South Africa vs Australia, 2nd Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: Australia tour of South Africa, 2018 Venue: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Date & Time: Mar 09-Mar 13, 10:00 AM LOCAL
Lungi Ngidi 3-51(13.3 ov)
71.3
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, out Bowled!! Whatta a rippah!! The ball serpents back in and poisons the sticks down. That landed on a length outside off, the batsman pressed forward but left a tiny gap between bat and pad. That was enough for Lungi Ngidi, who managed to traverse the ball through the gap to end South Africa's agony of the last 30 minutes. Paine b Lungi Ngidi 36(68) [4s-5]
71.2
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, pitches the ball up and the wicket, which ain't as repsonsive as it was, allows the batsman to drive on the up. The man at mid-off picks the ball up
71.1
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, shortish ball, Paine accounts for it with a guide down to third man. No single there
69.6
Lungi Ngidi to Hazlewood, no run, he is playing his shots now. Short, wide and slashed away for the man at deep third man to come into action. They don't take a single
69.5
Lungi Ngidi to Hazlewood, no run, back to the short ball. That is what happens when you anger a fast bowler. But the receiver is a fast bowler himself and does the best thing by ducking under it
69.4
Lungi Ngidi to Hazlewood, FOUR, is he a number 11? He merits a promotion courtesy that drive on the up. That was a widish length ball and the batsman threw his willow at that to speed the ball into the fence
69.3
Lungi Ngidi to Hazlewood, no run, length ball outside off and has been kept out with a dangling bat
69.2
Lungi Ngidi to Hazlewood, FOUR, full ball and Hazlewood is not one to back off from a challenge. Looked for an expansive drive and got enough wood on it for the ball to scream past the man at mid-on for a four. 24 runs for the final pair so far
69.1
Lungi Ngidi to Hazlewood, no run, shortish ball, radared down leg and the batsman fails to wood it. Goes into the mitts of the keeper
67.6
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, highish full toss outside off. Must have slipped out of the hands of the bowler. The batsman tried to steer it away and misses it
67.5
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, FOUR, lovely bit of batting from the keeper batsman! Short ball, no venom on it and the batsman thumps the pull away behind square. He controlled it well enough to get it into the gap despite not trying to keep it down
67.4
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, short, wide and invited a slash. The batsman obliged only to miss it as he tried to hit it too hard
67.3
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, bangs the ball short does Lungi Ngidi and the batsman takes the challenge. The pull was mistimed and the cries of 'catch it' died down quickly as the ball fell miles ahead of the fielder at deep square leg
67.2
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, again does not go full throttle with the drive as he is happy to hang back. The man at mid-off picks the ball up
67.1
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, stays his crease and blocks the ball out under his nose
65.6
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, looks for an upper cut and misses it as he was too slow on the shot. The short ball outside off was not such a bad ploy from Lungi Ngidi after getting the cover fielder into position
65.5
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, weight completely on the back foot and the hands expand into a push into the off-side as the length ball decked in sharply
65.4
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, back of a length delivery outside off and has been patted away into the off-side off the back foot
65.3
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, slightly short of a length and too much outside off to entertain the batsman into playing a shot at it. Left alone
65.2
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, short ball at the torso and the batsman swivels on the pull to find the man at long leg. Does not take a single
65.2
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, 1 run, to fine leg
65.1
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, no run, length ball outside off. Little bit of inward movement but has been left alone
63.6
Lungi Ngidi to Hazlewood, no run, stays his crease and with his balance all over the place, manages to inside edge the ball into the on-side
63.5
Lungi Ngidi to Lyon, out Bowled!! The inswinger does it. The natural angle created and the batsman despite playing for it could not counter that as he tried playing it across the line. The ball flicked the back pad and then cannoned into the sticks. The second ball of the over created the seeds of doubt and the fifth ball reaps the rewards. Ngidi has been superb with his lines and deservingly gets the wicket of Lyon. Lyon though has again contributed a handy cameo to the cause of Australia's first innings score. Lyon b Lungi Ngidi 17(20) [4s-4]
63.4
Lungi Ngidi to Lyon, no run, presents the full face of the bat to poke the ball out to mid-on as the ball nipped in from the deck
63.3
Lungi Ngidi to Lyon, no run, angles in this time and strikes the pads as he missed the tuck
63.2
Lungi Ngidi to Lyon, no run, uuuhhhh! That was close to the edge. The batsman was caught on the crease and wanted to push at it. The ball landed and went straight on for the batsman to be fooled into playing the angle. The ball whizzed past the outer edge
63.1
Lungi Ngidi to Paine, 1 run, the ball decks in and trims the outer half of the bat to dribble into the off-side as the batsman was compact in his prod forward
42.6
Lungi Ngidi to Smith, FOUR, bowl there on his pads and he will flick you for four all day. This delivery was drifting on the pads, Smith identifies the line early, gets in a good position and clips it wide of fine leg for a boundary
42.5
Lungi Ngidi to Smith, no run, fullish delivery outside off, Smith leaves it alone. Ball brushed his pads and went to the keeper
42.4
Lungi Ngidi to Smith, no run, fuller length just outside off, Smith drives it straight to mid-off
42.3
Lungi Ngidi to Smith, FOUR, short of length delivery and ample room was provided, Smith gets in a good position and cuts it wide of point for a boundary. Easy pickings for Smith!
42.2
Lungi Ngidi to Smith, no run, touch fuller of good length and on the off-stump, Smith stays in the crease and pushes it to mid-on
42.1
Lungi Ngidi to Smith, no run, full ball and has been slapped back to the bowler with his feet all over in his crease
40.6
Lungi Ngidi to Smith, 2 runs, awkward tuck into the on-side and a couple is nabbed. That was again dropped slightly short and allowed the batsman the time to play the shot
40.5
Lungi Ngidi to Smith, no run, back of a length delivery outside off and has been punched out into the off-side. The "wait on" call after the shot would attract the GIF makers
40.4
Lungi Ngidi to Smith, no run, fuller length delivery outside off and has been left alone
40.3
Lungi Ngidi to Smith, no run, almost, well almost the edge! Back of a length delivery kicked up and the batsman trying to punch it away, missed the outer edge by a whisker. That was close
40.2
Lungi Ngidi to Smith, no run, fuller and attacking the sticks. The batsman defends it to mid-on and then mocks a war cry. Smith and his shenanigans
40.1
Lungi Ngidi to Smith, no run, back of a length delivery outside off and has been blocked out into the off-side off the back foot
38.6
Lungi Ngidi to Shaun Marsh, no run, the fuller delivery this time and again the batsman is not tested as he leaves the ball alone
38.5
Lungi Ngidi to Shaun Marsh, no run, length ball zipping away with the angle and the batsman playing the angle, decided to leave it
38.4
Lungi Ngidi to Shaun Marsh, no run, banged in short at 130kph and the batsman ducks under it
38.3
Lungi Ngidi to Shaun Marsh, no run, full and swinging. The batsman is happy to let it go. But again there was a second thought to it
38.2
Lungi Ngidi to Shaun Marsh, no run, drops the length a bit, the line was more towards the body of the batsman and was tucked out into the on-side
38.1
Lungi Ngidi to Shaun Marsh, no run, again gave it a second thought of playing at it but in the end left it alone quite late as the ball nipped away with the angle
36.6
Lungi Ngidi to Shaun Marsh, no run, slightly short again and the batsman has ample time to combat that right under his eyes
36.5
Lungi Ngidi to Shaun Marsh, no run, caught between two stools! Wanted to play at that but then drops his wrists as the ball zoomed away from him
36.4
Lungi Ngidi to Shaun Marsh, no run, this shapes in! The length was slightly shortish and allows the batsman to tuck the ball out into the on-side
36.3
Lungi Ngidi to Shaun Marsh, no run, this, this is the ball that will keep the batsman thinking. The ball lands full and goes away appreciably
36.2
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, out Bowled!! Whatta beauty!! The batsman plays down the wrong line. He was playing for the away going delivery but the ball lands and straightens to break one of those bails. That was a dream delivery and gets the in-form Warner. Can't fault the batsman as well. Ngidi had just come into his spell and managed to bend the ball in. Huge strike for the Proteas. Warner b Lungi Ngidi 63(100) [4s-9]
36.1
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, 2 runs, Ngidi is back and almost gets a wicket as the short ball outside off was carved away. The man at sweeper cover picks the ball up
17.6
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, no run, full and targetting off, Bancroft gets forward and drives well but finds mid-on
17.5
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, FOUR, four more. Lungi Ngidi is disappointed. Full on middle, Bancroft was aiming to flick through mid-wicket, but it ran off a thick leading edge wide of gully. Rolls away. Never was in the air
17.4
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, no run, full but way outside off, easy leave
17.3
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, no run, short of length around off, solid back foot block to cover
17.2
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, FOUR, more luck for Bancroft. Driving away from the body, gets the edge and just wide of gully. Was in the air but in the gap too. Suddenly the runs flow
17.1
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, no run, beaten. Hint of away movement after pitching it full outside off, Bancroft is sucked into the cover drive and is lucky to see the ball move past the edge
15.6
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, FOUR, smashed. Lungi Ngidi has been too full this over and Warner won't miss out on overpitched balls. Plants his foot forward and thumps it wide of mid-off
15.5
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, 3 runs, there comes the flick. Angled in, drifting into off and middle, Bancroft flicks wide of mid-on and Markram this time chases it and keeps it to three. Nice timing on that one
15.4
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, FOUR, beautiful on-drive. Too full from Lungi Ngidi and too straight, Bancroft gets forward and drives, beats a diving mid-on who was Markram. Raced away past the fielder
15.3
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, no run, poor from Bancroft. Wanted to slash that over the slip cordon, missed. The thought was right but the execution wasn't as Lungi Ngidi banged it in short and wide outside off
15.2
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, leg byes, 1 run, down leg, takes the pad and runs away behind square
15.1
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, no run, fullish outside off, in the corridor of uncertainty, left alone
13.6
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, no run, short of length outside off, left alone
13.5
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, FOUR, that's well played. Slanting into off and middle, Bancroft tucks it wide of mid-on and the ball just keeps running away from Faf
13.4
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, 1 run, short of length on off, Warner defends into the vacant cover region and takes a quick single
13.3
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, no run, full on off, driven but straight to the fielder at mid-off
13.2
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, no run, the weight didn't go fully into the shot. Full and there for the cover drive, but Warner tried to hit it too hard and jams it back down to mid-on
13.1
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, no run, pushed across Warner, on a fuller length, Warner lets it go
11.6
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, leg byes, 1 run, down leg, catches the pad and de Kock dives to his right to make a half-stop
11.5
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, no run, leading edge but falls short of gully. Too early into the flick to a leg-sidish delivery, takes the edge and luckily for Warner doesn't carry to the fielder
11.4
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, no run, pushed well across Warner who watches it through to de Kock
11.3
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, 2 runs, a short-arm jab. Good diving half-stop by Philander at square leg, took the pace off the ball and prevented the boundary
11.2
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, no run, slanted across Warner on a fuller length, left alone
11.1
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, no run, short of length around off, pushed to mid-off
9.6
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, no run, that's the delivery. Full and bringing Bancroft forward, with the ball just hinting at shaping away, but Bancroft covered that well and played it off the middle of the bat
9.5
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, no run, goes full and wide of off, left alone
9.4
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, no run, makes Bancroft come forward, pushed watchfully towards cover
9.3
Lungi Ngidi to Bancroft, no run, that in-between length, Bancroft defends off the back foot, gully mops up
9.2
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, leg byes, 1 run, sliding down, off the pad and a legbye
9.1
Lungi Ngidi to Warner, no run, a thick leading edge. But it doesn't carry back to Lungi Ngidi. On the ribs, tucking up Warner, who closed the bat face on that too early, got lucky
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