**Official** South Africa in England 2012

[Ruckus]

Whose Virus and why?

 

[Jacknife]

But of a bowler, not a batsman.

wickets are wickets at this stage, the center of the pitch has been a pudding though.

 

[Jacknife]

Whose Virus and why?

Alviro, probably just to do with his name.

 

[Ruckus]

ah right of course

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

That sort of full length dive esp by Broad is really unnecessary to say the least

 

[Jacknife]

This is one of the things I really do hate that has crept into international cricket, treating players such as Duminy like Bradman and spreading the field to bowl at the tail-ender

 

[BeeGee]

Why TF does Rauf have to see that 3 times? It was obvious on the first replay.

 

[Jacknife]

Look knackered the bowlers now.

 

[Ruckus]

Hard to see how england will win from here...ain't gonna score much more than 400 against this attack

 

[Ilovecric]

Hard to see how england will win from here...ain't gonna score much more than 400 against this attack

I agree

 

[BeeGee]

400 is looking like a very good score on this pitch. Steyn and Philander to confirm.

 

[Jacknife]

400 is looking like a very good score on this pitch. Styen and Philander to confirm.

It is, should have never been anywhere near this, 270 at the most. The batsmen are going to have play very well just to keep this series alive.

This is the trouble England are chasing this series and with it being so short, you can't make mistakes.

 

[BeeGee]

I'd like to see hot spot on that leg side appeal.

 

[Jacknife]

Good over from KP, looked very close that catch.

 

[Ruckus]

It is, should have never been anywhere near this, 270 at the most. The batsmen are going to have play very well just to keep this series alive.

This is the trouble England are chasing this series and with it being so short, you can't make mistakes.

yeah I mean it's still possible, but it will surely be down to the bowlers winning the match, so to speak, in the second innings by restricting SA to a small total of <250. I don't think they have much chance of batting their way to a position of strength here, but they'll still have to at least grind out 350+ runs to be in it.

 

[Jacknife]

yeah I mean it's still possible, but it will surely be down to the bowlers winning the match, so to speak, in the second innings by restricting SA to a small total of <250. I don't think they have much chance of batting their way to a position of strength here, but they'll still have to at least grind out 350+ runs to be in it.

The mind set of the England openers is going to be one of the biggest battles, Strauss for putting them in and Cook for dropping a guy on 20 odd who went onto make 182.

They just have to keep themselves in the game by getting anywhere near this score, with weather around who knows what time we'll have but at worst their aim is to draw this game and get to Lords.

 

[TT Boy]

So Finn played, went for 100+ at close to 4 runs an over. Onions for Lord's?

 

[Spark]

yeah I mean it's still possible, but it will surely be down to the bowlers winning the match, so to speak, in the second innings by restricting SA to a small total of <250. I don't think they have much chance of batting their way to a position of strength here, but they'll still have to at least grind out 350+ runs to be in it.

Can't see it, if only because the bowlers will be too knackered IMO.

And I have to say right now that for such a top-billing series, a few spells from Steyn aside, the cricket has been frightfully dull as a neutral.

 

[Stumpcam]

So Finn played, went for 100+ at close to 4 runs an over. Onions for Lord's?

Yeah, but in place of Broad. Lord's is Finn's home ground and he should know exactly how to bowl there, if anywhere.

Broad is way down on pace and has tested out the middle of the pitch far too much.

 

[Garson007]

And I have to say right now that for such a top-billing series, a few spells from Steyn aside, the cricket has been frightfully dull as a neutral.

It has, hasn't it? I blame the pitches, tbh. Bowling pitches just make for greater spectacles.