**Official** South Africa in England 2012

[Viscount Tom]

Bresnan to Levi must be the podgiest opening bowler/batsman combo in international cricket, surely?

Merv Hughes to Gatting or Warne to Gatting I think still beats it.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Best of Bres we've seen for some time.

Hopefully the rest has restored some of his powers to their 10/11 level.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Merv Hughes to Gatting or Warne to Gatting I think still beats it.

Meant currently, tbf.

Doubt Warney opened up too many innings either.

Or Gatt, now I think of it.

Shot from du Plessis there, stroked it.

 

[Viscount Tom]

Atherton just said Lieutenant incorrectly. Gonna hate him for a week now. Works for the Times and kills the word.

Fair point Brumbs misread it a bit there I did.

 

[burr]

They've arrived, imo.

The standard of cricket commentary around the world has been going down hill for years. Too many international players jumping straight from the dressing room into commentator's chair, imo. It's hard to find a more biased, fan boy commentator than an ex-player.

Yes, the problem is there is not enough distance between the players and the commentators these days. The latter act like the formers' personal cheerleaders. I also don't like this habit of commentators calling the players by their nick-names. I heard Agnew repeatedly reference the English cricketers as Jimmy, Breso etc. this summer. I was horrified. Not Aggers!

 

[Jarquis]

Never thought I'd say it but after this summer I've had enough of Amla's cut.

 

[Expressway76]

Merv Hughes to Gatting or Warne to Gatting I think still beats it.

Shame Ranatunga never opened to Merv otherwise we'd have a surefire winner.

 

[burr]

Amla is so classy. I think I may have a new favourite.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Danny boy a bit of a ringer for Tommy Steele (ask your parents), IMHO:

 

[benchmark00]

Danny boy a bit of a ringer for Tommy Steele (ask your parents), IMHO:

Porn star?

 

[benchmark00]

Being out thought by Broad takes some doing, so kudos to Amla.


Anyone watching this in 3d?

 

[Garson007]

So what is the weather in SL like this time of year?

 

[Garson007]

Atherton just said Lieutenant incorrectly. Gonna hate him for a week now. Works for the Times and kills the word.

Pronounced it the American way?

 

[benchmark00]

Errrgh, de Villiers.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Been an ordinary tour for AB, really.

Albie before Kallis tho? Really, South Africa? Really?

 

[Garson007]

One could have sworn Kallis is incapable of hitting sixes.

 

[BeeGee]

Amla stands out like dog's balls. On the scorecard. In a crowd. At an orgy. In all ways.

 

[Cabinet96]

Hold on...someone just caught Amla?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Reckon that should be that, then.

 

[Viscount Tom]

One could have sworn Kallis is incapable of hitting sixes.

Your Amla score post.