http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Michael-Roebuck-c81836 censures Australia, lauds South Africa over Cape Town Test – Cricket News Update
The renowned cricket columnist, Peter Roebuck, has lambasted Team Australia and lauded South Africa over the results of the Cape Town Test match, which registered a new episode in the history of cricket.
According to Roebuck, the Australian cricket fans will keep reproaching their team for its shoddy performance for the years to follow. He predicts that the Aussies’ 47 all-out innings will be unbelievable for the coming generations.
In their second innings of the 1st Test of the series, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 could not make double figures. Courtesy to 12 runs from
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PM-Siddle-c2197, the Kangaroos hardly averted the lowest ever total of in Test history as they had lost 9 wickets for 21 runs.
As a result, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 concluded the game on Day 3, winning with a margin of 5 wickets and triggering a shock wave across the Kangaroo nation.
In his syndicated column yesterday, Roebuck wrote, “They will ask what demons came over the track? What devils came into the bowling? What dark forces played tricks on the batsmen? They will seek answers from witnesses themselves trying to come to terms
with the events, trying to explain the inexplicable.”
In the journalist’s view, the current-day batsmen are more professional, fit and trained in comparison with those of the past era, so it is a matter of sheer shame for a modern batting side to fall for such a low total in the 5-day format of the game.
Roebuck further stated, “Nowadays, the players are professionals, fit, seasoned, trained, protected and surrounded by advisers. And the pitches are the same. It is just about conceivable that they might fall for 80 or 90, as did the host in its first innings.
But 9-21?”
The columnist, who is considered to be an authority among cricket analysts, also credited the Africans for their outstanding performance in the second innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473 scored 112 and 101 respectively to power their side to bag the victory
even before the end of the first session.
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