Blog:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-30/south-africa-v-australia-fourth-test-johannesburg-day-one-live/9605628
Scoreboard:
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Radio:
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Michael V said:
Blog:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-30/south-africa-v-australia-fourth-test-johannesburg-day-one-live/9605628
Scoreboard:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/cricket/results/?season=2016,2017,2018&competition=1983&match=41571
Radio:
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FUCK OFF
Either the Aussies will rally for a famous victory or they’ll slump to a humiliating defeat…
Feel sorry for Paine..
if they lose, he’s a poor replacement.. if they win, they’re still cheating…
You’ll notice a step change in the effectiveness of the fast bowlers…
Joe Burns
Matt Renshaw
Usman Khawaja
Peter Handscomb
Shaun Marsh
Mitchell Marsh
Tim Paine (capt)
Pat Cummins
Chadd Sayers (debut)
Nathan Lyon
Josh Hazlewood
What a game to make your debut. Sayers in for Aus. Hope he does well enough.
sibeen said:
Michael V said:
Blog:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-30/south-africa-v-australia-fourth-test-johannesburg-day-one-live/9605628
Scoreboard:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/cricket/results/?season=2016,2017,2018&competition=1983&match=41571
Radio:
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/player/?station=itinerant_three
FUCK OFF
My job here is done…
:)
party_pants said:
What a game to make your debut. Sayers in for Aus. Hope he does well enough.
Was he better at cricket than his uncle Leo?
His uncle sooth says he will be…
furious said:
Either the Aussies will rally for a famous victory or they’ll slump to a humiliating defeat…
… or something in between.
furious said:
- Was he better at cricket than his uncle Leo?
His uncle sooth says he will be…
Auntie Nay says no…
Has a VC been named?
dv said:
Has a VC been named?
No.
I thought they’d all been sacked for shoving the ball down their knickers.
In the circumstances a VC serves no purpose…
furious said:
- Has a VC been named?
In the circumstances a VC serves no purpose…
Not even to come up with great suggestions?
furious said:
- Has a VC been named?
In the circumstances a VC serves no purpose…
And CA doesn’t have access to that Crimean war cannon.
Doubly so…
dv said:
furious said:
- Has a VC been named?
In the circumstances a VC serves no purpose…
Not even to come up with great suggestions?
Like sandpaper?
Michael V said:
dv said:
furious said:
- Has a VC been named?
In the circumstances a VC serves no purpose…
Not even to come up with great suggestions?
Like sandpaper?
Some did find Warner’s personality to be abrasive.
Rough like sandpaper
Hard like algebra…
dv said:
Michael V said:
dv said:Not even to come up with great suggestions?
Like sandpaper?
Some did find Warner’s personality to be abrasive.
:)
At another forum there is an effort to compile the ball-tempering XI. Andy Sandham and Phil Emery were among the picks.
Scratchie McScratchface…
They are back from Luncheon.
Michael V said:
They are back from Luncheon.
What did they have?
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
They are back from Luncheon.
What did they have?
humble pie.
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
They are back from Luncheon.
What did they have?
Pork scratchings, humble pie….
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
They are back from Luncheon.
What did they have?
regrets
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
They are back from Luncheon.
What did they have?
fish
Bubblecar said:
Michael V said:
They are back from Luncheon.
What did they have?
Unfortunately, they didn’t post that.
Not ideal circumstances in which to make a test debut…
dv said:
Not ideal circumstances in which to make a test debut…
Yeah. Hopefully Chad can make it work.
Michael V said:
dv said:
Not ideal circumstances in which to make a test debut…
Yeah. Hopefully Chad can make it work.
some time soon.
Michael V said:
dv said:
Not ideal circumstances in which to make a test debut…
Yeah. Hopefully Chad can make it work.
Probably be left hanging.
It might be the chad…
Do they even play cricket In Chad?
sibeen said:
Michael V said:
dv said:
Not ideal circumstances in which to make a test debut…
Yeah. Hopefully Chad can make it work.
Probably be left hanging.
I won’t be so it won’t be US, anyway.
furious said:
Do they even play cricket In Chad?
yes.
furious said:
Do they even play cricket In Chad?
Unlikely.
furious said:
Do they even play cricket In Chad?
Maybe French Cricket.
For sooth, Chad does not have a cricket team that is associated with the ICC.
fizzpot.
Young Aiden Markram has brought up his fourth ton, during his tenth test match.
He’s a veritable Bradman..
dv said:
Young Aiden Markram has brought up his fourth ton, during his tenth test match.
:)
G’donimm.
about now would be a good time to take a few wickets, nobody will suspect anything if it starts to reverse at 60 overs.
party_pants said:
about now would be a good time to take a few wickets, nobody will suspect anything if it starts to reverse at 60 overs.
Yair!
Nup…
furious said:
You’ll notice a step change in the effectiveness of the fast bowlers…
furious said:
- about now would be a good time to take a few wickets, nobody will suspect anything if it starts to reverse at 60 overs.
furious said:
You’ll notice a step change in the effectiveness of the fast bowlers…
Yeah, they won’t get reverse swing at 30 overs.
party_pants said:
furious said:
- about now would be a good time to take a few wickets, nobody will suspect anything if it starts to reverse at 60 overs.
furious said:
You’ll notice a step change in the effectiveness of the fast bowlers…
Yeah, they won’t get reverse swing at 30 overs.
Glenn McGrath, perhaps Australia’s best ever paceman, never got reverse swing in his hole life. You can win matches without it.
Faf du Plessis gone for a duck and Cummings on a hattrick!
Nice to open your test cricket account with the scalp of AB de Villiers.
Chad gets a couple…
Onya Chad
Who is this up-and-comer?
Bump
Blog:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-31/south-africa-v-australia-fourth-test-johannesburg-day-two-live/9607244
Scoreboard:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/cricket/results/?season=2016,2017,2018&competition=1983&match=41571
Radio:
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Big appeal. Not given.
SA all out for 488.
Cummins on a hat trick next innings, after dismissing Maharaj and Morkel with two balls.
Renshaw and Burns, eh.
Michael V said:
… and Burns, eh.
excellent.
Burns done by Rabada for 4. Aus 10.
Michael V said:
Burns done by Rabada for 4. Aus 10.
release the hounds!
ChrispenEvan said:
Michael V said:
Burns done by Rabada for 4. Aus 10.
release the hounds!
Are they the seaside hounds?
I hoped to get a laugh, a giggle, even a wry smile. But: no luck. Sigh.
Geez, this is not going well
I find it bizarre that a cooking oil company is a major sponsor…
bummering bummer
oh FFS! gerstunkering blatt :(
and another
96/6 and still 400 odd behind.
Follow-on looks the go
sobs quietly
Blog:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-01/south-africa-v-australia-fourth-test-johannesburg-day-three-live/9608622
Scoreboard:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/cricket/results/?season=2016,2017,2018&competition=1983&match=41571
Radio:
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/player/?station=itinerant_three
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Speaking of dire:
Australia are 6/110, in reply to South Africa’s First Innings total of 488, so trail by 378 runs.
Michael V said:
Blog:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-01/south-africa-v-australia-fourth-test-johannesburg-day-three-live/9608622
Scoreboard:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/cricket/results/?season=2016,2017,2018&competition=1983&match=41571
Radio:
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Speaking of dire:
Australia are 6/110, in reply to South Africa’s First Innings total of 488, so trail by 378 runs.
now is the time for the aussies to show some true grit and fight.
ChrispenEvan said:
Michael V said:
Blog:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-01/south-africa-v-australia-fourth-test-johannesburg-day-three-live/9608622
Scoreboard:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/cricket/results/?season=2016,2017,2018&competition=1983&match=41571
Radio:
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/player/?station=itinerant_three
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Speaking of dire:
Australia are 6/110, in reply to South Africa’s First Innings total of 488, so trail by 378 runs.
now is the time for the aussies to show some true grit and fight.
They tried that last test, and it ended in tears.
ChrispenEvan said:
Michael V said:
Blog:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-01/south-africa-v-australia-fourth-test-johannesburg-day-three-live/9608622
Scoreboard:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/cricket/results/?season=2016,2017,2018&competition=1983&match=41571
Radio:
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/player/?station=itinerant_three
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Speaking of dire:
Australia are 6/110, in reply to South Africa’s First Innings total of 488, so trail by 378 runs.
now is the time for the aussies to show some
true80 grit and fight.
*fixed
Cummins 50 and out, great knock particularly given the circumstances.
Lyon gone, incomes Chadd.
Chadd Sayers on his batting debut. Averages 13 in first-class cricket.
288 is looking a bridge too far.
Peak Warming Man said:
Lyon gone, incomes Chadd.
Chadd Sayers on his batting debut. Averages 13 in first-class cricket.
288 is looking a bridge too far.
yeah, pretty much.
Are they batting or are we following on?
Will they force the follow on?
Peak Warming Man said:
Will they force the follow on?
Looks like no.
party_pants said:
Are they batting or are we following on?
They are batting and are currently none for 267.
gottim …
just need another 9 and we’re half a chance.
party_pants said:
gottim …just need another 9 and we’re half a chance.
I think half might be optimistic.
The next three days in Jo’burg are expected to be pretty rainy.
Peak Warming Man said:
Cummins 50 and out, great knock particularly given the circumstances.
Triffic.
Peak Warming Man said:
Will they force the follow on?
enforce, enforce.
No, History says no. Surprising, really.
Michael V said:
Peak Warming Man said:
Will they force the follow on?
enforce, enforce.
No, History says no. Surprising, really.
One of their bowling type people is injured. Let him rest for a day or else the others bowl them out later on a wearing pitch.
SA now 2/79.
Amla gone.
Michael V said:
SA now 2/79.Amla gone.
if we can take the next 8 for under 50 runs would be nice.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
SA now 2/79.Amla gone.
if we can take the next 8 for under 50 runs would be nice.
nods
Cummins gets AB De Villiers for 6. SA3/94.
another one gone… they’re building to something
At stumps: South Africa were 3/134 (Elgar 39, Du Plessis 34) and they hold a commanding lead of 401 runs over Australia. Cummins has two wickets, Lyon, the other.
Michael V said:
At stumps: South Africa were 3/134 (Elgar 39, Du Plessis 34) and they hold a commanding lead of 401 runs over Australia. Cummins has two wickets, Lyon, the other.
Let’s face it, Seth Efrica has outclassed us in playing cricket this time around.
Break in play: poor light, drizzle.
SA lead by 410.
Michael V said:
Break in play: poor light, drizzle.SA lead by 410.
they shooting the opponents???
ChrispenEvan said:
Michael V said:
Break in play: poor light, drizzle.SA lead by 410.
they shooting the opponents???
It’s surprising they are using lead. I’d‘ve thought salt would be a better choice of shot, given Australia’s gaping wound.
Double tap by Cummins and Lyon put the Jaapies under the pump
dv said:
Double tap by Cummins and Lyon put the Jaapies under the pump
Yeah, they’re only in front by about 550. Got the bastards on toast.
Surprised they haven’t declared yet.
dv said:
Double tap by Cummins and Lyon put the Jaapies under the pump
Bloody!
SA have declared. Australia’s target is 612…
Michael V said:
SA have declared. Australia’s target is 612…
they might have robbed us of enough time to get them.
party_pants said:
Michael V said:
SA have declared. Australia’s target is 612…
they might have robbed us of enough time to get them.
Oh good. It might be a draw then…
phew Not out on review. First Ball…
sobs uncontrollably
If we lose another wicket I’d be seriously thinking about a night watchman.
just cries
It appears that they haven’t gone with my cunning plan of a night watchman.
Oh well, Paine is a young captain and has a lot to learn.
OK, perhaps, just perhaps, a night watchman may not have worked.
This is just embarrassing.
Australia’s key player
NZ appear to be on the cusp of pulling off a remarkable save.
Hey Zeuss!
Lost two already. Both Marshes!
Five for.
Michael V said:
Hey Zeuss!Lost two already. Both Marshes!
Five for.
five for dot?
Michael V said:
Hey Zeuss!Lost two already. Both Marshes!
Five for.
Mr H has gone now.
6-for
6/95
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Hey Zeuss!Lost two already. Both Marshes!
Five for.
Mr H has gone now.
6-for
6/95
May as well start packing their bags.
Michael V said:
Michael V said:
Hey Zeuss!Lost two already. Both Marshes!
Five for.
Mr H has gone now.
6-for
6/95
Anyone on the team know a good rain-dance?
Holy moley …
they are going to lose by 500 plus
Oh FFS :(
Well we’ve certainly given Morkel a memorable retirement present.
Cummins gone for one run.
8/100
9/100
this is fucking ridiculous.
And Philander is on a hat trick…
Michael V said:
8/100
Sad.
No hat-trick.
party_pants said:
this is fucking ridiculous.
language
sibeen said:
party_pants said:
this is fucking ridiculous.
language
Pot-kettle-black.
Slowly chipping away at this total, they don’t need to do anything silly and see how they are place after tea to make a rush at the total depending on the light.
Peak Warming Man said:
Slowly chipping away at this total, they don’t need to do anything silly and see how they are place after tea to make a rush at the total depending on the light.
Hazlewood has two boundaries. We can’t be beaten by more than 500 runs, now.
Uh-oh.
Well then. Australia’s worst defeat by runs since 1928. Given the match situation there was no need at all to go for a chancy second run so I can only assume that Lyon and Purp were happy to end it.
I think I’m going to need some comfort food for dinner.
Australia and England could get relegated to the second division the way they are going.
Playing Holland, Scotland and Afghanistan
Peak Warming Man said:
Australia and England could get relegated to the second division the way they are going.
Playing Holland, Scotland and Afghanistan
Life is a learning experience.
This was South Africa’s first series win at home versus Australia since readmission.
Indeed, Australia and South Africa have had rather a perverse relationship in that regard, each of them dominating “away”.
in South Africa 2005/06 Australia wins in Australia 2008/09 South Africa wins in South Africa 2008/09 Australia wins in South Africa 2011/12 drawn in Australia 2012/13 South Africa wins in South Africa 2013/14 Australia wins in Australia South Africa wins in South Africa 2017/18 South Africa winsdv said:
This was South Africa’s first series win at home versus Australia since readmission.Indeed, Australia and South Africa have had rather a perverse relationship in that regard, each of them dominating “away”.
in South Africa 2005/06 Australia wins in Australia 2008/09 South Africa wins in South Africa 2008/09 Australia wins in South Africa 2011/12 drawn in Australia 2012/13 South Africa wins in South Africa 2013/14 Australia wins in Australia South Africa wins in South Africa 2017/18 South Africa wins
So. why not let them have one?
roughbarked said:
dv said:
This was South Africa’s first series win at home versus Australia since readmission.Indeed, Australia and South Africa have had rather a perverse relationship in that regard, each of them dominating “away”.
in South Africa 2005/06 Australia wins in Australia 2008/09 South Africa wins in South Africa 2008/09 Australia wins in South Africa 2011/12 drawn in Australia 2012/13 South Africa wins in South Africa 2013/14 Australia wins in Australia South Africa wins in South Africa 2017/18 South Africa winsSo. why not let them have one?
I don’t think that’s what happened here
dv said:
roughbarked said:
dv said:
This was South Africa’s first series win at home versus Australia since readmission.Indeed, Australia and South Africa have had rather a perverse relationship in that regard, each of them dominating “away”.
in South Africa 2005/06 Australia wins in Australia 2008/09 South Africa wins in South Africa 2008/09 Australia wins in South Africa 2011/12 drawn in Australia 2012/13 South Africa wins in South Africa 2013/14 Australia wins in Australia South Africa wins in South Africa 2017/18 South Africa winsSo. why not let them have one?
I don’t think that’s what happened here
to be fair, you are correct.
roughbarked said:
dv said:
roughbarked said:So. why not let them have one?
I don’t think that’s what happened here
to be fair, you are correct.
But Warner, Smith and Leheman knew all of this before they though tampering with the ball would fix it.
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:
dv said:I don’t think that’s what happened here
to be fair, you are correct.
But Warner, Smith and Leheman knew all of this before they though tampering with the ball would fix it.
Lehmann appears to have been unaware of the plan.
dv said:
roughbarked said:
roughbarked said:to be fair, you are correct.
But Warner, Smith and Leheman knew all of this before they though tampering with the ball would fix it.
Lehmann appears to have been unaware of the plan.
I’ll use a boris word. Maybe.
Steve Smith has decided not to challenge his ban.
party_pants said:
Steve Smith has decided not to challenge his ban.
sensible
CRICKET
Alastair Cook: we suspected Australians of ball tampering
Josh Burrows
April 25 2018, 12:01am,
The Times
Alastair Cook has admitted that England suspected Australia were ball tampering during the Ashes.
The former captain claims that suspicions were at their peak during the third Test in Perth, where Australia’s fast bowlers started to generate noticeable reverse swing despite conditions that were not obviously conducive to it.
Asked yesterday if he had suspected that Australia were doing anything untoward with the ball, Cook said: “Yeah, a little bit, we did think in Perth, when the outfield was wet after the rain they managed to get the ball reversing.”
England, who lost the Ashes 4-0, did not make public their concerns at the time but the players were not wholly surprised when the ball-tampering scandal was exposed last month during Australia’s Test series in South Africa.
Steve Smith has since been sacked as Australia captain and is serving a one-year ban from professional cricket in his homeland while David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, the two players identified as conspirators, have been banned by Cricket Australia for one year and nine months respectively. The punishments were laid down after Bancroft was caught on camera in Cape Town trying to hide a small piece of sandpaper down his trousers.
England were bowled out for 218 in the second innings in Perth in December and lost the Test by an innings and 41 runs. Cook said that the England players became suspicious during the match because, despite their own careful management of the ball, the visiting fast bowlers were not able to generate the same sort of movement through the air.
“I didn’t see anything,” Cook said. “ we’ve been pretty good on the ball, managing the ball so that it can reverse swing at certain times . . . Jimmy is obviously very good at reverse swing. We got it going a touch at Melbourne either way, but with those drop-in pitches we didn’t get it going massively.”
When reverse swing occurs naturally, it is usually in dry conditions, when the abrasiveness of the square enables a team to let one side of the ball become extremely rough. Swing is then generated because of the contrast in the way the air flows around the rough side and the polished side of the ball. Cook admitted, however, that the extra pace of the Australian bowlers may also have been a factor.
“There’s also that thing about whether reverse swing comes the quicker you bowl the ball,” Cook said. “That was the thing back in 2005 , and obviously in England we had Simon Jones and Freddie who were quicker than the Aussies — and they managed to get the reverse swing and the Aussies didn’t. So we have to be very careful there. We were curious in that series at certain moments — but we couldn’t get the ball up to 90mph and they consistently could. No one really understands.”
Since the ball-tampering scandal emerged in South Africa, Cricket Australia has claimed that Smith, Warner and Bancroft — all batsmen — were the only members of the team in on the plot, and that the Cape Town Test was the first time that they had tried to doctor the ball. Asked if he thought it was surprising that Australia were caught ball tampering supposedly the first time that they attempted it, Cook smiled and replied: “You said it, yeah.
“Sometimes under the pressure of playing, when it feels so important to you because it’s your profession, your livelihood, sometimes winning or losing can take over. It’s wrong for anyone here in the cold light of day to criticise because people do make mistakes . . . but it’s the predetermined part that caught everyone out.”
Whether because of reverse swing or not, Cook suffered a lean winter with the bat. In an otherwise quiet Ashes, his unbeaten 244 in Melbourne proved that he is not finished as an international opening batsman, but he then made 23 runs in four innings against New Zealand.
Since returning to England he has been rested for the first two matches of Essex’s County Championship title defence but will return on Friday, against Hampshire at Southampton. After his time at home, he was speaking yesterday at an event to promote the return of Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week, from June 18-22 in association with Chance to Shine, the charity.
“The last six months, I’ve never been quite so inconsistent, but I still averaged 47 last year. I could still average 47 this year,” the 33-year-old said. “Go back to India 2011, I was averaging five in the first two Test matches, ended up with 290 at Edgbaston, and the whole series changed. But since I’ve come home I’ve started to look at my preparation. Have I got my preparation right? Do I need to change things? Because that’s the right way to do it. I will never sit here and say I’ve cracked the game or will ever be perfect.”
That he is still willing to tinker with a method that has brought 12,028 runs in a 154-Test career is an indication of how much he wants to retain his place. He says that he would be hurt if he were dropped, a scenario that seems unlikely (even with a new national selector in Ed Smith) given that there is not yet an obvious replacement emerging.
“If someone taps me on the shoulder and tells me they don’t want me to open the batting for England it is going to hurt because I want to carry on,” Cook said. “But it’s job. I am sure he will have some different ideas so we will wait and see.
“My job never changes — it’s to score runs at the top of the order and if you don’t there’s been times throughout my career where people have questioned my place, like they are questioning it now. If you play 100-odd Test matches, there’s going to be little periods when you don’t score the runs. I’ve always managed to turn it around.”
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/alastair-cook-we-suspected-australians-of-ball-tampering-lklts0d5h
