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*Official* South African tour of England and Ireland 2022

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ashley bach

Cricketer Of The Year
Really good spell there from Keshav, English batsman just couldn't get on top of him.
Going to take something special now for England to get up.
 
SillyCowCorner1

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ashley bach said:
Like his great ancestor, it's now time for some serious exploring.
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I wish I know who his great ancestor is.

wpdavid said:
He's going to have to go some if England are going to get close. It looks like SA's score is over par, and England have problems with their ODI attack.
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This target is like 360 due to the fact that these guys spend most of the afternoon in the field and now when it comes time to bat they are a bit under-cooked. That opening partnership should have batted with a more positive intent...
 
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wpdavid

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SillyCowCorner1 said:
I wish I know who his great ancestor is.


This target is like 360 due to the fact that these guys spend most of the afternoon in the field and now when it comes time to bat they are a bit under-cooked. That opening partnership should have batted with a more positive intent...
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I don't know if your first point was serious, but in case it was ...
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Your second point may be valid, but I think you mean 'over-cooked' in these temperatures. And England's ODI attack is relatively weak. From what I saw, SA finished up at 6.7 an over without taking many risks.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

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Livingstone will probably get slaughtered for that shot but coming in having to score at 10 an over almost immediately against these guys and on this track isn't easy.

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Ditto Moeen.
 
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Tom Flint

International Regular
A score of 333 with no 6s say to me its an incredible score and above par. The pitch wasn't coming on great yet with the superb running even in this heat they pushed score well above par. It was only the last 8 overs when they tried slogging that they didn't look to be batting well
 
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Arachnodouche

International Captain
Jason Roy is past his sell-by. His strokeplaying instincts seem to have deserted him and he certainly doesn't have the technique to be the anchor to Bairstow's aggression. Not sure what purpose he serves anymore in a batting line-up this deep (on paper anyway).

English bowling though...as things stand I see them giving up 400 more than once in Indian conditions.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

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Arachnodouche said:
Jason Roy is past his sell-by. His strokeplaying instincts seem to have deserted him and he certainly doesn't have the technique to be the anchor to Bairstow's aggression. Not sure what purpose he serves anymore in a batting line-up this deep (on paper anyway).

English bowling though...as things stand I see them giving up 400 more than once in Indian conditions.
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Yeah, I'm not sure what's happened to Roy, but he's looked out of sorts for a while now. I suppose Salt is the next in line. Buttler's scores since taking over the captaincy are beginning to be a worry, but he should be OK in time. And yes, our bowling just looks unthreatening, although we are missing a few today.
 
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