Tuesday, 5 January 2010

Third Test, Day three: Smith century sets SA on the right track


At the start of the day, England put up very little resistance and their remaining wickets fell pretty quickly, with no batsmen adding greatly to their overnight score. However we weren't too far behind - 18 runs to be exact and the match was still very wide open.

However it was the South African batsmen who turned the game on its head. There were only 2 wickets in the day. The first one was the wicket of Ashwell Prince who, as per usual struggled opening the batting. He made just 15 leaving South Africa on 31-1. However the next wicket didn't fall until SA were on 262 when Hashim Amla fell for 95.

At the close of play Graeme Smith is showing his true class on 162 alongside Jacques Kallis. What do we need? A miracle.

4 comments:

  1. Agree. It's not looking good is it?! I reckon we have a 5 per cent chance of a draw...if they bat 'til lunch, or just before it, we need the good batting conditions and bright sun to stick around, a lack lustre bowling display, and at least three really big/long knocks from the top order. Hmmm.

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  2. Haha that is quite a lot of variables to go wrong there Rich :D

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  3. I'll lower that to 3 per cent...

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  4. I need to start being more positive! How do you think this next Test will go?

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