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Got him ... John Hastings celebrates the wicket of A.B. de Villiers. Source: Greg Wood / AAP
Australia make three quick breakthroughs straight after lunch, leaving South Africa six wickets down and in serious trouble on the first day of the third Test.
The stakes couldn't be higher as the two sides lock horns with the No.1 Test ranking on the line and the great Ricky Ponting to honour.
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3rd Test - WACA Ground
30 November 2012 - Day 1, Session 2
South Africa 1st Innings
| F. du Plessis | 39 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 54.17 |
| V. Philander | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| N. Lyon | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2.60 |
Latest comments (all times AEDT):
1812: TEA (SA 7-141). That's tea on day one at the WACA. Australia have dominated both sessions so far today, and it will take some very good batting from the Proteas tail to prevent the Aussies from batting before the end of the day. Stay with us and join the discussion during the tea break!
1810: FOUR! In the last over before lunch, Lyon overpitches and du Plessis plays a nice flick through mid-wicket for four. He's on 39 now, and has easily been South Africa's best batsman today.
1807: OUCH! Johnson bowls a nasty short one to Philander, who starts to duck but changes his mind way to late and ends up copping one on the finger. He was in all sorts there.
1803: Drew White says: Australia's Bowlers showing Seth Efrika how its done at the WACA…
Antony says: I've never met Seth Efrika ... nice bloke?
1757: CLOSE! Lyon gets one to turn a little bit extra, it catches the inside edge of Philanders bat and flies just past the oustretched hand of Cowan at short leg. Mitchell Johnson comes back to bowl now.
1754: WICKET! (Peterson 31, cWade b Lyon, 7-132) Well there you have it, the spinner does get the breakthrough! Lyon drops it short and wide, not a great ball at all, but Peterson goes for the big cut shot and gets an edge, and Matthew Wade takes a good catch. That's a big wicket for Australia, and it brings Vernon Philander to the crease.
1748: CLOSE! That's almost a carbon copy of du Plessis' last loose shot against Lyon, again he comes down the pitch to go for the big hit, and again he gets a thick edge and scampers through for a single as the ball goes out to fine leg. SA 6-131
1744: Now Hastings comes back into the attack in place of Watson. As he does that, consider this comment from GoldCoastSunnies of Goldcoast: Why did they pick a spinner , had to pick four quicks ! brut boy bowl long spells. As I stated previously they should of picked Starc for Adelaide.
Antony says: I guess with Shane Watson able to bowl, Clarke and the selectors figured it would be good to have some variety in the attack rather than five pacemen. Also, the extra bounce can sometimes end up helping the spinners.
1741: CLOSE! Well, the breakthrough almost came from Lyon there. Du Plessis came down the pitch but got it all wrong and ended up edging his shot past fine leg for a single. That was a loose stroke. SA 6-126
1739: Here's an interesting move - captain Clarke brings Nathan Lyon into the attack in place of Starc. Can the spinner grab a surprise breakthrough?
1737: Arthur has emailed in: It's 45 degrees in Melbourne but barely 20, windy and overcast in Perth. Go figure! The wind is from the south west and west, perfect for anyone who swings the ball. The WACA is close to a river, it's had 3 days rain, the wicket has sweated and absorbed moisture and the sun has shone infrequently today. The atmospherics in Perth are an interesting phenomenon.
Antony says: I hope you work for the Weather Channel, Arthur. If not, your talent is being wasted!
1735: FOUR! That's a Faf special! Starc overpitches and du Plessis plays a nice cover drive that races to the boundary.
1731: FOUR! Ooh, that was close, Peterson got a thick inside edge off a good length ball from Watson, and it goes over the stumps and down to the fine leg boundary. SA 6-114
1727: Parko of Queanbeyan says: Who won the toss, again? I watched Brad Hogg on Fox Sports and he said the pitch would favour the bowlers for two days - spot on Hoggy!
Antony says: Confirming that Graeme Smith won the toss and chose to batt. Perhaps he should have had a word to Hoggy beforehand!
1720: APPEAL! Watson strikes du Plessis flush on the pad and bowler and slips go up in unison. Umpire Asad Rauf says not out, but after a short conference Michael Clarke calls for the REVIEW. Hawkeye shows it is perilously close to leg stump but not close enough to change the decision, and the NOT OUT call remains.
1716: SHOT! du Plessis plays another nice cut shot that looks destined for the boundary until a brilliant dive from Warner restricts the batsmen to three. Warner is on fire in the field. SA 6-103
1712: That's drinks at the WACA. What an hour that was for Australia - can they follow it up with some more good bowling after the drinks break? As an aside, I had prepared a few facts about the debutant Dean Elgar that I was going to share with you all before he got out. He's played five ODIs for South Africa and averages 45 at first-class level. Needless to say, at Test level his average is ... 0.
1706: paul of brisbane says: Hope people will have enough sense not to comparte the bowlers performance on this wicket compared to the other two we've seen...night and day!! looks like a result pitch tho..should be fun!!
Antony says: I tend to agree Paul, this is clearly a different pitch to the other two. Chances of a draw here = minimal.
1702: Peterson and du Plessis looked to have steadied the ship for South Africa for the time being. How long will it last?
1655: Harry of Sydney says: Well i hope this stops all those people rabbiting on about Siddle and Hilfenhaus , Starc , Hastings and co have shown just how ordinary those 2 are ...maybe if they had played these guys from the start then aussies would be 2 nil up.
Antony says: Perhaps, although this WACA pitch is doing the bowlers a lot more favours than the pitches in Brisbane and Adelaide did.
1653: FOUR! Hastings drops slightly short and wide and du Plessis absolutely crunches it with a beautiful back-foot drive that goes to the rope. Top shot that. SA 6-93
1650: FOUR! Peterson lunges at one from Hastings but keeps the face of the bat open, and the ball runs along the ground between third slip and gully all the way to the boundary.
1646: Dragon of NSW says: Cowan is a very lucky man right now, Mr. butterfingers.
Antony says: His dropped catch is a distant memory now!
1642: FOUR! Du Plessis plays a delightful straight drive off a full ball from Hastings. The Proteas need another Faf masterclass here. SA 6-79
1640: CLOSE! Robin Peterson comes to the crease and is almost back on his way, as Johnson bowls a vicious yorker that just misses off stump and also just goes past the outside edge. Good bowling from Mitch there.
1638: WICKET! (Elgar 0, c Wade b Johnson, SA 6-75) South Africa are falling apart here! Johnson bowls a short one to the debutant Elgar, who tries to pull it but only lets the ball hit his glove, and it balloons into the gloves of Matt Wade. The Proteas are in big trouble.
1632: FOUR! That's almost a carbon copy of the last ball of Hastings' over, as the ball catches du Plessis's edge and goes to the third man boundary. APPEAL! Hastings follows it up with one that keeps going straight and hits Faf on the pad, but the replay shows it caught a big inside edge first. SA 5-75
1628: JohnT of Sydney says: After his form for Yorkshire with the red ball then in T20 with the white ball Mitchell Starc should have been the first bowler selected at the start of this series - now he's proving it!!
Antony says: On this form he does look like he was a bit unlucky to miss out, especially in Adelaide. But, how would Siddle and Hilfenhaus have gone on this pitch?
1626: CLOSE! FOUR! Hastings bowls another beauty to the new batsman, Faf du Plessis, and it catches the edge but this time goes past third slip all the way to the boundary. SA 5-71.
1623: WICKET! (de Villiers 4, c Clarke b Hastings, SA 5-67) John Hastings has his first wicket in Test cricket! He bowls a good ball to de Villiers that shapes away beautifully, catching the South African's edge, and Clarke makes no mistake at first slip. This is superb bowling from the Aussies.
1619: South Africa are in trouble here! Dean Elgar is the new batsman.
1618: RUN OUT! de Villiers pushes the ball to cover and takes off for a quick single, David Warner gathers the ball and throws down the stumps at Hashim Amla's end and he looks to be out! The umpire goes to the third umpire and the verdict is ... OUT! WICKET! (Amla 11, run out Warner, SA 4-67).
1616: FOUR! AB de Villiers gets off the mark with a fairly loose square drive that's in the air but also in the gap, and it races away to the point boundary.
1614: CLOSE! Hastings follows it up with a good ball that moves away slightly from Amla and beats the outside edge. The big Victorian looks a bit fired up. Mitchell Johnson to bowl now.
1612: John Hastings has the first over after lunch, with Hashim Amla on strike. DROPPED! Wow, that was a huge chance! Amla clipped one off his pads straight to Ed Cowan at short mid-wicket, but Cowan put it down! That was a regulation catch that should have been taken. Will Australia be made to pay for that error?
1608: The players are making their way back out into the middle of the WACA. Will Australia or South Africa dominate this session?
1600: Hawk of Sydney says: No Starc critics telling us he can only swing a white ball, funny about that.
Antony says: I guess it's another example of players being able to transfer their T20 form into the Test arena. Having said that, Starc was also bowling quite well (and swinging it a fair bit) for NSW in the Shield.
1553: The Turk says: Plenty of know it all comments already come out from armchair critics... Only first session and already being proven wrong.... Lol just watch the game and say something constructive for a change...
Antony says: I guess it's a bit early for anyone to be proven right or wrong at the moment.
1547: Australia's new pace trio have been fairly impressive so far, albeit on a pitch with a fair bit of help. What have you made of them? Could this prove to be a good decision from Australia's selectors? Let us know what you think!
1543: G'day all, Antony Pinshaw here taking over from my esteemed colleague Trent Hile in the blogging chair. The man has big boots to fill!
1530: LUNCH: Well that final 10 minute period has put Australia firmly in the box seat at lunch. Starc now has figures of 2/27 off 8.
1528: WICKET! (Kallis 2, b Starc, SA 3/63) Starc strikes again! He goes straight through Kallis with a ball almost identical to the one that removed Petersen; a beautiful in-swinger that hits the seam and knocks over Kallis' off-stump. What a spell from the youngster.
1522: Jacques Kallis is at the crease. He sets off for an early single and looks to be moving OK. South African fans breathe a sigh of relief.
1517: WICKET! (Petersen 30, b Starc, SA 2/61) Starc knocks over Petersen with a beauty! The young New South Welshman slips an in-swinger through the gap between bat and pad, then has to survive another nervous check for a no ball, before Petersen is told to depart. That's a timely wicket before the lunch break.
1509: As Starc looks to be bowling with better rhythm in his second spell, Mark asks: "What's your opinion on replacing Ponting with Doolan two tassies?"
Trent says: I haven't seen a great deal of Doolan as yet Mark, bar the Australia A game where he scored 160-odd and belted the Proteas on a highway of a wicket at the SCG. Test cricket might be a year or two away for him yet, but he's scoring a lot of runs and impressing the right people.
1501: FOUR! Starc drops short to Petersen who works him through the gap between gully and third slip.
1458: FOUR! Superb stroke from Amla, who is square driving Hastings through cover-point for a boundary. SA 1/53
1451: Toby of Rouse Hill says: "Hi Trent, I hope that Uzi Khawaja is picked for the Sri Lanka series to replace Punter. His technique is flawless and shot selection is very impressive."
Trent says: Hi Toby, hope it's not too hot out there at the moment. One thing is for certain - your man Usman Khawaja will play a lot more Test cricket. He failed twice in the Shield game down there in Canberra on a spooky wicket, but other than that, he's looked terrific this year. I have a feeling the selectors might go with Phil Hughes to replace Ponting, but Khawaja's chance won't be far away.
1445: Johnson beats Amla twice in consecutive deliveries. This could be his man - he's dismissed Amla on nine occasions.
1440: FOUR! Hastings back into the attack and he overpitches to the new batsman Hashim Amla, who drives brilliantly through cover for a boundary. SA 1/46
1435: Johnson completes another good over and the MJ fans are appearing from out of the wilderness:
Herman of NSW says: "Prediction: Mitchell Johnson to fire with his career on the line. Ponting to score a 100 in his final match. Australia win and will be back to world number 1."
Whippy of Australia says: "This pace attack looked pedestrian. Then Johnson bowled an over, and looked like a wicket taker. Hopefully he delivers on the promise, as the others look like Shield bowlers."
1427: WICKET! (Smith 16, c Clarke b Watson, SA 1/38) Welcome back to Test cricket Shane Watson! He pitches one up outside off-stump to Smith who snicks one in an attempt to defend, with Clarke taking a simple catch at first slip. That's a vital wicket for the Aussies.
1424: Johnson is getting some really nice shape when he pitches the ball up here. He looks a completely different bowler than the round-armed slinger who came off 10 steps in the series in South Africa last year.
1417: FOUR! Smith clips Johnson away through square-leg for four. SA 0/36
1416: Chance! Short: Johnson jams one in short to Smith and catches him on the glove. It pops up in the direction of Michael Hussey at gully but falls just short.
1414: Shout! Not out: Johnson slides one down the leg-side to Smith and there's a noise, was that a catch? The Aussies go up but it's a stifled appeal.
1411: The crowd roars. No, Ponting hasn't taken a screamer ... it's Mitchell Johnson into the attack.
1406: Here's something we haven't seen in a while ... Shane Watson with the ball in hand, replacing Hastings in the attack.
1403: FOUR! FOUR! Starc drops too short and Petersen pulls. He doesn't quite get all of it, but this lightning outfield takes it all the way to the rope. The last ball of the over is too full this time and Petersen has little trouble in making Starc pay.
1401: Mark kicks off our first discussion of the morning: "Hi trent, What do you think of the bowlers being mostly one day specialists?"
Trent says: It's a bit of a gamble, isn't it Mark? I was particularly surprised they didn't go with Hazlewood, who bowls in a similar fashion to a Stuart Clark or Glenn McGrath and would get plenty of bounce here with his height. In saying that, Starc was always going to be the next one picked after being 12th man in Brisbane and Adelaide. They've taken a punt on Johnson, which initially shocked me, but after watching some vision of his new action, I don't mind the decision. He's cocking his wrist and swinging the ball back in to the right hander - that could make him a real handful. And Hastings ... well he's the leading wicket-taker in Shield cricket, so he deserves his shot.
1353: FOUR! Starc starts one too straight and it swings onto Petersen's pads. The opener clips it away down the leg-side for the opening boundary of the morning. SA 0/17
1351: WICKET! Review ... NOT OUT! Starc shapes one back to Petersen and hits him on the pads in front. After a lengthy appeal, Umpire Kettleborough raises the finger! Petersen goes for the DRS. There's always a question over height with LBWs at the WACA when a batsman plays off the front foot. Sure enough, that one was not only too high, but possibly a touch down leg too. Petersen survives.
1341: Hastings sneaks one past the outside edge of Petersen in a good opening over.
1336: Some good early shape for Starc, but the Proteas manage to pick up four runs from the over. This is a surprise - John Hastings will take the new ball at the other end. Having played alongside the big Duke as I teenager, I'm hoping to see him pick up bag-full.
1331: Graeme Smith and Alviro Petersen will open the innings for the Proteas, while Mitchell Starc will have first use of the new ball. We're all set for this historic Test.
1328: We've heard the national anthems and now the Aussies are making their way out on to the field. There's plenty of back slaps and bum taps for Ponting. What a moment for the 167-Test veteran. By the end of this Test, he will join Steve Waugh as Australia's most-capped Test player.
1321: For the Proteas, Vernon Philander comes back into the side in the place of Rory Kleinveldt, while Robin Peterson and Dean Elgar have been included in the place of Imran Tahir and Jacques Rudolph. In a huge boost for the Proteas, all-rounder Jacques Kallis is playing, but only as a batsman.
1318: Graeme Smith has won the toss and elected to bat. There's a few key changes in the Australian side - Rob Quiney, James Pattinson, Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus are out, while Shane Watson, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson and debutante John Hastings are in.
1315:: Good afternoon all and welcome to foxsports.com.au's LIVE and INTERACTIVE coverage of the third and deciding Test between Australia and South Africa at the WACA ground. I'm Trent Hile, and will be guiding you through the first couple of hours play until Antony Pinshaw joins you in the hot seat. I don't know whether much more needs to be said about the importance of this Test and what's at stake; but just in case you've been living under a rock, the situation is this: Australia will be desperate to farewell retiring legend Ricky Ponting in style, while Test cricket's coveted No.1 ranking awaits the winner of this match.
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