2008/09 SA tour to AUS - ODIs and Twenty20s

[Fiekus]

All out!!
Double Nelson strikes

 

[HypoThesis]

222 all out

Nicely said.

 

[The_Pumpkin_King]

bwahahahahaha!!!

 

[DJ...]

230+ is still a good total I think.

That would have been nice for them, yes .

222 should be an easy chase on this pitch and with the outfield quickening up now as well. No cloud cover so minimal swing for a short space of time. Bounce is consistent and the ball is coming on to the bat nicely and they're missing Bracken today. Gibbs on for a century today methinks...

 

[Devill]

South Africa bowl Australia out for 222 in 48 overs. Real bad from Australia, who failed to see out their alloted overs. South Africa need 223 to win the series. It was a disciplined effort from them.

Our chances look good to win the series

Please dont screw it up boys

 

[.Froot.]

Our chances look good to win the series

Please dont screw it up boys

[-]If we screw this one up.... I might just move to Australia and support those bastards[/-]
Never mind that.

 

[HypoThesis]

Come on Gibbsy, cup of coffee on me afterwards if you pull it off!

 

[Guest 20221009]

[-]If we screw this one up.... I might just move to Australia and support those bastards[/-]
Never mind that.

..I call for your deportation, besides we own Australia now..Australia day should be changed to Founder/Owner's day IMO

 

[.Froot.]

..I call for your deportation, besides we own Australia now..Australia day should be changed to Founder/Owner's day IMO

Well at least we know now who the better ODI (and Test match) team is between the two of us

 

[SlyFly]

This SHOULD be easy... Bracken is the only one that could keep us back... But like I said earlier I feel the bowlers has been doing great this tour and the batsmen just okay... So lets see if they can proof me wrong and win this easy..

Also nice to see SA bowl them all out in 2 games... At 102/2 after 16 odd overs I was thinking maybe I should have stayed in bed a bit longer

 

[sand_man]

Nothing easy about beating OZ, you got a fast bouncy pitch and Tait and Johnson could be a handful...

 

[Devill]

Nothing easy about beating OZ, you got a fast bouncy pitch and Tait and Johnson could be a handful...

As long as you are back by say over 35 again and posting "game over game over" I know we will take this one

 

[killadoob]

You guys seem very confident, i will wait and see what happens before writing the aussies off, you never write them off.

Gibbs will go early today and kallis will more than likely be back to his slow batting. Come on boys you won't get a better chance than this to a seal a series.

 

[sand_man]

As long as you are back by say over 35 again and posting "game over game over" I know we will take this one

Jokes aside that new ball could just see us 26/4 after 8 overs and then it's game over... Alternatively if Gibbs and Amla acclimatize to the pace and bounce early enough we could find ourselves 48/0 after 8 then it's well and truly game over...

Early wickets exposing the middle order to a new ball on this pitch and I'm going to be k@king myself...

 

[Devill]

Jokes aside that new ball could just see us 26/4 after 8 overs and then it's game over... Alternatively if Gibbs and Amla acclimatize to the pace and bounce early enough we could find ourselves 48/0 after 8 then it's well and truly game over...

Early wickets exposing the middle order to a new ball on this pitch and I'm going to be k@king myself...

Aye I think if ONE of Gibbs or Amla get going we will take this easy-ish.

 

[DJ...]

Awesome! sandmann is negative. We have this in the bag already!

Game over - game over!!!!

 

[Devill]

Started.

5/0 0.2 overs

 

[Devill]

1.4 Hilfenhaus to Gibbs, FOUR, after the caress comes the club, just hitting it in the air over extra cover for a one-bounce four, the Gibbs specialty on view
1.3 Hilfenhaus to Gibbs, FOUR, sumptuous, Hilfenhaus delivers the outswinger and Gibbs bunts it with a straight bat past mid-off and extra cover, all along the ground

3.3 Hilfenhaus to Gibbs, FOUR, skips down and clips this one in the air over midwicket
3.2 Hilfenhaus to Gibbs, no run, short of a length and Gibbs defends it to the off side
3.1 Hilfenhaus to Gibbs, FOUR, good use of the feet, waltzing down and hitting over extra cover

Goooo gibbs

 

[HypoThesis]

Gibbs you beauty!

 

[Devill]

5.6 Hilfenhaus to Gibbs, FOUR, four more, this one thumped through extra cover
5.5 Hilfenhaus to Gibbs, FOUR, driven on the rise, superbly, off the front foot square on the off side

Gibbs seems to like Hilfenhaus' bowling

Love the crickinfo writers choice of words

6.4 Johnson to Gibbs, FOUR, vintage Gibbsy! steps out as if this were slow left-arm orthodox, and crashes it through the covers, more timing than power