*Official* England in South Africa

[Pothas]

Bloody England.

Well done Onions again and now we can congratulate Ian Bell, great job.

Loving this series, more exciting than the ashes was for me.

 

[GIMH]

We cannot lose this series. CAN YOU HEAR ME PEOPLE. WE CANNOT LOSE IT.

BECAUSE WE ARE ENGLAND, AND WE'RE AWESOME

 

[zaremba]

Blimey.

I don't know why I put myself through this.

I may instead follow darts, support Phil "the Power" Taylor, and relax safely in the knowledge of a win.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

You have been dire in match threads of late Campsy.

Hard to argue.

 

[Edged&Taken]

delayed declaration by smith ???

 

[Prince EWS]

We cannot lose this series. CAN YOU HEAR ME PEOPLE. WE CANNOT LOSE IT.

BECAUSE WE PICKED IAN BELL

Indeed. Scaly to confirm.

 

[Pothas]

delayed declaration by smith ???

Be Quiet, nothing wrong with it at all.

Swann and Onions would have batted for hours anyway.

 

[Prince EWS]

delayed declaration by smith ???

Nah, I think it was the right call. England only needed 3.3rpo or something to win when he declared, so he couldn't have really declared much earlier. I actually thought an England win was more likely than a draw but I forgot to take Paul Collingwood into consideration.

 

[NasserFan207]

I swear england do this **** on purpose.

 

[GIMH]

Be Quiet, nothing wrong with it at all.

Swann and Onions would have batted for hours anyway.

In fact it should be the Saffas that are celebrating the draw, they got off lightly

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I swear england do this **** on purpose.

Well yes. I'm sure they do try not to lose on purpose...

 

[Jono]

Blimey.

I don't know why I put myself through this.

I may instead follow darts, support Phil "the Power" Taylor, and relax safely in the knowledge of a win.

The only (i mean ONLY!) time I have ever bet on darts was a bet on Phil Taylor and he lost.

Was ****ing cut.

 

[Prince EWS]

Well yes. I'm sure they do try not to lose on purpose...

You have been dire in match threads of late Campsy.

 

[zaremba]

The only (i mean ONLY!) time I have ever bet on darts was a bet on Phil Taylor and he lost.

Was ****ing cut.

Sorry but

 

[NasserFan207]

Well yes. I'm sure they do try not to lose on purpose...

Droll.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

You have been dire in match threads of late Campsy.

Harder to argue.

 

[GIMH]

England strike rates make for humorous reading. Everyone is comfortably under 50, then there you have Swann, 125.00

Also, someone noted the other day that no Saffa batsman averages under 10, the same is also true of us

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Batting 141+ overs in the 4th innings in the past 30 years and not losing

England 351/5 (165.0 ov) draw v South Africa Johannesburg 30 Nov 1995
England 307/6 (146.4 ov) won v New Zealand Christchurch 14 Feb 1997
Bangladesh 285/5 (142.0 ov) draw v Zimbabwe Dhaka 14 Jan 2005
England 296/9 (141.0 ov) draw v South Africa Cape Town 3 Jan 2010

(Australia used to be the experts but haven't done it since 1971...possibly because they don't nee 141 overs to win )

 

[King Pietersen]

Don't agree with Smith as MOTM tbh. Sure his innings was very good, but Bell's was far more important as far as the result of the match was concerned. Not too fussed though, least we didn't lose =D

 

[pasag]

Batting 141+ overs in the 4th innings in the past 30 years and not losing

England 351/5 (165.0 ov) draw v South Africa Johannesburg 30 Nov 1995
England 307/6 (146.4 ov) won v New Zealand Christchurch 14 Feb 1997
Bangladesh 285/5 (142.0 ov) draw v Zimbabwe Dhaka 14 Jan 2005
England 296/9 (141.0 ov) draw v South Africa Cape Town 3 Jan 2010

(Australia used to be the experts but haven't done it since 1971...possibly because they don't nee 141 overs to win )

Nice to see I made your sig, ****