South Africa v India tests - Jan 2018

[yuppie]

83 overs bowled today. 2 overs for change of innings. was there some delays today with the weather?

[andy]

Na think they started on time...but with both 5 sides fielding 5 quicks and no spinner, expect a slow over rate all match

[yuppie]

indeed, but 5 overs short would mean a fine or demerit points?

[andy]

yeah probably a slap on the wrist for Faf

[Dr Cricket]

TBH they don’t charge any captain unless you are tharanga or Pakistan.

[Dr Cricket]

Last game 10 overs were lost on one day nothing happened.
Kohli 5 over short as well, guessing faf the other 4 for the day.

[meninblue]

Bhuvi has given us the timely breakthrough. Jas and Hardik have to backup the first choice bowlers like Bhuvi , Shami and Ishant. With 5 specialist bowlers and given the conditions anything over 300 is bad bowling innings. Like first test here anything over 50 runs lead will be match winning. The question is whether we will actually manage to restrict SA lower than what we have scored. When they bat they have surpassed our totals in this series . So wickets are key. 250 and we are staring a whitewash.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Interesting first day in that no one can be sure if SA really won it or where the game is heading.

[mikesiva]

Elgar out for four to kumar.

Rabada finally out for a fighting 30 to ishant.

South Africa 81-3 at lunch.

Amla 31 not out.

[sussexpob]

I cannot believe Kohli hasnt reviewed that ABDV, it looked stone cold and yep....hitting bang on.

[sussexpob]

They review that one, but its umpires call.....And its one of those where hawkeye is showing a huge amount of ball hitting.

I still dont understand if we are using technology, why that is not out. There is no debate, there is ball hitting stump, not just bail, so why are we accepting an original decision that the umpire thinks its going over?

[sussexpob]

Holding making a good point. Gould signals to the TV umpire that he thinks there is bat involved, so its not out on his assumption of an edge.....

No edge, so why should umpires call stay with the batter? The umpire thinks and has shown he believed its hitting the stumps, so shouldnt common sense say the review should be given out?

Stupid that we are years into this, and its still an imperfect process.


Not that it matters, ABDV just been bowled by a huge inswinger. Come back some way that... no surprise, ABDV looked all over the place.

[mikesiva]

Kumar gets de Villiers for five.

[sussexpob]

De Plessis torture ends as he leaves one that castles him.... never looked like he was going to be around long

[mikesiva]

Bumrah gets du Plessis for eight.