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[Alvaro]

Surely that's another case of mouth before brain?

[FvanN]

Surely that's another case of mouth before brain?

Brain? What brain 

[skip1973]

Agreed he's not very bright but SA do have form.

[Alvaro]

Agreed he's not very bright but SA do have form.

Every team have form don't they? It's just the dim ones who get caught.
Could it be that the Australians just aren't as proficient exponents of reverse?

[skip1973]

There's no doubt the Aussies don't work on the ball as well as most countries.

[procricket]

Funny when Wasim and Waqar where masters of reverse it was cheating

How times change

[smilley792]

Petersen for de kock are as changes


Pattinson for siddle and Watson for marsh for aus



All 3 strange changes, de kock will have his confidence shot(especially as Peterson was so poor in first test)
Doolan looked baffled by duminys spin, and although marsh got a king pair, it was two good first balls.
And what's siddle done to be dropped?



Aus win toss and bowl

[iand123]

Surprised at the aus changes tbh. After a period of relative stability they seem to be back to chopping and changing as soon as bye lose a game. Pattinson and Watson have to be risky selections given their injury history (both long and short term)

[smilley792]

I know they wanted Watson is for the extra bowling change, as apparently harris knee was great at the end of the last test, and Johnson was down on pace. But is pattinson for siddle a change to far?
We shall see


Anyway, Warner and Rodgers going at a better stroke rate in a test than England do in Odis, go figure.

[iand123]

I know they wanted Watson is for the extra bowling change, as apparently harris knee was great at the end of the last test, and Johnson was down on pace. But is pattinson for siddle a change to far?
We shall see


Anyway, Warner and Rodgers going at a better stroke rate in a test than England do in Odis, go figure.

Not exactly difficult to beat the pedestrian rate England batted at last night. Even in the last few overs it was boring

[smilley792]

Not exactly difficult to beat the pedestrian rate England batted at last night. Even in the last few overs it was boring

Exactly.

[Jenko]

Steyn getting it to reverse slightly already....oh dear....

[smilley792]

Well batted davy warner. Ton up not even half way through the day.

Top scoring batsmen in test for 2014 too at a avg of 70plus. Not bad for a guy with very little brains when comes to other stuff.

[csnew]

Steyn getting it to reverse slightly already....oh dear....

Faf's been working on the ball today

big slow for SA with steyn off injured

[csnew]

Clarke's struggling against the short ball.
Hit twice already, 2nd missed the helmet.

Clarke's got no clue