Mitchell Starc Tests the Patience of South Africans

The final test match as expected is running into a thrilling experience for the Cricket lovers. Australians started with caution with Warner & Covan at the crease yesterday Both finished the day without suffering any damage to their partnership to come back Today for an interesting dwell between Bat & Ball. The first casualty in the form of Warner occurred at 40/1 when Warner Scoring 29 runs. Smith took the catch from a good ball from Philander. Watson joined Covan & looked well settled for a showdown .Watson looked like at his best form with a few nice drives to the fence.But in the 29th over of the second Smith again took a diving catch to an edge from Morkel.Morkel dent the ball very intelligently beating Watson but the catch was much more intelligent than the ball. This was indeed the turning point of the match. Ricky Ponting the Best former Captain of Australiana,who produced the Golden Era of Australian Cricket was the next Batsnman to join Covan. The South Africans offered a standing Ovation to the greatest skipper of Australia& the Best fighter for them to win Two world cups & many an International test matches & One dayyers for his Motherland .He brought Australia to the level of the West Indies in the Olden days of being the Uncrowned king of world Cricket? I earnestly wished Ponting a last hundred today but the controversial pitch of Perth thought differently. He was also out like Watson with an unexpected edge to petersen Jack Kallis again taking a wonderful diving catch Thus ending the final innings of the Greatest Ricky Ponting just for 8 runs.This wicket fell at 102/3 marking the begin- ning of the end of the Australians at Perth. Michale Clark yet another good fighter& Captain of Australia joined Cowan.Both together Prolonged the inevitable for a Long time. But then,Cowann who was playing so well with a fluent fifty to his credit fell unfortunately at 130/4 .That was a big Blow to the Australians.he had made an easy& controlled 53. The most unfortunate wicket of the match fell at 188/5 in the form of captain Clarke When he was efficiently stumped by De Viliiers .Clarke was just half an inch short of his crease from the bat. This wicket confirmed the ruin of Australia in the final deciding Test match. The6 th,7th,8th&9 th Wickets fell rather rapidly in the form of Hussey,Wade,Johnson& Hastings respectively leaving behind Mitchel Starc& NM Leon to face the drama towards their end. But both with the real Australian pride, did not concede a defeat easily.Stark scored the Fastest fifty & the top score of the australian Innings in par with IanBotham& Virender Sehwag .Stark finished at 68(NO)& Leon at 31(out). That marked inevitable end to the Australian Innings giving SA a historical victory over Australians by 309 runs the series & the retaining of the First rank of Test Cricket to the Soth Africans But Mitchel Starc could ,perhaps,remain proud for testing the Patience of the South Africans particulary their seamer Steyn. Congratulations to South Africans . SreedharanMundanat 3rd December 2012 15-15. Hrs( IST)