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Australia 258 and 38/1
South Africa 296
Australia neither lead nor trail with 9 second-innings wickets in hand.
Meanwhile, the ABC radio quiz question today was: "What do Graeme Smith and Ricky Ponting have in common?" Had a quick think and thought I had the answer: that both have scored double centuries in consecutive Tests -- Smith v. England at Edgbaston and Lord's, 2003, and Ponting v. India at Adelaide and Melbourne, 2003/04. Couldn't get through. Then they give the answer as being that at one time or another they both played county cricket for Somerset. What a rubbish answer!!
Australia 258 and 38/1
South Africa 296
Australia neither lead nor trail with 9 second-innings wickets in hand.
Meanwhile, the ABC radio quiz question today was: "What do Graeme Smith and Ricky Ponting have in common?" Had a quick think and thought I had the answer: that both have scored double centuries in consecutive Tests -- Smith v. England at Edgbaston and Lord's, 2003, and Ponting v. India at Adelaide and Melbourne, 2003/04. Couldn't get through. Then they give the answer as being that at one time or another they both played county cricket for Somerset. What a rubbish answer!!
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Good to see a contest & some grit return to Test Cricket.Australia's in a sound but not yet secure position.Need to bat at least half of today to feel comfortable.Lead then would around 400 but more importantly the South Africans will have been in the field over a day & a half.Not easy to bat after such a stint in the field. 1st session obviously crucial.Kallis back next game so if the tourists can,at least avoid defeat,while landing a few blows of their own ,the heat could well be on Australia,coming into Boxing Day,particularly considering the position below.
Langer's done a hammy & won't play in Melbourne.May miss Sydney too.Shift Hussey to opener & restore Clarke,on the strength of one innings or leave Hussey as is & elevate Jacques from Shield ranks (another ton yesterday in ING cup) ? Symonds/Bracken/MacGill debate re team balance will be further clouded by Gilchrist's batting woes.
Need to put aside thoughts of next year's Ashes tilt & play what's currently in front of us .
Good to see a contest & some grit return to Test Cricket.Australia's in a sound but not yet secure position.Need to bat at least half of today to feel comfortable.Lead then would around 400 but more importantly the South Africans will have been in the field over a day & a half.Not easy to bat after such a stint in the field. 1st session obviously crucial.Kallis back next game so if the tourists can,at least avoid defeat,while landing a few blows of their own ,the heat could well be on Australia,coming into Boxing Day,particularly considering the position below.
Langer's done a hammy & won't play in Melbourne.May miss Sydney too.Shift Hussey to opener & restore Clarke,on the strength of one innings or leave Hussey as is & elevate Jacques from Shield ranks (another ton yesterday in ING cup) ? Symonds/Bracken/MacGill debate re team balance will be further clouded by Gilchrist's batting woes.
Need to put aside thoughts of next year's Ashes tilt & play what's currently in front of us .
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S.A let Australia off the hook yesterday.We look the goods now.
I didn't read the news leading up to the game.What's wrong with Kallis?
BTW am i the only one in Australia who thinks Warne's record breaking wicket wasn't out.I can't believe some of the favourable LBW decisions he gets.Some of the Australian commentators are disgrace with their bias IMO.They didn't even question it.Yet when Ponting get's hit on the toe by a yorker ,plumb LBW, Richie spends the next 5 minutes telling us he was 2cm outside the line. :rofl
S.A let Australia off the hook yesterday.We look the goods now.
I didn't read the news leading up to the game.What's wrong with Kallis?
BTW am i the only one in Australia who thinks Warne's record breaking wicket wasn't out.I can't believe some of the favourable LBW decisions he gets.Some of the Australian commentators are disgrace with their bias IMO.They didn't even question it.Yet when Ponting get's hit on the toe by a yorker ,plumb LBW, Richie spends the next 5 minutes telling us he was 2cm outside the line. :rofl
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Tennis elbow, same as Tendulkar. Like Tendulkar, he also uses a ridiculously large bat that weighs the same as the leg of a billiard table.
Tennis elbow, same as Tendulkar. Like Tendulkar, he also uses a ridiculously large bat that weighs the same as the leg of a billiard table.
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Good question. Haven't heard anything but Tendulkar's was a long-running now-he's-cured-now-he's-crocked-again saga so he'd be 50/50 at best.
Good question. Haven't heard anything but Tendulkar's was a long-running now-he's-cured-now-he's-crocked-again saga so he'd be 50/50 at best.
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Brad Hodge maiden Test century. :clap
Heard on radio this morning if he got it he'd be the first Victorian to make a Test ton for eight years.
Brad Hodge maiden Test century. :clap
Heard on radio this morning if he got it he'd be the first Victorian to make a Test ton for eight years.
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Yeah the first Victorian since that South Australian M.Elliot. Well done Hodgey, hope this gives you the confidence to go on with it as a regular test player. Take a leaf out of Hodge's book Hayden, and play with style rather than arrogance. Can't believe the arrogant shot he went out on 4 balls before tea.
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Yeah the first Victorian since that South Australian M.Elliot. Well done Hodgey, hope this gives you the confidence to go on with it as a regular test player. Take a leaf out of Hodge's book Hayden, and play with style rather than arrogance. Can't believe the arrogant shot he went out on 4 balls before tea.
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Show's over for Symonds, definitely for today and most likely for future Tests: out for 25.
377/6, a lead of 339.
Show's over for Symonds, definitely for today and most likely for future Tests: out for 25.
377/6, a lead of 339.
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Dropped catch, not sure who was dropped... Listening on radio.... Gilchrist
NEXT BALL 4 runs....
Dang.... Gilly out.
C'mon I am waiting for Hodgy to get his 150..... only two runs to go....
Dropped catch, not sure who was dropped... Listening on radio.... Gilchrist
NEXT BALL 4 runs....
Dang.... Gilly out.
C'mon I am waiting for Hodgy to get his 150..... only two runs to go....
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England lose the fourth ODI in Rawalpindi and Pakistan have an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the series with one match to play.
Meanwhile in Ahmedabad, India -- leading 1-0 in the series -- are in a strong position in the Third Test against Sri Lanka. Harbhajan Singh's 4/24 put the tourists in trouble at 131/5 in response to India's 398 at stumps on day two. The Indian innings was anchored by a century from the contemporary batsman I love to watch more than any other: Very Very Special Laxman.
England lose the fourth ODI in Rawalpindi and Pakistan have an insurmountable 3-1 lead in the series with one match to play.
Meanwhile in Ahmedabad, India -- leading 1-0 in the series -- are in a strong position in the Third Test against Sri Lanka. Harbhajan Singh's 4/24 put the tourists in trouble at 131/5 in response to India's 398 at stumps on day two. The Indian innings was anchored by a century from the contemporary batsman I love to watch more than any other: Very Very Special Laxman.
