Marco Jansen

I think we've broken the back of the top order, but they often prove to be a difficult team to clean up.

You know, Marco Jansen, for example, he's one of those.

Verena...

Yeah, they can hang around and do a little bit better than that on their day.

It's shown pace, it's shown that it's hostile.

Marco Jansen is terrific as an all-rounder opening the bowling.

Mulder's got some firepower.

Um, uh, the, the spinners are, are, are pretty useful and, uh, Nort- Nortje's been terrific as well with his, uh, [laughs] hostile fast bowling.

But I'll, I'll note that while he was batting, it was, it, it reminded me of the thing at Lord's where, you know, he got hit and then came out and, and started trying to destroy Chris Woakes all around the ground.

It's like there's a button that gets hit sometimes when Smith gets the cage rattled, where he goes, "All right, I've just gotta hit as many boundaries as possible." Um, smashed three fours off Nortje, uh, and then belted Harmer for six down the ground over long on, and then tried to belt him again, and eventually got held by Marco Jansen.

So is there any word on how things stand with Smith at the moment?

Not really.

I mean, Mulder only bowled four overs whether he's ca- carrying a niggle, uh, or not, we'll, we'll, we'll yet to see.

Marco Jansen only bowled the eight overs which, um, I can kind of understand.

I feel like he's gotta play next test, so you may as well keep him as fresh as you possibly can.

Nortje actually got through 12 overs which screams to me that maybe he's not playing next test, um, which wouldn't surprise me.

... and just smashing everything over.

Um, the, the onside, Marco Jansen.

A- and by this point, you could see the spirits in the South African camp had deflated.

A ter- a pretty ordinary fielding effort from, uh, Tristan Stubbs, who-

Mm

... dropped a catch, went for six.

And even Marco Jansen not really putting in too much of an effort to, uh, despite his height, to grab at one.

Um, a- a- and yeah, I mean, even though the focus was all around Matt Renshaw and- Remarkably, him not getting to another century-

Um, part of the reason why he's been so successful.

Uh, Marco Jansen, left arm over, u- useful for Simon Harmer.

So I think when South Africa go into the second test in what used to be called Port Elizabeth, and I can't pronounce the, the new team, and lots of commentators have been exploring how to pronounce it.

Um, maybe we'll get AI, AI to do it.

Um, it, it, Marco Jansen and Simon Harmer might be that good combination that South Africa look at for the second test and play an extra seamer instead of Maharaj.

Maharaj.Well, I think Rabada, they're hoping Rabada will be fit.

Yeah.

[laughs] He smacks Harmer high to long on.

Just got enough on it to clear the towering figure of Marco Jansen.

Well in.

Smith on 27, goes again down the ground.

I w- I watched some of this tail end, uh, South African batting.

Marco Jansen, he can hold a bat.

Oh.

Harmer.