They aren't absolutely terrible but by South African standards they're definitely getting genuine nosebleeds at 8 and 9. Boje used to bat nine (or sometimes even ten when Hall played as a bowler) and he has 8000+ First Class runs at about 35 with a double ton to his name.
They're more number 10 level though. I remember the SA tour, Morkel was embarrassing against Panesar. Swann should take him out pretty quickly.
Don't say that. Just asking for trouble with an England bowling attack. We always seem to bowl terribly to tail-enders, and we're not even into the tail yet, Boucher's more than capable and Duminy's looking very good. Reckon they'll get 320+ tbh.
320 plus, that's hardly much. England would be so pumped if they took the next 5 wickets for 37 runs!
At 287-5? You sure you want to put yourself out there in reckoning they'll get another 33+ runs?
Yeah, could really see this falling away super quickly if Duminy goes soon. It's a big if though to be fair; he's pretty good at batting with the lower order and tail.
They're looking completely untroubed afaics. Given that they're not looking to take any risks at all, you can see them batting for ages yet.
Time to start bowling him in one over spells IMO.
Haha, I've actually had several mentions on cricinfo; that wasn't one of them though.
