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
Philander 0-56(18 ov)
70.6
Philander to Lyon, no run, almost a wicket!! The batsman was well early into the on-drive. The ball took more of the leading edge and landed short of the man at mid-on. Paine at the bowler's end was backing up too far and had to rush back in as the fielder after collecting the ball on the bounce had a shy at the sticks as well. The batsmen were safe on both the accounts
70.5
Philander to Lyon, no run, some darting in movement from the deck and the batsman closes the face of the bat to turn it into the on-side
70.4
Philander to Paine, 1 run, the ball tailed in late. Was too full and the batsman clipped the drive away to mid-on. Did not time it well as it more of the cue-end and that allowed a quick single to be taken
70.3
Philander to Paine, no run, shapes away from the right-hander and the batsman is pleased to let it go. The lead is 71
70.2
Philander to Lyon, 1 run, length ball almost crawls along outside off and was punched away to the left of the man at mid-off for a single
70.1
Philander to Paine, 1 run, back of a length delivery just outside off and has been punched off the back foot to deepish point
68.6
Philander to Paine, no run, poor ball on the pads, tucked to the man at square leg. Paine would be disappointed that he did not do better with that ball
68.5
Philander to Starc, 1 run, Philander gets it right this time but Starc manages to inner halve the ball away to mid-on. A little to the left of the fielder and the single is taken
68.4
Philander to Starc, no run, that was going down as it curled in a bit. The batsman also did well not to be falling over too much as he missed the clip. He also did not get in line with the delivery else had he missed, would have been hit in front of the sticks
68.3
Philander to Starc, no run, amicable delivery bowled at 127kph and just outside off. Was pushed away to the man at point, again no feet in it
68.2
Philander to Paine, 1 run, too much of a freedom outside off and the batsman punches the ball away off the back foot to deepish point
68.1
Philander to Paine, no run, gets the ball to nibble in and the batsman covers the line of the ball to knock it away into the on-side
66.6
Philander to Paine, no run, some shape going away from the batsman and has been negated into the off-side with a jab of the hands
66.5
Philander to Pat Cummins, 1 run, Faf won't like this as that delivery was directed at the pads. Easy tuck on the on-side for a single. 22 runs already in less than four overs
66.4
Philander to Pat Cummins, no run, hint of reverse as the ball nipped in but the batsman played it back to the bowler by applying a straightish bat
66.3
Philander to Pat Cummins, no run, gets the ball to slant away from the right hander and the batsman is pretty pleased to leave it
66.2
Philander to Paine, 1 run, opens the face of the bat into the push and hares through for a single
66.1
Philander to Paine, FOUR, he has been off the mark! Drops the ball very short and the batsman pivoted on the back foot to power the pull away towards deep mid. Terrible delivery from Philander
64.6
Philander to Pat Cummins, no run, stays his crease and defends it out into the on-side
64.5
Philander to Pat Cummins, FOUR, was on a pair but gets a delivery on the pads and tucks the ball fine enough to beat the dive from the man at deep square leg. Ngidi from deep square covered a lot of ground to his left but the slide was a clumsy and ineffective one for him to concede a four
64.4
Philander to Pat Cummins, no run, little too full at 127kph, on-driven sans any timing to the man at mid-on
64.3
Philander to Pat Cummins, no run, curler outside off and the batsman trying to have a feel of it, misses it as the ball gusts past the outer edge
64.2
Philander to Pat Cummins, no run, back of a length delivery just outside off and has been defended into the off-side with an upright stance
64.1
Philander to Paine, 3 runs, gentle dibbly dobbly delivery outside off and the batsman eased it past the cover fielder for a triple. Poor start for Philander
57.6
Philander to Khawaja, FOUR, just over! Khawaja's heart would have been in his mouth as he checked his drive. The ball was in the air and went over the leaping mid-off fielder. The ball stopped on the batsman after hitting a crater on the deck
57.5
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, shortish outside off and has been cut away to the man at deepish point for a single. Lead trundles to 26
57.4
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, dangling away outside off and has been left alone as the line never interested the batsman enough
57.3
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, length ball and has been defended out into the deck with a slightly bent frame
57.2
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, another nipping away delivery and the batsman is pleased to shoulder arms
57.1
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, nice curl going away from the right-hander and the batsman is pretty happy to let it go
55.6
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, the keeper went back and the bowler lands a full ball. The batsman as a riposte fences the ball out into the off-side with a solid show of the maker's name
55.5
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, FOUR, short ball, not a lot of freedom but the whirlwind of the hands into the shot gets it past the dive of the man at point. The fielder dived to his left and failed to stop it as the ball raced to the fence. Timed and placed to perfection!
55.4
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, the big back lift comes down on a length ball outside off and barricades the ball out into the off-side
55.3
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, 2 runs, the reverse swing continues to occur but the batsmen have handed it well. The ball nipped away this time and the batsman opened the face of the bat by playing it late. Before the man at point could cut it off, they amble back for a brace
55.2
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, again, nibbles in at 132kph and the batsman in his attempt to jab at it, inside edges the ball under his eyes
55.1
Philander to Khawaja, 1 run, back of a length delivery decking in a wee bit and has been pushed out to the off-side for a single
53.6
Philander to Khawaja, no run, stays behind the ball and tucks the ball away into the on-side as it decked in a little
53.5
Philander to Khawaja, FOUR, squares the batsman up and the ball takes the edge to go past the man at first slip. There was no one at second slip and that piles on the agony for the skipper, who has already got two horrible reviews going against him
53.4
Philander to Khawaja, no run, fuller length delivery again and the batsman mistimes the drive into the off-side. Man at mid-off picks the ball up
53.3
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, 1 run, stabs the ball through the covers and gets a single as the ball landed well outside off
53.2
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, inside edges the ball as the ball nipped in. Was awkwardly pushed out
53.1
Philander to Khawaja, leg byes, 1 run, the review taken more out of desperation and the way Philander appealed. QDK got it wrong yet again as the ball was going well down the leg. The batsman was falling over in the missed clip but the ball was doing too much despite straightening a bit
37.6
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, there is reverse swing! This one swerves in a little and was combatted with a push from the crease
37.5
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, now the in-ducker..he is trying to keep the batsman guessing. The batsman might have picked it slightly late and defends it into the on-side
37.4
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, away going delivery this time and the keeper takes it almost chest high despite that being a length ball
37.3
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, the ball zips in sharply and the batsman manages to eke out an inside edge and save himself as the ball thuds the pads. The batsman was trying to prod forward and the ball zipped in to hit him on the move
37.2
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, length ball, slightly wider outside off and the batsman chops the cut away to the man at cover
37.1
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, an away curler and left alone without any qualms by Mitchell Marsh
35.6
Philander to Khawaja, no run, that is risky! Playing ahead of his body to a delivery going across him. Pushed out to mid-off
35.5
Philander to Khawaja, no run, gets the ball to slant away from over the wicket and the batsman is happy to let it go as he had the line of the sticks covered
35.4
Philander to Khawaja, FOUR, bad ball on to the pads and has been put away. The man at long leg was very square and the batsman got enough wood to send it fine for a four. He moves to 49!
35.3
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, leg byes, 1 run, the ball jags in at 124kph and the batsman misses the tuck. The ball crawls away into the on-side off the pads for a single in the form of a leg bye
35.2
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, stays his crease, and defends it solidly under his eyes into the off-side
35.1
Philander to Mitchell Marsh, no run, back of a length delivery outside off and has been patted into the covers off the back foot
33.6
Philander to Khawaja, no run, drops the ball slightly short and the batsman stays back to push the ball out into the off-side
33.5
Philander to Khawaja, no run, open face of the bat into the drive and the ball goes to the man at point as another length ball was delivered
33.4
Philander to Khawaja, no run, length, skids on and the keeper up to the sticks is taken aback by the pace off the wicket
33.3
Philander to Khawaja, FOUR, an absolute gift of a delivery down leg and has been clipped fine on the on-side to bring up the hundred. This has been a tough battle for the Aussies
33.2
Philander to Khawaja, no run, length ball and has been pushed back to the bowler as the batsman preferred to stay his crease
33.1
Philander to Khawaja, no run, back of a length delivery outside off and has been steered away to find the man at gully
30.6
Philander to Khawaja, no run, outside off and it curls in to be notoriously closer to the poles. Hands on head for QDK suggests that the ball was very close to the sticks as the batsman left it alone on line. The ball landed pretty much outside off and decked in to have the batsman in some sort of a discomfort
30.5
Philander to Khawaja, FOUR, and where does the ball go now? Any guesses. Towards gully. Though it went straight to the ground but there was an outer edge which propelled that. The batsman did get squared up and edged it with soft hands for the ball to race away into the fence
30.4
Philander to Khawaja, FOUR, lets the batsman off the hook there by dropping it short. The batsman gets on top of the bounce, uses the room and cuts the ball well away from the man at backward point for a four
30.3
Philander to Khawaja, no run, fuller length delivery but outside off and has been left alone easily
30.2
Philander to Khawaja, no run, stays leg sidish to the length ball and pushes the ball away to the man at mid-off
30.1
Philander to Khawaja, no run, a darting in delivery outside off and has been shouldered arms to by the batsman as it never threatened to deck back in at the sticks
27.6
Philander to Khawaja, no run, this bounces extra and surprises Khawaja who jabs at it and the extra bounce off a good length takes it over the bat. Well held by de Kock. Not an easy take
27.5
Philander to Khawaja, no run, makes Khawaja play and beats him. Angled in, hit the short of length area did Philander, held its line and goes past the bat
27.4
Philander to Khawaja, no run, good length outside off, nice take by de Kock after Khawaja shouldered arms
27.3
Philander to Khawaja, no run, that's odd to see. Khawaja is walking at Philander, down the wicket, sees it outside off and lets it go
27.2
Philander to Khawaja, no run, pushes it up a bit further, full outside off, still Khawaja leaves
27.1
Philander to Khawaja, no run, Philander is back and starts from round the wicket, good length outside off, left alone
10.6
Philander to Bancroft, no run, beautiful ball. Even though Philander pulled the length back, he kept the line closer to off, then it seamed away past the hanging back foot defence of Bancroft. Ever so close to the edge. Masterly use of seam and swing in that over
10.5
Philander to Bancroft, no run, nicely bowled. Swinging away from a fuller length, bringing Bancroft to play, softly pushed to cover
10.4
Philander to Bancroft, no run, swings from the hand, easy for Bancroft as he shoulders arms to one that's wide of off
10.3
Philander to Bancroft, no run, full looking for the pad, on-driven straight to the fielder at mid-on
10.2
Philander to Bancroft, no run, short of length on off, Bancroft is back and across before blocking it back down
10.1
Philander to Bancroft, no run, pitched up outside off, swinging away, Bancroft gets across and drives without any timing to mid-off
8.6
Philander to Bancroft, no run, pushes this wide of off, Bancroft waves it through to the keeper
8.5
Philander to Bancroft, no run, full around off, Bancroft gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to block. Compact again
8.4
Philander to Bancroft, no run, pitched up outside off, moves away, left alone
8.3
Philander to Bancroft, no run, both edges are in play here. This comes in a tad, full on off, Bancroft defends with an angled bat, but safely to mid-wicket
8.2
Philander to Bancroft, no run, "waiting" is the call from Bancroft, full outswinger, Bancroft gets forward and push-drives to cover
8.1
Philander to Bancroft, no run, good length on off, compactly defended off the back foot
6.6
Philander to Warner, no run, attacking the stumps on a fuller length, Warner is right in behind that, bat and pad close together. Solidly defended
6.5
Philander to Warner, no run, full on off, Warner drives and finds mid-off
6.4
Philander to Bancroft, 1 run, soft hands on the defence, lets it run off the outer half of the bat wide of gully. Deep point mops up
6.3
Philander to Bancroft, no run, full outside off, swinging away, Bancroft lets it go
6.2
Philander to Bancroft, no run, Philander half-went up and then aborted the appeal. On a good length and on off, may have nipped in a tad, hit the pad, too high I guess - may have got a feather on it as well
6.1
Philander to Bancroft, no run, short of length outside off, hint of shape away, left alone
4.6
Philander to Bancroft, no run, on a length and outside off, Bancroft lifts his bat and lets it go
4.5
Philander to Bancroft, no run, short of length outside off, shapes away a tad, Bancroft shoulders arms
4.4
Philander to Bancroft, no run, swinging from the hand that time, saw it pitch outside off and left it alone
4.3
Philander to Bancroft, no run, full and coming in, flicked to mid-wicket
4.2
Philander to Bancroft, no run, well bowled and well played too. Full on off, brings Bancroft forward, soft push-defence
4.1
Philander to Bancroft, no run, full on off, Bancroft gets forward to on-drive and times it sort of well, but Rabada at mid-on gets across with a dive and stops it. Keeps the pressure on
2.6
Philander to Bancroft, no run, short of length outside off, seamed and bounced away, Bancroft shoulders arms
2.5
Philander to Bancroft, 2 runs, too straight and tucked away past square leg, two more
2.4
Philander to Bancroft, no run, that's the line and length which got Bancroft in the first innings, full around off, Bancroft's bat comes across the ball, at an angle, thick outside edge rolls to gully, needs to play with a straight bat
2.3
Philander to Bancroft, no run, the seam is bolt upright and the line is closer to off, full too, Bancroft still leaves
2.2
Philander to Bancroft, no run, again. The ball is swinging and seaming, Philander needs to get his line right
2.1
Philander to Bancroft, no run, too wide of off, easy leave
0.6
Philander to Bancroft, 2 runs, a bit straight and Bancroft gets inside the line to flick wide of mid-on. Full and looking for the pad but Bancroft gets off the mark with a good brace
0.5
Philander to Bancroft, no run, short of length around off, Bancroft defends with bat and pad close together. Neatly done
0.4
Philander to Bancroft, no run, good length outside off, hint of shape away, left alone
0.3
Philander to Bancroft, no run, fullish and swinging away, too wide of off, to make Bancroft play
0.2
Philander to Bancroft, no run, similar delivery to the last one, good leave by Bancroft as he has another sighter. Philander goes ooooh!
0.1
Philander to Bancroft, no run, Philander starts with a delivery in the corridor of uncertainty, hint of away swing, Bancroft lets it go
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