Proteas tour to Australia: November 2014

[MickeyD]

Australia vs South Africa
South Africa won the toss and elected to field

Australia Team
DA Warner, AJ Finch, SR Watson, MJ Clarke*, GJ Bailey, MR Marsh, GJ Maxwell, MS Wade†, MG Johnson, NM Coulter-Nile, JR Hazlewood

South Africa Team
HM Amla, Q de Kock†, F du Plessis, AB de Villiers*, F Behardien, DA Miller, R McLaren, VD Philander, DW Steyn, M Morkel, Imran Tahir

 

[phoneJunky]

2 wickets for Philander, but the score is 94/2 after 15 overs.

I see us having to chase a big score

 

[Creag]

Nothing like a wicket every so often to stem the run-rate

 

[Drifter]

Australia 117/3 (21.2 ov)

 

[phoneJunky]

How big is this Steyn vs Clarke thing? On cricinfo I get the impression it is like Bradman vs Larwood. What happened to make this such a big deal?

 

[phoneJunky]

Dropping Baily twice. Hoping he doesn't punish us for it.

 

[Creag]

Morkel to Bailey, no run, dropped, Miller has put down Bailey at point! It was short outside off with room, Bailey cut it straight to point, Miller goes both his hands to it to his left around the shoulders but the ball popped out immediately

Imran Tahir to Bailey, no run, one more put down! fulld elviery was chipped back to Tahir, he jumped a bit to catch it but couldn't hold on to it. Spilt an easy catch

Catches win matches. In Rohit's case, dropped catches lose matches.

 

[Drifter]

SR Watson c Morkel b Imran Tahir 13 (42m 27b 1x4 0x6) SR: 48.14

Australia 142/4 (28.3 ov)

 

[phoneJunky]

29.3
Philander to Marsh, OUT, that's gone through, what a delivery from Philander! It pitched outside off and seamed in a bit, Marsh looked to guide it on the off side but left a big gap between bat and pad and the ball sneaked through that to make the bails fly!
MR Marsh b Philander 10 (15m 15b 1x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

Another one

 

[karnuffel]

Is there a way that I can change the commentary to something else on the supersport streaming site?

 

[phoneJunky]

How many times are we going to drop Bailey.

He is making us pay

 

[Creag]

Bailey has been dropped 4 times now that I am aware of. It's cost the Saffers big!

 

[Creag]

Better late than never, I suppose:

Steyn to Bailey, OUT, another one goes high in the air, Faf is chasing this time and he's running back a long way from mid-off and completes an outstanding catch over his head, while falling down. It was full, Bailey lofted it again, but couldn't clear the fielder this time

GJ Bailey c du Plessis b Steyn 70 (106m 75b 3x4 3x6) SR: 93.33

Bailey capitalised on the opportunities given.

 

[NeonNinja]

Damn. Maxwell in

 

[Arthur]

Brilliant catch by Faf. 18 backward steps and a backward dive. Impressive.

 

[Arthur]

Not liking this acceleration by the Ozzies.

 

[Electric]

Better late than never, I suppose:



Bailey capitalised on the opportunities given.

I can't believe he was dropped multiple times on 2 and then went on to score.
GG SA WP.

 

[Arthur]

Wade waddles back, gone for 35.

 

[NeonNinja]

Michael Clarke injured (hamstring) won't take further part in the match.

 

[Mike7]

Our catching is fecking horrendous.

How many chances can a team drop?