South Africa had a decent first day on a very lively pitch at Newlands.
SA ended on 232/4 after the first day.
Petersen 21
Smith 6
Amla 59
Kallis 81*
de Villiers 26
Prince 28*
Play starts at 10am
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Cricket: SA v India, Day 2
Written by Richard Ferguson (Richard Ferguson)
Posted in :Original Content on 3 Jan 2011 at 08:49
Tagged with : Cricket Thread, India, Proteas
Posted in :Original Content on 3 Jan 2011 at 08:49
Tagged with : Cricket Thread, India, Proteas
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Aus ended the first day of the 5th Ashes test on 134/4 after a much shortened day as a result of the rain.
Today is going to be a very important day for SA.
If they can bat out until Tea time and get a score of 300/400 plus, we can take charge of this test.
Is anyone going for the T20 in Dbn?? Jeez I wanted to go, but as they say “the rand is weak”
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 2) :
lets just hope we can pull it off my friend
And morning Rich
😉
@Mocho (Comment 3) : eish where do you live it easy to know so the other bloogers know so if they do go u might be able to get there 2 😉
@Mocho (Comment 3) :
R350 for a game that will most likely be rain affected and a Bollywood concert is not my cup of tea..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 2) : yeah this is going to be crucial, the test is on a knife edge. Will be interesting to see how India go with their batting.
@war1 (Comment 7) :
War1! Happy new year dude! Long time no see!
How you keeping mate?
Sunny day in Cape Town today, so we should see a full day!
Morning everyone.
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 9) : Richard the weather looks briliant there. How I wish Amla was still there. Just hope Kallis and Prince can bat for as long as possible, get 400 we right in this test.
Back later. Go Proteas.
@Puma (Comment 10) : another typo – brilliant
@Puma (Comment 10) :
Morning Puma
@war1 (Comment 7) : morning war 1 long time no hear
Harbhajan Singh bowls the first over of the day.
5 overs away from the new ball now.
Sharma the other bowler.
I am sure India will take the new ball as soon as it is available, and bring Kahn and Sreesanth on immediately
Prince gets the first runs of the morning with a four off Singh
SA 236/4
SA bring up their 250 from 78 overs
New ball available in 2 overs
A couple of sixes will do good for SA so how about it team we need to get that score way over 400
so what do you say Rich
never mind
SA 252/4 after 80 overs
New ball now available
New ball taken and Zaheer Kahn to come at the SA batsmen
@chaz (Comment 5) : I stay in Westville. . Its way too expensive! Student budget. 2days after, is the odi where tickets are R100. More overs means more value for money. More is always better!! Haha.
Yeah, the cost includes a Bollywood concert, not my cup of tea as well. Maybee I will go to the top of Kingspark (Absa stadium) and get a birds eye view 😉
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 20) :
Hey Rich
was reading through your work discription very impressive
can i give ur number out to family in Durbs 😕
🙂
@Mocho (Comment 21) :
Oh so you are in Durbs. I want to go to the ODI as well. And if ticets are only R100, I’m there like a bear
@chaz (Comment 22) :
Hey Chaz
Which work description is that?
@Mocho (Comment 21) : true and i guess the view is great up there 🙂
lets just hope SA gets what they need to win
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 24) : clicked on ur name in blue and read it
IMO Cricinfo works from the Indian consulate. They so biased , they make Paddy O Bribing look like Gio Aplon on a Weigh less diet.
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 23) : @Mocho (Comment 21) : pick each other up and the problem solved and then a couple of beers will put a cherry on top
Prince out!
SA 262/5
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 24) : 😳 thats a change was trying to get ur attention just to say morning and you won’t budge so now i got ur attention
😉
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 29) : 😯
@chaz (Comment 26) :
Oh, that is my dad’s firm, you are more than welcome to put the name out there!
Prince out for 47, bowled by Sreesanth
Boucher out first ball!
Golden duck as Sreesanth strikes in consecutive balls!
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 32) : 😉
ok will do so
That was unexpected and SA are now up shit’s creek without a paddle!
SA 262/6 after 84 overs
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 34) : this is not good at all 😈
Dale Steyn out to bat now, and the Indians will be loving bowling at a very long SA tail
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 36) : eeeee now that good one
(up shit’s creek without a paddle!) you can say that again
Kallis on 91 now.
He will have to kick on to get a quick few runs before his partners run out!
Sreesanth on a hat trick now..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 41) :
Bowls a no-ball on hat trick and to Kallis as well.
Cric info ” What a delivery a youtube moment for SReesanth” “This one was a beauty” “SReesanth take a bow, another Gem”
@Mocho (Comment 27) :
I have to agree with you!
I follow them at work and the commentary is kak!
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 40) : Howzit Rich. I like The Stig pic! Did you watch all the Top Gear Specials last night? Brilliant!
You have been working hard…you must be the fastest oke to get a platinum star ever.
@Mocho (Comment 43) :
Its frustrating isn’t it?
They don’t bother with those words when Steyn bowls like a machine
Kallis on 99 now.
Smacked Sreesanth for consecutive fours..
@Pokkel (Comment 45) :
Hey man!
I have all the Top Gear specials on my laptop but I watched them all again! I love that show!
@Pokkel (Comment 45) :
hi Pokkel
he is out on a mission to get 2 not just one
oh that pink jersey is framed i guess and looking great on the wall
😉
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 47) : lets just hope that Kallis can go as far as he can we need those sixes etc
@Pokkel (Comment 45) :
The Africa special was particularly entertaining! Did you notice the GP number plates?
Steyn out
Steyn out!
SA 272/7 now.. Trouble!
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 52) :
morning clayton
why arn’t you at the cricket or are you
😳 😉
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 48) : It’s the best 2 comedies on TV…Top Gear and The Big Bang Theory.
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 53) :
this is going from bad to worse 😥
@Pokkel (Comment 55) : what channel 😕 😳 😉
Morkel in now..
Kallis badly needs a partner now!
@Pokkel (Comment 55) :
I download Big Bang as it becomes available. Have you seen season 4 yet? Or the first 11 episodes? It’s brilliant!
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 51) : The Thailand one is hilarious especially when Clarkson falls off his bike after he says ‘ Going where no American has gone before.’
Kallis gets to his century!
Well played mate!
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 61) :
His 39th test century. What a legend!
@Pokkel (Comment 60) :
I love it when they smash into James’ car!
“Permission to say cock?!”
Well done Kallis well done
@Pokkel (Comment 60) :
The latest one, Three Wise Men, is also great!
They go through Iraq to Bethlehem
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 63) :
@chaz (Comment 54) : Morning Richo and the rest of Sharksworld, Happy New year to all of you.I can only wish I was at the cricket, but I am thankful to work at a company that will allow it to be shown on the TV
Sreesanth gets another!
Morkel gone after 2 fours in the over!
SA 283/8 after 88 overs
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 67) :
Morning bru!
You are a very lucky employee!!
Kallis draws level with Ponting on 39 centuries, both tied second behind Tendulkar.
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 67) :
thats great and a
Happy New Year to you
to lets just hope the Sharks and Province can wash the Snoils right to the bottem of the log this year 😉
SA 288/8 after 90 overs
Kallis 102
Haris 3
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 69) : Indeed
@chaz (Comment 71) : Yes please
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 73) :
Kallis seems to be having problems with his hip..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 23) : Tickets are from R70, just checked now!!
@ last time we all dressed in orange overalls, and started a Mexican wave with a Sharks flag lol. I fear Rich might get freaked out. I don’t drink 🙂
Kallis ging for it now.. two fours in that over..
SA 297/8 after 93 overs
@Mocho (Comment 76) :
Sounds like fun.. can I ask why you don’t drink?
Tickets are a bargain, Im gonna book my tickets!
@Mocho (Comment 76) :
well a glass of Coke will hv to do my friend
@Mocho (Comment 76) : Teach me that trick 😐
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 78) : he does drink just nt beer etc
😉
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 46) : Well their biggest users are the 1 billion Indian population, so I guess its target marketing commentary. Although from such a reputable website, one would expect more objectivity.
@Mocho (Comment 76) : @Richard Ferguson (Comment 78) :
and the u thought it was so expencive u seen what happens when you go and hv a look and then still get on SW a friend to go with and still gets to drink a glass of coke and rich his beer
😉
@Clayton(PJLD) (Comment 80) : which on 😳
Mexican wave with a Sharks flag lol. thats easy become a shark just don’t know where we can get the orange overall though 😉
@chaz (Comment 83) : No offence Chaz but are still recovering from new years? Your typing seems so 🙂
300 up for SA.
We need at least another 50 from Kallis
SA 300/8 after 94.3 overs
@Mocho (Comment 85) :
what typing
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 86) : well kallis should be able to get that
@Mocho (Comment 85) : its called cutting the words short if you think i’m bad it takes me like to read twice over a sms from my daughter that is bad
@Mocho (Comment 85) : oh and i didn’t have a hang over just dame tried thats all only got to bed like 3 o’clock in the morning
Kallis goes to 117 now.
He is looking to hit a boundary every over..
GO KALLIS GO
This is the first score over 300 in the first innings of this series.
Can SA make it count?
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 78) : Its against my religion 🙂 . I work near Kingsmead so I’m going to try get mine today.
@Chaz. Yep Coke can do! Kingsmead is a bit of a hoodoo ground for the Protea’s.
@Clayton. Easy. Get with some craze pals. Wait for when the game gets quiet, sit in the grass patch on east stand, spread your friends out on the embankment. Thereafter Run to each man. Takes some perseverance, but in the end the feeling of making 30000 or so people stand and scream is priceless. You also need a kak load of confidence!!
@Chaz. Sorry I only made sense of your message now. . Seems like I’m the one still recovering from New Years .
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 93) : hope so
@Mocho (Comment 94) :
no need to worry my friend
@chaz (Comment 84) : haha just go borrow left over Netherlands outfits from the SWC.
@Mocho (Comment 94) :
Oh okay.. Try find out how many tickets are still available.
Im assuming its a day night game?
SA 310/8 after 98 overs
Kallis 118*
Harris 7*
@Mocho (Comment 97) :
As I post that Harris goes!
Harris out for 7
SA 310/9
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 101) :
shit this is getting to close just hope we can get at least 350
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 101) : typo mistake
SA 310/9
@chaz (Comment 103) :
Thanx..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 104) : 😉
SA 312/9 after 99 overs
yes baby thats better we might just hit the 350 mark
SA 322/9
SA 322/9 after 100 overs
Kallis hitting a few boundaries and moves to 129
Tsotsobe equals his highest test score with 3.
SA 333/9
getting there
SA 334/9 after 103 overs
Kallis 139*
Tsotsobe 3*
SA 335/9 at LUNCH
Kallis 140
Lopsy 3
Well lunch is over
SA 341/9
105 overs
SA 351/9
another 50 or so will well be served
Kallis 153
Tsot 5
Well done to Kallis on his 100. Kallis fighting the fight alone there. Pity none stayed long with him this morning, who knows he just may have got another 200. We going to be a bowler short, Kallis wont bowl. Hope Harris steps up when he bowls, we gonna need him to take wickets.
seems like you the only one here chaz?
@stevo (Comment 116) : yep but going off i a moment 🙁
@stevo (Comment 116) : i think Rich has taken a longer lunch 🙂
must be…does anyone know if the beast was at sharks training today?? today was the first day back for 2011
Kallis gone. Well done to Tsotobe for staying with Kallis.
Now we need to bowl and bowl well.
@Puma (Comment 120) : meant – Tsotsobe
SA 362 all out
Kallis 161
Lopsy 8*
Ind 15/0 after 5 overs
Steyn gets Sehwag!!
Ind 19/1 after 6.3 overs
Smith takes the catch.
Sehwag gone for 13
Wicket! Sehwag gone
@stevo (Comment 119) : Good Question!
Anyone??
Maybe I should head over to the Stormers training in Bellville . . . see if there`s any surprises!
Note to self . . . Change out of these Sharks colours first. Schalla and the boys might not like it . . . especially now!
@Original Champion (Comment 126) :
Im back at work, else I would have taken a drive to the stadium to check it out.
India 28/1 after 10 overs
Dravid run out!!
Ind 28/2
Gambhir was dropped, but Dravid then run out!
India 38/2 after 12 overs
richard you dont have any new news on the beast do you?
Ind 49/2 at TEA
@stevo (Comment 132) :
No I don’t
ok cool thanks…so who out there knows who will have the naming rights to the staduim??
Ind 98/2 after 27 overs
@stevo (Comment 135) : I was there today and there is still no name up.
Maybe the sponsor wants to remain anonymous. 😛
Ind 114/2 after 35 overs
@KSA Shark © (Comment 137) :
Seems a bit pintless doesn’t it?
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 1) :
Kallis has scored more runs than the entire Australian team so far this year. 😎
Ab just dropped gambhir off tsotsobe
Next ball and tsotsobe has a good appeal for lbw turned down @tendulkar
Hawk-eye shows umpire was correct..but only just!
Lively over by tsotsobe
Morkel and tsotsobe carrying the bowling attack to gambhir and tendulkar now
Play to start @10:07 tomorrow
Gambhir flashoing wildly to a wide and lifting delivery outside off-stump..misses
Tsotsobe the bowler
Morkel not making any impression on the batsmen in this bowling spell
India 140/2
Anyone on sw ever read a book “close of play”?
If only ab couldve held on to that chance gambhir gave off tsotsobe’s bowling..
141/2 india
Final over of the day
@bergshark (Comment 152) : Yes agree, what a missed chance that was. One goes, often the next one goes quick too. Especially late in the day. Big chance missed.
India are well in now.
Being bowled by morkel
Tendulkar on non-striker’s end 49 not out
@Puma: hi how you?
End of play
@bergshark (Comment 158) : Well and you? All the best for 2011 buddy.
@Puma: india looking well set for a big score,then?2 dropped catches by sa fielders today
Think that pitch will be even better tomorrow for batting. We gonna struggle with a bowler short. Kallis wont bowl I think at all this 1st innings. Bowlers looked tired to me they will be even more so tomorrow.
@Puma: thanks and may you have a fab 2011
@bergshark (Comment 161) : Yeah that is not good hey! We have to take our chances when they come. Pity. If we had 4 down by close today would have been a whole lot better for tomorrow. Now these two are well in.
Wish they selected Tahir as well. Harris not doing much out there.
Didn’t see his injury.hope it doesn’t affect his batting..that will be a disaster!
Yes ,read tahir got sa citizenship
@bergshark (Comment 163) : Sure will. Have plenty good things planned for this year. First is getting my season ticket 😛 Going to check what is available this week.
Harris not impressing
@bergshark (Comment 165) If Kallis can’t bat can’t see us get a draw let alone a win. Think it was his rib. Well it looked like it was. Not too sure. He clutched his rib side when batting.
Cool Puma! Make a sharksworld banner so all of us can see you @the games @the tank!
@bergshark (Comment 168) : Agree about Harris, he is not doing much out there. Was daft not to select Tahir. He is our best spin bowler in domestic crici. He would have done really well I think in this test. Think he will get selected for the odi’s but this was the time to select him. For the test. DAMN.
Hope kallis recovers in time
@bergshark (Comment 170) : hahahaha. First have to see what tickets are available. Don’t want anything in the east stand. Or so low down you see nothing. Going to go there on Wednesday and see what they still have left.
Johan botha?or is graeme smith worried that he might be replaced by botha as cric capt?
@bergshark (Comment 172) : Hoping too. We a bowler short without him and also most important his batting is what kept us in this.
I have always been a huge Boucher fan, but think maybe time for him too to be replaced. Sad to say that but if we had AB keeping and replace Boucher with a all rounder we gain a batsman and bowler. McLaren would do. Also then drop Harris for Tahir. Think out team would be doing a whole lot better. We only bat down to around 6 now. Lopsy done well though to stay will Kallis today.
@bergshark (Comment 174) : Think that could be it. Smith will captain until the wc. Then after he will only play in tests and probably captain there. Botha will captain the Odi’s after the wc.
Hope you get a good seat.actually should say I’m hoping sharksrugby have decided to make season tickets attractive option to the fans
Hope we take 2 or 3 quick wickets tomorrow morning, but that seems wishful.
Cheers Bergshark. Out of here now. Catch up tomorrow.
@bergshark (Comment 177) : Well I have never had a season ticket, mostly due to me living half the year in Joburg and the other half in Umhlanga. Now only live in Umhlanga so really would like to get a season ticket. Only if I get a good seat otherwise it is not worth it if you can’t see much. Will see what they have available this week.
Cheers mate, catch up tomorrow.
Cheers Puma,have a great evening
Must go make myself some dinner now.thinking something quick and easy like macaroni and cheese
Raining here where I’m at..think the proteas might need some rain ..
G’nite fellow sw’ers
thanks 4 the update but i still thing SA is in big trouble all over 😥
@stevo (Comment 119) : sorry to go so quick but then at the old end u were in good hands
@stevo (Comment 119) : got no idea but if was well then its good news otherwisse its not
@KSA Shark © (Comment 137) : that not nice of them but any way hv a great flight home ok 2nd home
@Salmonoid (Comment 140) : u can say that again and he did just great
@Puma (Comment 169) : well then some one must talk to him pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee i got on SB a draw
@bergshark (Comment 172) : hope so 2
@Puma (Comment 173) : it might just be to late get them on the net
@bergshark (Comment 183) : good nite sorry i missed everything but the well can’t say but never mind the rugga is uo very soon