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

[OverratedSanity]

Really hope SA win this. Don't want the last test of such an enjoyable series to be a dead rubber.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Been too long since Jimmeh's done it.

We say that but he has 85 wickets @ 23 since the ashes whitewash. Brilliant record for any bowler to have and he has had injury problems too in there.

 

[Spark]

Jesus, this bounce is seriously nasty from Broad

 

[vcs]

Remember Aussies chasing down 300 odd in Jo'burg in 2011 against Steyn and Philander. That was a great game.

 

[Jono]

Commentators actually right for once. Slips are too close

 

[91Jmay]

Haysman noted 3rd slip was to close before lunch, but to be honest if he was further back I think that is over his head as it really lifted.

 

[Jono]

Name me worse opening batsmen in test cricket from the be better test nations than van Zyl?

 

[Furball]

Get round the wicket.

 

[91Jmay]

Name me worse opening batsmen in test cricket from the be better test nations than van Zyl?

People will say Lyth and those people are wrong, he has such a bad technique it is unreal.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Commentators actually right for once. Slips are too close

Probably because everything on day 1 was falling short. Pitch quicker now and they are carrying/flying.

 

[Spark]

Name me worse opening batsmen in test cricket from the be better test nations than van Zyl?

Rajendra Chandrika

EDIT: Oh, missed the "better" bit

 

[Furball]

We say that but he has 85 wickets @ 23 since the ashes whitewash. Brilliant record for any bowler to have and he has had injury problems too in there.

Yeah but he's just consistently chipped in with wickets rather than singlehandedly wrecked sides the way Broad has.

 

[91Jmay]

Think van Zyl might get runs here and it might be the worst thing ever to happen to English cricket.

 

[Gnske]

I like that you can hear Atherton being genuinely observant in the back of the box as opposed to childish giggling from other hackfrauds from particular networks.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I feel so alone and miserable as a van zyl fan.

 

[Pothas]

Think van Zyl might get runs here and it might be the worst thing ever to happen to English cricket.

Nah.

 

[Spark]

Well no one saw that coming at all.

 

[Gnske]

Van Zyl is such a filthy hack

 

[91Jmay]

Lol i dun a Gambhir

I don't want to hear about quota players whilst jokes like him have played for South Africa.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Finn's going to tear it up with that awkward bounce. I'd bring him on for Anderson asap.