Re: South Africa v Australia, 2nd Test, Port Elizabeth, 20-24 February, 2014

by Aditya Mon 24 Feb 2014, 02:53

Good win for the Saffers on a made to order pitch. PE curator due an envelope for neutering the Mo'johnno.

Also pleased to see Graeme Smith demonstrate the case for DRS with his calls.

by tricycle Mon 24 Feb 2014, 02:55

Is it raining in PE?

by JGK Mon 24 Feb 2014, 03:04

tricycle wrote:Is it raining in PE?

Bastard.

by taipan Mon 24 Feb 2014, 03:11

Aditya wrote:Good win for the Saffers on a made to order pitch. PE curator due an envelope for neutering the Mo'johnno.

Also pleased to see Graeme Smith demonstrate the case for DRS with his calls.

NTR.

by horace Mon 24 Feb 2014, 03:11

aye...it was rather mean...but then given his team has proven incapable of winning a test match outside the subi-con for over 900 days I think we should cut him slack

by tricycle Mon 24 Feb 2014, 03:34

Could well be another 1000 days before an emergency 5 test series against Bangladesh is arranged.

by Henry Mon 24 Feb 2014, 03:42

And even then, that wont be outside the Sub Continent, will it.

A five test series in Zimbabwe is more likely, as India and the Zimboks establish 'The Srinivasan-Mugabe' trophy.

by tricycle Mon 24 Feb 2014, 04:14

Speaking of Zimbabwe, here's Peter Chingoka's quote yesterday

"We are not aware of financial problems that ZC is facing except the cash flow hitch which we have just had...as ‘temporary’ and which, true to that description, is over now"

Apparently their whole season stopped because of a small glitch.

by Aditya Mon 24 Feb 2014, 04:19

Johannesburg, Feb 19 (ANI): The curator of the Port Elizabeth pitch, the venue for the second Test between South Africa and Australia, has admitted that he is scared by the ground's 'furry green' condition, although he does not expect it to remain 'unshaven' for much longer.
A pitch with even bounce is expected for the second Test on Thursday, which may help South Africa's batsmen combat the threat of Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson, who was helped by Centurion Park's uneven bounce in his role of destroyer in the first Test, with match figures of 12 for 127 as Australia romped to a 281-run win.
According to reports, even Australian captain Michael Clarke described the Centurion pitch as 'nasty' although it compounded the problems caused by Johnson's pace and hostility, and the curator at St.George's Park, Adrian Carter is waiting for instructions from the South African camp before giving the pitch a 'cut'.
Stating that the pitch will assist the seam bowlers a lot more if it remains in the same condition, Carter however, said that even with the grass covering, St George's would never behave like Centurion as the pitch at the former has been slow for 114 years, despite efforts to make it quicker.
Agreeing with Carter, chief executive of the local Warriors franchise Dave Emslie said that batsmen should be able to trust the bounce in Port Elizabeth as the ground staff has been working on the Test pitch for months, although he dismissed the 'myth' of Port Elizabeth producing low and slow surfaces.
If South Africa is defeated in this week's clash at Port Elizabeth, it will be their first Test series loss since 2009, the report added. (ANI)

My bold!

by Henry Mon 24 Feb 2014, 04:22

Really wanna hit ya Aditya.

by Aditya Mon 24 Feb 2014, 04:25

Just keep posting you limp emotional wreck.

by Henry Mon 24 Feb 2014, 04:30

Thanks, I will. Please do the complete opposite.

by taipan Mon 24 Feb 2014, 07:10

I am concerned.

Has anyone seen Red?

by lardbucket Mon 24 Feb 2014, 07:14

taipan wrote:I am concerned.

Has anyone seen Red?

Honestly ... I am sure that Red is just a C4 vintage troll, with an extraordinary attachment to the invented female persona ... nothing in reality could really be as portrayed in the 'screen persona'.

It is way too challenging to contemplate the possibility that someone so out of touch truly exists.

Nice tits though.

by taipan Mon 24 Feb 2014, 07:18

lardbucket wrote:
taipan wrote:I am concerned.

Has anyone seen Red?

Honestly ... I am sure that Red is just a C4 vintage troll, with an extraordinary attachment to the invented female persona ... nothing in reality could really be as portrayed in the 'screen persona'.

It is way too challenging to contemplate the possibility that someone so out of touch truly exists.

Nice tits though.

Rob S?

by lardbucket Mon 24 Feb 2014, 07:31

That was always my strong suspicion. Whatever makes one happy, I guess.

There may be some here who believe a woman will use as her avatar a series of almost topless swimsuit models, extracted from a website 'she' keeps returning to, but I'm not one of them.

And supporting Collingwood? Parody heaped upon parody.

by Big Dog Mon 24 Feb 2014, 07:33

I don't buy it.

by taipan Mon 24 Feb 2014, 07:35

BM was always sure it was a man. And I have always been convinced it was not Aussie.

by lardbucket Mon 24 Feb 2014, 07:36

I've always thought Red was neither Australian nor female. But maybe I'm a suspicious character.

by taipan Mon 24 Feb 2014, 07:39

Big Dog wrote:I don't buy it.

Do you also think horrie is real?

by buckSH Mon 24 Feb 2014, 07:40

aus fans - how do you feel ?

by lardbucket Mon 24 Feb 2014, 07:42

I know horrie is real.

He may be perverse, especially in matters of Katich and Koalas, but that is mostly mischief, not stupidity.

by lardbucket Mon 24 Feb 2014, 07:43

buckSH wrote:aus fans - how do you feel ?

beaten ... lucky to be 1-1

by Guest Mon 24 Feb 2014, 07:57

She barely posted at all in this test, only that massive influx when Aus did well for a session.

She is quite rightly hanging her head in shame I imagine. There's a reason 450 odd hasn't been chased down, it will one day but just because a team has a decent opening partnership it doesn't make it as much of a certainty as Red seemed to think it would.

Praying for decent weather indeed Laughing

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by taipan Mon 24 Feb 2014, 08:00

vilkrang wrote:She barely posted at all in this test, only that massive influx when Aus did well for a session.

She is quite rightly hanging her head in shame I imagine. There's a reason 450 odd hasn't been chased down, it will one day but just because a team has a decent opening partnership it doesn't make it as much of a certainty as Red seemed to think it would.

Praying for decent weather indeed .

Is it raining?

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