Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:10 pm  

Hmmmm, 279-6. Could be going the same way as the previous game, mehopes.

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:15 pm  

Sexual Deviant wrote:

Hmmmm, 279-6. Could be going the same way as the previous game, mehopes.

Possibly....Though the pessimist in me thinks that England can't bat as well as last time, and SA can't bowl as badly??

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Sun Jan 03, 2010 7:32 pm  

This was probably a good toss to lose. If you put the opposition in you have to bowl them out within the first day's play (or equivalent in number of overs, i.e. 90 overs) and go on to take a significant first innings lead as far as I'm concerned. Fair enough, Kallis is a class act and without him as a fly in the ointment we might already be batting, and might yet go on to take that first innings lead.

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:29 pm  

Decent day for England but if they let SA get 350 plus then it will be tough batting last on this pitch.

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:23 am  

Prince of Denmark wrote:

But that would mean picking a side without a black African, so it's not likely to happen. A shame, as we're playing opponents who can't select their best XI. (And they wonder why Pietersen, Trott & others choose to make their future elsewhere. It's the new apartheid.)

Prince is a grinder; Duminy is overrated after a flattering start to his Test career. They're both good enough for Test cricket but not in great form and not quite as good as some of the English media have made them out to be.

It would appear you are on a par with the English media

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:32 am  

Pakistan 84/0 at lunch on Day2 chasing Australia's 127.

Hopefully an embarrassing defeat for the Aussies coming up.

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:40 am  

Conroy wrote:

Pakistan 84/0 at lunch on Day2 chasing Australia's 127.

Hopefully an embarrassing defeat for the Aussies coming up.

I suppose it is allowable to post about the Aussies on an England cricket thread, but only because they're getting their butts reamed

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:50 am  

airliebird9 wrote:

I suppose it is allowable to post about the Aussies on an England cricket thread, but only because they're getting their butts reamed

I just presumed it was the cricket thread.

Nevermind........

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:18 am  

2nd ball - Kallis c Prior b Onions 108

GET IN 280/7 now

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:21 am  

Steyn gone for 26 280/8