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A near empty Centurion. A more than half empty WACA. 385 runs for 8 wickets at the Centurion.- in the fifth session of the Test match. 339 runs scored for the loss of 3 wickets on Day 1 at the WACA. 395 runs for the loss of 6 wickets on Day 2 of the WACA.
The very antithesis of what can be found on the subcontinent.. To quote Ricky Ponting
This is my concern for Test cricket on the subcontinent in particular, where there can be some real batathons.
And lets not even mention the crowds, so abysmal on the sub continent but...
Test Cricket has been saved.. Hallelujah!
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bored cricket crazy indians
For one, who will bowl the 30th over – earlier it was Shaun Pollock, always, without fail. He did so in the ODIs, and if you investigate further, he may have bowled the 30th over in test matches too. But of course he never bowled the 30th in a twenty20. That would be overdoing it.
I’m quite sure Pollock, who is now in commentary, makes an appearance in the 30th over.
Today, playing Sri Lanka, who should bowl the 30th over – well, Dale Steyn, who else? Steyn will always bowl the 30th over for South Africa –at least till he’s top dog.
The South Africans have this way, it allows them to think less on the field, and go with the flow – that’s why they lose so many knockout matches.
They’re not really choking, that’s a myth. It’s all been planned before. This is a semi-finals, we know how it’s done – we’ve done it so many times before, let’s just focus on the process, we have nothing to lose.
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Gaurav Sethi
Australia lose by an innings and 20 runs, after an innings and ten years.
The match is over but Johnson is still hitting it.
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straight point
BE McGain (lbg) 11.0 2 102 0 9.27
this is the fastest century on debut by a bowler...
congrats mcgain!!
update
here is the complete list...courtesy dear bored member soulberry!
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Gaurav Sethi
Top that, Siddle, Hilfenhaus, McDonald and North took 12 of the 20.
No Lee, no Hauritz, no Krejza, no fulltime spinner, no superstar quick, just a bunch of workmanlike bowlers.
Along with the 19 test spearhead, Mitchell Johnson, they clocked 200 overs, did the job, won the match.
Pays when you get the selection right, and don’t have a T20 specialist masquerading as a test cricketer. Move over Cameron White.
Pays when you don’t have a spent force trying to force the pace on top of the order. Move over Mathew Hayden.
Pays when the smiley pop star can take a break, and give the team one too. Move over Brett Lee.
Pays when a muddled mind can unknot himself from the cricket. Move over Andrew Symonds.
Pays when you can take 20 wickets. Move over South Africa.
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Gaurav Sethi
Kallis has been called many things by the SAFs in the box today. None of them are very evocative, still, they are very excited. Best player ever, best overall averages, best allrounder. Just listening to them, you’d think Best Bus service was plying through their mouths. And as Kallis gets close to 10,000 runs they are beyond incorrigible.
Somehow the 10,000th run seems to have calmed them down. As it has Kallis, who raised his bat as if he was about to announce his retirement. Needs to pick a few 10k tips from his IPL mate, Dravid, who did the whole Bangalore Royal Challengers cheerleader routine. And then some.
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Gaurav Sethi
South Africa in shock. They knocked two openers instead of one. With Graeme Smith caught behind, the SAF commentators were caught with their 'foot in the mouth' - called it "Graeme McKenzie gone...indeed, no Graeme Smith gone." Sounded just like the Aussies have all summer. Or the Kiwis are, in spite of winning.
2-2, Graeme Amla gone, and with him Hashim too.
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On day 1 of the 1st test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the Lankans were 3 down for not much when the Pakistan Vice Captain dropped a sitter off the Lankan Captain.
Mahela was on 43 then and went on to score 240.
On day 1 of the 1st test between Australia and South Africa, the Aussies were 3 down for not much when the South African Captain dropped a sitter off the Aussie Captain.
Ponting was on 40 then and is on 76 now and will go on to score?
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Three openers have made their test debuts in this week.
The Sri Lankan got a golden duck to a beauty from Umar Gul. The Aussie got a 4th ball duck playing an ugly swipe. The Pakistani was the highest scorer amongst them and played a few confident strokes before falling to Mendis.
A few years ago, you would have expected the Aussie to get a debut ton, the Lankan to play a few confident strokes, and the Pakistani to get out playing an ugly swipe.
How times change.
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Gaurav Sethi
Neil McKenzie caught Katich. Toliet seats the world over will be raised for a minute in tribute.
You can put words to the catch, but that would be doing McKenzie a huge disfavour. Just go ahead and catch it in the highlights, it's bound to be all over the place.
Fielding at Gully, McKenzie can now have an entire school of cricket named after this catch - it will aptly be called Gully cricket.
Anyway, if you're the kind of viewer that prefers reading about catches rather than catching them, here goes:
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Steyn to Katich, OUT, stunning catch! And i mean stunning! Steyn pitches it just back of a length outside off stump, Katich opens the face and tries to steer the ball away but thats a brilliant effort from McKenzie at gully, diving horizontal to his right and plucking the ball with one outstretched hand, then tumbling to the ground before his team-mates and the fortunate bowler mob him
You read stunning, brilliant effort, none which do justice to the catch. So go sit on a toilet seat, and catch the catch.
Bored Joke: Guess what's being served for lunch at the Wanderers: A fresh Catch.
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