1st Match - England v South Africa at The Oval

[morgieb]

Who was the Pommy journo who fawned over Stokes and wrote he’s a great role model after he was bizarrely acquitted of that assault?

Probably George Dobell.

This has been a pretty bland game I feel.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

A chance!

 

[SeamUp]

How many do you fancy chasing against this England attack?

300-320

Anything over I would be a little concerned. We don't have a AB anymore.

 

[Daemon]

Faf’s captaincy has been pretty good. Commentators kept calling for Rabada and Tahir when things were quiet but with so many relatively weaker options with the ball he had to let England take them for a run a ball in the middle overs as a compromise. And now he has overs in the bank for Rabada and Tahir.

 

[91Jmay]

Will need to go some to get a solid total. 320 is a bit meh with our attack - think we've been too reserved to be honest. If we get like 320-6 that amount of wickets in hand is a tad wasteful.

Saffers have done well though, got through cheap overs with some meh bowlers.

 

[Burgey]

Buttler looks very tense

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

What's the difference between kissing the ball and tickling it?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Buttler looks very tense

Perhaps constipation

 

[Malcolm]

Buttler vs Rabada in ODIs

16 runs, 25 balls, 3 dismissals

 

[wpdavid]

300-320

Anything over I would be a little concerned. We don't have a AB anymore.

England are going to have to get a shift on to pass 320. Could happen of course, but they'll need a bit of luck.

 

[Howe_zat]

England are going to have to get a shift on to pass 320. Could happen of course, but they'll need a bit of luck.

100 off the last 10 obviously takes some getting but it's pretty normal with wickets in hand

 

[vcs]

They'll get 320-330 and scoreboard pressure will do the rest.

 

[Howe_zat]

I'm loving these twos off Tahir.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Ah, I knew it. He was constipated

 

[stephen]

Bye bye Buttler.

 

[StephenZA]

Ngidi! Thank you young man.

 

[wpdavid]

100 off the last 10 obviously takes some getting but it's pretty normal with wickets in hand

I was about to question how likely that is against a decent attack. Obviously even less so now. I'm not convinced we'll make 300 actually.

 

[SeamUp]

Lungi you champion. These slower-balls have worked form him in his return spells in the IPL.

 

[Starfighter]

Everyone's slower balls are more effective than Andrew Tye's.

 

[Burgey]

Perhaps constipation

He hasn’t got the runs at all today