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

[kykweer.proteas]

Morgan is really due some runs.

We need to break this.

 

[kykweer.proteas]

What do we do if morris cant finish his next 7 overs? A bit vulnerable without Duminy here.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

So we are stuffed then unless Morgan does something for a change.

 

[kykweer.proteas]

Geez if Wiese planned that, that was brilliant.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Worst shot ever.

 

[Gnske]

Deserves it for sitting through the worst national anthem in the world with his mouth shut all the time.

 

[wpdavid]

Big wicket. Makes the batting look so much shorter with Root out.

Morgan is actually our top scorer by a long way since the world cup, doesn't feel like it though.

Not the way he's played lately, and that was a shocker. Really poor.

 

[Tom Flint]

Am I only one who thinks no.5 is spot or two too high for stokes

 

[kykweer.proteas]

All the pressure on Hales to finally push on to three figures.

 

[wpdavid]

Have there been many instances of a player scoring consecutive tons yet being on the losing side in both games?

Maybe Gower around 1982/83 or 1983/84 in Aus or NZ, if we're talking ODis.

EDIT
Apparently not.
I was thinking of the 1982/83 tri-series involving Aus, NZ and ourselves.
He did hit two 100s in losing causes, but not consecutive matches. he also hit a third 100 in the match after his first losing effort, but we managed to win that one.

 

[Compton]

How did Ben Stokes manage to only average 58 with the bat in that test series. I know that's a great series with the bat, but when you make a 258 in a 4 match series...

 

[Compton]

He's had a really good series, Hales.

 

[wpdavid]

Am I only one who thinks no.5 is spot or two too high for stokes

It shouldn't be. But all the evidence to date suggest you're right.

Although the flexibility of the batting line-up is a good thing, I'm not sure that Buttler needs to be be batting below Stokes just because it isn't a complete road.

 

[Tom Flint]

I'm convinced butler is a better batsman than stokes esp in odi's. More confidence in him batting through innings too. We should be looking to get him in to face as many balls as possible once the new ball is seen off

 

[kykweer.proteas]

Just way too many leg side balls.

 

[LegionOfBrad]

Some pretty rubbish bowling from the Saffas. Wish we were only 2 down though.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Some pretty rubbish bowling from the Saffas. Wish we were only 2 down though.

Both sides have reason to be unhappy with the score at present. Big half hour or so coming up now.

 

[Jono]

I have Eng on top here

 

[MW1304]

It's nice to see the persistence with Hales paying off. It was kind of obvious since most of us think he's an ODI player but he didn't do much for a while at the start and some selectors may have dropped him.

 

[kykweer.proteas]

Yep i fear the score we will be chasing here.