**Official** South Africa in England 2012

[benchmark00]

What's he done this time?

Keeps kneeing the stumps.

 

[wpdavid]

Keeps kneeing the stumps.

That'll be a resounding 'yes' then.

****ing joke from someone who does this for a living.

 

[Garson007]

Why would England take out their premier bowler at this stage?

 

[Ruckus]

Damnit...always seems to happen when it starts to get interesting.

 

[Thriel]

Why would England take out their premier bowler at this stage?

because both batsman play spin well, and clearly it was the right choice.

 

[Ruckus]

I thought that was missing farrrkk

 

[Garson007]

because both batsman play spin well, and clearly it was the right choice.

 

[Thriel]

another BAD descision, review shows its missing !!!

WTF ? this umpire needs to be penalised.

 

[TT Boy]

AB wasn't out if he referred that and JP is out 1st ball!

Broad on hat-trick.

 

[Ruckus]

that ain't missing though

Edit: almost did as well!

 

[Spark]

Why would England take out their premier bowler at this stage?

There you go.

Not the smartest shot from ABdV, missed a straight one it seems. Still, good knock, and it won't take much more for SA to be in a declaring position. I wonder if Sydney 05/6 will be on Smith's mind, though...

EDIT: Haha, this could be a curious hattrick

 

[Thriel]

game getting interesting now

still the review shows AB wasnt out.... bad umpiring today. lets hope it stays this bad when england bats.

 

[Garson007]

another BAD descision, review shows its missing !!!

WTF ? this umpire needs to be penalised.

Meh. Not like we'll lose this.

 

[NickDB]

I thought that was missing farrrkk

Hawk eye agrees with you. That Smith review that ended up wasted is costing us more than just Smith.

JP was plumb though.

 

[Spark]

AB wasn't out if he referred that and JP is out 1st ball!

Broad on hat-trick.

Looked out tbf. One of those where you really don't want to refer it.

 

[kingkallis]

Poor AB, Pathetic JP

Game on, big time!

 

[Spikey]

Almost all of them accomplished against off-spinners iirc

Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

So I only checked the first 5 innings, but of those 24 sixes:

5 were against Ray Price (Left Arm Orthodox)
2 were against Vasbert Drakes (Fast)
1 was against Ramnaresh Sarwan (Leg Break)
2 were against Chris Gayle (Right Arm Off Spin)
4 were against Graeme Cremer (Leg Break)
1 was against Heath Streak (Medium Fast)
3 were against Suresh Raina (Off Spin)
2 were against Tendulkar (Spin of some sort)
3 were against Saeed Ajmal (Off Spin)
1 was against Abdur Rehman (Left Arm Orthodox)

Dude is an under-rated, hater of spinners

 

[Eds]

Philander comes in at 7. Couple more wickets now would be awesome.

 

[kingkallis]

It will be interesting how Kallis plays now..

 

[Spark]

Jesus that was a dire shot by JP. Feet in nowhere-land.