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Showing posts with label South African Cricket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South African Cricket. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Underneath the Fig Trees

Over the years I have spent many pleasant days at the Adelaide Test Match, usuually in December each year.
My favourite thing was to sit under the fig trees at the scoreboard end with my usual props.
Camera
About 10 rolls of film.
Sometimes a small unobtrusive tripod.
Binoculars
The day's newspaper
A magazine
A can of coke
A meat pie.
My idea of a great day out.
I still go to the test matches and I reckon that is still the best spot in spite of all the grandiose changes to the ground.
I am inteneding to put together a book on Adelaide Test matches,State Games,One day matches and also local club cricket from my photographic collection.
Many shots were taken on film and more recently digital.
Cameras I have used are Pentax Super A,Pentax MZs,Pentax 645,Pentax Kr and Kx,Pentax *iSTD,Canon 400d and Canon 600d.
Here are a few pics from a test match between Australia and South Africa in December 2001.
Scanned from 35mm prints.
All these shots were taken from my favourite spot sitting on the grass underneath the fig trees.
To all my readers and accidental visitors to this blog have a wonderful celebration of Christmas and the Birth of our Savior and a Happy New Year for 2015.











Monday, November 26, 2012

Australia V South Africa Day 5 Gallery

Well the Adelaide test match is over and ended in a tense draw.
Man of the match was South African batsman Faf Du Plessis who followed up his first innings 78 with an unbeaten century today.
He batted all day today and some of yesterday and this was his first test match.
Australia had there chances to win but it wasn't to be.
A memorable test match with some amazing individual performances and also sheer grit from both teams.
I think it was appropriate it was a draw.
Now it's to Perth on Friday for the last of the three test series.
I won't be there.
Here are some more pics from today taken on my Canon 600d.
All pics are copyright Geoff Thompson 2012.
Ps Any Cricketers who want to have their wedding photographed by Geoff Thompson are welcome to email me.















Chloe Saltau Chief Cricket writer for the Age and Malcolm Conn of News Limited
see link to interview on the Channel Nine Cricket Show



http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/cricket/cricketshow/


































































Final Score

Man of the Match presentation to Faf Du Plessis






Australian Captain Michael Clarke


Man of the Match

South African Captain Graeme Smith

Michael Clarke being interviewed by ABC' Grandstand's Peter Walsh
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-26/interview-michael-clarke/4393144?section=sport
Faf Du Plessis is interviewed by former South Australian Mike Haysman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Haysman 


How the ABC reported it.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-26/as-it-happened-second-test-day-five/4391624