**Official** South Africa in England 2012

[BoyBrumby]

How's it feel, mother-****er? #stilltasting10-11

It's like how I imagine an opiate overdose is. Pleasant and mellow whilst life slips slowly away.

Better that having Fat Gray score the runs; that feels like being bludgeoned by an angry caveman.

 

[Valer]

Swann 100 too.

 

[Burgey]

Amla has timed that to death. Don't even know that he fully middled it

 

[BeeGee]

Swann brings up his ton. Well played.

 

[benchmark00]

In the last series these sides played England twice survived with 9 wickets down. If South Africa bowl England out here in the 120 overs they seem set on giving them, then well done to them. If England are 8 or 9 down at stumps tomorrow, I'll wonder why the heck in this day of 20/20 batsmen (and Kallis has been one of the best of those) they couldn't score 220 runs in 40 overs today rather than 60....

Well you can set more defensive fields and bowl more defensively in test cricket than t20 for starters.

I'm always of the belief that if you can't bowl the opposition out in under 120 overs, then you don't deserve to win the game anyway.

 

[Spark]

In the last series these sides played England twice survived with 9 wickets down. If South Africa bowl England out here in the 120 overs they seem set on giving them, then well done to them. If England are 8 or 9 down at stumps tomorrow, I'll wonder why the heck in this day of 20/20 batsmen (and Kallis has been one of the best of those) they couldn't score 220 runs in 40 overs today rather than 60....

Last 10 ovs 35/0 RR 3.50

They're not miles ahead yet on the scoreboard, it's worth taking a bit of time to settle in and wear down the initial burst before accelerating properly.

 

[Spikey]

amla getting ready for the quick single. kallis doesn't strike me as the guy to do that on 99

not since he got ran out on 99, anyway

 

[Ruckus]

In the last series these sides played England twice survived with 9 wickets down. If South Africa bowl England out here in the 120 overs they seem set on giving them, then well done to them. If England are 8 or 9 down at stumps tomorrow, I'll wonder why the heck in this day of 20/20 batsmen (and Kallis has been one of the best of those) they couldn't score 220 runs in 40 overs today rather than 60....

yeah I agree with you.

 

[Valer]

Well played.

 

[cricman]

Just Bowl a Full Toss and get it over with

 

[BeeGee]

Kallis is a God.

 

[bombay_bomber]

Does not have a good record in England...that could change starting now

 

[Burgey]

Well played Kallis.

So good to see the Poms getting ground into the dirt. Reminds me of the halcyon Border/ Taylor/ Waugh days.

And of course 06/07 too.

 

[Spark]

43. What a machine.

Good on him for dedicating to Boucher too.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Nice touch that, pointing to his eye. & kudos to Polly for the exegesis as to what it meant.

Chanceless, I think? Has made it look very easy.

 

[Spark]

Think I might be having one of those pies for breakfast tomorrow.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Glorious century....by Bresnan that is.

 

[benchmark00]

It's crazy that anyone can criticise a bloke after he's made a chanceless ton against what many say is the best attack in world cricket. As cricket fans we are spoilt.

 

[Spikey]

Poor old Petersen. If Kallis was to double ton up (highly unlikely) that'd surely be a first. But I'm pretty sure 100, 0, 200, 100 has happened before

 

[Ruckus]

Finally...