So since only 20 min to start for the 2nd Test and no one bothered to open a thread i thought i might do.
AUS vs. RSA at Melbourne
26th-30th Dec.
Start Local Time 10:30
23:30 GMT
00:30 CET (Central European Time)
18:30 NY Time
Weather Forcast: 20°C (with 24°C High) mostly Overcast over the next few days
Aussies 1 down r under tremendous Pressure to come good. A true test of character. In India they failed. If RSA win here they’ll win a series after a long long time on Aussie Soil.
BTW Aussies won the Toss and elected to Bat first.
So a bit seam/swing early on and then a nice batting top is the word around.
Re: Australia vs Jonoobi Ufreeka - 2nd Test @ Melbourne
Aussies 12-0 after 5 Overs
A very cautious start by any means.
Sofar no demons in the pitch. But also no testing delieveries from steyn and Co.
Looks like i'm a lone entertainer here :D
Re: Australia vs Jonoobi Ufreeka - 2nd Test @ Melbourne
And Haydens misery continues
Caught by Duminy off Ntini for 8
Aus 21-1
Re: Australia vs Jonoobi Ufreeka - 2nd Test @ Melbourne
RSA Attack looks a bit headless after the early blow by Ntini
Aussies sofar going smoothly at 67-1 after 19 Overs
Sofar no demons in the pitch. But also no testing delieveries from steyn and Co.
No demons so far as Australia is looking good. :p
Re: Australia vs Jonoobi Ufreeka - 2nd Test @ Melbourne
Now after being beatin by a Jaffa fro Steyn Ponting get's a life while being dropped by McKenzie
That could prove costly
Aus 86-1
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McKenzie drops Ponting at third slip, last over before lunch.
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Aus 100-1
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and Katich perishes to steyn
Aus 128-2
in comes hussey
Re: Australia vs Jonoobi Ufreeka - 2nd Test @ Melbourne
Whoosh.
A Hussey quote coming up. :D
Re: Australia vs Jonoobi Ufreeka - 2nd Test @ Melbourne
And now Hussey perishes to indecision about whether to leave or play
Aus 143-3
in comes Clarke
England have lost many an Ashes series by overestimating the Aussies; they have also lost a few by going in the opposite direction. Let us simply note the result and nod. Let us refrain from sending off gloating texts and e-mails to the southern hemisphere. Let us remember that every talent Australia possess will be doubled when they are in England. So hear this, Australia: we are not gloating, all right? Just noting.
Four years ago, as the Ashes summer approached, we were all praying for one thing, and it wasn’t victory. It was a contest. Cut and thrust, ebb and flow, blow and counter-blow. If only we could get that, we’d be happy. We got that, all right, so let’s go for the same prayer.
Any suggestion that we take any pleasure in this massive national humiliation for Australia is to be rejected out of hand. I’m sure Australia tried their hardest and did their best. And, well, let’s just say that summer is coming. A contest, just a contest, all right? (Times Online)
Where had the Australian top order been hiding? Matthew Hayden is now officially over the hill, his return since October reminding me of an economy slipping into recession. Mike Hussey had two failures, Ponting one and a half. Clarke and Katich, neither of them batsmen in the run-accumulating mould of Waugh or Langer, are now the only reliable source of runs. Symonds is patchy, and will always be so. Watson survives in the squad because of his bowling. (Sea Change)
Re: Australia vs Jonoobi Ufreeka - 2nd Test @ Melbourne
Clarke is vulnerable against the full pitched delivery early on especially if it swings a bit
hopefully Pontings goes soon and then we'll have contest
Symmo against Steyn :D
Are you fancying your chances against Clarke? 
yep very much so sir as i can outswing at gentle medium pace 
Will Australia get over 450 in this innings?
Yes: 73% 
eggjectly my thinking
if they keep falling around the Skipper they’ll hardly cross 350 let alone 450
i just hope the get bowled below 320 or so.
And then RSA pile up runs beyond 500+
Talking of wishful thinking eh. … nah it’s 4:45am here and i’m awake since 20 hours or so
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Dhobi ji i'm off
c u tomorrow evening
now u make sure aussies get bowled today ok?
Re: Australia vs Jonoobi Ufreeka - 2nd Test @ Melbourne
Aussies tail wagging around Clarke who is on 79
Aus 376-9
SAF strugling to stem the flow of runs
