*Official* England in South Africa

[zaremba]

Cook should use this opportunity for batting practice methinks

 

[King Pietersen]

Never thought I'd be saying this. But I'd rather be watching Wright and Bopara opening. This is a terrible opening partnership for T20 cricket. Especially Cook.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Think the old Chinese cut looks Denly's best scoring option here.

Oh, and the leading edge is going to be profitable for him too.

 

[King Pietersen]

Denly can GTFO. Ravi Bopara's better to watch than him. Can't wait till we get Kieswetter qualified for T20 cricket. Another terrible innings from Denly.

 

[superkingdave]

Jeeez, **** off Nick Knight, that was a drag on, anyone would think Abdullah had bowled an inswinging yorker.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ha, lol. Joseph plays the Chinese cut once too often; drags a wide one onto the stumps.

How's he a better option than Strauss? Anyone?

 

[King Pietersen]

Strauss didn't want to play.

Denly better not open in the ODi's. Should surely open with Strauss and Trott? If Trott misses out in favour of Cook or Denly then I'll be so annoyed.

 

[Jarquis]

Denly can GTFO. Ravi Bopara's better to watch than him. Can't wait till we get Kieswetter qualified for T20 cricket. Another terrible innings from Denly.

We've already got Davies, just refuse to pick him for some unknown reason.

 

[Jono]

Cook slogging is an interesting look.

 

[Jarquis]

Cook slogging is an interesting look.

Still alolowing quite a few dotballs though, if it's not going to the fence he's not rotating.
See how it goes through his innings though.

 

[wpdavid]

Strauss didn't want to play.

Wasn't a bad judge, was he.
I've only just switched on - presumably the bowling was somewhere below excreble?

Typical England i suppose. The batting's showing signs of heading in the right direction, so they pack the bowling with piechuckers. SA must be aiming for 400+ in the 50-over games.

EDIT
And I've just seen that Cook's captain of out 2020 side. What odds would we have got on that a couple of months ago?

 

[popepouri]

Roelof on. GG

 

[King Pietersen]

Cook just get out please. The longer he stays out there the more chance he's got of playing in the ODi's. I wanna see KP bat with Trott.

 

[Jono]

Normally some innings where teams are chasing so much is entertaining. Not this one.

This is ****ing ugly.

 

[King Pietersen]

Thank god for that. Horrible innings from Cook. Only had 1 shot. He's never going to be a T20 player.

KP gets a nice few boos!

 

[Kyle]

I'm a bit lost, I thought I was watching South Africa v England, but now I can only see South Africans on the field?

 

[Flyonthewall]

Denly can GTFO. Ravi Bopara's better to watch than him. Can't wait till we get Kieswetter qualified for T20 cricket. Another terrible innings from Denly.

Nah, Davies is better than Kieswetter, but for some reason isn't even in the squad. Should be in there at least as a specialist batsman, probs as a keeper as well.

 

[jboss]

15 South Africans on the field now...

 

[wpdavid]

Do we know why Swann didn't play today? Or sidebottom?

 

[King Pietersen]

Swann's injured. Nothing serious though apparently, same with Colly.

We need more Saffa's in our team. Least they're capable of hitting some boundaries. More entertaining than '1 shot' Cook.