rsa v aus experiment durban 774 highlights

1 the 2 overs of woe

tv runs everything

seafood morne

he hasnt been playing like david warne(r)

harris putting the brakes on after aus have sped away here

what about hughes dispatch

check drives

the toss only decides what order you do things in

wait on

smacking them all over the place

he goes in again this morning and hes smacking them all over the place

mentalitys not right

corset lowered

14 australias flag

the punishmentd been suffered by steyn

australia have taken the game by the throat early on

didnt they have boot camp or something

kim hughes kris krossed the country

[earth tremor]

20 using his hands cutting when he can

a seismic event in melbourne tonight

[yeah]

full bulletin

more from old kingsmead

the bells in the cathedral will peal ok

test discards brad hodge n chis rogers

tas are making a shake of it ok

thank goodness for shane watson

29 [wouldnt take much of a tremor to bring this place down]

qld seemed to come in waves

the qld settled into a bit of a groove

love is a highway

security at the ipl

we dont understand terrorists

making a statement

after 26/11

gaped sometimes at the talent

the world needs as much cricket as it can get

such an unstable part of the world

40 listlessness

demonstrably terse

[shes got yellow socks on]

edges him for 4 no 2nd slip

horse bolting

[chris brown charged over rihanna]

spin bowling australias not blessed with much of it

then with a caress he comes down and touches his knee

lets hope they refer to it

looked suspicious indicative

of their state of mind

brown n fingleton at capetown 162

throwing a bucket of balls at mcdonald

so anxious to create a side in his image

ponting has a chance to make his mark

55 katich is playing with the line of the ball

schoolchildren they bussed in

a bigger friday crowd

geoscience australia [………] 4.6 on the richter scale

canberra capitals

playing beautifully glenn mitchell

still stalking this 1st wkt of the test match

bemused by morkels despair

i really do admire katich

a testament to persistence

65 perfunctory handshake n a pat on the back

through mckenzie

its a very good looking board

he wants to attack it but watches it

if you want to have a dab at 100 go over the top

brings up his 100 with consecutive 6s

71 coursing though his veins

17 4s 2 6s

what the heck hes 106

dlike to see him get a bit closer to some of m but that might be n old square head talking

[babe babe]

waiting for the tide to come in

rural influence

mcgrath

s got bigger backyards

its rainy season in durban

only a calf for hughes not a young bull

pontings pups these days

does he hook have you seen him hook

they need a ping pong ball

ll get a new one after 80

86 0/182

now it begins

looks rather battered

the morne

watched katich

edge twice

the game belongs to little blokes n left handers

low to the right of kallis

katich leaves

95 lets have a drink

bird brain

1 supergoal

all the unclesre here everyones just goin crazy

99 star hotel

century leaves the middle of the ground with head bowed

2nd heaviest

diet psychological influences everything

said if

the south easter coming in off the sea

s weight was on his heels rather than on his toes

he knows what theyre thinking

i bet you 50 rand he makes them

108 welcome to multiple choice

young aussie batsman

the old bull

had a meeting with the hotspot people

theres absolutely nothing

theyve lost all power to refer

got on the walkietalkie

katich cuts it to deep point for a single

116 the whole worlds against them

heres henry

meeting with the hotspot people

not one continuous data stream

5.5km northwest of korumburra

rare batch

marginally speechless

the body language was horrible

124 and the web

katich drives

[henry sings]

s time for a bouncer

hussey goes back across leaves

brushing all the loose turf

5 red shirted ground staff

theres that brushing

thankyou glenn

wesfarmers chief executive

just had a bit of a brainstorm i expect

135 but a feather

dbe surprised if either of those men take a catch this season

he uses his hands beautifully

border n matthews

rank rank

denied [……..] denied

this one turns out he turns out

its a substitute out there

waiting for the check drive

144 99 for simon katich

no in concert […….] to duminy

a big inside edge trickles out to midwkt

no sign of the green mamba

[hissing]

amla

150 2/250

send out a bit of a posse for them

bringing it up with his 16th boundary of the innings

s the 92nd hundred scored by an australian v rsa

smith the leader

would be very subdued

its after 3 oclock it should be high tide

the natal cricket association did consult some scientists

water transpires out of the pitch

yr w grandstand

sitting pretty

listless

the tides up in the last session

eradicate the howlers

164 variegated cracks

a brand new morne

doesnt impale the wktkeeper

slash grandstand slash cricket

currently carlton

11 ball 11 run over

canoe slalem

speed power acrobatic

aerobic

173 how does penrith compare

paddling my own design

different shaped people

slash abc events

the blue sky is fairly evident

haddin came and went

johnson was sent packing

high friction n high heat

sears away over off stump

theyve lost 5/4

batting wind

put in a call at the sanitarium

3 overs of gentle offspin

joburg 4 johnson

scores on saturday

sharks ah

heart of dreams

its a slow roller

is it

on a roll here

how his role had changed

194 confirmed by steve bucknor

7 wkts going for 4 runs

spoken to the people from hotspot

and his finger goes up that could have happened 2 or 3 minutes ago

5 consecutive ducks

how many counts of 8 now

this is dramatic cricket

smith watched it all happen

its low tide

hes got no right to be swinging it mitchell johnson

a lot of devil but no luck

3 5 2

206 it was a delightful delivery

1 of the longest overs ve ever seen

its all about quality this game

sluggish n slow n low

tide rolls in with the wkts

stamina n pace

got a clock on this 1

standing around out in the middle of the ground nothings happening

here comes a physio now

breathing very deeply

216 to continue or retire

hes still going through the process of trying to hold onto the bat

whacked

on the hand

sorrowful indeed

its high tide

crickets on the radio

223 high tide isnt due for another 18 mins

12/161

the gloves the ribs the thighs

the deficit

kalliss standing n leaving

wkt wkt wkt

3 consecutive ducks

steepled into his body

everythings different today

232 rsa blade

of late 8/10

bracketing lunchtime + graeme smith

the tides in in 9 minutes

1895/96

31 32

ve played on some bad mcg decks

nastiness in it

dainty ironmonger

tides in

the crowd cheer

the suns been blazing for 2 or 3 hours now

244 steve bucknor wanted 85 replays

the pitchs quickened n its got some devils in it

now hilfenhaus the foil

a few fellas that can bowl

tie a bloke up end tie n end up bloke

nought nought n 3

nought nought n 6

the suns shining the tides in

duminys off the mark with a sparkling shot

smiths gone off to hospital for an xray

runs or legbyes

we cant watch 15 replays of this

should be finer on this deck

lifes not much fun for batsmen

theres some devil in the pith n spirit in the bowling

259 paying for their profligacy

dhave 3 slips in but you know that

dreadful cricket in the west indies

puddin of a pitch

they should dig em up and bury some of the groundsmen in them

siddle off in the distance

in front of the brewing box

a remarkable decline in batsmens fortunes

mitchell johnson has a lot to do with that

that is quick for a ball that hits the pitch

269 takes him on the body

peter to comment

the sun blazing down as duminy leaves

1 duminys still got his bat like a lumberjack

does the limbo

edged steyn

[not amla duminy]

a mirror image to the broken bone

high over the top arm action

taken skyward

tide just turning now off durban beach

meek

281 fighting fire w fire

gutsy

half hearted

shout

operating like a man getting into a canoe

drinksre on the field

6 red shirted groundstaff

4 of them scurry

tides on its way out again

tidechart

the green mamba strikes again

[with burlesque flavour

crowdsre tidal

mambasre way preferable to freeways n

kolkata haunts him yet held yr own with bad hair

congratulations you owned this

cyclone hamish approaches

oh boy that’s a nasty lifter

forklift]

300 chat chat

watches it closely makes his decision late

taiwan thailand

posted straight away

blowing out

courtney walsh is here

he loped

morkel delivers n ponting leaves

mitchell to put his feet up n siddle with his sore foot

that warne fella

5 days of drudgery in trinidad

his handsre wonderful

tad arrogant

modern day cricket isnt it

reminiscent of ranjitsinhji archie jackson

[synergy]

316 hughes retreats onto his stumps

lets draw a rectangle in the air

a fraction not out

billy bowdens in a different postcode

so many appeals per head coach

as ntini moves to his right

attitude

11 58 n a half

[great timing as usual fuzzy]

double fractures

326 over n exceeded

low to boucher

on the rise 4 4

nsw residents

another 50

hes away again

under the limbo bar

a semblance of the pecking order

rsas innings only lasted 3 balls

so much scratching out there

boucher

337 visited by malcolm fraser

both mandela

spoke eloquently on the power of sport

the great unifier the great reconciler

on blankets n tarpaulins

beach umbrellas on the grassy banks

lost the tradition

bold marketing

on tv

whipped away

a yarn with morkel

348 deep backward square deep midwkt

ntini arrives

temperament

most outstanding

hes all hands n eyes

n the impetuosity of youth

thinking of having a crack

might have a crack

the best part of 6 sessions to have a crack at them

takes it on the rise with adjustment

the other morkel duminy no steyn yr right

see a head pop up above the whiteness of the screen

360 chorusing ntini

a charismatic soul

in

the whitemans sport

between bundaberg and harvey bay

the peace process in the province

pizza

simone

simone

one or the other

the electronic board

war room

diligently updated

ponting reclining resting on his bat

smiling

trawling through the computer

202 8 ball overs

at stumps on the 9th day england were 42 runs from victory

if the boat hadnt been leaving

[capetown]

they would have scored 696 to win

381 bye

2 byes

lazy

a plaque for a tree

misplaced

lusty

blow

no mercy

only hiccup

theres a technician working on courtney walshs laptop

ruthless n efficent

scampers

rocks forward

has he been sweeping

mckenzie sweeping

396 get yr school book out

n dictate

his little mates 58

silver prices went through the floor

pontings cornering the run market

cmon lets go

doesnt look quite so devilish

doesnt sweep

under his wing

405 a squawk

ntini goes in

tough little fellas who like batting

he may keep batting

he loves that

knows how to manoeuvre this

gathering

drinks [……] on the field

healthy ginger recipes

world group

415 the dragons push

we didnt take care of the ball

12 runs to overtake steve waugh

3 nil

[think about that]

2 fractures

quite damaged

the whole list to have a hit

lacing 8 boundaries

blazed em

knocking off these little records

426 by the throat

a little burst tonightd be nice

everything is in pontings hands

bottom hand

drag it out

grind them into the dirt

432 a go to man

taken a bit of tap

on the swivel

delightful swinging

on the top shelf

10928

behind tendulkar lara n allan border

viv richards

looking over his shoulder

hey guess what its over

looped it over the head of midoff

a bit of loop

some loop on the way back

445 smith unable to bat

he cant beat

the latest from abc news

dont forget you can get plenty more when it comes to cricket

bouncer in the right spot

both feet off the ground

steyn cranked it up he got a little bit cranky

452 trying to get a wkt somehow

gets his head over to it and his hands doesnt worry too much where his feet are

theyve got the mow over cow

corner covered

superwide

big spinner

picks up the length n the movement

no 3rd man

that deep position

461 the records keep coming

3rd bounce to 3rd man

going for my 3 3rd mans theory

catching hughes

heres the harris hughes battle

hits the rough

467 good argument

about chest height

neck height

exploded

a genuine broad smile

mate

my man

s comin on to bowl

ponting will be looking at long on

476 cover the slog

describing elle macpherson

well flighted sir

on the bump to amla

sweeps

nicely flighted sir

surely snapped as sure as thing thats been surely snapped

there are thunderstorms predicted

youll be the kiss

george headleys top of the pops

its gone through the lot

487 rarefied company

on the paddle

79 for hughes 73 for ponting

that deepish straight midwkt position

in canberra

a break with families arriving

smart rich touristy posh posh

tourist money area where you are

durban indian curry

496 1/196

mahatma gandhi spent time in durban

family ties

sticky situations

a dead bat on it

lara [lara]

started 2nd families while on tour

cracked the south african nut

more low

[australia have their phil

hosts face an uphill battle

his family has a banana farm and hughes even looked slightly banana shaped when he bent back to miss a couple of fizzing steyn bouncers importantly his feet were often planted

prince phillip of kingsmead don Bradman on friday george headley on sunday

king of macksville]

511 [in the crying game jody calls it a blackmans game]

versatile chap just slipped in beside me

i dont like that side shot

may have been going overs correct

mckenzie cant get off

humptydoo and not heaven

i heard the publicans also very keen

mckenzies = to the task

519 nice nudge

sizzling by chest height

dont think hes put spells or overs together

this pace trinity

weathered

only in cricket can a timeless test end in a draw

they had to get in the train to get back to capetown

trapped on the back foot repeatedly

527 523 still needed

ya cant have everything

winkle them out

the old ford end

tendulkar like

check drive

shy of the popping

crease

nonchalant flick of wrist laxman like

reminiscent of kolkata

haddins quite happy

to walk off

539 barefoot runner

[reminiscent of milo]

it was the lord telling me to run again

ok you win ill run again

just went whoosh

you look so serene

betty

the mouth is not working

100s n 100s n 100s

548 fence sitter coward

ouch

start stop stumble go

zapping it

whatd that ball do

run scores down

turned over

categorical evidence

not going with the policy

differentiate between the howler n the marginal

never made speedy decisions

559 went like a frisbee

way out to cover

mallett was there

getting a bit of shape

discipline in every sense

direct sun is hot

for hilfy

dissident republican gunmen

yr favourite driving songs volume 2

568 the aussies have struck glenn

hard yakka on this deck

the formidable jacques kallis

put down

ferrying bottles of water around to the eskys

kalliss calibre

didnt seem to have any capacity to stop the rot

back squared up

bit more chat

in the effects microphone

hussey the man at the moment doing the squawking

from gully

not sure what was in his curry

plenty of bounce

hell nick it hard

all that evidence says slips

midwkt i can live with

585 i met hashim amlas dad the other day

oh yeah

looking good again

[looking good again]

hear the squawk from siddle

little cracks

clarke was 23

a la merv hughes

stick it up him

bang it in get it at him

less chasing dot balls

his wrists come into play like zaheer abbas

the school children in the distance

598 bounce n left

come off his body

elbow guard

mr buckets at 2nd slip

siddles havin a burst a terrific burst

good foil

different suburb

plenty of spare territory plenty of space for the seagulls to land

606 the umpires slip into position

bat time

hes the warren buffett of the southern hemisphere

tumbled take

the trinity

spells n spells n spells

lifted n left him

lashed

pounding away for a sustained period of time

shinguards beneath his creams

616 well up n gets past

placid pitchesre the enemy of the game

which is vacant

little gap

bit sloppy

speed cameras went off

a long long way from home

tumultuous surfs

pound contract

in the ipl

yr not representing something other than yrself

the range of things you end up talking about

credit crunch

roebuck holdings

dead deck

[in trinidad]

632 it gets harder to concentrate as you get older

sehwags a contender ill tell you

flies out to point

the poor state of the road was to blame

the chattering school children

since the retirement of lara

hit a great 6

running

repairs

its a missile

chanting from school children

kallis was late n so was abdv

a tribute to johnson as much as anything

bit of excitement from those school children over there

646 ab

the mac is on

imagine having to teach that lot all day

the ab chorus gets stronger

schools out [……] a platoon of em

hilfenhauss just been spelled

back n behind

a la gordon greenidge

dont mean to be an arsehole

655 but everyones a bit tiring

wide open expanses of midon

[bioglan]

[cycle for your supper]

yes hes gone

beautiful delivery just left abdv

[if you dont exercise you dont need food]

wonder how our guesstimators are going

the loss of the two overnight men

played it well in the end

665 malcolm marshall

effort ball

everyones firing up with their guesstimations

the game could linger here

if this new ball doesnt continue

ambitiously

the ball will do something a little unusual

uncomplicated

673 fortunately katos got the job

1000 frames a second

pirouetting

finished yr biscuit

did you go for the egg or the tuna

the bread was very nutty

zoom 1 in at the base of the stumps

good evening john thompson

overseas china

was yesterdays competition

the great god television

threw it

pokes at it

686 gets it to steeple

johnson goes in boucher goes back

mark in cootamundra

he gets off the mark this time boucher

kid gloves

a lot of starting n stopping

his stump or his toe

free beer for as long as he batted

694 they didnt pull too many in the first innings in johannesburg

the star hotel in macksville

uncles

the new ball struck gold

very fast hands

very good temperament

role models n childhood heros

he had little aerials on his ears

talking to a sponge

703 with bearded women in lyotards

no flashing cameras

an old battle wagon

between the two cities

touched it

2 authentic wkts

give it up n get on with the game

serving up some wides

high class bowling

took the glove

713 gets a bit hot under the collar

normally in tasmania its because someones chopping some trees down

jumps on the backfoot

as good as they can be

the result can only be an assessment of the difference

718 went for a yorker

he goes n stands in front of em

surrounded here

really does play french cricket there

close company

following his heart

meek in its resistance

morkel steyn n ntini

726 harmlessly in the end

keep rocking up n happy to stay

give up golf

katich could be handy

thunderbolt comes in

boucher hopping

constant tradition

australians love a wrist spinner

slow bringing the bat down

735 yr country

yr national

it takes a lot to drag me away from you

onloan to beijing

speed

snorter

fortune

promise drove me

fortune sold me the mercury

744 eldine baptiste

it was a lollipop n he dispatched it

a very long test match in adelaide

a nefarious character tried to induce australia to throw it

comes from another island

oh you are in good form

got a sense that was timeless

simon katich has just taken a hat trick

752 felt well beyond the cricket community

kenneth charlie griffith benjamin

heading towards 480 since october

the specialists the analysts

looking to winkle

graeme smith heroically out to bat

sweatband on his left forearm

winkle out

plenty of thunder in the ball

plenty of strength

weathered 34 minutes of cricket

in no mans land

764 hard into the ground

[the pearls of the caribbean]

less walking on eggs

after delivering 1 of his missiles

jumping on the hussey caper

most thingsre fundamentally technical

770 to hell with reviews n referrals

the lbw rules been abolished

nothing really happening

beery inhabitants

774 talking turkey with mitchell johnson

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About Nick Whittock

Nick Whittock’s 2nd book hows its (inken publisch) will be ready for the summer. In 2012 he had a chapbook published in the Vagabond Rare Objects series. It has a picture of a cricket bat on the front cover. His first book's cover was a reproduction of a photograph of cricketers lying on the ground.

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