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

[flibbertyjibber]

Deep **** here.

Well played SA no matter what transpires from here.

 

[Jono]

Adelaide 2006???????????

 

[Furball]

**** sake.

 

[wpdavid]

Deep **** here.

Well played SA no matter what transpires from here.

Up to a point. This one is largely self-inflicted.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Even if England's tail gets cleaned up quickly, SA will be in for a tricky chase imo. There's swing for Anderson /broad, there'll be turn for Moeen, and SA don't have Graeme Smith.

 

[Jono]

**** sake.

Remember when you scoffed at Saffers batting turning the series?

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Up to a point. This one is largely self-inflicted.

Stuck in the game and let scoreboard pressure tell. Didn't let it get to them when they were behind. Have to give them credit after the first test defeat and the flogging they got on the 2nd morning.

 

[wpdavid]

Even if England's tail gets cleaned up quickly, SA will be in for a tricky chase imo. There's swing for Anderson /broad, there'll be turn for Moeen, and SA don't have Graeme Smith.

Yeah, but psychologically it's all SA. Chasing 150 is tricky when the team batting first has overturned a hefty first innings deficit or if the wicket's really gone. This is entirely different.

 

[Jono]

Its impossible to imagine England losing this after Stokes' first innings really

Draw is still heavy favourite here, but this is fun

 

[wpdavid]

Stuck in the game and let scoreboard pressure tell. Didn't let it get to them when they were behind. Have to give them credit after the first test defeat and the flogging they got on the 2nd morning.

Wouldn't have counted for much if we'd held our chances.

# **** being magnanimous about this sort of this sort of bollocks

 

[Prince EWS]

Rabada's figures are so much worse than he's actually bowled this innings, particularly given what the score is.

 

[Stefan9]

Stuck in the game and let scoreboard pressure tell. Didn't let it get to them when they were behind. Have to give them credit after the first test defeat and the flogging they got on the 2nd morning.

Still have abdv and # who have chased these type of totals before. Also momentum will be all on their side. Similar to when they had to chase 230 after rolling aus for 46.

 

[vcs]

SA need to bundle them out under 160.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Where are all the idiots who said test cricket needs to bring in the concept of early draws. This is why we shouldn't think that way. Not in a post Adelaide 03/06 world.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Its impossible to imagine England losing this after Stokes' first innings really

Draw is still heavy favourite here, but this is fun

Chase is now up to 2.5 run rate if England all out now.

Once it gets above 3.5 at say 150 you start having to take the odd risk batting.

 

[Prince EWS]

abdv and #

Haha I don't know why I always smile when I see Amla referred to as "#".

Hopefully silentstriker isn't reading the thread though or he'll be confused as to why the bloke's nickname is "pound sign".

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Just need to bat till a bit after tea, take the extra couple of overs off and it will be down to about 35 overs to chase over 150 by tea so every over after tea makes a SA win more and more improbable. Not that it should have come to this though.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Chase is now up to 2.5 run rate if England all out now.

Once it gets above 3.5 at say 150 you start having to take the odd risk batting.

Yep. And it won't take too many wickets in the chase to swing the pressure right back on SA.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Those clouds are menacing to.

 

[Tec15]

De Kock says "Bat pad here boys" and Taylor goes bat pad next ball. What an utter choke. The amount of crow that will be served if England lose from here my God...