http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Anthony-Taylor-c74540 expresses shock over Team Australia’s demise - Cricket News Update
The former Australian skipper, Mark Taylor, is surprised and shocked over Team http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in the 1st Test match of the ongoing series at Cape Town, claiming that the batsmen lost wickets in pursuit
of a big total.
The Aussie tail enders struggled hard to avert the minimum total of Test history at Day 2 of the match, on November 10, 2011, wrapping up the innings for 47, which was the fourth lowest total in the history of Australian cricket.
Yesterday was the day of bowlers as 23 wickets fell in merely 79.3 overs. First, the Kangaroo pacers like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Harris-c2330 restricted the Proteas to 96 and then the Africans perpetrated carnage with the batting line-up of the tourists.
To many cricket fans and experts, the way the two ace Test playing teams collapsed was quite astonishing and unbelievable. It was looking like a T20 match. At the end of the day, almost all causes of crumple were attributed to the pitch and some fingers
even targeted the curator.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915, who watched the thrilling show in his bedroom, was taken aback on what had happened to his former team.
Talking to the media after the closure of the play, the ex-captain said, “I was actually woken up by the phone buzzing at about 1.10am. I went to bed having watched the first session with South Africa 1-49 at lunch. When my phone buzzed it said Australia
7-21. I thought my phone was playing up to be totally honest.”
He further told, “I didn't think for a minute it's a batting paradise but I was absolutely shocked to see two sides fall for about 140 runs between them on the wicket I was watching towards the end of the day's play. I'm sure Australian batsmen then thought
'Let's take the attack to them.”
Taylor represented his national team in 104 Test and 113 ODI matches from 1989 to 1999. He scored 7525 Test and 3514 ODI runs.
As the play of Day 3 of the Test is going to start after a few hours, it is expected that the game will be concluded before the end of the first session.
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