*Official* England in South Africa 2019/20

[StephenZA]

Nice. Well done Nortje. Thanks Stokes.

 

[Gnske]

Spoke too soon

 

[Pothas]

**** sake.

 

[Spark]

Tbf they've got to a half decent position despite no one converting a start so far

these two probably need to make a few more though. The amount of starts indicates that there's plenty to be had here.

 

[Groundking]

Such a poor shot.

 

[Spark]

these two probably need to make a few more though. The amount of starts indicates that there's plenty to be had here.

and quite literally as i was typing this

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well another one throws away a start. We are going to be about 150 short here.

 

[OverratedSanity]

That was strange, he was looking so good too

 

[wpdavid]

Well another one throws away a start. We are going to be about 150 short here.

Plus some unless our lower order astonish us. We don't have anyone with the pace of Nortje or Rabada to unsettle batsmen on this track.

 

[SeamUp]

Jos could do with runs.

Interesting start to his innings. Looking to get bat on ball and moving so far across there.

 

[SeamUp]

I think it's accepted that the lions isn't a true England second xi, and as such the players in the lions aren't automatically next in line.

Should it be accepted though ? It seems ECB have done everything possible to knock back the importance of red ball cricket.

I also noticed all the English players are saying 4-day test cricket would work but Aus/SA players have been against it. Small things but all this doesn't give the right impression.

 

[Spark]

Poor drop. Had to stay down for longer.

 

[wpdavid]

Calm down Jos.
fwiw last time here we were 223 for 5, not so different to today, before Stokes and Bairstow added 399.

 

[StephenZA]

Poor drop. Had to stay down for longer.

Not been good. 4 drops in 2 and a half innings by the new boys.

 

[SeamUp]

Buttler is one of the most freakiest timers of a cricket ball I've seen. There is so much power for hardly much effort. Unique.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Buttler trying to get a rapid 50 before getting out before the new ball by look of it.

 

[theegyptian]

Calm down Jos.
fwiw last time here we were 223 for 5, not so different to today, before Stokes and Bairstow added 399.

he's been reading his bat handle imo, '**** it' which is probably right if you ask me. He isn't really good enough to accumulate. I don't see him playing test cricket past the end of the winter. Foakes will be in for SL as keeper, Buttler might keep his place as a batsman. And then Bairstow and Foakes will fight it out for the gloves come the summer.

 

[hazsa19]

Stokes really needs to start capitalising on his opportunities.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Been pretty difficult most places. Denly has had a pretty strange career, played for the ODI team years back but he was not one of those guys like Hildreth that people always talk about for selection, nobody was mentioning him 2 or 3 years ago and then when he did get picked it was partly because he could potentially bowl some spin in Sri Lanka.

& partly because he's a man of Kent (or a Kentish man, depending on which side of the Medway he was born), which seems to be a factor in selection under Ed.

I'm stuck at work following on the BBC and I think Aggers speaks for me here:

You feel England are on the cusp of something horrible - they could be 250 all out.

 

[StephenZA]

Pretorius does a job... nice with the new ball coming.