Still not feeling great so put it on but it's been very eventful! Only Kohli's been near half a century and there's been 19 wickets, with a ridiculous run out just now! All out now, 98 lead for india.
That is pretty dodgy looking if you ask me. I know it’s a lively pitch but it wasn’t ‘23 wickets in a day’ lively - and even then, 6 wickets for no run in eleven balls? I wonder if the spirit of Hansie Cronje lives on. I would be looking at how many bets there have been for under 500 total runs and/or result in two days? That said you’d be surprised if Indian players are involved as they’re handsomely paid. They’d not likely throw a test. Not that South Africa are that arsed about test cricket anyway; they’re sending a squad of relative unknowns, mostly uncapped at test level - including the named captain - on a test tour to New Zealand, as their first team will be playing in the domestic T20 tournament. Weakening the test side for the benefit of a domestic T20 tournament are not the actions of a soundly ran cricket board.
It’s the worst possible advert for test cricket although, as you say, it’s not held in any high esteem over there anyway. I haven’t seen any live action but I guess that the crowd is low as well !
Crikey. That’s ridiculous. I hope this is just some freak result as test cricket is the greatest form of the game by a mile as far as I’m concerned. And I’m worried it will die out.
