Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 8:38 am  

291 All out.

What a fantastic preformence this morning especially from Anderson.

If England can get to the 25-30 over mark with at most one or 2 wickets down we should be able to build a score of at least 370-380............probably be out for 130 now.

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:00 am  

Bowlers did really well to dismiss SA for 291 but 64-3 in reply means the game is still very much in the balance!

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 11:58 am  

South Africa on top at 82/4 imo especially given that these 2 aren't likely to score quickly and relieve abit of pressure anytime soon.

If these 2 can nudge us up to 140/150 then hopefully the quick scorers after that can wrestle the game back in our favour with quick partnerships and positive batting.

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:29 pm  

Eng 112-4, Cook has his 21st Test fifty.

Cook 59
Bell 10

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:30 pm  

Cook and Bell just coming out after tea having put us just about back on an even keel.

Hopefully they can kick on now to set up the middle/lower order to fire us ontoa score past the South Africans allowing us to put some pressure on.

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:34 pm  

Spoke too soon....Cook gone straight after lunch to the 4th p*ss weak dismissal of our innings.

133/5

Game back in the South Africans favour now.

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 1:38 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

Spoke too soon....Cook gone straight after lunch to the 4th p*ss weak dismissal of our innings.

133/5

Game back in the South Africans favour now.

Typical England.

One great performance. Backed up by the bowlers, only for the batsmen to pi$$ all the hard work away.

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:33 pm  

Bell throws his hard work away and what looked like a good knock with Englands 5th freebie wicket given to the South Africans out of 6.

Prior doesn't look like lasting long either and is trying his best to give it up.

174/6

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:41 pm  

Well Prior did well to stick in until the close and if him and Swann can bat together for 10-12 overs in the morning we should be around their score.

The game looks to be shaping up into a cracker.

Re: Super Cricket- England in SA : Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:05 pm  

It looks like its set to be a 1 innings shoot-out, and I wouldn't fancy batting last on that strip...