South Africa Vs Australia odis & Tests

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Moves onto 74* lead 361

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Maharaj gets Renshaw, lead 379 and Australia still going

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Declaration finally arrives with the lead at 420

[mikesiva]

Australia 314-6 declared

Renshaw 82
Maddison 48

Nortje 2-56
Maharaj 2-56

Target 421

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Michael Neser has full bowling boots on and baggy green on doing full warm up..rumours smith is out with concussion? Even if that's the case is a bowling all rounder allowed to be subbed in for a batsman?

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Hazelwood gets Bedingham! 73-2

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What a test renshaw is having! He gets the wicket of Bavuma!

[Arthur Crabtree]

Excellent recovery from the Aussies after the BD debacle.

[sussexpob]

Michael Neser has full bowling boots on and baggy green on doing full warm up..rumours smith is out with concussion? Even if that's the case is a bowling all rounder allowed to be subbed in for a batsman?

You can sub in any player you want, but the match referee has power to limit their participation in the game to exactly that expected from the player leaving the field. In this case Smith was certainly not expected to bowl, so neither would Neser be able to. Full time wicket keepers wouldn't be allowed to come in and keep after replacing an outfielder... etc etc. Teams no longer nominate a bat/bowl 12/13th man as concussion subs anymore like they originally did, so I have no idea what would happen now if the registered 12th man for a side was a batsman, and a bowler got hit on the head. Would the match referee not allow a batsman to come in and bat?

And how do you legislate for people like Joe Root/Michael Clarke type people who are true top order batters, but also regularly turn their arms over for 10 odd overs a game? Would they be considered all-rounders?

In this case its not even worth subbing Neser into the game.... just have him 12th man as the nominated sub fielder, he can't bat or bowl, so no point subbing.

[GarlicJam]

Excellent recovery from the Aussies after the BD debacle.

true.

even just in this test, they have gotten themselves in a strong position after being 6/120

[sussexpob]

Excellent recovery from the Aussies after the BD debacle.

If there is one done deal you can never count on, its Australia bowling out South Africa on day 5 when the game was for all purposes already over after day 4....

Although I am not sure SA have anyone quite as good as ABDV and Faf still left to block 400 balls...

[andy]

Michael Neser has full bowling boots on and baggy green on doing full warm up..rumours smith is out with concussion? Even if that's the case is a bowling all rounder allowed to be subbed in for a batsman?

You can sub in any player you want, but the match referee has power to limit their participation in the game to exactly that expected from the player leaving the field. In this case Smith was certainly not expected to bowl, so neither would Neser be able to. Full time wicket keepers wouldn't be allowed to come in and keep after replacing an outfielder... etc etc. Teams no longer nominate a bat/bowl 12/13th man as concussion subs anymore like they originally did, so I have no idea what would happen now if the registered 12th man for a side was a batsman, and a bowler got hit on the head. Would the match referee not allow a batsman to come in and bat?

And how do you legislate for people like Joe Root/Michael Clarke type people who are true top order batters, but also regularly turn their arms over for 10 odd overs a game? Would they be considered all-rounders?

In this case its not even worth subbing Neser into the game.... just have him 12th man as the nominated sub fielder, he can't bat or bowl, so no point subbing.

Yeah my fault I assumed he was a concussion sub at the time and he wasn't so it's my own stupidness for that haha ignore that post lol

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Mulder finally out strangled down the leg side! A door open for Australia

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And now Renshaw comes on and immediately gets Verryenne!

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Anyone think Cummins sometimes switches things up too often? One over spells now...Webster threatened in his only over, Maddinson then comes on look threatening, Renshaw then comes back and so on....bowlers need time to settle....I understand trying different things but not every single over...