*Official* Match 21 - England v South Africa

[Uppercut]

South Africa in looking awesome in the early stages shocker.

 

[SeamUp]

Zulu has a disappointingly nasal voice, it must be said. Expected something deeper.

Hehe especially the way he crunched a cricket ball.

No but seriously he has always been soft speaker and slightly nasal. Surprisingly quite an a modest and shy bloke. Never thought commentary would be his thing.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

A pitch like this makes things interesting. I'm not a fan of 350 vs 300 for every ODI pitch.

Somewhere between the two would be nice, pitches where 250 is a good score are ideal. This is good stuff though, much more fun than some games despite it being onesided.

 

[Spark]

I really don't get why Yardy bowled 5 overs for 30 before Broad bowled one.

 

[GotSpin]

Somewhere between the two would be nice, pitches where 250 is a good score are ideal. This is good stuff though, much more fun than some games despite it being onesided.

Yeah 250 as a good score are my favourite type of ODIs

 

[BoyBrumby]

That's a seriously woeful shot. Broad's too good to take that kind of liberty too often.

 

[Spark]

There we go. Broad could do some real damage on this wicket.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well another wicket in the next 10 minutes and it might get interesting.

Be nice if they were 110-5 and we had a nailbiting finish.

 

[Noble One]

It feels like 1 Englisman versus 11 South African's right now. Gripping cricket and Swann will probably end with figures of 1/30 that no statsguru filter could quantify the sheer awesomeness of his bowling.

 

[Spark]

In the end Graeme Smith has done bloody brilliantly to waste, basically, half of Swann's spell when he clearly couldn't make head or tail of him.

 

[Jono]

Time for some AB!

 

[Spark]

I don't know who I want to see do better, ABdV or Swann?

 

[wellAlbidarned]

I don't know who I want to see do better, ABdV or Swann?

Need an irrelevant third option.

 

[Spark]

Bowling too full here. Needs to get more overspin, the pitch will do the rest.

 

[kingkallis]

Stupid batting really!!

 

[Jono]

Kallis asks Prior if it's carried. He says yes and Kallis walks.

Good sportsmanship, but having seen much footage of "catches" by keepers in recent years, I'd not have done that.

It was out here anyway. Good stuff.

 

[Spark]

Ah, very good form from Kallis.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Could get tasty now. Game on.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Just a theory, but I'm going to run with it: it's occurred to me that one of the myriad reasons why we're a much better test outfit is probably because a team can get away with only having four bowlers in the longer format and one can be hidden if they're having an off day with a class spinner to wheel away from one end.

In ODIs when ten is the max and five bowlers a bare minimum our lack of depth is badly exposed. In T20 it's easier to muddle thru 4 or 8 overs too.

Kallis goes, smart take from Prior coming forward.

 

[Spark]

SA have to be really careful here. On this wicket Broad can run through you like a hot knife like he does every now and then if you let him.