drs Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Ooooooh, Harper has made a right ricket there. The man is a plonker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qpsnapper Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 100-4 at lunch, signs of a recovery, hopefully Bell and Collingwood can carry on after lunch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Collingwood to the rescue again.And another Pietersen failure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 133/5 Doesn't sound like there have been many demons in the pitch either, just South Africa have bowled better than we've batted. Hopefully we can struggle our way to 250 and give ourselves at least something to bowl at. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Make that 133/6. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_B Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 149/8 now - taking a bit of a hounding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 All out for 180. bugger. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowden til i die Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Rain stopped play. Perfect time for the snooker. 4 days of rain would do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 (edited) Was surprised to see Onions dropped altho' if you look at England's tour stats he had the poorest record of the four bowlers but I still thought they'd stick with him - you've almost got to wonder if Sidebottom wasn't picked for his batting prowess! I suppose it's the ultimate test (sic) of England's strategy of going in with only four bowlers and little in the way of backup from the batsmen. I rather reckon they got away with it at Centurion and Cape Town but we shall see. ************************ Day 1 Stumps England 180 South Africa 29/0 (12.0 ov) Edited January 14, 2010 by btb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 20-0, mmm - could they build up a lead on Day 2 and still not leave enought time to bowl England out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 What a shit day. Cricket is rubbish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Bob Willis on the highlights- "South Africa have done their homework on Pietersen and Trott". I think they had a wee head start there, Bob. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Great catch to dismiss Strauss. But so many of the other wickets were given up far too easily. Trott looked completely out of his depth. Pietersen,well he has done very little,maybe his place should be considered? Big day for England,they have to bowl well,but i cannot see SA making the same basic errors or deploying the poor shot selection. One thing for sure this is a result pitch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Phoenix Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Great catch to dismiss Strauss. One thing for sure this is a result pitch. Has to be one of the best I've seen in nearly 40 years of watching test cricket. Not so sure that the pitch had much, if anything, to do with England's capitulation but it certainly won't get any better as the Test progresses. England's best chance of winning the series is the weather. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraser_QPFC Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Has to be one of the best I've seen in nearly 40 years of watching test cricket. Not so sure that the pitch had much, if anything, to do with England's capitulation but it certainly won't get any better as the Test progresses. England's best chance of winning the series is the weather. The catch was excellent, but England were terrrible generally. Thats South Africa on 172-1 now, in 51 overs. Could see this one being embarassing for England. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Not much fun this, they're somewhere past our score, Smith has another ton and still only one wicket down. Bif of controversy about his non-dismissal earlier but basically they're just playing better than us, I've written the match off already. I guess I'd have settled for a drawn series before the start of it but it's a bit disappointing nonetheless. We're not going to win the Ashes down under with this bowling attack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) England 180 South Africa 208/2 (59.3 ov) Match delayed by rain, heavy rain at that - maybe England's best hope now! For the third game in four tests England's bowling attack has not matched SA's - whatever happens here I reckon they'll have to rethink their strategy. Edited January 15, 2010 by btb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivo den Bieman Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 A quite monstrous thunderstorm, the ground is under water, prospects for any play for the rest of the day "bleak". How bitter would you be as part of the SA camp. Clearly better in three of the four tests, thwarted twice by a no. 11 and now by the weather. Topping batting and bowling averages yet still losing 0-1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 England would still probably need another day to be wiped out by the weather to survive. Re: the above post, it would be hilarious. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivo den Bieman Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Hmmn, their best chance, if the weather wipes out the rest of today, is to batter up to a lead of 150+ as quick as poss, the pout England under pressure for a minimum of four and a half sessions. Different scenario to the one which would have obtained without this storm, they;d have batted today and half of tomorrow, put on a lead of about 250-300, the bowl again in a much stronger position... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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