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OK, now India go win the match. No need to aim for body blows necessarily. Bowl in the right areas and out think the SA batsmen. There is no reason to think you do not have the bowling resources to bowl out SA under 200.

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1 minute ago, mancalledsting said:

its gonna rain tomorrow, ICC and CSA counting on God's grace to weasel their way out of this one. 

2 days left.

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1 minute ago, Straight Drive said:

Lost important overs today they could be 3 down by stumps on day 4.

+1, I think this was a cunning tactic on their part to avoid the precarious last half an hour of play, always the toughest time for these top order batsmen against the new ball.

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what is the exact official reason to go off the field today then?  Did the SA players wanted to go off the field or was it solely the match officials' decision.  Which then beckons the question: What is the difference between today and tomorrow

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2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

+1, I think this was a cunning tactic on their part to avoid the precarious last half an hour of play, always the toughest time for these top order batsmen against the new ball.

2 days left. So no issues to bowl them out.

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4 minutes ago, sandeep said:

I'm shocked.  Will only believe it once the test is played to completion.

We'll see I guess. I think the decisions that went into it are 1) India played on the same pitch and SA bowling definitely has fire / zip. 2) Bumrah's ball was not of a good length, in fact it could termed short length, he is zippy and can extract bounce of a pitch. I am sure the pitch exaggerated some of the bounce, but it wasn't like it kicked up dangerously from a good length. Elgar also showed some indecision of misjudging the bounce, had he tried to get his head out the way at the last moment, the ball could easily lobbed off the glove/bat handle for a catch. 

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^ those are all conspiracy theories...

 

Anyways.. lets hope we win the game... worked really hard. Faf and ABDV are nasty 4th inning players..

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Sadly, enough time for the groundsmen to sprinkle some magic in the pitch to make it slightly easier for the batsmen. Won't be shocked if SA chase this target in 2 days. That or they know it's going to rain for the next 2 days so high possibility of a washout.

14 minutes ago, Gollum said:

7.45pm News coming in that the Johannesburg Test WILL CONTINUE tomorrow.

 

:yahoo::clap: IPL auction worked its magic 

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If it does then all three bozos who are responsible for this match should never be officiating again. What a bloody fiasco they have leased SA a new life already , they could have been 3 down and the pressure that 30 minutes would have put has been snatched from India.

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Just now, Straight Drive said:

2 days left. So no issues to bowl them out.

No I was talking more in terms of the precarious last 25-30 minutes or so when teams tend to lose wickets to the new ball because of nerves. SA avoided that.

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5 minutes ago, Gollum said:

+1, I think this was a cunning tactic on their part to avoid the precarious last half an hour of play, always the toughest time for these top order batsmen against the new ball.

rain forecast both days

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Just now, mancalledsting said:

rain forecast both days

Rain forecast was also predicted for the 1st 3 days, reckon we will have 70 overs in these 2 days which should be enough to force a result either way. 

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Just now, adi B said:

Expected, as I mentioned in another thread ,good news.but who'll give the justification for all the overs lost at the end today 

and playing tempo + conditions.

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