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Under pressure ... Ricky Ponting chases a much-needed score in the second Test. Source: Tertius Pickard / AP
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2nd Test - Adelaide Oval
22 November 2012 - Day 3, Session 3
Australia 2nd Innings
| M. Clarke | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| M. Hussey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| D. Steyn | 10 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 2.80 |
Live
First ball: 11:00 AM November 22, 2012
Location: Adelaide Oval
Match Summary
Australia: 10/550 & 5/107
South Africa: 10/388
Latest comments (all times AEDT):
1815: WICKET! (Siddle 1, c De Villiers b Morkel, AUS 5/103) South Africa strike again! Morkel has Siddle out edging a good-length delivery and De Villiers accepts the catch. This game has been blown wide open by South Africa's late fightback this afternoon.
1813: Siddle attempts to take as much strike as possible as Australia try desperately not to lose another wicket tonight.
1803: FOUR! Not much footwork there from Clarke but he goes through with the shot and middles it through a gap in the off-side for a boundary.
1800: Steyn can sense blood. In the space of an over, he's gone from bowling 130km/h into the mid 140s.
1759: Peter Siddle comes to the crease as a nightwatchman.
1758: WICKET! (Ponting 16, b Steyn, 4/98) Ponting departs! He is caught playing at a ball outside off-stump that he probably should have left, succeeding only in chopping back onto his stumps. Steyn punches the air and roars in celebration.
1751: APPEAL! Not out. Morkel comes back into the attack and immediately has Clarke caught on the pads. Billy Bowden turns it down and the Proteas are reluctant to use their review. They let the decision stand. Replays show it was too high. Next ball, Morkel cuts Clarke in half with a beauty that jags back over the top of leg stump.
1744: FOUR! Tahir drops short and Ponting pulls and pulls well. He moves to 16.
1743: Rippersportspro of NSW says: "Massive call for Perth but Ponting needs to go back to number 3 (or down to 6) and Watson (if fit) should replace Quiney and bat at 4."
Trent says: I think Ponting can be better 'carried' at six. In all honesty, I think Clarke needs to move up to No.4, if not first-drop. He's the best bat in the side therefore should bat in the spot where your No.1 batsman should be.
1735: WICKET! (Cowan 29, b Kleinveldt, AUS 3/91) Kleinveldt gets Cowan with a beauty! He angles one back into the left-hander from around the wicket and goes straight through Cowan's forward defence. That brings Michael Clarke to the crease and this Test is far from decided.
1729: FOUR! FOUR! Tahir drops short and Ponting gets away with confident backfoot drive for four. Ponting ends the over with another textbook drive, squarer this time, but with a similar result. AUS 2/91
1724: SHOUT! Kleinveldt hits Cowan close to in front from around the wicket with the appeal turned down. The Proteas decide not to appeal and rightly so; Cowan got some bat on it.
1716: WICKET! (Quiney 0, c De Villiers b Kleinveldt, AUS 2/77) Quiney departs without scoring. Kleinveldt gets a gem of delivery to move away off the pitch, catching the outside edge and De Villiers takes the catch behind the stumps. Ricky Ponting is in. The Adelaide Oval crowd roars in anticipation. Cometh the hour, cometh the man?
1713: WICKET! (Warner 41, c du Plessis b Kleinveldt, AUS 1/77) This time it's out. Kleinveldt finds Warner out with a leading edge and du Plessis holds on to a simple chance. Rob Quiney strides to the crease and desperately needs a score to keep his Test career alive.
1709: WICKET! Wait... is that a no ball? It is! Tahir's Test goes from bad to worse. He finally has a wicket with Cowan seemingly caught at short cover, until Billy Bowden goes upstairs to check for a no ball. He's on the line with no part of his boot behind it. You wouldn't believe it. That's inexcusable from a spinner.
1704: FOUR! Cowan steers one into the gap at cover-point for another boundary.
1701: Kim says via email: "Who in the aussie top 6 wasn't under pressure before the series? This looks like last year another touring country not interested."
Trent says: Gee Kim I think you're being a bit harsh there. After watching Graeme Smith bat doggedly through severe cramping yesterday, Jacques Kallis make a gritty half-century with a torn hamstring and Faf du Plessis offer solid resistance when the innings looked over, I would hardly call them disinterested. This is the No.1 Test nation in the world fighting for their title.
1655: FOUR! Kleinveldt into the attack and drops short and wide with the last ball of the over. Cowan is onto it in a flash and makes him pay.
1649: CHANCE! Warner goes in the air towards the man at long-off but he's too far in and the ball goes over his head. Petersen does a good job to prevent a boundary as the batsmen pick up two. Tahir drops short with his next ball and Warner cuts him to the backward-point boundary. That's 14 off the Tahir over. I'm starting to pity him.
1647: FOUR! FOUR! Welcome back Imran. Warner wastes little time in punching Tahir off the back foot through point for four. Next ball, he has Hashim Amla ducking for cover at short leg with a pull shot that races away.
1646: Well here's a man under the pump. After taking 0/180 yesterday, Imran Tahir is into the attack for the first time.
1644: Billy Bowden receives a raucous cheer from the crowd after diving on the ground at square leg to avoid a Warner flick shot.
1643: IN THE AIR... SHORT!: The next ball Steyn draws an edge from Warner but it half-volleys to the man at second-slip.
1641: FOUR! FOUR! Steyn finds the edge of Cowan's bat but it travels along the ground and safely to the vacant third-man boundary. A single brings Warner on strike and he pulls a ball that wasn't all that short but timing sees it to the rope behind square.
1638: FOUR! Bang! Warner absolutely crunches a drive through a gap in the off-side field. He couldn't have hit that any better.
1630: FOUR! Cowan gets a touch of luck. Morkel pitches up and catches the outside edge of Cowan's bat but he gets enough wood on it to see it harmlessly through the gap between gully and point.
1619: FOUR! Morkel strays onto Cowan's leg stump and the little opener helps it on its way to the square leg rope. This new ball is really coming off the bat. AUS 0/25
1615: Steyn has an appeal for LBW against Warner turned down. South Africa consider an appeal but wisely opt not to - that was too high.
1611: Ouch! Warner gets pinned in the stomach by Morkel.
1607: FOUR! Steyn bowls too straight to Warner who sends the ball to the square leg fence via a mere short-arm jab. Exquisite timing from Warner.
1600: Warner attempts a wild hook to a Morkel bouncer and gets a top edge but it falls short of the fielder at fine leg. It looks like he won't be mucking around.
1541: Australia will be out to set South Africa something in the vicinity of 400-500 to win on an Adelaide wicket that should start to favour the spinners.
1536: WICKET! (Du Plessis 78, c Clarke b Hilfenhaus, SA 388) Hilfenhaus has du Plessis caught at short mid-wicket by Clarke. That brings to an end a wonderful innings from du Plessis on debut, with his fighting 78 helping the Proteas avoid the follow-on. Hilfenhaus finishes with three wickets in a timely performance for him.
1530: SIX! Du Plessis hoists Siddle over the top of mid-wicket and into the construction site with a glorious shot. There was nothing wrong with that ball, it was just a super shot. SA 9/382
1525: FOUR! Du Plessis comes down the track to Lyon and goes over the top of cover. He moves to 67.
1522: FOUR! Siddle drops short and wide to Tahir and the No.11 can't believe his luck, throwing the bat at it and watching as it flies over backward point for a boundary.
1515: FOUR! Du Plessis drives down the ground and over the top of mid-on for a boundary. He's looked really good for a guy on debut under this sort of pressure. SA 9/359
1508: WICKET! (Morkel 6, b Lyon, SA 9/352) Lyon strikes! The offie gives one a little more flight and Morkel tries to sweep but misses and is bowled around his legs.
1505: FOUR! Morne Morkel drives Siddle through the off-side to get off the mark in style. A double in the next over to Morkel sees South Africa to 352 and past the follow-on.
1500: OUCH! Siddle drops one slightly short to du Plessis and it rears sharply, pinning his fingers against the handle. He jumps away in pain. That won't tickle. Someone get the magic spray!
1453: WICKET! (Kallis 58 c Wade b Clarke, SA 8/343) Kallis' fighting dig comes to an end.
1450: SHOUT... NOT OUT. REVIEW. We're going upstairs. Kallis sweeps and the ball pops up to Matt Wade who goes up with the bowler, Michael Clarke, for a catch. It definitely hit pad, but did it collect something on the way through? Yes! That's a huge deflection off the glove and Kallis will surely have to go.
1445: SIX! Too short again from Clarke with Kallis hoisting it over the rope at mid-wicket. The Proteas continue to fight.
1444: FOUR! FIFTY TO KALLIS! Clarke drops short and Kallis is onto it in a flash, disposing of it over the top of mid-wicket. That brings up his half-century and an incredibly gutsy one at that.
1438: Now that we know Pattinson is in trouble, Daveyrockit of Sydney's next question is: "Well what do we do for Perth?? Obviously Starc is in for Lyon, does Watson come in for Pattinson if he can bowl or do we look at possible Josh Hazelwood or Mitch Johnson?? "
Trent says: All of the above viable options Davey. If Pattinson is out, Starc looks a near certainty after being 12th man in the past two Tests. I'm a huge fan of what Josh Hazlewood has done this year and think he's destined for a baggy green. However he's very similar in style to Siddle - maybe they throw a curve ball with a Jackson Bird or Luke Butterworth, both who have taken a stack of wickets at handy averages in the Sheffield Shield?
1419: PATTINSON UPDATE: According to a Cricket Australia spokesman, James Pattinson has left Adelaide Oval to have scans on a side injury after complaining of pain along his left side.
1417: FOUR! Quiney into the attack and strays down leg to du Plessis who cashes in with an easy boundary.
1415: FOUR! FOUR! Siddle drops short and Kallis merely bangs it to the ground on the leg side and watches as it races away to the fence. Siddle goes even shorter next ball and Kallis pulls brilliantly. Terrific stuff from the injured all-rounder. He's still a pleasure to watch.
1413: FOUR! Siddle pitches up and Kallis stands and delivers in almost arrogant fashion. It flies like a rocket straight down the ground for four. South Africa are closing in on the follow-on, needing just 50 more now. SA 7/311
1410: Du Plessis drives Lyon through the line and picks up another boundary. He's ticking along nicely, moving to 39 with that one.
1407: Daveyrockit of Sydney says: "Whats the word on Pattinson? whats he done now?"
Trent says: He bowled one ball this morning and pulled up very gingerly after it, leaving the field immediately. Looked like it might be a hamstring.
1356: FOUR! Kallis smacks a half-volley from Lyon through the off-side and to the rope. Even on one leg, he's a class act.
1352: FOUR! Du Plessis flashes hard outside off and gets enough on it to send it to the fence behind point.
1347: The sub-plots in this match continue, with James Pattinson unlikely to bowl again today and maybe not again this Test.
1345: CHANCE! Just short! Siddle drops short and Kallis pulls in the air, but it falls just short of Ed Cowan in the deep at square leg.
1343: FOUR! FOUR! FOUR! Kallis gets us back underway with a sublime cover-drive that races away to the rope. Next ball he flashes hard and gets away with an edge over the slips cordon. To add insult to injury, he edges the next ball and it races through the gap in between gully and third slip. SA 7/285
1325: Apologies all but we're having trouble getting a hold of Brett. We'll keep the questions in the can and hopefully go again at tea. In the meantime, I hope you're enjoying your Saturday lunch. Any tips for me at Rosehill, Moonee Valley or the big Ascot meeting today?
1310: The Falcon of Gold Coast says: Hi Trent, I'm at work for a Saturday so thank goodness for the blog!!! Do you think there is a reason they set 200 as the follow on total?? I would have thought a percentage of runs would be better. Any thoughts?
Trent says: It's a tough gig isn't it Falcon. The 200 for follow-on has been the rule as long as I can remember it. It varies depending on the length of the match; in a Sheffield Shield match over four days it's 150 runs, while for your club cricket games over two days it's 100 runs. A percentage of runs probably seems to make more sense, but umpires have enough trouble counting to six, let alone performing long division!
1300: LUNCH! Well despite this pair fighting valiantly, South Africa are well and truly on the ropes with Australia snaring five wickets on the third morning of the second Test. We've got your questions locked and loaded for former Tasmanian and Australia paceman Brett Geeves, who will be joining us shortly.
1258: FOUR! Kallis decides he's not going to be a sitting duck for Siddle, hooking one off his nose for a boundary to fine-leg.
1256: FOUR! Quiney gets an over before lunch and tries to sneak one through the defence of du Plessis, but he plays it well with an on-drive racing to the fence.
1252: Kallis really looks to be struggling with the sharp movement to duck these bouncers from Siddle. I don't think we'll be seeing him in Perth.
1247: Kerry asks: How many runs do SA need to avoid the follow on?
Trent says: 351 Kerry. The follow-on is always 200 behind the first innings score in Test matches. At this stage (7/264) South Africa need 87 more.
1239: FOUR! Kallis comes down the pitch to Lyon and muscles him over the top of mid-on for a boundary. Gutsy stuff.
1231: Hilfenhaus is really testing out Kallis' hammy with plenty of short stuff. He looks to be moving OK so far, but you wonder how much damage this could be doing to his chances of playing in Perth.
1225: Rippersportspro of NSW says: Hi Trent, it looks like Australia may bowl South Africa out for less than 351 at the moment. I think Clarke should not enforce the follow on, bat again and set South Africa at least 500 on a tuning Adelaide pitch on days 4 and 5. What would you do if you were in Clarke's shoes?
Trent says: Agree with you there Rippersportspro, especially with Pattinson's injury. It will be incredibly hard for the Proteas to pick themselves up after spending another day in the field.
1222: WICKET! (Kleinveldt 0, b Hilfenhaus, SA 7/250) Hilfenhaus beats Kleinveldt all ends up, knocking his off stump out of the ground. The Proteas are now well and truly on the ropes. Kallis is coming out to the middle. Lets see what sort of movement he's got in that injured glute muscle.
1219: FOUR! Beautiful shot from du Plessis, who jumps onto the front foot to a Siddle half-volley, driving him superbly through the covers. SA 6/250
1217: Trouble for Australia! James Pattinson comes into the attack and sends down the first delivery of the over, before taking his hat back and heading for the sheds. He pulled up very gingerly after that one. Lets hope this isn't something serious for the young man.
1213: WICKET! (Steyn 1, c Ponting b Hilfenhaus, SA 6/246) Great bowling by Hilfenhaus, who sets up Steyn with a series of probing out-swingers before the tail-ender can't help himself and pokes at one. Ricky Ponting takes a good catch to his left at second slip. Kleinveldt comes to the crease: still no sign of Kallis.
1202: FOUR! Hilfenhaus gets some good shape away immediately and has du Plessis edging - allbeit safely into the gap between gully and slip for a boundary.
1200: Australia take the new ball straight away with Ben Hilfenhaus replacing Peter Siddle. The way Siddle has bowled this morning, that move might be a hint that Clarke will enforce the follow-on if the Aussies can knock over these remaining wickets.
1157: Nick of Cecil Hills asks: "Hi, Trent. Can you please tell me how our spinners (lyon, clarke and warner)did so well compared to Tahir. Are South Africa struggling to find a decent spinner or did the pitch change considerably between the innings. Loving the blog fror the weekdays but its the weekend now so i am watching it on Tv. Thank You."
Trent says: Hi Nick, hope you're enjoying your weekend. In the case of Tahir, there's no sugar coating it: he bowled terribly. I haven't seen a great deal of him play before coming out here but what he's shown on our wickets hasn't been enough to get me excited. Lyon and Clarke - and even Warner - showed the primary concern for a spinner has to be consistency. You can have all the top-spinners, wrong-uns and doosras in the world, but if you can't land the ball consistently, you will never mount enough pressure to trouble a batsman in Test cricket.
1152: South Africa still need 111 runs to reach the follow on. To make matters worse for them, the new ball is due next over.
1148: Dale Steyn has come out instead of Jacques Kallis. Perhaps his injury is worse than reported.
1144: WICKET! (De Villiers 1, LBW Siddle, SA 5/ 240) Siddle collects De Villiers plumb in front and Billy Bowden has no hesitation in raising the bent finger. De Villiers reviews the decision but that's just about as plumb as they come. What a start to the day by Australia! They're well and truly in the box seat now and the Proteas will do well just to reach the follow-on.
1136: FOUR! Faf du Plessis opens his account with a well-timed drive through mid-wicket.
1132: WICKET! (Smith 122, c Wade b Siddle, SA 4/233) Smith trudges off and Australia have all the momentum early on day three.
1131: It appears his bat hit the ground at the same time as a noise resembling an edge - but there's a feint white dot on Hot Spot! The decision stands and Smith is told to go! He's not happy.
1130: WICKET?! REFERRAL! Siddle has Smith seemingly out caught behind. He's given out by Billy Bowden, but challenges immediately. This looks deja vu of yesterday.
1125: WICKET! (Rudolph 29 c Quiney b Lyon, SA 3/233) The trap works! Clarke moves a man into a shortish cover-point and Lyon throws one full and wide to Rudolph who can't help himself, playing a drive in the air to Rob Quiney who accepts the chance. Rudolph is kicking himself, he's thrown away a golden opportunity to the sucker ball.
1118: FOUR! Siddle pins one at Smith's body and finds glove, with the ball just evading a diving Wade down the leg side. Good change-up from Siddle, that could have gone anywhere.
1110: FOUR! Lyon replaces Clarke and overpitches to Rudolph who plays a glorious cover drive through the gap between cover and mid-off for four. SA 2/227
1104: FOUR! Peter Siddle into the attack at the other end and immediately gives Graeme Smith too much width outside off. The Proteas skipper throws his hands at a freebie and records the first boundary of the morning.
1059: Michael Clarke has the ball and there's barely a cloud in the sky. Conditions are perfect for batting and my early tip is that we'll be seeing plenty of it from the Proteas today.
1048: Good morning all and welcome back to foxsports.com.au's LIVE and INTERACTIVE coverage of the second Test at Adelaide Oval. Trent Hile joining you again for what promises to be an intriguing day of Test cricket. South Africa will be keen to whittle away at Australia's first innings total, while the Aussies need early wickets to swing momentum their way.
We'll be joined by former Tasmania paceman Brett Geeves in the lunch break (about 1pm EDT) so send through your questions on all things cricket now.
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