South Africa vs India in Nagpur – Day 3

Published 8 February 2010 | By superBul

Welcome to the third day of the first India-South Africa Test. A lot rides on the openers today from India’s point of view. In fact Steyn and Morkel v Sehwag and Gambhir has been the big contest within the contest. This contest over four innings could well decide which way the series goes.

South Africa 558/6d

India 233 & 66/2 (23.0 ov)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Stumps – Day 3

South Africa in India Test Series – 1st Test
Test no. 1951 | 2009/10 season
Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
6,7,8,9,10 February 2010 (5-day match)


South Africa 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	b Khan	6	29	26	0	0	23.07
6.3 136.3 kph, No doubt this time. The death knell. It landed on a length around the off stump line, cut in and caught Smith out. Smith was very tentative in defense, moved his arms rather awkwardly and got the bat in an angle. The ball moved through the bat and pad gap to clean up the stumps. Clatter! Good ball, poor defensive effort. 6/2
AG Prince	c †Dhoni b Khan	0	19	10	0	0	0.00
4.3 128.4 kph, Given out caught behind but it went of the arm-guard. Now then… now then .. What a ferocious delivery. Zaheer Khan serves up a well-directed bouncer at the face. A stunned Prince takes out the bottom-hand off the handle and offers the bat as a face-shield. The ball crashes into the arm-guard and pops up to Dhoni. It has been given out. Prince staggers out towards Smith, perhaps asking whether we have UDRS here. No. And off he goes. 5/1
HM Amla	not out	253	675	473	22	0	53.48

JH Kallis	c Vijay b Harbhajan Singh	173	419	351	15	2	49.28
113.2 92.2 kph, Kallis misses the double ton. Again. This one turned from outside off, he shaped to defend but got a thick inside edge on to the pad and it popped up to Vijay at short-leg. Kallis might have dawdled today but he was magnificent yesterday. 346/3
AB de Villiers	c Badrinath b Sehwag	53	104	88	5	0	60.22
141.1 84.6 kph, went down the track, reached out for the delivery well outside off stump and tried to loft it over the bowler but got a leading edge to backward point. Simple catch. Sehwag is delighted. 454/4
JP Duminy	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	9	38	35	1	0	25.71
151.5 84.4 kph, flighted from round the stumps, on the middle and leg line, Duminy misses the sweep shot and is struck right in front of the middle. Hawk eye suggests it would have bounced over the off stump. Hmm… 476/5
MV Boucher†	c Mishra b Khan	39	86	75	3	0	52.00
174.2 119.4 kph, Boucher top edges his slog. It was the slower one, full and outside off, Boucher went for the good-old ugly slog over midwicket and edged it over cover where Mishra took the catch 554/6
DW Steyn	not out	0	10	7	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 8, lb 8, nb 9)	25

Total	(6 wickets dec; 176 overs; 696 mins)	558	(3.17 runs per over)

Did not bat WD Parnell, M Morkel, PL Harris

Fall of wickets1-5 (Prince, 4.3 ov), 2-6 (Smith, 6.3 ov), 3-346 (Kallis, 113.2 ov), 4-454 (de Villiers, 141.1 ov), 5-476 (Duminy, 151.5 ov), 6-554 (Boucher, 174.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Z Khan	31	7	96	3	3.09	(4nb)
4.3 to Prince, 128.4 kph, Given out caught behind but it went of the arm-guard. Now then… now then .. What a ferocious delivery. Zaheer Khan serves up a well-directed bouncer at the face. A stunned Prince takes out the bottom-hand off the handle and offers the bat as a face-shield. The ball crashes into the arm-guard and pops up to Dhoni. It has been given out. Prince staggers out towards Smith, perhaps asking whether we have UDRS here. No. And off he goes. 5/16.3 to Smith, 136.3 kph, No doubt this time. The death knell. It landed on a length around the off stump line, cut in and caught Smith out. Smith was very tentative in defense, moved his arms rather awkwardly and got the bat in an angle. The ball moved through the bat and pad gap to clean up the stumps. Clatter! Good ball, poor defensive effort. 6/2 174.2 to Boucher, 119.4 kph, Boucher top edges his slog. It was the slower one, full and outside off, Boucher went for the good-old ugly slog over midwicket and edged it over cover where Mishra took the catch 554/6
I Sharma	28	4	85	0	3.03

Harbhajan Singh	46	1	166	2	3.60
113.2 to Kallis, 92.2 kph, Kallis misses the double ton. Again. This one turned from outside off, he shaped to defend but got a thick inside edge on to the pad and it popped up to Vijay at short-leg. Kallis might have dawdled today but he was magnificent yesterday. 346/3151.5 to Duminy, 84.4 kph, flighted from round the stumps, on the middle and leg line, Duminy misses the sweep shot and is struck right in front of the middle. Hawk eye suggests it would have bounced over the off stump. Hmm… 476/5
A Mishra	53	5	140	0	2.64	(5nb)

V Sehwag	18	1	55	1	3.05
141.1 to de Villiers, 84.6 kph, went down the track, reached out for the delivery well outside off stump and tried to loft it over the bowler but got a leading edge to backward point. Simple catch. Sehwag is delighted. 454/4


India 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	c †Boucher b Morkel	12	22	15	2	0	80.00
5.1 145.2 kph, ho ho ho what a jaffa right up, of all the deliveries at all the times Morkel bowls this one first ball of the morning! angling in, just back of a length, pitches off, holding its line enough, Gambhir is committed into the stroke but ends up playing inside the line, getting a faint edge 31/1
V Sehwag	c Duminy b Parnell	109	212	139	15	0	78.41
46.4 132.4 kph, A wide delivery gets him a wicket though! Sehwag can’t believe what he has done. He throws his head back and shuts his eyes as he almost winces in pain as he walks off. It was full and well outside off stump, Sehwag reached out and ended up slicing it to deepish cover. Fifth wide ball in a row. Sehwag falls after a fine knock. 192/4
M Vijay	b Steyn	4	15	13	1	0	30.76
8.6 139.5 kph, Clatter! Vijay shoulders arms and hears the death knell. It landed outside off stump, hit the seam and cut in. Vijay lifted his bat in the air and allowed it to pass him but a nasty little surprise awaited him. The ball moved in off the seam to take out the off stump. Crash! Thanks for coming Steyen sticks out his tongue as he reaches the rest of his team-mates. Was it an intended outswinger that hit the seam and came in? Or was it cos of something else . we might never know. 40/2
SR Tendulkar	c †Boucher b Steyn	7	25	16	1	0	43.75
14.1 142.2 kph, Got him! Steyn rulez. It came in the air, landed on a length, around the middle and off stump line and curved away. Tendulkar stuttered out to drive, the length drawing him forward, and he was then done in by the away movement. He did push his bat slightly outside the line, trying to cover for the away swing but the ball moved fractionally more and kissed the outer edge. Fabulous delivery. Tendulkar’s forward movement wasn’t as smooth; he stuttered out… 56/3
S Badrinath	c Prince b Steyn	56	195	139	7	0	40.28
58.1 135.2 kph, Steyn takes out Badrinath. South Africa climb all over India. It was a length delivery on the middle and leg,tailing in with the shiny side, flicked straight to short midwicket. Soft dismissal but that’s that. SA take great control over the game. 221/6
MS Dhoni*†	c Kallis b Harris	6	26	29	1	0	20.68
57.4 84.6 kph, Gone! What a way to go. It kicked in from the rough well outside the leg stump, Dhoni just thought it would turn in to hit his body and sort of lazily held his bat up .. but to his horror the ball bounded off his body on to the gloves/bat and popped up at slip! South Africa tighten the noose. Enter Saha on his debut. 221/5
WP Saha	b Steyn	0	5	3	0	0	0.00
58.4 140.7 kph, Saha does a Vijay, if you can call it that. He shoulders arms and has lost his off stump on debut. It cut in from outside off stump, Saha lets it go but it isn’t going anywhere but towards the off stump. Clatter! Bye bye! 222/7
Harbhajan Singh	lbw b Steyn	8	29	16	1	0	50.00
64.4 Stand up and applaud Steyn. Seven wickets for him and he rushes to get the ball to keep as a souvenir. Full, moving in late with the shiny side, it moves past the defensive prod, to hit the back pad. Dead plumb! 233/10
Z Khan	b Steyn	2	7	8	0	0	25.00
60.3 141.8 kph, Steyn continues to rock on in style. Five-for. It landed short of length, cut in to collide with the inside edge and fell on to the stumps. Zaheer was looking to force it away but ended up pushing an angled bat at it. Gone! 226/8
A Mishra	b Steyn	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
62.2 143.9 kph, Cleaned up! Steyn lets out a roar of joy! Another tailing in with the shiny side, from just outside off stump, Mishra thinks he is GR Viswanath and goes for a late cut and edges it on to his stumps! What a dramatic final session this has been, Immense fun. 228/9
I Sharma	not out	0	8	5	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 14, lb 6, w 5, nb 4)	29

Total	(all out; 64.4 overs; 294 mins)	233	(3.60 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-31 (Gambhir, 5.1 ov), 2-40 (Vijay, 8.6 ov), 3-56 (Tendulkar, 14.1 ov), 4-192 (Sehwag, 46.4 ov), 5-221 (Dhoni, 57.4 ov), 6-221 (Badrinath, 58.1 ov), 7-222 (Saha, 58.4 ov), 8-226 (Khan, 60.3 ov), 9-228 (Mishra, 62.2 ov), 10-233 (Harbhajan Singh, 64.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	16.4	6	51	7	3.06
8.6 to Vijay, 139.5 kph, Clatter! Vijay shoulders arms and hears the death knell. It landed outside off stump, hit the seam and cut in. Vijay lifted his bat in the air and allowed it to pass him but a nasty little surprise awaited him. The ball moved in off the seam to take out the off stump. Crash! Thanks for coming Steyen sticks out his tongue as he reaches the rest of his team-mates. Was it an intended outswinger that hit the seam and came in? Or was it cos of something else . we might never know. 40/214.1 to Tendulkar, 142.2 kph, Got him! Steyn rulez. It came in the air, landed on a length, around the middle and off stump line and curved away. Tendulkar stuttered out to drive, the length drawing him forward, and he was then done in by the away movement. He did push his bat slightly outside the line, trying to cover for the away swing but the ball moved fractionally more and kissed the outer edge. Fabulous delivery. Tendulkar’s forward movement wasn’t as smooth; he stuttered out… 56/3 58.1 to Badrinath, 135.2 kph, Steyn takes out Badrinath. South Africa climb all over India. It was a length delivery on the middle and leg,tailing in with the shiny side, flicked straight to short midwicket. Soft dismissal but that’s that. SA take great control over the game. 221/6 58.4 to Saha, 140.7 kph, Saha does a Vijay, if you can call it that. He shoulders arms and has lost his off stump on debut. It cut in from outside off stump, Saha lets it go but it isn’t going anywhere but towards the off stump. Clatter! Bye bye! 222/7 60.3 to Khan, 141.8 kph, Steyn continues to rock on in style. Five-for. It landed short of length, cut in to collide with the inside edge and fell on to the stumps. Zaheer was looking to force it away but ended up pushing an angled bat at it. Gone! 226/8 62.2 to Mishra, 143.9 kph, Cleaned up! Steyn lets out a roar of joy! Another tailing in with the shiny side, from just outside off stump, Mishra thinks he is GR Viswanath and goes for a late cut and edges it on to his stumps! What a dramatic final session this has been, Immense fun. 228/9 64.4 to Harbhajan Singh, Stand up and applaud Steyn. Seven wickets for him and he rushes to get the ball to keep as a souvenir. Full, moving in late with the shiny side, it moves past the defensive prod, to hit the back pad. Dead plumb! 233/10
M Morkel	15	4	58	1	3.86	(4nb)
5.1 to Gambhir, 145.2 kph, ho ho ho what a jaffa right up, of all the deliveries at all the times Morkel bowls this one first ball of the morning! angling in, just back of a length, pitches off, holding its line enough, Gambhir is committed into the stroke but ends up playing inside the line, getting a faint edge 31/1
PL Harris	17	2	39	1	2.29
57.4 to Dhoni, 84.6 kph, Gone! What a way to go. It kicked in from the rough well outside the leg stump, Dhoni just thought it would turn in to hit his body and sort of lazily held his bat up .. but to his horror the ball bounded off his body on to the gloves/bat and popped up at slip! South Africa tighten the noose. Enter Saha on his debut. 221/5
WD Parnell	7	1	31	1	4.42	(1w)
46.4 to Sehwag, 132.4 kph, A wide delivery gets him a wicket though! Sehwag can’t believe what he has done. He throws his head back and shuts his eyes as he almost winces in pain as he walks off. It was full and well outside off stump, Sehwag reached out and ended up slicing it to deepish cover. Fifth wide ball in a row. Sehwag falls after a fine knock. 192/4
JH Kallis	6	0	14	0	2.33

JP Duminy	3	0	20	0	6.66


India 2nd innings (following on)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
G Gambhir	b Morkel	1	3	0	0	33.33
1.2 145.2 kph, Stunning! Gotcha! The off stump has been pegged back. That round-the-stumps angle has worked again. This one comes back in from outside off, Gambhir, who out pushing at a delivery earlier in the day, chooses to shoulder arms. Mistake. Big mistake. Crash. The ball kept coming in to give a fatal kiss to the off stump. What a start for SA. 1/1
V Sehwag	c Smith b Steyn	16	19	4	0	84.21
4.4 137.2 kph, The big fish has been caught! Dale Steyn take a bow. It was full, it was outside off stump, it invited a big drive from Sehwag who obliges but the ball shaped away late to fly off the edge straight into the big palms of Smith at first slip. South Africa erupt in joy. What a day they have had. What a day Steyn has had. It has been a treat to watch him bowl a rasping spell of fast swing bowling. 24/2
M Vijay	not out	27	68	4	0	39.70

SR Tendulkar	not out	15	48	2	0	31.25

Extras	(b 2, w 5)	7

Total	(2 wickets; 23 overs)	66	(2.86 runs per over)

To bat S Badrinath, MS Dhoni*†, WP Saha, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, A Mishra, I Sharma

Fall of wickets1-1 (Gambhir, 1.2 ov), 2-24 (Sehwag, 4.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	4	0	14	1	3.50
4.4 to Sehwag, 137.2 kph, The big fish has been caught! Dale Steyn take a bow. It was full, it was outside off stump, it invited a big drive from Sehwag who obliges but the ball shaped away late to fly off the edge straight into the big palms of Smith at first slip. South Africa erupt in joy. What a day they have had. What a day Steyn has had. It has been a treat to watch him bowl a rasping spell of fast swing bowling. 24/2
M Morkel	6	2	21	1	3.50	(1w)
1.2 to Gambhir, 145.2 kph, Stunning! Gotcha! The off stump has been pegged back. That round-the-stumps angle has worked again. This one comes back in from outside off, Gambhir, who out pushing at a delivery earlier in the day, chooses to shoulder arms. Mistake. Big mistake. Crash. The ball kept coming in to give a fatal kiss to the off stump. What a start for SA. 1/1
WD Parnell	2	0	12	0	6.00

PL Harris	7	3	12	0	1.71

JH Kallis	4	2	5	0	1.25

Match details

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat

Test debuts S Badrinath and WP Saha (India)
Player of the match tba

Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and IJ Gould (England)
TV umpire AM Saheba
Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve umpire S Rao

297 Responses to South Africa vs India in Nagpur – Day 3

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grootblousmile on 8 February 2010 at 10:16 am

Helloooooooooooooooo

Oirish, wait for the Team announcements… we will have Preview Threads for the games on Thursday.

During the 1st weeks in the competition there will be a lot of guess work, till we see how they shape.

Crusaders for a win is ALWAYS a good bet, so too Brumbies and Bulls.

The Sharks are dark horses, with their backline being so dodgy at the moment….

I think the Stormers will beat the Lions, even at the Coke Tin.
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Ashley on 8 February 2010 at 10:20 am

puma @ 59
yep, he was about to take the game away from us.
now we just need to get rid of dhoni, and things would look a lot better for us.
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Puma on 8 February 2010 at 10:26 am

60 – GG, Don’t even mention Frans Steyn that is a damn sore point with me..haha. Really how we lost him is so damn crazy. Not just for the Sharks but the Boks. HUGE loss for next years world cup and of course my sharks will miss him this year huge.

Yeah, just one or two injuries and the whole team changes. Remember last year Ruan got injured, that put paid to seeing how well Fransie and Ruan would play at FH and inside centre for a season, Fransie was not good at FH. Also we lost Deysel to injury, with those two out we started to struggle.

This year don’t think we will have Adi, Ruan or Swannie to start. All still have injuries well Ruan getting over that op. He has trained with the team. So who knows he may start, but for me that would be foolish, let him get over that knee op 100%. Maybe bring him on in the 2nd half against the Cheetahs, or leave him for the overseas leg.

I am the same mate, support all the South African teams 100% except when they are playing the Sharks of course, otherwise behind our boys who ever they play for.
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Greenpoint-Gunner on 8 February 2010 at 10:27 am

Ja Puma, you guys will hopefully win on Sat. Playing the Crusaders, Bulls, Brumbies, Waratahs and Hurricanes away. IMO all of these teams are serious title contenders, so the Sharks should take all their home-games and take one or two of these big guns away if they are to be in with a shot. Its gonna be a tough season. Lots of luck.

Hope you prove me wrong.
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Puma on 8 February 2010 at 10:28 am

SA on 214/4

Need to take Badwinath now.
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Puma on 8 February 2010 at 10:29 am

SA on 214/4

Need to take Badrinath now.
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Puma on 8 February 2010 at 10:30 am

Just corrected the spelling of Badrinath and it posts twice?????? 🙄
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Ashley on 8 February 2010 at 10:32 am

puma @ 65, 66, 67
i like the spelling of #65 the best .. it makes you sound like the “loony tunes” 😆
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Puma on 8 February 2010 at 10:35 am

64 – GG, Don’t have much hope for my sharks on their away tour. We play all the top teams on their home turf.

Don’t see us winning much over there. Highlanders probably and maybe pick up another win over there but that is far as I think it will go. Those teams are really great teams. We also play Bulls at Loftus. We have a really, really dreadful draw this year. Also only 6 games at the Tank. Not sure what the season ticket holders will be thinking. I never bought a season ticket was going too but not with only 6 games at home and against not the tops sides, except Chiefs, Blues and Stormers. We don’t even get a international this year. So will rather wait and get a season ticket for next year.

Good luck to Stormers mate, they should do well this year. I do hope so as we need SA teams up there in the semi. They have a very good chance this year.
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Greenpoint-Gunner on 8 February 2010 at 10:35 am

GBS, hoe ganit daai kant?

I think yo are right. Really the first few rounds does involve a lot of guess work, and you can only go on warm ups. Which doesn’t even say much in itself.

Funny how we have 6Nations and varsity cup to watch but everyone would agree that the “real” rugby only start this upcoming weekend.

Back to the Cricket guys. Glad to see Sehwag gone. But Badrith… is on 52 and Dhoni is a little master! SA needs to redeem themselves after this slaughter against the English.
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Ashley on 8 February 2010 at 10:38 am

btw, any of you guys went and watch the stormers/boland game?
your take on the new stadium?
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Ashley on 8 February 2010 at 10:39 am

puma @ 69
hey puma, ek sien djy kap my met ñ “ignore”, nê?
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Greenpoint-Gunner on 8 February 2010 at 10:39 am

Jeese Puma, thats rough hey. How mush is it for a season ticket?

BTW, I am not sure if Paul Harris is the most useful or useless player ever…
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Greenpoint-Gunner on 8 February 2010 at 10:41 am

Ash, I only saw the pics and the video, but from what I saw and heard it seems as though the Stadium was a bigger highlight than the on field action.
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Puma on 8 February 2010 at 10:42 am

68 – Ash….. 😆 We need to take his wicket and soon.

How you enjoy the new stadium in Green Point Ash?
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Greenpoint-Gunner on 8 February 2010 at 10:43 am

Guys, since I am in Korea, can anyone give me their thoughts on the recent SA tennis open? Any future prospects?
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grootblousmile on 8 February 2010 at 10:45 am

71@ Asbakkie – According to Isigidi the Stadium and atmosphere was great but the traffic situation and parking around the Stadium was one big heap of chaos!

They still have a couple of trial runs to get that right, apparently the preacher man, Buchan, will have a full stadium some time… and apparently there will be some soccer to getsorted.

I think people already know exactly which routes to take to Boolands and where they want to park and braai for games there but this is not the case with the new stadium…
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Puma on 8 February 2010 at 10:46 am

73 – GG, Not sure but think depends on which section you sit.

I like the West Stand. They go for around R1200. Not bad mate as you get to see all S14, CC and all internationals. I have never got a season ticket as I travel back and forward from Joburg to my Umhlanga home but this year am going to spend most of my time in Umhlanga. In Joburg at the moment but should be back in Umhlanga in April. Now with the rubbish draw we have will wait until next to get a season ticket and only go to games I want to see there this year and there is not much. Probably will go to the Sharks/Blues anad Sharks/Stormers game.
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grootblousmile on 8 February 2010 at 10:47 am

76@ Greenpoint Slugger – Flok, what SA Tennis Open… hehehehe
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Puma on 8 February 2010 at 10:49 am

76 – GG, It was held here at MonteCasino but never got to see any of it or on tv either. Think a French guy won it.
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Puma on 8 February 2010 at 10:56 am

Cricket update. SA 221/4

Seems we struggle to bowl them out. Need to get Badrinath or Dhoni. We get either one of them think we could get the others by tonight or early tomorrow.
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Ashley on 8 February 2010 at 11:00 am

puma @ 75
it was truly magnificent, puma
way, way better than newlands (imho)
getting out of the stadium is a breeze
hope the stormers/wp would really consider using it somewhere in the future
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grootblousmile on 8 February 2010 at 11:09 am

Ahhhhhhh, 2 quick wickets down… Badriniwhatever and Dhoni… the 2 we wanted!
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grootblousmile on 8 February 2010 at 11:10 am

Hehehehe, Saha also gone…. golden Duck!
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Puma on 8 February 2010 at 11:11 am

83 – GBS, DAMN MISSED IT. Now we in the pound seats.

GO Proteas.
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Greenpoint-Gunner on 8 February 2010 at 11:13 am

Puma, I suppose thats not a bad price, but thats if you get to see an international and some top class S14 action.

Whoop whoop, SA looking good.

GBS, dankie vir daai ene 😉
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Puma on 8 February 2010 at 11:14 am

82 – Ash, It looks a magnificent stadium. Only saw it on Boots the other night.

Would be a waste not to use it but then changing over will cause some heartache for WP supporters that love Newlands. Though from my brother that is a HUGE WP/Stormer fan (lives in Cape Town) says Newlands has seen its days and it is time to move over to the new one.

The MM stadium in Durbs looks really out of this world, but not sure if there is a oval ground there. I really like the Tank you sit so close up to the game. I know the new stadium everything will be brilliant and new but have my heart still at the Tank.
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Puma on 8 February 2010 at 11:17 am

86 – GG, I missed out HUGE last year. We played some top teams at the tank and all the All Blacks played there. So only got to see some of the S14 games. Was back in Joburg when we played the ABs. I did go to the first Lions test there. Then had to pay more for my seat as I was not a season ticket holder. So probably next year will get a ticket.
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Ashley on 8 February 2010 at 11:17 am

gbs @ 77
i’ve found the parking and traffic quite the opposite, but then i’ve arrived quite late for the game …
but
as i’ve said … exiting the stadium was a breeze if you ever had the frustration of leaving newlands
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grootblousmile on 8 February 2010 at 11:19 am

Dale Steyn gets Zahir Khan…. India now tottering… 8 down

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