Australia vs South Africa - 2nd Test – Live Cricket Score and Match Update
A brisk half-century from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528 reduced Australia to 55 for 3, only to end the first session reasonably placed at 102 for 3 against South Africa, at Adelaide, November 22, 2012.
After an insipid display with the ball at Brisbane, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978, who had opted to bat first, again looked in good knick to make a quick-fire, unbeaten, 18 before the umpires made the call for lunch.
However, the session arguably belonged to Warner, who trusted his attacking skills and used them to great effect against the Proteas attack, which had to do without the services of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vernon-Philander-c2753 after the seamer woke up with a backache.
The early period belonged to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 and Morkel, both of whom were guilty of giving away too much room to Warner. The first boundary came in the fourth over and runs then flowed from the left-hander’s bat. Every loose ball was greeted crisply and out of the first 8 fours, seven were hit by Warner.
Kallis came in as first change and struck with his third delivery. The veteran seamer bowled a perfect yorker and in attempting to dig it out, Cowan (10), simply managed to loop it straight into the hands of the bowler. The ball further hit his pads, but according to the cricketing rules, a catch over-rides an lbw.
In the very next over, Morkel also found his groove and dismissed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473 doing the rest at first slip.
The attention now turned to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 but his stay lasted a total of 3 deliveries. He clipped his first ball to the square boundary, left alone the second before getting out on a ripper. Kallis bowled another fullish delivery, which came in, only to swirl out at the last moment to clip the stumps.
Australia had lost 3 for 12 runs but as often is the case, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120’s presence at the crease restored parity. Though Warner did the bulk of the scoring, including a six off Morkel to reach 67, it was clear that Proteas will need to stop the Australian skipper before he gets into his usual groove.
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