*Official* England in South Africa

[wpdavid]

Did SA seriously just take singles in that over?

Wow.

And it cost them the game.

Nicely done Albie & AB

 

[Notorious1]

A very unexpected win for ENG tbh.

 

[Notorious1]

It would have been really close, had it gone the distance,

 

[Faisal1985]

I have seriously not seen a more unlucky team then SA.

 

[aussie]

Haa damn, where did Morgan suddenly get all this power from. Even at Middlesex the few times i saw him there, i never saw this. Great for ENG of course.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

David Lloyd said he fancies England to win the ODI series and fancies England "big time" in the Test series. I think that blow he took in the nuts in 1975 has finally reached his brain.

 

[Briony]

Albertus cost SA the game.

 

[superkingdave]

David Lloyd said he fancies England to win the ODI series and fancies England "big time" in the Test series. I think that blow he took in the nuts in 1975 has finally reached his brain.

Did you expect any different from Bumble?

 

[Scaly piscine]

I have seriously not seen a more unlucky team then SA.

What was unlucky about it? D/L and rain should have made it easy for them to have won that game. They got the benefit of good luck and still threw it away.

 

[Langeveldt]

Pleased to see that SA have done away with the quota system and have picked a high quality player like Bosman in place of a hack like Kallis

Seriously, Bosman is no more than a slogger and light years short of international quality

I'm actually amazed that he averages 28 in fc cricket because any self-respecting quick should take no more than a couple of overs to sort him out

Rubbish, look at a white guy such as Albie Morkel.. SA play him again and again and again despite him being short of the required standard..

 

[wpdavid]

Haa damn, where did Morgan suddenly get all this power from. Even at Middlesex the few times i saw him there, i never saw this. Great for ENG of course.

Sounds like an extraordinary innings last night, following some impressive knocks in the ICC. If Trott's as good as he looked until the runout yesterday, once KP's fit again we could have a oneday middle order as good as we've seen from England. We'll need it, given the standard of our attack, but encouraging nonetheless.

 

[Manee]

Pleased to see that SA have done away with the quota system and have picked a high quality player like Bosman in place of a hack like Kallis

Seriously, Bosman is no more than a slogger and light years short of international quality

I'm actually amazed that he averages 28 in fc cricket because any self-respecting quick should take no more than a couple of overs to sort him out

Absolute rubbish! He has not played an ODI since 2007 and has 2 fifties in his 5 T20I innings with a strike rate of 153.77. Moreover, he has a very strong T20 domestic record.

 

[Briony]

Sounds like an extraordinary innings last night, following some impressive knocks in the ICC. If Trott's as good as he looked until the runout yesterday, once KP's fit again we could have a oneday middle order as good as we've seen from England. We'll need it, given the standard of our attack, but encouraging nonetheless.

And all born outside the country.

 

[Scaly piscine]

And all born outside the country.

Last time I checked Durham was part of England...

Anyway as I said earlier:

imports + northerners = win

 

[wpdavid]

And all born outside the country.

Born and raised.

Yup, I know.

EDIT

Forgot to mention Collingwood, and Scaly beat me to it.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Haven't bothered checking, but surely Joe Denly's first ball ducks in consecutive T20 matches has never been done before?

 

[aussie]

Sounds like an extraordinary innings last night, following some impressive knocks in the ICC. If Trott's as good as he looked until the runout yesterday, once KP's fit again we could have a oneday middle order as good as we've seen from England. We'll need it, given the standard of our attack, but encouraging nonetheless.

Indeed. That six of Steyn geez i can't remember see too much bigger. Only a few off my head comes close right now:

Yuvraj of Lee in T20 WC 07
Gayle of Lee T20 WC 09
Afridi of Symonds Perth 05
Gilchrsit of Obuya WC 03
Tendy of Caddick WC 03

 

[Goughy]

Just read that Kuhn is in line for debut, Fantasic news that will make 2 in the same national side from my old club side. Well done guys

 

[andyc]

Indeed. That six of Steyn geez i can't remember see too much bigger. Only a few off my head comes close right now:

Yuvraj of Lee in T20 WC 07
Gayle of Lee T20 WC 09
Afridi of Symonds Perth 05
Gilchrsit of Obuya WC 03
Tendy of Caddick WC 03

Not in an international game, but freaking huge nonetheless: YouTube - Biggest Six I Have Seen In Twenty-20 Cricket Aiden Blizzard

 

[aussie]

Bumba....