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**Official** South Africa in England 2012

Spark

Spark

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BeeGee said:
Absolutely love it. Old school batting at it's best.
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Nah **** that, put these two attacks on a park, and I don't want to see blocking, leaving, or any of that stuff - I want to see blood, bails and bits of helmet on the pitch.
 
flibbertyjibber

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Spark said:
Nah **** that, put these two attacks on a park, and I don't want to see blocking, leaving, or any of that stuff - I want to see blood, bails and bits of helmet on the pitch.
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Well the attack needs to bowl well for that happen. SA haven't today at all.
 
vic_orthdox

vic_orthdox

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Just haven't been consistent enough when I've been watching. Just had to pick my dad up to the airport, went into the Departures instead of the Arrivals lane, and suddenly found myself back on the freeway to Melbourne. Gah.
 
Ruckus

Ruckus

International Captain
vic_orthdox said:
Just haven't been consistent enough when I've been watching. Just had to pick my dad up to the airport, went into the Departures instead of the Arrivals lane, and suddenly found myself back on the freeway to Melbourne. Gah.
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I found your story of misadventure a great deal more exciting than the cricket, if truth be told.
 
vic_orthdox

vic_orthdox

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Not surprised to see a pitch as dry as this. Often in wet times the curators get very wary and leave the pitch as dry as possible, because there's plenty of moisture around in the first place, and if it's overcast and there's grass on the wicket, then they come under criticism for putting up a green top.
 
Flem274*

Flem274*

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I'm calling lies on their strike rates btw. Pretty sure they reached 140 an hour ago.

They must be batting really well though. I expected Philander to continue to eat alive batsmen who take this approach to him.
 
Jacknife

Jacknife

International Captain
vic_orthdox said:
Not surprised to see a pitch as dry as this. Often in wet times the curators get very wary and leave the pitch as dry as possible, because there's plenty of moisture around in the first place, and if it's overcast and there's grass on the wicket, then they come under criticism for putting up a green top.
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They said this is exactly what's happened.
 
vic_orthdox

vic_orthdox

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Flem274* said:
I'm calling lies on their strike rates btw. Pretty sure they reached 140 an hour ago.

They must be batting really well though. I expected Philander to continue to eat alive batsmen who take this approach to him.
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Philander in the main has been bowling on pitches where you can bowl bail height, and be slightly more aggressive. He also was more two-sides of the wicket than I've seen him.
 
Ruckus

Ruckus

International Captain
They are batting very well, but the pitch is flat and the bowling has had no consistency or real venom in it. It doesn't help the two batsmen are Trott and Cook, but tbf it's mainly boring because there just isn't a contest going on atm. Disappointing from SA, and an anticlimax given all the build up. Here's hoping there's a big twist, and soon.
 
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