This is a caption of todays paper in Sydney...one has to feel for the poor sod..
South Africa batsman JP Duminy has been ruled out of the rest of the Test series against Australia and for the foreseeable future after rupturing his achilles tendon in a training mishap on Friday.
After enjoying the rub of the green to take a vice-like grip on the three-Test opener, the Proteas luck took a spectacular turn for the worse when classy run-maker Duminy suffered a post-stumps training mishap and was taken to hospital.
The 29-year-old had been running around with teammates after bad light forced an early end to the day's play, with the visitors reaching a commanding 2-255 at stumps on day one at the Gabba.
Duminy was writhing in pain and had to be helped off the field after slipping on the wet surface.
The devastating long-term injury potentially throws a spanner in the works for world No.1 South Africa who wanted to utilise Duminy's offspin in the Test, after cutting leggie Imran Tahir and opting for a four-pronged pace attack.
MRI scans later revealed the worst for the left-hander and team manager, Dr Mohammed Moosajee confirmed Duminy would take no further part in the series
Duminy injured after play
posted on 10/11/12
"After enjoying the rub of the green to take a vice-like grip on the three-Test opener"
The Australian press are just as embarrassing as ours
posted on 10/11/12
Pretty pathetic reporting isn't it....re; (rub of the green)
I mean, how difficult is it sit down and type what the bloody hell happened in 3 sessions of cricket without some scribe putting his own vile into to it.......report and toss the comments into rubbish bin..
posted on 10/11/12
When he says rub of the green does he mean dropped catches? Or that there were 2 marginal LBW decisions that DRS didn't overturn? Either way, pretty shameful.
posted on 10/11/12
It's just a bitter and snide comment to try and convince himself that Australia weren't dominated on day 1.
posted on 10/11/12
Such margins are dominance built on. dropping catches and overstepping the mark are such stupid mistakes Australia deserved to be dominated. Hopefully that will be a kick up the backside for the rest of this test/series.
posted on 11/11/12
In my opinion on what the author was suggesting by the rub of the green comment was....he was indicating how lucky Sth.Africa were instead of blasting the Aussies for being so terrible...I'm not sure what commentary you blokes get, but Mark Taylor this morning was absolutely shocking with his comments of bias.....shish!!! just call the game for crying out loud..
posted on 11/11/12
'This is a caption of todays paper in Sydney...one has to feel for the poor sod..'
I think I feel more sorry for your excuse of a team sydneyboy.They better pull their socks because I see a follow-on defeat heading their way.
Sad
posted on 11/11/12
Sorry poxy....I don't waste my time with fools...