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South Africa v Australia, 1st Test, Cape Town, Day Two

By Will 2 years ago, mid-March Leave a comment on this post

Day two of the first Test between South Africa and Australia at Cape Town

Chat away. (posted in advance, hence lack of any interesting words here)

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12 Responses to “South Africa v Australia, 1st Test, Cape Town, Day Two”

  • Elliott wrote:
    March 17th, 2006 at 7.17 am

    Good morning to the Poms and Good evening to the Aussies and hello to everyone inbetween.

    Went to sleep with the TV on last night ( i have to be excused as it was a school night and staying up till 3:00 isn’t really appropriet ) anyway i dosed of with South Africa 5 wickets down at about 11:30 then woke up to see Justin and Matthew walkin out to the center. It was perfect timing! :D In the end i dosed off again and woke with Aus 0/33 turned the TV off and called it a night!
    The point of the story is, school, its good in the future, and its good in the past, but its always gurranteed to ruin the present! :(

    I think i have dribbled enough crap for one topic so i will stop……………NOW.

  • Will wrote:
    March 17th, 2006 at 8.31 am

    Wise words, Elliott, wise words!

  • Wraye wrote:
    March 17th, 2006 at 9.19 am

    Evening Elliott, you must be well pleased today! Suppose SA can take small comfort in the fact that WIndies are doing even worse. I am following these games closely as it seems suitable preparation for listening to England in Mumbai tomorrow.
    As you get older, you will find you can work in 2 time zones at the same time - back to back Tests are the best for this, but whatever your age, you always feel destroyed at the end of a series ;)

  • SpryCorpse wrote:
    March 17th, 2006 at 9.41 am

    Ponting’s new bat must be going okay.
    SA are going to want to get some wickets in a hurry. If these two get really, really settled then you can forget about Australia needing to bat again.
    See that Harmison is out of the next Test in India to continue England’s woes. Clearly England are saving up their decent performances for the next Ashes.

  • Elliott wrote:
    March 17th, 2006 at 9.50 am

    Hello Wraye,
    These two have been batting sensibly so far to. If they keep it going then SA are going to be facing a massive total in the 2nd dig.
    Kallis is just coming on now interesting to see how he bowls. I am planning on an early night to night as My 2nd grade team starts our semi final tommrow! Its a two day game on Saturday and Sunday, so im going to get some sleep.

    P.S: Will, i think Wraye’s words were alot wiser than mine ;)

  • Stu wrote:
    March 17th, 2006 at 9.59 am

    Evening all. Good on ya Elliot - well tonight is not a school night so I hope you’re in for a big one ;-) I tried to go to bed and forget the match, in order to get some sleep (I have to get up and quarter to six for a 90 minute drive to work) but I (and I’ll show my aged here) popped the ear phones from the old walkman in, and dozed. Like you I woke to hear the start of Australia’s innings.

    Isn’t this fabulous! I said elsewhere SA would swap there fabulous One Day win for Australia’s position in this test, now I suspect they’d swap it just for a wicket :-)

  • Elliott wrote:
    March 17th, 2006 at 10.23 am

    Good evening Stu,
    Alas, i can’t have a big night tonight (as explained above) I have a big game of cricket tommorow, and playing comes before watching.
    Its our semi final, a win takes us through to the grand final! So i’m of to get some sleep!
    Good Night everyone!

  • Scott wrote:
    March 17th, 2006 at 10.23 am

    Blimey I don’t know, I’ve lost count of how many edges just missed the fielder, dropped catches (good one, Nel), and missed stumpings we’ve had. Ponting and Hayden want to buy a lotto ticket tonight. :D

  • Wraye wrote:
    March 17th, 2006 at 10.34 am

    Thanks Elliott! Not really wise, but mad! Good luck tomorrow, knock ‘em for 6, okay! :)

  • Stu wrote:
    March 17th, 2006 at 10.50 am

    Sorry Elliot - you’re comment re: the semi-final wasn’t there when I was typing ?? (Anyway, good luck!)

  • Scott wrote:
    March 17th, 2006 at 11.49 am

    Good luck Elliot.

  • Wraye wrote:
    March 17th, 2006 at 3.09 pm

    Such a good effort to get the Ausssies out cheaply and then the damn fool ridgebacks go and lose 2 wickets in the first 5 overs. Makes the ODI seem like ancient history now, doesn’t it?


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