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[smilley792]

so, the ball is now 130 odd overs old, and looking very very soft, and dog chewed? is this merely a tactic to stem south africas scoring?(and inevitabley a draw) as I cant see the ball going anywhere if you tried to smash it.

[cleanbowled]

Yeah seems like Dhoni has gone with slowing the run rate down to chew up time. Can't say it I like it necessarily but I can see where he is coming from. I think if he was going to be aggressive, he should have taken the new ball at the start of the day and looked to get some wickets. At this stage with SA in the lead, his strategy will slow down the scoring. From India's perspective a drawn series will still be viewed almost like a win. They have managed to get Jacques out.

I can't blame him too much, Zaheer and Ishant have been pretty ordinary in this match. Shami looks real good for India though. With Jadeja bowling well and tying up one end, I can see MS's logic.

[csnew]

The new ball should have been taken last night when it was overcast and cloudy.
Think SA should get a lead of 200 and look to pick up a couple of Wickets tonight if they get back on.

[sgcricket]

South Africa should win this from here on. Bad luck for Virat but Pujara got an unplayable delivery.

[mk_chappo]

No price India from here. Just gutted that this will be the end of a very promising series. How can it be that we are having 2 test series between major test playing nations?

[smilley792]

Rahane and dhoni rescue mission here.


I really liked rahane, looks a good allround player(his ipl form is phenomenal)

[iand123]

No price India from here. Just gutted that this will be the end of a very promising series. How can it be that we are having 2 test series between major test playing nations?

Because it's the BCCI's ball and if they decide they don't want to play anymore everyone has to fall in line. It's a very dangerous precedent if you ask me

[smilley792]

Rahanes second 50 off the game, well batted. and again he's running out of partners.

[Gerry SA]

The great Dale Steyn picks up Test wicket number 350.

The second fastest in a Test history, only thr Sri Lankan wizard got there quicker.

All time great.

[WalkingWicket37]

Shot Rahane!

[joeljonno]

Shot Rahane!

Batted well.

Would like to see a wicket so Kallis gets one last innings.

[WalkingWicket37]

Batted well.

Would like to see a wicket so Kallis gets one last innings.

He did bat well, shame to get out like that on 96!

No chance if Kallis opening then??

[smilley792]

gutted. wanted a him to get his ton. 6 over cover was sweet though.

[joeljonno]

Would have been nice, he deserved it.

Graeme Smith uses a left handed bat. I always wondered about those GMs.

[WalkingWicket37]

Would have been nice, he deserved it.

Graeme Smith uses a left handed bat. I always wondered about those GMs.

What do you mean a left handers bat?? (Sorry for being thick but it looks normal to me)