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

[Compton]

At least 50 or so short.

 

[Stefan9]

In day night games team batting second has won 12 vs the 8 by the team batting first.

 

[kykweer.proteas]

Finally a game where we do not field like school children

 

[Compton]

What is it with big games and Stuart Broad?

 

[glosfan94]

Recallng Bopara is bat**** insane but the rest of that order is more or less what I've advocated for a while.

Roy deserves a longer go but I just don't really have any faith.

Also Bopara scored 71 not out off 43 balls today and then followed it up with 6-16 from 4 overs in the pakistani super league...

 

[91Jmay]

Bopara as a T20 WC replacement isn't a bad shout if Stokes gets injured given his form but nah his ODI time is done.

Good start but need another couple quickly, in particular QDK as he will just take the game away from us in < 10 overs.

 

[wpdavid]

Bopara as a T20 WC replacement isn't a bad shout if Stokes gets injured given his form but nah his ODI time is done.

Good start but need another couple quickly, in particular QDK as he will just take the game away from us in < 10 overs.

As he seems to be intent on doing. Talented boy.

Watching him in this series, he seems to be making that transition from someone I'd barely heard of a little while back into one of our most worrysome opponents.

 

[wpdavid]

So when does the dew become a problem for our spinners? It's looking like we may need something special from them today.

They're just picking off a boundary an over, aren't they. And without doing anything silly. This is looking all too easy. Class telling afaics.

 

[Compton]

Bopara and international cricket is a bad idea. The format is irrelevant.

 

[WalkingWicket]

G'wan boys...

 

[mackembhoy]

Still a walk in the park for South Africa. But glad to see a fightback after the disatrous start.

Oh hales man, have to be taking that. Why is he in the slips anyway, he's one of the worst fielders in the side

 

[StephenZA]

Phew....

 

[burr]

I mean I'm pleased with the result (barracking for SA) but how is that umpires call? Basically everything was hitting.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I swear every time there's a pretty out lbw it goes against Stokes' bowling.

FFS

 

[MW1304]

Yep another example of how ludicrous the umpire's call margin can be.

Edit: Dropped chances, though, are nobody's fault but our own.

 

[wpdavid]

Bowlers must be wondering why they bother with our number of dropped catches. Just give them the game , eh.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Getting pissed off trying to look up the DRS rules. Does the whole of the ball have to be hitting the stumps for an lbw to be overturned or just more than half?

 

[Compton]

Getting pissed off trying to look up the DRS rules. Does the whole of the ball have to be hitting the stumps for an lbw to be overturned or just more than half?

More than half.

 

[StephenZA]

Poor poor running, SA living up to there chasing ability.....

 

[Compton]

Duminy is a ****ing rocket.

In the match situation, why take that single?