Talking points from day five of the first Test between Australia and South Aftrica

Australian cricket greats have suggested sweeping changes for the second Test in Hobart.

Here are all the massive talking points from the final day in Perth.

CHAPPELL UNDER FIRE FOR RABADA COMMENT

FORMER Australian Test captain Ian Chappell has come under fire for a comment that has offended South African viewers watching the first Test at the WACA.

Chappell was commenting on play for Channel 9 when South African rising star Kagiso Rabada skittled the Australian middle order and snared a five-wicket haul.

Chappell was full of praise for the talented 21-year-old and joined fellow commentator Ian Healy in labelling the quick a future superstar of the game.

He said he was stunned by Rabada’s raw talent and pace at such a young age.

Unfortunately, Chappell didn’t leave it at that.

When Healy asked him how Rabada could have developed such speed in his bowling, Chappell replied: “You’d have to ask all the batsman in his village”.

Rabada grew up in Johannesburg where he attended the prestigious St Stithians Boys College. His father is a neurosurgeon.

The comment did not go unnoticed on social media.

Rabada comes from a small village called Johannesburg. #AUSvSA #IanChappell

— Luke Costin (@LukeCostin) November 7, 2016

So Jo'burg doesn't qualify as a village? Staggering, isn't it? Surprised they didn't ask who was looking after his herd while he's here... https://t.co/eKPUTLdYot

— Neil Manthorp (@NeilManthorp) November 7, 2016

Chuffed Kagiso Rabada and I come from the same village... It's a pretty big one, called Johannesburg. #SAvsAUS

— Carly Adno (@CarlyW226) November 7, 2016

Chappell has done it now. Go ask the 'people in his village' he says about when Rabada knew he could bowl fast.

— Jason Humphries (@JasonH1973) November 7, 2016

@JasonH1973 @shockerhess Wow. Rabada's dad is a neurosurgeon!

— Walter Stevens (@WalterStevens1) November 7, 2016

@shockerhess @WalterStevens1 @JasonH1973 Ludicrous statement. I think Dr Rabada should sponsor Chappell a free lobotomy #AUSvSA

— Quintin Davis (@quintindavis) November 7, 2016

I like Ian Chappell. He may be a racist, but at least he makes it clear that he's also an idiot #ausvsa

— Runi Talwar (@runitalwar) November 7, 2016

Hey @Channel9, happy to stand corrected, but Kagiso Rabada's home town seems to be a pretty fkcn big village. #AUSvSA pic.twitter.com/xo35d4Law4

— Mindy Pawsey (@MKPS001) November 7, 2016

According to Ian Chappell, Nathan Lyon credits his pace between wickets to years of evading spear and boomerang attacks. #AUSvSA

— Mindy Pawsey (@MKPS001) November 7, 2016

MARSH DISMISSED BY ‘CROCK OF $@!’ DECISION

MITCHELL Marsh was removed for 26 runs under controversial circumstances.

The Australian allrounder was given out LBW on review after South Africa successfully challenged a decision from umpire Aleem Dar.

Dar originally ruled Kagiso Rabada’s full-pitched in-swinging delivery was going to miss the left-hander’s leg stump, but the Decision Review System showed slightly more than half the ball would have hit low down on Marsh’s leg stump.

Channel 9 commentators said they could not believe the decision until it emerged the DRS ball-tracker used the delivery’s first glancing contact with Marsh’s shoe as the point of contact before it crashed into his front pad.

Replays showed the ball appeared to clip Marsh on the toes as it bounced off the pitch. That contact appeared slightly more in-line with the stumps than when the ball went on to hit Marsh’s front pad.

Former Australian Test captain Michael Clarke said he was staggered by the DRS ball-tracker’s prediction that the ball would have straightened up and hit the stumps.

.@mitchmarsh235 is OUT! #AUSvSA #9WWOS https://t.co/p2Wvj1JBNO

— Wide World of Sports (@wwos) November 7, 2016

Just saw Mitch Marsh's lbw.... what a crock of $&@! DRS system = Failure.

— Mitchell Johnson (@MitchJohnson398) November 7, 2016

“I can’t believe they’ve given that out,” Clarke said.

“I thought it was definitely swinging too far and missing the leg stump. He’ll be really disappointed with that.

“What I don’t agree with is the line of the delivery once the ball impacts. When it hits him on the toes. The line when it keeps going (after that). I believe the line of that ball, the way it’s swinging is missing leg stump.”

Mark Taylor said Marsh was also unlucky because it appeared less than half the ball would have hit the stumps.

Taylor said Channel 9’s microphones heard Usman Khawaja questioning the decision of the DRS with the on-field umpires.

He said Khawaja asked why the DRS predicted the ball would have straightened up.

“Umpire Nigel Llong, he said it clipped his toe then the pad,” Taylor said.

“So that’s why that clipping of the toe is the first point of impact where the ball has hit his body. That’s been the thing that’s cost Mitchell Marsh. If the ball hit his pad the DRS, the ball-tracker would have looked different.

“At least 50 per cent of that ball has to at least be hitting the outside of the stump. That looks to me like it will at best just clip the stump.

“You can see only just 50 per cent of that ball is going to hit the outside of the stumps. I think he’s very unlucky. Also, the way the ball impacted him on the half volley it looked to me like the ball straightened.

“For that to be overturned. Mitchell Marsh is very unlucky.”

BIG CHANGES TO AUSTRALIAN TEAM

SHAUN Marsh will miss the rest of the series against South Africa after suffering a broken finger during the first Test.

The bombshell announcement came at the end of the fifth’s day play. Marsh reportedly needs surgery on the injury and may not play again in 2016.

Cricket Australia announced Joe Burns and Callum Ferguson have been added to the squad for the Hobart Test.

Australian captain Steve Smith said batsman Adam Voges is also in some doubt for the Tasmanian Test after he injured his hamstring out in the middle.

“He fell over and slipped over in the first innings and injured it and was in a fair bit of pain when he batted and out in the field as well,” Smith said.

“He’s been batting very well so I guess at the moment he’s pretty shattered and hopefully the surgery goes well and he can be back soon.

“(Who comes in Burns or Ferguson), I’m not sure I think that’s a question for Rod Marsh.

“But I think they both deserve to be in the squad. They’ve played some very good cricket.

“ I thought Joe batted beautifully in the Shield game last week and Ferguson has been a performer at that level for a very long period of time and I’m sure he’ll relish the opportunity if he gets a crack.

“I think (Voges) is looking with the medical staff now and we’ll see how he pulls up over the next couple of days.

“One thing I do know with Adam is he’s pretty old (experienced) and he knows his body pretty well. That’s one thing I certainly do know.”

GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP ON SHOW

AUSTRALIAN and South African cricketers said before the first Test the series might get heated between the two camps, but on the final days play both teams were praised for moments of sportsmanship.

Rising star Kagiso Rabada won some warm words from the Channel 9 commentary team for his classy gesture towards Usman Khawaja when the Australian had just been dismissed three runs short of his century.

Despite Khawaja walking off miserable, Rabada walked away from his teammates to congratulate the No. 3 on what was still an impressive innings.

Mitchell Starc also won plenty of fans for his concerning sportsmanship for rival Temba Bavuma.

While batting, Starc took a big swipe at the Kookaburra with a cross-bat slog shot that connected flush and sent the ball straight at Bavuma at short leg.

The ball crashed into the helmet of Bavuma fielding in close. He briefly fell to the ground, but quickly got back onto his feet.

Starc walked out of his crease to check on the South African star and make sure he was all fine.

Oh... #AUSvSA pic.twitter.com/vYoty88fGl

— cricket.com.au (@CricketAus) November 7, 2016