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7/518. Carey is 86*, Green 29*.
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Easy, peasy century opportunity.

And Carey takes it... Thanks, he says... Like stealing lollies from a baby...

Ends on 111 (149), c&b Jansen.

But Green on 50 not out will prolly run out of batting partners... Unless Starc gets a century too... Why not?

So Green & Starc (injured fingers) can bat... Can they bowl? :?:
Err... NO. Green won't bowl, out of Sydney Test. :cry:
Starc will "only bowl again if required", "in doubt" for Sydney.


Other injuries: Nortje was knocked down by Spidercam. :shock:

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Australia 8/575 declared. Green finished on 51*. The lead is 386.

Warner 200, Carey 111, SPecialD Smith 85, Green 51*, Head 51. Fantastic display.
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1/15. Cummins has Elgar for a duck - that damned wicket has got frisky again, the moment the Australians weren't batting. There is a rain interruption.
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… and the weather causes an end to the day’s proceedings. SA 1/15. Day 4 will start 1/2 an hour earlier (weather, of course, permitting). SA needs another 371 to make Australia bat again.
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SA 4/120. Just rattling along on that flat wicket, agaion - just as they did in their first innings. They'll probably make 900.
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Pies4shaw wrote:SA 4/120. Just rattling along on that flat wicket, agaion - just as they did in their first innings. They'll probably make 900.
If they are given 5 innings, they just might
I term the current Collingwood attack based strategy “Unceasing Waves” like on a stormy and windy day with rough seas. A Perfect Storm ☔️
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Wicket for Boland (2/43).

5/142. Bavuma 46*.
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Lyon traps Jensen in front and Maharaj run out.

7/174.
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9/177. Lyon 3/44.
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Ngidi is Smith’s bunny!
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Despite the ridiculously “flat track” when Australia was batting, this nasty pitch turned into a minefield every time South Africa took the field. It did look so easy-paced that it seemed they would make many hundreds more - but in the end they managed just 204.

In the old days, when a team got bowled out twice for near enough to 200 and the other team made 3 times that number, we’d have been talking about the dominant batting display on a wicket that posed real problems for the opposition. In the modern era, of course, we can only marvel at how the ball flies around and behaves like a grenade all the time, except when Australia is at the crease - because we know that only “flat track bullies” make 600 when the opponents can barely manage 200.
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Smith 1/9, Cummins 1/20 and Starc 1/62. Nolan’s 2/49 and the GOAT 3/58. Australia by an innings and 182 runs.

Unsurprisingly, Warner is named POTM.
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Pies4shaw wrote:Ngidi is Smith’s bunny!
Happy for Smithy. :D
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Pies4shaw wrote:Ngidi is Smith’s bunny!
Actually, so is Nortje - but Warner dropped that catch earlier in the final over.
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