**Official** England in Namibia and Zimbabwe

[Magrat Garlick]

Looks like Pietersen & Jones batted well - and someone needed to. Doesn't Pietersen bowl some off-spin too?

Think so. If I remember rightly, Pietersen had scored 9* off 29 balls at one point...and then blitzed. Funny how it just goes from complete disaster to easy runs, though...

 

[marc71178]

That sounds a bit like the way a certain Flintoff's innings tend to be built.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I see Gough has brought on at the end to improve his figures... was 0-23 off 4 overs in an innings barely in 3 figures.

 

[wpdavid]

I see Gough has brought on at the end to improve his figures... was 0-23 off 4 overs. in an innings barely in 3 figures.

Not great, but neither of the openers exactly covered themselves in glory. I thought Anderson's 9 wides were obscene for someone who's supposed to do this for a living.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Good margin in the end, 161 runs. Jones the keeper deserves a mention as well for his 66 off 46 balls. Collingwood ends up with comical bowling figures of 10-4-16-3 and Wharf with 6-1-24-4 and Gough ends up wicketless and my fantasy team rakes in another shedload of points.

 

[V Reddy]

I hope they encourage the bowling of Pieterson as they don't seem to be giving him any bowling oppurtunities. He seems a certainity now in the team and so his bowling would provide more bowling options

 

[twctopcat]

Good margin in the end, 161 runs. Jones the keeper deserves a mention as well for his 66 off 46 balls. Collingwood ends up with comical bowling figures of 10-4-16-3 and Wharf with 6-1-24-4 and Gough ends up wicketless and my fantasy team rakes in another shedload of points.

Exactly.All credit to collingwood who apparently bowled very tightly but by the sounds of things wharf got 4 soft wickets. I'm still not sure about him.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Good margin in the end, 161 runs. Jones the keeper deserves a mention as well for his 66 off 46 balls. Collingwood ends up with comical bowling figures of 10-4-16-3 and Wharf with 6-1-24-4 and Gough ends up wicketless and my fantasy team rakes in another shedload of points.

Damn right. I scored 111.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Damn right. I scored 111.

136 points here, I'd have been looking a bit better if one of the matches in the series hadn't bitten the dust. Should get me in the top 100 anyways.

 

[PAKMAN]

oh yeah and the glammy boy takes 4 wickets in 6 overs

 

[marc71178]

I see Gough has brought on at the end to improve his figures... was 0-23 off 4 overs in an innings barely in 3 figures.

So no doubt we'll be told that his figures aren't poor and he shouldn't be dropped permanently...

 

[marc71178]

I hope they encourage the bowling of Pieterson as they don't seem to be giving him any bowling oppurtunities. He seems a certainity now in the team and so his bowling would provide more bowling options

Pietersen is far from a certainty in the side - he's not even on the SA tour is he?

When Flintoff and Trescothick return then it'll be Pietersen and an opener (hopefully Solanki but more likely Bell) that drop out.

 

[The Baconator]

much easier win than on Sunday, good to see Jones finally peroming with the bat in a 1 day game

 

[Pratters]

much easier win than on Sunday, good to see Jones finally peroming with the bat in a 1 day game

Zimbabwe bowled really well till Pieterson and Jones had that partnership.. England were struggling till that point of time. So not as easy as the ultimate score card shows. Zimbabwe did give England a run early on..

 

[Richard]

much easier win than on Sunday, good to see Jones finally peroming with the bat in a 1 day game

I wouldn't make too much of a Zimbabwe game, myself.

 

[Richard]

Richard wont be happy!
O M R W Econ
T Panyangara 6.0 1 15 2 2.50 (0nb, 0w)

Looks like he got the treatment later.
4.0-0-46-1

 

[Pratters]

Looks like he got the treatment later.
4.0-0-46-1

Nothing could be done really the way Pieterson and Jones played....

 

[Richard]

So no doubt we'll be told that his figures aren't poor and he shouldn't be dropped permanently...

6-24-0 isn't terrible - don't think anyone needs to be shot for those.
So far he hasn't had too bad a series, has he? Not bad enough to make him look like his snide dismissals were correct, certainly.

 

[Richard]

Nothing could be done really the way Pieterson and Jones played....

Let's hope Solanki and Strauss smash him all over Queen's next time.
And no, I don't rate Solanki, but I don't really want to see anyone average 21.16 against post-WC2003 Zimbabwe, as he currently does.

 

[Pratters]

Let's hope Solanki and Strauss smash him all over Queen's next time.
And no, I don't rate Solanki, but I don't really want to see anyone average 21.16 against post-WC2003 Zimbabwe, as he currently does.

Solanki played poorly in the last match.

Also I felt Bell played totally irresponsibly giving chances 2-3 times before finally getting out... Making a good rn in the first match shouldnt have meant that Bell play in such a manner in the second one dayer..

And the bowler has a lot of talent.. he is very young and will gain a yard or two of pace in some years. If he stays away from injury, keeps learning, he is a real find for Zimbabwe..