*Official* England in South Africa 2019/20

[Howe_zat]

Has a spinner taken the first four wickets in a test in South Africa before?

Scenes.

 

[NUFAN]

The Aussie comms would be bringing up enforcing the follow on right about now.

 

[MW1304]

That ball from Wood looked horrible to play. Quick skiddy bouncers give me anxiety.

 

[Dendarii]

And not knowing the number of demerit points that Rabada was on is probably a case of only being in the job for a few weeks.

Also, Rabada's three demerit points were picked up in February and March of 2018, so Boucher might have known that they had happened but not whether 24 months had passed since those incidents.

 

[theegyptian]

Nortje is gonna bat the whole day

 

[Sanjay kumar]

South Africa's problems against spin bowling continue. Last year Dananjaya De Silva, a part time off spinner picked up 3 wickets to win the test for SL

 

[Gnske]

What a feeling it is when South Africa's batting is the most depressing unit in world cricket.

 

[harsh.ag]

To Bess? Are you ****ing kidding me, SA?

 

[Bijed]

Nortje's doing pretty well here TBF. Good situation for Tassie too, he should be under no pressure to force the pace

 

[StephenZA]

To Bess? Are you ****ing kidding me, SA?

I find it unforgivable from Elgar and Faf. Faf in particular he hit 2 good fours, but then just kept trying to come down the track, regardless. All Bess did was bowl one ball short and because all Faf had was one thought got done! That is not international quality.

 

[NUFAN]

Nortje's doing pretty well here TBF. Good situation for Tassie too, he should be under no pressure to force the pace

Interesting that you dont think Rassie has any pressure to force the pace. Nortje has a batting strike rate of 4 and we arent even at the halfway point in the test.

Im not saying he should swing hard, but runs are pretty important right now.

 

[Gnske]

Interesting that you dont think Rassie has any pressure to force the pace. Nortje has a batting strike rate of 4 and we arent even at the halfway point in the test.

Im not saying he should swing hard, but runs are pretty important right now.

You're such a modern man wanting wallops and vipers being smacked. It's about time someone in this lineup showed some gumption. He should Tavare the **** out of this innings and he should make England pay for it.

 

[Flem274*]

urgh ive tuned in to have holding and nicholas in my ears

 

[StephenZA]

urgh ive tuned in to have holding and nicholas in my ears

Could have been Haysman and KP.

 

[Flem274*]

they use a kookaburra in sa right?

Could have been Haysman and KP.

spoilt for choice, not for quality

 

[Gnske]

Could have been Haysman and KP.

I rewatched some of last night to catch up. I think KP went on a 3 minute rant about Rabada with Nicholas in the box, and after 5 seconds of silence Nicholas says something like "That is.... so fascinating Kevin, incredibly fascinating insight..... WE'LL BE BACK"

What a pairing.

 

[Flem274*]

great slip catching

 

[Neptune]

Why is root there not stokes

 

[OverratedSanity]

SA are just so inept against spin. Faf's dismissal was embarrassing.

 

[Flem274*]

jos buttler is saying 'watch out for kp boys' so clearly even england are banging on about this kp masterclass along with the commentators.