Morné Morkel

Um, and how it-

The Tories four down at, um, Third Man where Morne Morkel moved from his spot Like that, that, that four runs, that boundary was crucial

Mm.

Uh, there's, there's...

Um, th- you know, they are going at each other.

Um, then Morkel hits Smith-

Mm

... very similarly to the way that Morkel hit Clarke at that ground, uh, famously the previous time they met at Cape Town.

Brilliant cricket, right? And then he's caught in the gully-

Mm-hmm

... um, an over later, Smith.

Terrific bowling from Morne Morkel.

Don't necessarily assume that it's gonna be a, um, a fast bowlers', uh, bun fight.

So you're saying that because in 2014, like, Morkel and Mitch Johnson-

Mm

... like, went toe to toe-

Yeah.

But you kind of need to be Patrick Patterson or Ian Bishop to be any use unless you, unless they suddenly found a Neil Wagner or a Morne Morkel or a Pat Cummins.

Yeah.

And those are still incredible bowlers, right? It's very hard to find a Peter Siddle, a Paul Rifle, um, a Josh Tongue type of bowler-

Like one of the, the real competitor on the field, and yet soft as anything off the field, isn't he? He, but agree, like brilliantly fast bowler.

I just, I, I had more issues with Morkel, Philander-

Mm

... than I did with Steyn I think.

Ah, Lahiru Kumara had a, a great conspiracy, a very elaborate conspiracy.

In the first innings, he knew, like, Morne Morkel had shown him the cards that we are gonna enforce a follow-on, and Lahiru will, "No way.

Yesterday only I finished bowling.

No way I'm gonna bowl again."

But it, it's not like he was not effective with the new ball.

He bowled really well b- in both the test matches, and even in this final innings, he bowled really well with the new ball, and bowled a very good bouncer to get, uh, Lahiru Thira out.

So, uh, he, he, he did not not bowl well, but he was within himself, and I'm sure he and Morne Morkel know that he's doing that, and they must have a good reason for it.

Hmm.