared of getting rolled over by Mitch and co without Kallis Saffer batting lineup doesn't look all that great with Amla out of form and Smith being a lesser force now the batting line up is dependent on ABCD atm

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[OZGOD]

SA going at 1.5 rpo for the last 10. Duminy in particular has really gotten tied down. I wonder when Pup will bring Jonno back on

 

[OZGOD]

And it's now I guess

 

[style_guru]

This block block block approach from SA isn't going to save them.

 

[OZGOD]

Try and hit him on the head Jonno

 

[Energetic]

I love it when Cricket has a good attendance and especially atmosphere. Makes the sport automatically compete with the other worlds major sports. Pretty impressive crowds for Cricket in recent times apart from certain places whose 'name' I won't mention. Australia with their 1 million plus barrier record, Bangladesh series in Sri Lanka and now SA with Australia. Impressive stuff.

 

[SL_Fan]

This block block block approach from SA isn't going to save them.

Not so sure about that one. SA were 4 down at the end of day 4 in Adelaide not too long ago and we all know what happened there. AB will do his thang and if Duminy could do a Faf it's on like donkey kong!

 

[OZGOD]

Duminy caught at short leg, fantastic catch

Jonno has 3

 

[Convict]

Wow Doolan!

That's incredible

 

[OZGOD]

This crowd just wants to have a good time and see Jonno bowl I think. They seem intent on entertaining themselves since their team won't do it for them