Lower order lifts SA
17 Dec 2009
Valuable contributions from the tail allowed South Africa to finish their innings on a commanding 418.
England enjoyed a good first session in that they removed dangermen Jacques Kallis and JP Duminy. Kallis received an absolute peach from fast bowler Jimmy Anderson, while Duminy was undone by five-wicket hero Graeme Swann.
South Africa fought on after lunch with Mark Boucher assuming much of the scoring responsibility. Through his partnerships with the tail, the Proteas added 112 runs for their last four wickets – no mean feat considering the bottom three are out-and-out bowlers.
The hosts had an opportunity late in the day when Makhaya Ntini – in his 100th Test match – got Alistair Cook to nick one in the first over. Unfortunately, third slip AB de Villiers couldn’t hold onto the chance, and the adult patrons around the ground were denied the beer that will accompany Ntini’s first wicket.
De Villiers was smiling, however, when the England opener edged a Friedel de Wet delivery to Boucher not too much later. But England managed to keep the remainder of their wickets intact and see out the day with captain Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott at the crease.
South Africa – 1st innings – 418
Jacques Kallis 120, JP Duminy 56, Mark Boucher 49, Graeme Swann 5-110.
England – 1st innings – 88-1
Andrew Strauss 44*, Jonathan Trott 18*.
England trail by 330 runs
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17 Dec 2009, 16:16 pm
@Puma:
I missed u yesterday – hope u had a great day and the hangover was not too bad this morning.
17 Dec 2009, 16:19 pm
@Winston: Seen the whole team once flying to Joburg. They are huge. John especially a very big oke.
Yes agree with you about the Sharks players. If they doing cardio work at the gym to keep fit that is fine.
When the Lions were here saw the whole Bok team down at Beverley Hills Hotel. Tell you what S. Burger is massive……hahahaha. They were all much bigger than when you see them playing on the field. You need to walk right next to them to see just how big those players really are.
17 Dec 2009, 16:19 pm
I cant remember Jozi but think it may have been when Aus toured here in a tour game because I am pretty sure he never played test cricket against them.
17 Dec 2009, 16:20 pm
@Robzim: Thanks Rob, Had a great evening last night. Yip, had a bit of a hangover this morning but it is all gone now…haha.
17 Dec 2009, 16:21 pm
@WP Till I Die: Hmmmm sounds like he can land a role in a Ron Jeremy classic featuring one of Tiger Woods’ mistresses.
@Robzim: Scary staff. I remember that 319 he scored against us at Chennai in the first test. We had no answers to his aggression that day.
17 Dec 2009, 16:22 pm
@Jozi:
we have loots bosman.
pity they can’t find a spot for him in the test team
17 Dec 2009, 16:23 pm
@Jozi: 98 – Jozi, Yip was going to say that. Gayle is Mr. Cool himself…..
Always enjoy watching him bat. One of my favourite players.
17 Dec 2009, 16:24 pm
@Winston:
Must have been a provincial/first-class match – Ngam only played three Tests, one against New Zealand and two against Sri Lanka.
17 Dec 2009, 16:25 pm
Okay out of here now.
Cheers all.
17 Dec 2009, 16:25 pm
I dont think Bosman will ever get close to the Test team.
He’s a basher, not suited to longer version.
He should play in one day cricket too.
17 Dec 2009, 16:29 pm
Agreed Wp,think there is definitely a place for him in the one day side but his technique would be found out very quickly at test level.. Ngam and Brett Schultz had to be the biggest losses we ever had,injury robbed us of two legends..
17 Dec 2009, 16:31 pm
@charo: I think our whole approach to test cricket would have to change dramatically in order for a guy like Loots to be considered.
He’s a devastating limited overs cricketer.
Fastest hundred in the domestic competition and of course recently he dished out a pakslae of note to the poms.
17 Dec 2009, 16:32 pm
some nice pace here from frieda..
loots bosman in the test team ?
no boet…
17 Dec 2009, 16:35 pm
Robzim, dont forget VVS Laxman. That guy just m!ered the aussies! India had him Dravid, Sehwag and Sachin. Poor ol Warney just shook his head.
17 Dec 2009, 16:39 pm
@Slappes: One moering I’ll never forget was when Sachin and Azharuddin got stuck into us at Newlands in 96/97. I still regard that as the most impressive calculated assault on a bowling attack from both ends in test cricket.
It took a spectacular catch from Adam Bacher to break that partnership.
17 Dec 2009, 16:40 pm
VVS is a superb player. Very underrated in that team with superstars like Tendulkar and Sehwag
17 Dec 2009, 16:40 pm
The West Indians nearly all seem to personify Mr Cool.
I once watched a test match on TV (the game was somewhere in the Caribbean) when they had to stop play because a spectator walked in front of the sightscreen just as the bowler started his run up.
The culprit was none other than the 6 feet 8 inches tall ex fast bowling great, Curtly Ambrose.
He just looked at the camera, took a puff, smiled and strolled lazily further with gold chains and bangles sparkling in the sun.
Not a care or a trouble in the world
17 Dec 2009, 16:56 pm
agreed loots bosman relies on a good eye rather than technique.
but isn’t chris gayle similar?
17 Dec 2009, 17:08 pm
We need some wickets.
17 Dec 2009, 17:15 pm
It’s an all Saffa affair out there; Strauss and Trott at the crease and thereafter KP.
Harris needs to be brought into the attack now.
17 Dec 2009, 17:27 pm
@Robzim: i remember that, he was wearing a vest & sporting a greying bundle of dreadlocks! Cool factor was on Optimum!
17 Dec 2009, 23:23 pm
@Robzim: 115
Curtley is on record saying that he never liked cricket. It was just a “job”. His favourite sport is basketball. Can you believe it?
18 Dec 2009, 00:52 am
@WP_: #114
For some reason VVS only performed against the Aussies. His record against SA and other countries is not very good especially away from home.
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 108 178 26 6917 281 45.50
A monster in the making
Sachin Tendulkar, 14, and Vinod Kambli, 16 compile a 664-run unbroken partnership for Shardashram Vidyamandir against St Xavier’s at Azad Maidan. Kambli makes 349 not out, Tendulkar 326 not out. It remains the highest partnership recorded in any form of cricket, until in November 2006 two schoolboys from Hyderabad – Manoj Kumar and Mohammad Shaibaz – overtake the record with an unbeaten 721-run partnership.
Kambli was rated as a more talented batsman than Sachin, but he was not as strong mentally. Could only score runs in the sub-continent and his outgoing personality did not go too well with the reclusive Indian culture of the time. Maybe the reason why they still struggle to come to grips with Mr “Michael Jackson Sreesanth”
Look out for these names in the near future: Manoj Kumar and Mohammad Shaibaz. I just wonder who will be the Sachin and who will be the Kambli.
A few weeks ago an Indian boy broke the world record for an individual score. Watch out for him playing as a 16/17 year old for India in the next few years.
18 Dec 2009, 01:53 am
@WP_: #5
@Jozi: #6
I told you guys that the only way Kallis will score 200 is if we have to defend for two days trying to avoid an innings defeat.
18 Dec 2009, 08:55 am
@nama1: There’s a mental block he needs to overcome. He’s been in this position many times and has failed to kick on.
18 Dec 2009, 22:39 pm
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