South Africa v India tests - Jan 2018

[meninblue]

6 overs 9 runs and 1 wicket.

SA struggling in the chase.

[meninblue]

Should try Ishant now.

[Arthur Crabtree]

They need to not lose wickets to the new ball. 30-1 after forty overs would be excellent for SA.

Get the bowlers to look at plans B&C too.

Still, it's game over and SA won't get to 30-1 off 40.

[Dr Cricket]

TBH not sure how anyone can survive 30-40 overs of sustain hits like this.
elgar getting hit every 2-3 balls now.

[meninblue]

Nope it's Jas.

Strikes the helmet. Will umpires discuss again.

[Dr Cricket]

how india scored 240 here was incredible.
game could probably get called off here now.

[meninblue]

Match referre walks into field. Sensible. This has to stop sometime. Atleast it got escalated.

[Dr Cricket]

Disgrace really, the decision should have been made 3-4 hours ago, if you carried on then and the 4th innings started the game has to go for the conclusion now.

[Dr Cricket]

you can't call the game off when india are in a strong position.

[Dr Cricket]

umpring been poor though what did they think was going to happen the pitch getting better, if you had doubts 5-6 hours ago why did you carry on, obviously the pitch was going to get worse not better.

impossible for the two captain to agree so what happens now.

[meninblue]

So now umpires think this is not a wicket where players are at risk. Here I am shouting since yesterday 175 is too much. There have been many batsman hit in first two sessions today. Okay they do not have the advantage of replays.

[meninblue]

Virat should agree that this is bad wicket even though ideally this call should have been taken hours earlier. Everyone from commies were also saying this was a bad wicket. Ganguly said it yesterday itself. Virat should consider the safety of Saffers batters. This should be called off and Virat should agree keeping players health most important.

[meninblue]

This wicket should get reported. Will be up to the referree as to how many demerit points need to be given. Umpires should have approached both captains earlier in the day.

[meninblue]

Stumps. Good decision imo. Just because the call was not taken earlier it should not mean the right call cannot be taken later. Nice to see players safety is given priority.

[yuppie]

So what happens now.

Are SA batting tomorrow?