1st Match - England v South Africa at The Oval

[SillyCowCorner1]

How degrading is this to Pretorious?

 

[Howe_zat]

Bit more flow now. Looking much better, though Stokes certainly hasn't had his best knock.

Also wouldn't mind Buttler coming in now really

 

[Jarquis]

This is better...

 

[Daemon]

That reverse paddle thing was brilliant

 

[Malcolm]

Good shot !! Well played stokes.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

4 half centuries already in this innings.

With Buttler to come, he might make it 5 with an 18 ball fifty

 

[straw man]

Weird adjustment in modern ODIs - once upon a time a bowling attack in this situation would be like **** this they're going to score 330+, game over we are ****ed. Now the aim is to try to shave runs because limiting the damage to 320 instead of 340 could win you the match. Keep focused so you concede 9 runs per over instead of 11, even though you must feel like you're getting tonked either way.

 

[StephenZA]

Tahir!

 

[straw man]

Nice catch.

 

[Burgey]

Wonderful catch

 

[Daemon]

Buttler to make <10 now that I’ve hyped him up to dad

 

[wpdavid]

Bit more flow now. Looking much better, though Stokes certainly hasn't had his best knock.

Also wouldn't mind Buttler coming in now really

And you have your wish, although I could have done without losing Morgan.

 

[stephen]

Weird adjustment in modern ODIs - once upon a time a bowling attack in this situation would be like **** this they're going to score 330+, game over we are ****ed. Now the aim is to try to shave runs because limiting the damage to 320 instead of 340 could win you the match. Keep focused so you concede 9 runs per over instead of 11, even though you must feel like you're getting tonked either way.

Yep. T20 has changed the thinking quite a bit.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

He's out

 

[StephenZA]

Only man in the England line-up I`m genuinely scared of....

 

[Borges]

This is Clive LLoyd ball or Dave Richardson ball or Shashank Manohar ball or whatever. It is not cricket.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Mankad Buttler please

 

[straw man]

time for the butt jostler

 

[SeamUp]

They were keeping Immie back for Buttler so for SA to bring him back with him not there showed England were calling the shots in this innings. But another 1 or 2 from KG/Immie and we liking our work.

 

[wpdavid]

They were keeping Immie back for Buttler so for SA to bring him back with him not there showed England were calling the shots in this innings. But another 1 or 2 from KG/Immie and we liking our work.

How many do you fancy chasing against this England attack?