South Africa v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746: 2nd Test at Johannesburg, Day-1 – Second Session Report
Jacques Kallis’ fall after a hasty half-century and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Iftikhar-Ali-Khan-Pataudi-Nawab-of-c64075 Cummins’ first wicket in Test cricket did not prevent South Africa from crossing the 200-mark during the second session on the first day of the final Test against Australia.
At tea on the opening day of the series decider at Johannesburg, South Africa reached 213 for the loss of four wickets, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AG-Prince-c949 were unbeaten at the crease.
Kallis’ aggressive knock set the rhythm, as the Proteas did not let the scoring rate go down despite the fall of two quick wickets. The first half of the morning session was a good one for the home side, as the Africans lost http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jacques-Rudolph-c1619
within the first 15 overs of the innings.
However, they recovered well and lifted the score to 107 before the sides left the field for the lunch break. Soon after the meal, Kallis lost his concentration when he could not middle a nippy delivery by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Khawaja-c2729 took a simple
catch.
The veteran batsman smashed a 41-ball 54, including eight marvellous boundaries and a couple of big hits. The highlight of the second session was Cummins’ first Test wicket. It was a wide delivery by the 18-year-old pacer, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557, who was very watchful
throughout his innings, went for a big drive, resulting into a thick edge that went into the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamisi-Abdallah-c61368 faced 70 balls for his 19 runs.
Despite the dismissals of Kallis and Amla, de Villiers and Prince maintained the pace and gave full treatment to the poor deliveries by the Aussies.
A massive setback for the tourists was Shane http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326’s injury concern, that forced him to leave the ground. Although, he returned to the field but it was yet to be confirmed whether he would continue bowling in the innings.
At the end of the post-lunch session, de Villiers and Prince were batting on 51 and 34 respectively. From the Australian bowling line-up, all four pacers, Watson, Siddle, Cummins and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MG-Johnson-c1945, have a scalp each to their credit.
With two well settled batsmen at the wicket, a score of over-300 runs is certainly in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757’s reach.
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