***Official*** South Africa in England

[jammay123]

how he can then give the look to claim he didnt know it bounced after holding aloft. shouldget done for that.

 

[stumpski]

D'you think he might cop a bit when it's his turn to bat?

 

[zaremba]

Dreadful from De Villiers. I never had him down as a cheat before now.

 

[Days of Grace]

AB thinking he's Michael Clarke here.

He's forgotten that he ain't Australian. Therefore, he can't get away with such a thing.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Very hard to warm to either of these teams.

 

[zaremba]

strauss gone

 

[Zinzan]

Brillant !- Just realised BBC web radio are allowing international listeners this time around -Blowers & Boycs - yeehaa !

 

[wpdavid]

strauss gone

Boycs is crucifying him on TMS.

One more and we're pretty much gone.

 

[steds]

strauss gone

Game over, possibly?

 

[tooextracool]

In comes our last specialist batsman before lunch on Day 1.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hopefully SA can bowl some decent stuff at Bell and we'll see if he's turned a corner or not.

 

[zaremba]

Game over, possibly?

Yes it could well be. Ambrose at 6. Jeesh. I'll be relieved if he scores 6 given his recent Test form.

 

[Zinzan]

In comes our last specialist batsman before lunch on Day 1.

Well he only needs to score 1 more than his last innings and you'll be well-placed

 

[Neil Pickup]

Dreadful from De Villiers. I never had him down as a cheat before now.

Needs banning. Not just a questionable carry - it carried, he dropped it, and then he claimed it anyway. Cheating, pure and simple.

 

[tooextracool]

Well he only needs to score 1 more than his last innings and you'll be well-placed

If he scores 99 less than his last inning I'll take it. Hopefully he doesnt go into his shell like he usually does on these sorts of wickets.

 

[Zinzan]

Needs banning. Not just a questionable carry - it carried, he dropped it, and then he claimed it anyway. Cheating, pure and simple.

Plse explain, I'm in the dark here. Is this regarding the Strauss dismissal?

 

[_Ed_]

Needs banning. Not just a questionable carry - it carried, he dropped it, and then he claimed it anyway. Cheating, pure and simple.

Disappointing, was a fan of de Villiers. Things like that change my opinion of players forever.

 

[steds]

Plse explain, I'm in the dark here. Is this regarding the Strauss dismissal?

1242: Eng 57-2
Dear oh dear - I'm not a man for ranting, but that is an utter disgrace. Strauss edges Morkel to AB de Villiers at second slip, the fielder dives forward and rolls over celebrating the catch. The entire South African cordon leap around claiming the wicket, but Strauss stands his ground - and rightly so, because De Villiers not only dropped the ball but then pushed it along the turf before turning his palm upwards and pretending he'd taken it cleanly. Uproar around the ground when the replay is shown on the giant screen. Trouble...

****, imo.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Boycott suggesting bring in a good seamer for a toothless left arm spinner, unfortunately he's referring to SA not England.

 

[GIMH]

****



Strange batting line-up. Usual top 5, Ambrose at 6 whereas I would argue whether he deserves to be above either Flintoff or Broad. Nonetheless, as a trio, I think if we play those at 7-8-9 (any order really) then that's as strong a lower-middle order I will have seen. But starting with Ambrose at 6, just not too clever really, and as our leading wicket-taker this year is absent, I am not filled with my usual confidence.

As such, instead of an innings win I think we will win by 100 runs or so