**Official** South Africa in England 2012

[benchmark00]

Sig bets are for jibbers, tbh. Avatar or nothing is the way of the gentleman.

Nah ****, avatar not up for discussion. I'm sure Spikey is willing to negotiate with you though.

 

[Garson007]

Willing to have a signature bet re: the Kallis/Philander issue though.

You'd have to be a colossal git to make such a bet.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Nah ****, avatar not up for discussion. I'm sure Spikey is willing to negotiate with you though.

Pfft. Limp wristed soft ****ery, is what that is.

 

[Spikey]

Nah ****, avatar not up for discussion. I'm sure Spikey is willing to negotiate with you though.

I love Kallis though

 

[Burgey]

Wow, decent list of players to score a ton in their 100th test.

Bit light on for bowlers, mind

 

[benchmark00]

I love Kallis though

So do I ****, Philander is a better bowler though so it's a no brainer.

 

[grecian]

No doubt Saffies have out-bowled and out-batted us the last two days, just hope we can mount some kind of come back.

 

[Spikey]

So do I ****, Philander is a better bowler though so it's a no brainer.

Heart over brain, ****

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Today's very similar to day one, yesterday every bowler was getting seam or swing and tbf England did up to it raining.

Yeah and since then the ball has done nothing. Did it get wet enough to stop it happening? We will never know, cricket balls are strange bloody things and the science of movement is so difficult to get right.

As I said earlier, be interesting to see what the 2nd new ball does even in these conditions.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Can't help thinking Sajid Mahmood would have been most effective amongst lots English bowlers in these conditions

 

[Valer]

I'd take Philander.

 

[wpdavid]

Change of ends for Swann

Still bowling crap though.

 

[amanuensis]

Yeah and since then the ball has done nothing. Did it get wet enough to stop it happening? We will never know, cricket balls are strange bloody things and the science of movement is so difficult to get right.

As I said earlier, be interesting to see what the 2nd new ball does even in these conditions.

Come onto & off the bat quicker?

 

[benchmark00]

Wow people actually wear monicals.

 

[wpdavid]

No doubt Saffies have out-bowled and out-batted us the last two days, just hope we can mount some kind of come back.

Since tea on Day 1 itbt.

Yup, I hope we're able to show up before it's too late. I'm hoping for a repeat of the 2005 test here when we made a similar score in the 1st innings, and eventually achieved parity after a massive partnership early in the Aus first knock.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Can't help thinking Sajid Mahmood would have been most effective amongst lots English bowlers in these conditions

I'd see a specialist, frankly. Those kind of thoughtts are often signifiers of a deeper pathology.

Certainly 6' 8" chap who bowls 90mph+ mighta been useful tho.

 

[benchmark00]

Come on Smitteh, want Brumbeh to taste it.

 

[Spikey]

Smittttteeehhh

 

[benchmark00]

Yyyyyyyessssssss

 

[uvelocity]

congrats fatty smith