Re: South Africa vs Australia, 3rd Test, Cape Town, 19-23 March

by lardbucket Mon 23 Mar 2009, 07:16

Well spotted, JGK.

Hossain seems to have rebounded a bit from that setback.

by taipan Mon 23 Mar 2009, 07:16

Red wrote:Yes, biggest crowd I've seen, in SA in test matches for a long time. They had sun, 9 wickets and 350 odd runs. Not a bad day's cricket.

Didn't watch the Wanderers test then?

by lardbucket Mon 23 Mar 2009, 07:20

taipan lampooning Red by quoting incorrectly ...

by Red Mon 23 Mar 2009, 07:22

horace wrote:I seriously would not have him the side...he had an average series against SA and benefitted from numerous dropped chances, he is notably a poor influence in the dressing room and has not attempted to correct the same flawed technique that saw him to be a liability on the last Ashes Tour...he is also a liability in the field...i'd much prefer Hatti if fit or Rogers

Agree about the dropped chances, he did appear to have a little bit of extra luck but his bowling will be underutilised because of his back problems. Any sort of stint at the bowling crease results in pain and stiffness the next day according to him. So it's not just a matter of Punter being prepared to ask him to bowl.

by taipan Mon 23 Mar 2009, 07:26

lardbucket wrote:taipan lampooning Red by quoting incorrectly ...

Sorry about that. Fixed now.

by Red Mon 23 Mar 2009, 07:37

taipan wrote:
lardbucket wrote:taipan lampooning Red by quoting incorrectly ...

Sorry about that. Fixed now.

I did watch the Wanderers but there were lots of empty seats, I was talking more in terms of the stadium looking close to capacity. And the Cape Town crowd generated a lot more noise. Apparently at Joburg they got a few days round about 20,000 and in Cape Town only 15,000 which says a lot about the capacities of stadia in SA. No wonder Australia doesn't want to forfeit its Christmas and New Year tests.

by Red Mon 23 Mar 2009, 07:40

Katich and Hussey attracted a lot of criticism yesterday for their pedestrian progress and in some ways it was justified. Maybe though they were trying to keep their wickets intact and would then feel in against a tiring attack. It didn't work for them but it would appear that McDonald and Johnson certainly profited as the bowlers seemed a bit knackered from the many overs they bowled, the heat and the pressure of bowling on a flat track.

I hope those factors which have probably flattered McDonald's batting don't influence his Ashes selection.

by taipan Mon 23 Mar 2009, 07:45

Red wrote:
taipan wrote:
lardbucket wrote:taipan lampooning Red by quoting incorrectly ...

Sorry about that. Fixed now.
I did watch the Wanderers but there were lots of empty seats, I was talking more in terms of the stadium looking close to capacity. And the Cape Town crowd generated a lot more noise. Apparently at Joburg they got a few days round about 20,000 and in Cape Town only 15,000 which says a lot about the capacities of stadia in SA. No wonder Australia doesn't want to forfeit its Christmas and New Year tests.

No you silly cow, you clearly stated biggest.

Yeah and the Joburg test was played over a working Thursday and Friday over a financial year end.

Please try and compare apples and oranges.

by skully Mon 23 Mar 2009, 08:38

The One wrote:
skully wrote:Stoopid Dickinfo doesn't even list Dev in the fastest to 1000 runs list (which it clearly should), and the list goes down to players who took 30 Tests to get to 1000 runs.

its 30 innings, not 30 tests

Ah yes, my bad. Apologies to Dickinfo. Embarassed

by Red Mon 23 Mar 2009, 09:05

taipan wrote:
Red wrote:
taipan wrote:
lardbucket wrote:taipan lampooning Red by quoting incorrectly ...

Sorry about that. Fixed now.
I did watch the Wanderers but there were lots of empty seats, I was talking more in terms of the stadium looking close to capacity. And the Cape Town crowd generated a lot more noise. Apparently at Joburg they got a few days round about 20,000 and in Cape Town only 15,000 which says a lot about the capacities of stadia in SA. No wonder Australia doesn't want to forfeit its Christmas and New Year tests.

No you silly cow, you clearly stated biggest.

Yeah and the Joburg test was played over a working Thursday and Friday over a financial year end.

Please try and compare apples and oranges.

According to the radio commentators the Cape Town test was also played over a working Thursday and Friday.

Are you always this consistently abusive? Surely 'intelligent' people can make their point without invariably having to resort to derogatory labels.

by taipan Mon 23 Mar 2009, 09:09

Red wrote:
taipan wrote:
Red wrote:
taipan wrote:
lardbucket wrote:taipan lampooning Red by quoting incorrectly ...

Sorry about that. Fixed now.
I did watch the Wanderers but there were lots of empty seats, I was talking more in terms of the stadium looking close to capacity. And the Cape Town crowd generated a lot more noise. Apparently at Joburg they got a few days round about 20,000 and in Cape Town only 15,000 which says a lot about the capacities of stadia in SA. No wonder Australia doesn't want to forfeit its Christmas and New Year tests.

No you silly cow, you clearly stated biggest.

Yeah and the Joburg test was played over a working Thursday and Friday over a financial year end.

Please try and compare apples and oranges.

According to the radio commentators the Cape Town test was also played over a working Thursday and Friday.

Are you always this consistently abusive? Surely 'intelligent' people can make their point without invariably having to resort to derogatory labels.

Yes and the crowds were fairly small on those days.

Well if you could once admit that there was the faintest possibility that you have ever been wrong.

Anyway I think I am more polite to you than your Aussie mates.

by skully Mon 23 Mar 2009, 09:15

Here's the keys to my investment unit. It's all yours for the evening, taips and Red.

by Red Mon 23 Mar 2009, 09:16

taipan wrote:
Red wrote:
taipan wrote:
Red wrote:
taipan wrote:
lardbucket wrote:taipan lampooning Red by quoting incorrectly ...

Sorry about that. Fixed now.
I did watch the Wanderers but there were lots of empty seats, I was talking more in terms of the stadium looking close to capacity. And the Cape Town crowd generated a lot more noise. Apparently at Joburg they got a few days round about 20,000 and in Cape Town only 15,000 which says a lot about the capacities of stadia in SA. No wonder Australia doesn't want to forfeit its Christmas and New Year tests.

No you silly cow, you clearly stated biggest.

Yeah and the Joburg test was played over a working Thursday and Friday over a financial year end.

Please try and compare apples and oranges.

According to the radio commentators the Cape Town test was also played over a working Thursday and Friday.

Are you always this consistently abusive? Surely 'intelligent' people can make their point without invariably having to resort to derogatory labels.

Yes and the crowds were fairly small on those days.

Well if you could once admit that there was the faintest possibility that you have ever been wrong.

Anyway I think I am more polite to you than your Aussie mates.

Well I admit the wording might have been ambiguous but I genuinely meant a SA crowd which looked close to full house at a test match. I've seen them full at ODIs and T20s.

And the crowd at Cape Town on the Friday (around about 10,000), still looked fuller than it did in Joburg. It may have something to do with the notion that the cameramen seemed to focus more on the grassed areas which always seemed to be very well populated, rather than on the more sparsely occupied stands.

by taipan Mon 23 Mar 2009, 09:21

Wanderers was pretty full on the Sat and Sun. And prob had more spectators over the 5 days than most of the Aussie tests this summer.

by JGK Mon 23 Mar 2009, 09:23

Red wrote:Katich and Hussey attracted a lot of criticism yesterday for their pedestrian progress and in some ways it was justified. Maybe though they were trying to keep their wickets intact and would then feel in against a tiring attack. It didn't work for them but it would appear that McDonald and Johnson certainly profited as the bowlers seemed a bit knackered from the many overs they bowled, the heat and the pressure of bowling on a flat track.

I hope those factors which have probably flattered McDonald's batting don't influence his Ashes selection.

That may well be the sagest thing you have ever said Red.

by Red Mon 23 Mar 2009, 09:23

taipan wrote:Wanderers was pretty full on the Sat and Sun. And prob had more spectators over the 5 days than most of the Aussie tests this summer.

Not enough though to dislodge our premier venues - Melbourne and Sydney, from their treasured spots in our sporting calendar.

by taipan Mon 23 Mar 2009, 09:27

Red wrote:
taipan wrote:Wanderers was pretty full on the Sat and Sun. And prob had more spectators over the 5 days than most of the Aussie tests this summer.

Not enough though to dislodge our premier venues - Melbourne and Sydney, from their treasured spots in our sporting calendar.

Apples and oranges again

by Invader Zim Mon 23 Mar 2009, 09:37

taipan wrote:And prob had more spectators over the 5 days than most of the Aussie tests this summer.

Any stats to back that up?

Brisbane had 38K
Adelaide 50K
Perth 55K
Melbourne 174K
Sydney had 37K on Day 1 and 30K on Day 2, but can't find the other days...

by taipan Mon 23 Mar 2009, 09:41

Joburg had 75K I believe

by skully Mon 23 Mar 2009, 09:51

Unless Red really isn't a chick, taips, your d!ck is bigger, OK.

by taipan Mon 23 Mar 2009, 09:57

skully wrote:Unless Red really isn't a chick, taips, your d!ck is bigger, OK.

Nah, she's a chick. The never admitting that she could be wrong is the give-a-way.

by skully Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:00

Hehe, sage. Cool

by taipan Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:04

Just realised that she is similar to Laura in that regard.

by skully Mon 23 Mar 2009, 10:09

Hehe, sage-squared. Cool

by horace Mon 23 Mar 2009, 22:46

skully wrote:
The One wrote:
skully wrote:Stoopid Dickinfo doesn't even list Dev in the fastest to 1000 runs list (which it clearly should), and the list goes down to players who took 30 Tests to get to 1000 runs.

its 30 innings, not 30 tests
Ah yes, my bad. Apologies to Dickinfo.

you have to admire that young spiv chap - skullywag - he is the only spiv on record capable of blushing when realising and admitting an error...a jellyback grandparent perhaps?....or is it simply the honest Irish genes shining through?

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