Live Cricket Score – http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 while chasing 310, on the final day of the 2nd Test against South Africa, at New Wanderers Stadium, November 21, 2011.
Both players fell early in first hour play totally dominated by the Proteas bowlers, as the tourists reached 165 for the loss of five wickets.
Rain interrupted the start of fifth day’s play, which meant that the players took early lunch, giving time for the ground to dry out.
Ponting and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409.
There was movement for the pacer as he swung the ball both ways. The clouds covering aided him well as the seamer shaped the ball nicely away from the Aussie skipper to end the first over without conceding any run.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Vernon-Philander-c2753 stared from the other end and Punter immediately got his innings underway with a couple through the cover region.
However, Philander’s next over was to be the final of Clarke’s involvement as far as the tour is concerned with the pacer cleaning up the Kangaroo leader with a superlative ball, which went between his defenses to clip the off-stump. Pup could only add one
run to his overnight score and departed the field dejectedly.
This brought http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 to the crease, and immediately found himself in all sorts of trouble courtesy of some precise seam bowling. A string of near misses followed before Hussey finally cut loose off Kallis to hit the first four of the day.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Morkel-c73528 was into the attack and he too got immediate success, removing the dangerous Ponting for 62. A short delivery, well outside the off-stump asking to be left was thrashed hard by the Punter, only to see it flying into the hands of slip fielder,
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The former skipper might have played his last ever innings for the national team as he looks set to bid farewell, pending a final decision from the selectors.
Ponting’s departure brought another under fire batsman , http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 to the crease and he safely played out the first few balls to end the 51st over. The tourists have currently added just 23 runs in 14 overs.
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