1st TEST: SOUTH AFRICA vs WEST INDIES, Pt Elizabeth

[CrazyQ]

Not really, SA is weak and often struggle in the first home test in December after they rest their players which they did last year and got rolled by India.

But won the series.

Why do you spin so much shit?

 

[Cooldude]

The windies really should've enforced the follow on

By batting again they gave the South Africans an outside chance, which they took

 

[krisholio14]

The Windies did their best to try and take defeat from the jaws of victory last night. They were cruising and threw away some stupid wickets with incredibly dodgy shot selection and application.

They are lucky they had a big lead on the first innings thats for sure.

 

[Jolldo87]

foxtel are a f***** joke

according to the tv guide they aren't showing the first session

 

[Cousin Jed]

foxtel are a f***** joke

according to the tv guide they aren't showing the first session

According to mine they aren't showing any of the rest of the match live.

 

[Jolldo87]

According to mine they aren't showing any of the rest of the match live.

yeah your right, i saw test match at 10:00 and assumed it was south africa v west indies but it's a replay of australia v india.

it's on 9am - 3pm tomorrow which is quite pathetic

 

[Romeo]

But won the series.

Why do you spin so much shit?

In that test, they got rolled and bowled out for 90 in the first innings. I'm illustrating the failed wisdom of resting their players for the best part of a month while the opposition plays warm up matches.

 

[Jolldo87]

west indies all out for 175. Taylor ended up with 22.

South Africa need 389 to win.

This would be a great effort if they can pull this off.

 

[CAS79]

west indies all out for 175. Taylor ended up with 22.

South Africa need 389 to win.

This would be a great effort if they can pull this off.

Excellent. A run chase where the batting team should put in a better effort whatever the outcome than the other run chase I watched today.

 

[Jolldo87]

a successful chase would be the 4th highest in test history

 

[sherb]

Gibbs bags a pair, out lbw padding up.

1/4

 

[krisholio14]

For those of you who would like to watch the game, you can via sopcast right here

You can also download sopcast from this site if you need to.

 

[Jolldo87]

gibbs gets a duck and probably gets himself dropped

sa 1/10

 

[sherb]

Amla goes, caught behind.

2/17.

 

[Jolldo87]

Kallis must make 150 here to give sa a chance

 

[Ljam]

foxtel are a joke I was looking forward to watching the saffies get rolled. Shame foxtel shame

 

[Jolldo87]

foxtel are a joke I was looking forward to watching the saffies get rolled. Shame foxtel shame

yep you can't show days 1-3 and not show days 4 and 5

 

[Jolldo87]

smith out for 11, sa 3/20

 

[shammersting]

Foxtel suck! The EPL isn't on until 2am anyway. Hopefully this kickstarts something for the Windies. It would make my day to see them back competing and they have some great young players who just need to be more dedicated.

 

[cjfc]

you can follow this match on www.cricinfo.com but its only available in text commentry sa 3/45 at lunch chasing 389. fourth highest chase if they get it. hope they fail. gibbs 0 again.

 

[Jolldo87]

you can follow this match on www.cricinfo.com but its only available in text commentry sa 3/45 at lunch chasing 389. fourth highest chase if they get it. hope they fail. gibbs 0 again.

i hope they get 387

 

[Jolldo87]

prince out for 10, sa 4/45

 

[HBF]

prince out for 10, sa 4/45

Friggin' awesome. Staring down the barrel of a rather embarassing loss.

 

[Jolldo87]

this would be a typical situation for West Indies to loose from, but surely they can't this time

 

[cjfc]

never know with these guys. they have lost from better positions before. but they seem to play well when gayle was capt in the one dayers and now this test