Taylor shocked at Australian collapse in Cape Town
November 11th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANSMelbourne, Nov 11 (IANS) Former Australian captain Mark Taylor couldn’t believe that Australia were bowled out for 47 in the second innings against South Africa in the first Test at the Newlands in Cape Town.
“I was actually woken up by the phone buzzing at about 1.10 a.m. I went to bed having watched the first session with South Africa 1-49 at lunch. When my phone buzzed it said Australia 7-21. I thought my phone was playing up to be totally honest,” Taylor was quoted as saying by The Age.
“I was trying to work out what had happened. By the time I got to the TV to check it all out for myself I just saw Shaun Marsh become (Vernon) Philander’s fifth wicket and all of a sudden they were 9-21.
“I was trying to work out what had happened because for a moment I thought I’d missed a whole day of my life. Something like 18 wickets had fallen for about 70 runs since I’d gone to bed,” he said.
Taylor watched the first 10 or 11 overs of South Africa’s second innings.
“I thought then and there: ‘This doesn’t look to me like an all-out for 96 and 47 wicket’”, Taylor said.
“I didn’t think for a minute it’s a batting paradise but I was absolutely shocked to see two sides fall for about 140 runs between them on the wicket I was watching towards the end of the day’s play,” he said.
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