'Forget the run-rate' - Smith
Andrew Hall is mostly remembered either for his valiant 99 at Headingley in 2003 or for surviving a shooting from point-blank range
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We thought we would go in a different partner, someone whom they wouldn't expect and he [Hall] had already batted in the top order in one-day [cricket]. He has played a really good knock - he's been patient and stroked the ball well. We took a risk but it's paid off.
I'm happy; the guys have had a solid day. Forget the run-rate as the runs haven't been scored that quickly [in the past] at this venue. [But] there were a couple of soft dismissals in the last two sessions.
There was [either] moisture early in the morning or there was a lot of overnight dew, but the wicket played pretty well all day.
It was a good toss [for us] to win. We knew that they wanted to win the toss and bat first considering they were going in with three spinners.
We thought about the batting order first and we needed a batter at seven, which Zan der Bruyn can do and [he can] also provide a lot of overs. With Jacques [Kallis] carrying a side strain, we are not too sure how much we'll get from him with the ball, so it was important that we carried that extra bowler.
At this stage, he's purely a batter - at three or six - and we saw him more as an allrounder in India.
All of them bowled tightly, bowled with a lot of pressure.