Australian cricket tour of South Africa September/October 2026

Nerfherder said:
didn't they say that Australia was slow in the first innings ? So they could get a penalty later on ?
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There's 2 separate things going on - the general over rate is calculated over 2 innings (post match effectively) before they decide if penalties apply and those are fines and points deductions. The bowling team also gets away with it if the other team doesn't bat 160 overs across both innings.

Haven't seen anyone apply this shot clock penalty yet.
 
3 an over seems like a doable rate

124 overs left so 372 runs on the pitch.

194 lead.

So another 90 runs or so before we can talk about when to declare.
 
Quite remarkable that there has only been one century this Test on this pitch. And even that one only just
 
Rickelton does look much better at 6 and with Ackerman stepping up our team is starting to look good. Think Pretorius / Brewis might deserve a shot in the future but guess there will only be a place for one.
 
L-Dog said:
Rickelton does look much better at 6 and with Ackerman stepping up our team is starting to look good. Think Pretorius / Brewis might deserve a shot in the future but guess there will only be a place for one.
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Ackerman is great. I’ve only seen him in a first class game here before where he smacked it around.

But the bowling and fielding is not great at that level.
 
Wonder what the plan is now. The last hour is starting. Australia have toiled the whole day under baking sun and I think the last thing their openers would want to deal with is a few overs of Rabada and Jansen. But saying that, the lead is only 215; not a huge amount. If we are to have a crack at them tonight still, we will need to start playing a few shots.
 
Agent_Smith said:
Wonder what the plan is now. The last hour is starting. Australia have toiled the whole day under baking sun and I think the last thing their openers would want to deal with is a few overs of Rabada and Jansen. But saying that, the lead is only 215; not a huge amount. If we are to have a crack at them tonight still, we will need to start playing a few shots.
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Bat them completely out of the game. No way they are declaring today
 
Agent_Smith said:
Wonder what the plan is now. The last hour is starting. Australia have toiled the whole day under baking sun and I think the last thing their openers would want to deal with is a few overs of Rabada and Jansen. But saying that, the lead is only 215; not a huge amount. If we are to have a crack at them tonight still, we will need to start playing a few shots.
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yes, possibly start taking risks. If we are still in then re-evaluate in the morning.
 
Aussies seemed really happy about that wicket.

Let’s hope Jansen makes them less happy
 
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