da bwin： It was a day for bewilderment, tut-tutting and plenty of jokes
da prosport bet： ESPNcricinfo staff11-Nov-2011″No Test cricket on the weekend for the Capetonians, they will have to head for the beach!”
“I went to bed having watched the first session with South Africa 1 for 49 at lunch. When my phone buzzed it said Australia 7 for 21… By the time I got to the TV to check it all out for myself I just saw Shaun Marsh become [Vernon] Philander’s fifth wicket and all of a sudden they were 21 for nine. I was trying to work out what had happened because for a moment I thought I’d missed a whole day of my life. “
“I feel sorry for the groundsman because of course questions will be asked. Yet people are not being peppered [on the body] and the bounce is not a special problem [from a consistency point of view].”
“Australia Test Team are 9 wickets for 21 runs. Yes, it’s Australia and not Austria v Sth Africa.”
“Batsmen aren’t exposed to quality fast bowling a lot, so their game is not equipped mentally as well as technically to cope with good fast bowling when they see it.”
“The talked-about two-match Test series has just turned into one and half.”
“No pitch in the world is a 21 for 9 pitch.”
Commentator Harsha Bhogle concurs“… given the freakish course of this exciting Test match, the Western Province Cricket Association has decided to allow the loyal cricket supporters … to use tickets for Saturday and Sunday today, or alternatively for the Nashua Mobile Cape Cobras versus Nashua Titans 50 over One-Day Cup match next Friday 18 November.”
Other cricket boards could learn a thing or two from the benevolent Western Province Cricket Association“HOLY MOLY… Is the wicket that bad?”
Kevin Pietersen is shocked