Great Day 1 .....

for the Proteas but what's with preparing a pitch that on Day 1 is full of cracks, has no bounce and is slow? It can't be good for cricket. You'd have to assume that the pitch will deteriorate even further come Day 5 when the Proteas will be batting. Either that or they score big enough in their first innings to make India bat twice.

 SA at 17/2 after 11. Was 9/2 in the 9th over.

 Just as I thought....not good for either team or for cricket.

 28/2 at stumps.

 Not much batting to follow on our side, suddenly 201 looks a good score.

Damn this looks like a terrible pitch! That is one way to get a result in a 5 day game, may the pitch so bad, that it is impossible to bat on!  

 We're toast if India makes 250 runs plus.