Australia v South Africa, 1st Test, Brisbane, 9-13 November, 2012

PeterCS wrote:

taipan wrote:

PeterCS wrote:After a predictable first innings early Smiffy, SAf starting to towel the living shyte out of Oz.

Still time to turn it all around, however. This is the game of cricket.

Care to explain how it was predictable?

Smith is a powerful second-innings player. Generally scores heavily in second innings, is often vulnerable early first knock. It's a quirk.

Um, all his 300 partnerships and double tons have come in the first knock.

Well, that's interesting. I must have had my head on the wrong way round.

*holds hand up*

So following Boucher's injury in England this is the second tour in a row where SA has suffered a major shock injury.

Well that was a shit day of cricket.

Nice start to a Test Series/Summer; to have used Hussey and some shit-Victorian-shit-crab-stick-who's-only-claim-to-fame-seems-to-be-as-a-'top bloke'-pity-about-his-farking-cricket-abilities as bowlers prior to Tea on Day 1.

Almost hope it's a blood bath so we can stop farking about and really rebuild.

Not surprised de Kock is not being picked. Shafiek Abrahams has just stated on TV that he is only 18

Red wrote:SA is effectively three down and in a similar position to England on day one at The Oval. There is still hope for the Aussies especially now it has an extra player on the opposition.

Yeah. Good example.

Watched the first session. Nice to see a bit of Test cricket, after all the T20 nonsense.

Australian bowling is pretty ordinary if you ask me. Never rated Hilf or Siddle and have seen nothing from them in recent times to revisit that opinion.

James Pattinson's got promise, though.

Even a man down, SA look in a very strong position.

I fell asleep before lunch. No reflection on the cricket, though.

Hilf needs it to swing and even then it's mostly one way, Siddle just bangs it in too much. It's Anderson and Broad all over again.

Lyon just isn't good enough. What the hell was so bad about Hauritz? Did he kill all his teammates dogs or shag their wives or something?

Red wrote:Looks like Duminy has ruptured his Achilles tendon and he will be likely to miss six months of action. Pretty devastating for him.

Aye

"SOUTH Africa batsman JP Duminy ruptured his left Achilles tendon in a freak incident on the first day of the test series.

Duminy could miss all cricket for six months.

The 28-year-old Duminy was kicking a rugby ball and running with teammates at the Gabba after the South Africans reached 255-2 at stumps when he slipped and ruptured the tendon."

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No mention of Smiffy even approaching Clarke for a replacement. I don't believe Aus would do so if the situation was reversed. As lardy says, there is no precedent. All the cases Trev mentioned were before a ball was bowled. And there are certainly instances where players were injured away from play mid-Test and not being replaced. Perhaps one of the more famous cases was Thommo injuring his shoulder playing tennis on the rest day of the 5th Test at Adelaide in 1974/75. So the precedent is that an injured player WON'T be replaced if injured away from the game mid-Test.

stoopid Qld weather

Forecast doesn't look too flash tomorrow either. Two days of sweating - we rip through the SAffies from here to roll them for 350, then they crash through us twice for a 3 day innings win???

Shouldn't play cricketing Aus with their shitty weather.

WTAAS

skully wrote:WTAAS

Whatever. It was 2.30 in the morning here.

And you Aussies whinge about the bloody rain in Pomgolia.

Brisbarnsley?

Queensland beautiful one day; crappy the next.

About time they permanently had daylight saving too to avoid all these early finishes.

Just dragged myself out of bed. Only me and the neighbour's cock awake at this hour. What are the prospects of play anytime soon?

That's me done. Off to bed again.

mynah wrote:Just dragged myself out of bed. Only me and the neighbour's cock awake at this hour. What are the prospects of play anytime soon?

prospects of play here are low

good luck with the neighbour

lardbucket wrote:

mynah wrote:Just dragged myself out of bed. Only me and the neighbour's cock awake at this hour. What are the prospects of play anytime soon?

prospects of play here are low

good luck with the neighbour

So many responses, so little time.

Wot Nath said. Been up for hours, hoping for some play and alls I get is pictures of the shitty Aussie weather and a load of weird looking freaks pretending they're playing a live match. YOU DON'T FOOL ME... I WATCHED IT 1ST TIME AROUND.

I shall now take to asking solicitous questions about mynah's neighbour's cock.

Hello mynah, wazzup? Neighbour's cock much fun these days?

Shhh, furry, she's busy.

Brass Monkey wrote:Shhh, furry, she's busy.

So is the cock

Friendly neighbour, that.