Australia vs Jonoobi Ufreeka - 3rd Test @ Sydney

So since only in 1 hour to start for the 3rd 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: 24°C (with 30°C High) mostly clear sky with sunshine over the next few days

Aussies already lost the Series and now fight to avoid what could be first white wash on home soil.

Lee and Symmo out of the Test

Re: Australia vs Jonoobi Ufreeka - 3rd Test @ Sydney

looking forward to it. hopefully its going to be a cracker like the first two.

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Like in the 2 previous tests Australia won the toss. Aus elected to bat first here in Sydney

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the most inexperienced australian lineup in years...i hope saffies punch the last ounce of air out of the aussies already deflatoon ghubara...

Aap aaye bahar aayi. :D

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Mr. Cricket arrives after Ponting gets bamboozled.

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Andrew McDonald, nicknamed Ronnie by the commentary team and a successor of Symonds, is having a contest with Morne Morkel. One of the first balls he faced, description below:

45.3: Morkel to McDonald, no run, aye, thats nasty! Morkel bangs it in short, McDonald takes his eyes off the ball and cops it flush on the back of the helmet, which falls off and very narrowly misses leg stump

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I am not sure its fair to say Australia's batsmen are not in form. Its more like the South African bowlers are in form and these over hyped Aussie batsmen have no answer to them!

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wats the score?
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That is the case, more or less. Australia's biggest problem have been their bowling and their inadequacy to take 20 wickets.

aha! I knew they were practising on winning a toss as they couldn't practice winning a game.

:D

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South Africa resuming the innings.

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A big outswinger from Johnson, Kallis hands it to first slip. Second over of the day.

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south africa not in bery good position :no:

i want aussie to be white washed :dixsi: but it seems like no matter what they r trying thier best to avoid being white washed :vivo:

Holy smokes, you know what cricket is? And oh my, so advanced terms such as white washed. I am at a loss for words.

:naraz: i might be from bimbo island but that doesnt mean that im actually dumb :nahi:

:barbie:

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australia having good lead n 2 days and 10 wickets left. 3-0 seems dificult if not imposible

:sadaf:

SA's last 5 wickets crashed like anything. From 300 odd for 5, 327 was a disappointing return. Aussies would likely bat for two sessions and a bit on the 4th day and declare with a lead of around 450. Forget about winning, SA will do well to avoid defeat from hereon

The main issue that Australia faced, and are still facing, is with their bowling department. With relatively new-comers such as Siddle and McDonald (Brett Lee in the first two tests was just a blimp), they have found it hard to finish the tail off, even though most of their bowling attack including Johnson can deliver 145+ quite regularly. Australia have lacked that killer streak in the bowling department more than anything.