**Official** South Africa in England 2012

[benchmark00]

Just not watching with rose-coloured specs on.

Has to be the most ironic post in this thread.

 

[benchmark00]

Play can go until 7pm, right?

 

[Valer]

Just not watching with rose-coloured specs on.

Check the hawkeye on cricinfo. It makes the movement really obvious.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Play can go until 7pm, right?

Yes, unless they claim the extra half hour.

 

[benchmark00]

Gave that a flogging.

 

[BeeGee]

Perhaps the now almost inevitable thrashing will lead to something approaching reality in some sections of the English support. A bloke I was chatting with was typical of the delusional mentality - the three nil defeat in UAE didn't count because it wasn't English conditions and they had someone who actually had the temerity to spin the ball, the SA total in this test didn't count because it's a road, I forget why the 1st test in SL didn't count, but probably because it was in Asia, no awareness of the fact that apart from the series against Aus & India our batting has been ropey way too often when there's any sort of challenge. etc, etc, etc. Whilst this doesn't definitively make us a poor team, there might perhaps be some awareness that we have spend much of 2012 playing extremely poorly. Given the itinery between now and the end of the year, 2012 could quite possibly see the highest number of test defeats in a calendar year ever achieved by and English cricket team.

I wouldn't write them off just yet, mate. Still a very good team. Still two games to go in the series.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Still undecided on Tahir, tbh. Bowls the leggie's regulation number of gimmes, but doesn't conjure up the magic balls to balance them.

CBA to check, but I bet over 50% of his wickets are from #7 down.

 

[Garson007]

They still have to lose this one too.

Plus only 200 runs left before we have to bat again.

 

[benchmark00]

Still undecided on Tahir, tbh. Bowls the leggie's regulation number of gimmes, but doesn't conjure up the magic balls to balance them.

CBA to check, but I bet over 50% of his wickets are from #7 down.

Doesn't do himself any favours by having such a vertical release point, especially as he's not an overly tall man like an Anil Kumble.

 

[Jager]

Rare sight that

 

[BoyBrumby]

Doesn't do himself any favours by having such a vertical release point, especially as he's not an overly tall man like an Anil Kumble.

Yeah, never going to get much side spin with his action.

FFS KP, grow a brain. ****ish shot. Lucky, lucky ****er.

 

[Valer]

Bad drop

 

[Jacknife]

Ohhhh got big on KP then, sort of changed his mind half way through didn't he. Hard catch but might rue the chance.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

They still have to lose this one too.

Plus only 200 runs left before we have to bat again.

With the attacking fields smith will employ the defecit will almost be wiped out by Lunch tomorrow (if we are still going by then of course)

 

[BoyBrumby]

Hard to be too harsh on a chap who's spent several years batting already this test.

Betting Kallis will be savage tho.

 

[Jacknife]

I like that they haven't gone into their shells but still need to watch what we're doing here, can't afford no more wickets before close.

 

[Stumpcam]

Tough chance I agree, but simpler than the one when Strauss dropped Amla imho.

 

[Garson007]

His concentration is probably a bit down. Still, should have held that.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

His concentration is probably a bit down. Still, should have held that.

He would back himself to take that 99 times out 100. Fortunately for us this was that 1 time. Normally as reliable as it gets in slips.

 

[Jacknife]

Nutmegged himself.