superkingdave
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Think we should have heeded Aussie's suggestions and played an all seam attack tbh
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*Official* England in South Africa
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Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Let's not forget "Wright is a better batsman than Bell".
Shaggy Alfresco
State Captain
But you have to take into account England's infinitely better test lineup during the 90's.
Stapel
International Regular
If you defeat your opponent with an innings and about 100 runs, in hindsight, you can conclude that either batsman's contribution was not a match winning innings.
Swann rightfully the MotM!
If there is one thing England should be bothered about, it is their team balance. This Test did not teach them it was ok or not....
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Out of interest Stapel, which side do you and other Dutch cricket followers support when England play SA?The second match winning Broad spell I've missed this year.
Well, my planning for the day is messed up. I didn't bother to watch after lunch yesterday, as I expected the Saffies to lose 2 or 3 wickets on what I thought was quite flat pitch. And I was looking forward to a good 5th test day.....
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Glad we managed to mop up quickly this morning.
Stapel
International Regular
What makes you think there are other Dutchmen following England - SA
?Well, there are a few, tbh.
I guess I have a slight bias for SA, simply for having a few Dutch names in their side. However, what I want to see, is a proper test match. During the fifth day on the first match, I was hoping for a SA win, but I can very easily get enthousiastic about any Englishman's bowling spell or top innings.
When (Dutch) friends ask me which team I support, I usually tell them that one does not need a favourite to enjoy watching cricket, and if they would know more about the game, they would understand that.
There is one team I always support anyway (apart from the Dutch team) and those are the Windies. When cricket was explained to me in 1995 (I justed posted about that in the 'is Cricket your fav sport' thread), the Windies were visiting England. I assumed that England were picking easy former colonial opponents to lift their moral, and decicded to support Lara, Walsh and Ambrose........ What did I know...., Cricket being considered extremely posh here in The Netherlands (or rather, a time-passing opportunity for bored, British, homosexual, tea-drinking aristocrats).
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I wonder if this win today was a fluke like the Ashes
flibbertyjibber
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Totally.As it was in 2005 too.I wonder if this win today was a fluke like the Ashes
R_D
International Debutant
any doubts ?I wonder if this win today was a fluke like the Ashes
SA will win the next 2 matches for sure.
R_D
International Debutant
The number 1 team will come back and win this.. You guys have no chance.
R_D
International Debutant
hehe.... just mocking..
I do rate this English team... was hoping they would win this series
Hopee they close it out in next match.
