**Official** South Africa in England 2012

[kingkallis]

Will South Africa declare and bowl 30 overs at England where they need 200 runs?

Well maybe, 40 overs and 250.

No need, really! I honestly dont see the English batting line up crumbling that badly on this surface so no point in trying all that.

 

[ProteasFan]

SA is batting pretty quick here. we might declare and have a go at england with 35 overs left. get a 270 lead and who knows...

 

[Spikey]

Any overseas opener average more in England than Smith?

75+ after 11 tests.

matt hayden obvs

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...ualval1=matches;template=results;type=batting

that was done very quickly so I may have stuffed up somewhere. 3 matches the mim. obviously you could say 5 or w/ever:

 

[TT Boy]

KP

 

[TT Boy]

Gone.

 

[Eds]

Graeme who?

 

[kingkallis]

Rudolph is KP's bunny then

 

[TT Boy]

matt hayden obvs

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...ualval1=matches;template=results;type=batting

that was done very quickly so I may have stuffed up somewhere. 3 matches the mim. obviously you could say 5 or w/ever:

Cheers. South African top 3 minimum 500 runs.

 

[Garson007]

Rudolph is KP's bunny then

 

[benchmark00]

Amla can bat. Has a test century iirc.

 

[Thriel]

If this match draws then i would say the pressure on England will be huge at lords, hope they can handle the pressure, would be interesting to see how they cope.

SA only need to draw that match to go to number 1, for England its a MUST win.

And if the weather is anything like its been the last few days ...

 

[Spikey]

Amla can bat. Has a test century iirc.

Unproven against a spinner of the class of KP though

 

[TT Boy]

KP will have a lot of overs this afternoon.

Swann and Monty at Lord's, go with two quicks? Seamers have gone for a 1,000+ runs and taken only 11 wickets this series.

 

[uvelocity]

pietersen now averages 149 with the bat in matches where he has taken 2 or more wickets

 

[Viscount Tom]

Hopefully the Lord's groundstaff will make the pitch there a tasty one if we're lucky,

 

[benchmark00]

Hopefully the Lord's groundstaff will make the pitch there a tasty one if we're lucky,

Hope they take the Olympic signs down by then, otherwise ****s will be dodging arrows.

 

[fredfertang]

Hope they take the Olympic signs down by then, otherwise ****s will be dodging arrows.

I'll be there on the first day at Lord's so if the bastards are still there I'll draw their fire while Broad and the Burnley Express shoot out the Saffers

 

[DDP]

If this is what KP is doing to Rudolph, just think what Swann is going to do at Lords...

 

[Garson007]

KP looking the most dangerous bowler in the world.

 

[Thriel]

Pietersen to Smith, OUT, 81.7 kph, on leg stump, Smith drives and the ball bobbles up in the air and is caught by Taylor at short leg. Davis gives it ... and after a bit of thought, Smith reviews. Looks like Smith might have scraped his bat on the ground, with the ball popping up off the pad ... but Asad Rauf decides there isn't enough evidence to overturn the on-field call and Smith has to go

That is NOT OUT !

ball is well above the hotspot mark and his bat hit the ground, ball clearly comes off the pad, even commentators say it looks not out !