*Official* England in South Africa 2019/20

[StephenZA]

Talk about buying a wicket...

 

[91Jmay]

Big score and we have lost and will lose more time in game. Saffers have to be aggressive which could be dangerous.

 

[BoyBrumby]

And 400ao it is. I'll take that.

From 318/9, too bloody right!

 

[wpdavid]

Big score and we have lost and will lose more time in game. Saffers have to be aggressive which could be dangerous.

I reckon they'd take parity or at least within 50 at the end of Day 3 and hope we collapse 2nd time around.

 

[Gnske]

How embarassing.

15/3 inbound

 

[Howe_zat]

Can’t dive into the stats right now so - what’s the lowest top score in an innings of 400+?

 

[Howe_zat]

Time left in the game is pretty irrelevant unless Johannesburg gets a few more daytime thunderstorms.

 

[wpdavid]

From 318/9, too bloody right!

Not forgetting that's twice we've reached 400 in consecutive first innings, having not managed it in eons.

 

[91Jmay]

Faf really lost the plot there. Bowl straight with a normal field, don't put everyone on the fence and get them bowling slower balls ffs.

 

[NUFAN]

Can’t dive into the stats right now so - what’s the lowest top score in an innings of 400+?

Came in to post this too. Cant ever remember seeing a team reach 400 with just a 66 top score.

 

[wpdavid]

'kin hell Root. I'll defend Curran's place in the team till I'm blue in the face, but opening the bowling ahead of Wood and Woakes?

EDIT
Didn't Wood clean up Elgar with the new ball at the start of their innings less than a week ago? The batsman certainly won't have forgotten.

 

[wpdavid]

As a belated aside to the Stokes incident, apparently it's exactly 25 years since this happened.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/25/eric-cantona-kung-fu-kick-hooligan-25-years-later

Better not tell Ben.

 

[Bijed]

Came in to post this too. Cant ever remember seeing a team reach 400 with just a 66 top score.

Cricviz confirms that you are correct

 

[wpdavid]

Came in to post this too. Cant ever remember seeing a team reach 400 with just a 66 top score.

Apparently Boon's 68 vs Sri Lanka in 1992 was the previous record.

 

[91Jmay]

'kin hell Root. I'll defend Curran's place in the team till I'm blue in the face, but opening the bowling ahead of Wood and Woakes?

EDIT
Didn't Wood clean up Elgar with the new ball at the start of their innings less than a week ago? The batsman certainly have forgotten.

No point in Curran if he doesn't take and swing the new nut to be honest.

 

[wpdavid]

No point in Curran if he doesn't take and swing the new nut to be honest.

I know that's the theory, and tbf he's bowling OK, but I think I know who these guys would rather be facing. And it's not unheard of for Curran to bowl well with an older ball.

 

[91Jmay]

I know that's the theory, and tbf he's bowling OK, but I think I know who these guys would rather be facing. And it's not unheard of for Curran to bowl well with an older ball.

Think Wood is used to being first change so I quite like Broad/Curran at top. Wood can come on quickly if things going south as well.

 

[wpdavid]

Think Wood is used to being first change so I quite like Broad/Curran at top. Wood can come on quickly if things going south as well.

Fair enough. Sometimes our quickest bowlers do better when the ball isn't completely new. Archer springs to mind.

 

[fredfertang]

Bowling straight might be a plan

 

[marc71178]

No point in Curran if he doesn't take and swing the new nut to be honest.

No point in Curran full stop.