**Official** South Africa in England 2012

[benchmark00]

Hammered that. Sweet as a nut.

 

[Spikey]

annoying thing is now they'll talk about being given orders etc when really, he just hates off-spinners

 

[kingkallis]

300 partnership No.3 for Amla & Kallis...

 

[kingkallis]

Well played bruv! Thats a top effort...

 

[Spikey]

so the current sa line-up features 3 batsman who have recorded the highest score in their team's history. aside from teams in their first 10 matches, surely a first?

 

[Jayzamann]

Cor solid effort from Hash. Top score by a Saffer in test history. And his career average is very healthy now.

 

[BeeGee]

Incredible innings. A privilege to watch.

 

[Ruckus]

Amla has some seriously powerful wrists

 

[uvelocity]

congrats beard, you've really carried that fella you're attached to

this is an epic innings from the saffers

 

[benchmark00]

so the current sa line-up features 3 batsman who have recorded the highest score in their team's history. aside from teams in their first 10 matches, surely a first?

Mebbe Bangladesh?

 

[Spikey]

Mebbe Bangladesh?

make it first 100 matches, for them

edit and there's the 50 average...for now

 

[smash84]

Amla you little beauty

 

[kingkallis]

So who was looking for Amla's average touching 50?

 

[vic_orthdox]

Kallis playing a switch shot in a test? Plug to be pulled presently then.

Played a heap of them in his second innings century against India a few years ago.

 

[Prince EWS]

Mebbe Bangladesh?

Aminul Islam made a huge score in their first ever Test; I'd be surprised if it wasn't in their top three still tbh.

 

[Jacknife]

When it's England's turn, the openers have got to blunt the new ball big time and then after that start knocking off the deficit, simple really.

They have to do the same as what SA have done the last couple of days and make the pitch look ridiculously flat and have the bowlers wondering where the wickets are going to come from, can't give them a sniff with early wickets because if they do their tales will be up.

 

[vic_orthdox]

When was the last time that a wicket in England was accused of being "too flat" for cricket?

Cardiff rings a bell, or was it more just that it was so slow?

 

[Cevno]

make it first 100 matches, for them

edit and there's the 50 average...for now

India?

Laxman, Sachin and Sehwag(4 times)? Well actually you could include Dravid and Ganguly also, and make it 5 till they retired.

 

[Prince EWS]

When was the last time that a wicket in England was accused of being "too flat" for cricket?

Cardiff rings a bell, or was it more just that it was so slow?

There are usually murmurs every Lords Test about how flat the pitch is every year.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

When was the last time that a wicket in England was accused of being "too flat" for cricket?

Cardiff rings a bell, or was it more just that it was so slow?

Some of the non deteriorating Lords ones would be another guess.