**Official** South Africa in England 2012

[benchmark00]

Hey bois, any changes to the England team??

 

[grecian]

It comes as a shocker when you're relieved to see Luke ****ing Wright in the team.

 

[stumpski]

Nah, always been a fan tbh - in this format, anyway.

And I don't think he's been well treated in the 50 overs game.

 

[benchmark00]

Wright will get MOTM here.

 

[stumpski]

South Africa batting ... and rain starting to fall.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Wright in for Ravi, Scaly England to celebrate.

Corrected.

****ing hallelujah

 

[stumpski]

It's Old Trafford, right?

Well at least some of the crowd got to see the women win earlier. 19 on the trot, and not a South African in sight.

 

[GIMH]

Gotta love Luke Wright

 

[flibbertyjibber]

It comes as a shocker when you're relieved to see Luke ****ing Wright in the team.

Yeah, shows how bad it has got. Least this is only 20/20 though.

Doubt it matters anyway with the rain.

 

[Viscount Tom]

Better player than we give him credit for.

Could be worse, we could have picked Trego.

 

[Uppercut]

England's spinner

 

[grecian]

Better player than we give him credit for.

Could be infinitely better, we could have picked Trego on our way to World Cup glory.

corrected

 

[Viscount Tom]

Ha, tbf I wouldn't mind Trego ahead of Bopara at this point but I think Luke Wright gets too much stick.

 

[grecian]

Ha, tbf I wouldn't mind Trego ahead of Bopara at this point but I think Luke Wright gets too much stick.

TBF, it's only t2o, any slogger could do a job. Blackwell even.

 

[Scaly piscine]

TBF, it's only t2o, any slogger could do a job. Blackwell even.

Oh wow it's like being back the mid 2000s.

 

[benchmark00]

Remember that time Scaly tried to argue that T20's were better than ODI's because mediocre test players are sometimes made to look good in ODI's?

That actually happened.

 

[stumpski]

Play to start at 8.45, 9 overs a side. O joy.

All I've learned from the last hour of listening to TMS is that Michael Vaughan is doing Strictly this year.

 

[ganeshran]

lol AB

 

[benchmark00]

Wright.

Pioneer of modern aviation. T20 star. Is there anything he can't do?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Remember that time Scaly tried to argue that T20's were better than ODI's because mediocre test players are sometimes made to look good in ODI's?

That actually happened.

I said mediocre players not mediocre Test players. There's rarely a contest between bat and ball. You can play out a bowler if you can't read him or whatever and he'll barely be a factor. Pick you moments to attack and milk the ball when it's not doing anything (most of the innings). It's a rubbish form of cricket where guy who don't have the technique for Test cricket can hang around no problem. The guys that don't have the raw talent to play T20 can make it. Part-time bowling becomes valuable. ODIs champion mediocrity and they heavily level the playing field.