***Official*** England in South Africa 2015/16

[flibbertyjibber]

Been well played by this pair so far. Consolidate before lunch and expand the game after it. Need to go on now and not give it away stupidly.

Well done Hales on the first 50, never going to look anything but streaky but he has the runs on the board.

 

[Stapel]

Ah, a proper Test Cricket shot!

 

[TheJediBrah]

SA better hope they don't bring a 2 tier system in Test Cricket, they might struggle to avoid relegation

 

[OverratedSanity]

Compton ! Yes!

**** everyone who was advocating the case for Bell to be retained over Compton and Taylor till as recently as a month ago. Nonsense.

 

[Howe_zat]

SA better hope they don't bring a 2 tier system in Test Cricket, they might struggle to avoid relegation

Really the history of South Africa and two tier systems is not very positive

 

[Cabinet96]

Annoys me how people talk about how Compton got dropped for going into his shell and then forget that Root and Carberry spent the next two series blocking the absolute **** out of it as well.

 

[Gnske]

Hope Compton doesn't over-do it here just because Bayliss has been having a cry over having a slow no.3

Just keep ticking it over lad.

 

[Cabinet96]

Rob Smyth ‏@robsmyth0 7m7 minutes ago
Nick Compton has hit three sixes in his 11 Tests, the same number that his dashing grandpa Denis hit in 78 Tests.

 

[Stapel]

Hope Compton doesn't over-do it here just because Bayliss has been having a cry over having a slow no.3

Just keep ticking it over lad.

I've read that Bayliss articel/interview on cricinfo. As a result I find mr Bayliss a complete and utter joke.

In Durban, Compton came in in the 2nd over, lost the other opener with a dozen runs on the board, and then lost the world's best batsman with fewer than 50 runs on the board. He did the sensible thing!

 

[Shady Slim]

I've read that Bayliss articel/interview on cricinfo. As a result I find mr Bayliss a complete and utter joke.

In Durban, Compton came in in the 2nd over, lost the other opener with a dozen runs on the board, and then lost the world's best batsman with fewer than 50 runs on the board. He did the sensible thing!

since when did kane williamson play for the poms

 

[TheJediBrah]

since when did kane williamson play for the poms

Um, Gais

ICC Player Rankings

 

[OverratedSanity]

Slow number 3s work perfectly fine. people waahed about Kallis and Dravid batting too slow early in their careers too. Now, Compton is no Dravid to be sure but with guys like Hales and Root around him who score freely he's a perfect foil. "Modern" test cricket thinking and the obsession with scoring rates just ****ing irritates me sometimes.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I've read that Bayliss articel/interview on cricinfo. As a result I find mr Bayliss a complete and utter joke.

In Durban, Compton came in in the 2nd over, lost the other opener with a dozen runs on the board, and then lost the world's best batsman with fewer than 50 runs on the board. He did the sensible thing!

since when did kane williamson play for the poms

Um, Gais

ICC Player Rankings

Jesus we need to stop with the country vs country "banter" on here. Been seeing too much of it on CW recently. I know most of it is tongue in cheek but it's just tiresome.

 

[Stapel]

since when did kane williamson play for the poms

I was expecting such a reply....

 

[Shady Slim]

i'm australian

 

[Stapel]

Jesus we need to stop with the country vs country "banter" on here. Been seeing too much of it on CW recently. I know most of it is tongue in cheek but it's just tiresome.

How so is my remark country vs country banter???

 

[Stapel]

i'm australian

I figured that. It's why I like the response even better.

 

[TheJediBrah]

posting clinically proven and indisputably recognised ICC-approved rankings =/= country vs country "banter"

 

[OverratedSanity]

How so is my remark country vs country banter???

More the responses to your post.

My reaction may have been partly because I as an Indian don't have any real contenders for the post of #1 batsman and thus am an outsider

 

[OverratedSanity]

i'm australian

my bad