Prince, Kallis pound Aussies
20 Mar 2009
Centuries from Ashwell Prince and Jacques Kallis have put South Africa in a commanding position at 195 runs ahead.
The hosts scored 348 runs of 88 overs in the day for the loss of just three wickets as they had their most prosperous day of the series.
Prince – overnight on 37 – went to his century with consecutive boundaries off inept leggie Bryce McGain, taking off his helmet and kissing the badge.
He proved his aptitude for the opening role with his score of 150 and the only way he could be removed was by a dubious decision via the referral system. Prince was adjudged to have gloved one down the legside, but the verdict took third umpire Billy Bowden 12 minutes to reach a conclusion, with benefit of the doubt not coming into his reckoning.
Kallis was peppered with the short-stuff early on, but the introduction of McGain (who went for 102 runs in 11 overs), set him on his way. His 31st Test century was his first in 21 innings, while it was also his first in almost three years against Australia.
South Africa resumed at 57-0 but in the fourth over of the morning Imraan Khan was dismissed, after a great diving catch from Peter Siddle in his follow through.
That was the only damage done in the first session for 91 runs as the pair of Prince and Hashim Amla set the platform and took the hosts to 148-1 at lunch.
The Aussies also struck early in the middle session, Amla failing to capitalise on yet another start as he lost concentration as he fell to Mitchell Johnson for 46.
The hosts will be looking for more of the same on day three from Kallis and AB de Villiers (39*), while Ricky Ponting’s men will somehow have to work their way back into the Test.
Australia 209 (1st innings)
Simon Katich 55, Brad Haddin 42, Dale Steyn 4-56, Paul Harris 3-34.
South Africa 404-3 (1st innings)
Ashwell Prince 150, Jacques Kallis 102*, Peter Siddle 1-35.
South Africa lead by 195 runs.
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20 Mar 2009, 18:29 pm
#100 WP Till I Cry:
Howzeet WPTID…absolutles.
20 Mar 2009, 18:32 pm
WPTID go and see Slumdog Millionaire if you’ve not seen it. Brilliant movie. Take your breath away.
20 Mar 2009, 18:35 pm
very excited about the possibility of the IPL being played in say next month….bring it on you know it makes sense..
20 Mar 2009, 19:03 pm
#99 Jinx: What about the brilliant batsman but foul-mouthed git?
20 Mar 2009, 20:42 pm
We can score 350 more [ total of 754/3
] and then declare – that means we will have 2 full days to get them out and they will have to play pretty well to get to 550 to avoid a massive lost!
Go for it Proteas!
20 Mar 2009, 20:45 pm
#102 Jinx:
Totally agree! As an Indian I know hows the life of those who lives in slum! But its a fact that their children are street smart compare to normal ones who get good family life and get a chance to get educated in good schools.
Fantastic movie!
20 Mar 2009, 21:03 pm
#105 masudvorajee: Thanks masudvorajee for the support. Hoping we can put up a big score tomorrow. Then we must declare just before the end of tomorrow. Need the two full days to bowl them out. If we win this test then its all level. 3 each.
21 Mar 2009, 01:01 am
Great stuff… hope the weather holds… this is a must win… a draw will not suffice…
21 Mar 2009, 10:29 am
Wow! You guys are baaaad! I thought Aussies were pretty biased but I had to log in to this to have my say.
Do you really think Aussies are favoured in the whole referral thing? Come on. Sth Africa has used the whole thing badly from the start. God knows why. Even at the start of the Aussie innings they had a plumb lbw that they should have referred but left it.
The next one which they chose to refer, was going down leg side. This has been Sth Africa’s “luck” for the whole series.
So Shane Warne was lucky to get all those wickets? Hmmmm.
And picking on Steve Waugh? Damn! Mark Waugh maybe (not the best sportsman) but I thought Steve was a pretty good captain.
Now, onto the Kallis century/leg bye. Yes, Punter is a bit of a sourpuss and there are plenty of us Aussies who think he’s not the best captain material. BUT. What he was so pissed off about was that Boofhead Bowden stuck his beak in on a pissy leg bye decision. As far as I could tell, he wasn’t even asked and it certainly isn’t in the referral system to be covering this stuff. It is only meant to decide dismissals. Imagine if no balls, leg byes etc, start to be overruled by a 3rd umpire.
At least we can all agree that Bowden is a complete twit. I can’t stand him and his stupid bent finger and other actions. I reckon he thinks he’s a star of the game. He seems to forget that we pay our money to see the players. And he (as a Kiwi) is a “sheep shagger”. Please don’t apply that moniker to us.
Anyway guys, hopefully you’ve got a sense of humour about it all. I thought the series in Australia was played in a really good spirit from both teams. Certainly none of the nastiness I’ve seen in other series.
Australia is in a period of rebuilding but we’ll be okay. South Africa is really coming on and I’ve loved the cricket.
And I’m REALLY glad that Kevin Pietersen isn’t there to enjoy it. I’d reckon he’d have to be rethinking his decision to go to England.
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