*Official* England in South Africa 2019/20

[Howe_zat]

SA picked a five-man attack and then got Maharaj to bowl like he would if they had four bowlers.

So yeah I don't think losing a bowler would cause any balance issues at all, unless they also replaced Rabada with Pretorius or something silly.

 

[sphynx]

Might have something to do with (finally) having a proper fast fast bowler, rather than millions of fast-medium swingers, losing him due to various injuries, getting him back, and still looking fast and promising.

Let those poms be happy about it!

You watch them pick Curran for the next Ashes series though.

He’s going to get a pasting on flatter pitches.

 

[StephenZA]

SA picked a five-man attack and then got Maharaj to bowl like he would if they had four bowlers.

So yeah I don't think losing a bowler would cause any balance issues at all, unless they also replaced Rabada with Pretorius or something silly.

Gonna happen. And see SA drop Maharaj.

 

[Groundking]

SA commentators are thick. Beauty from Root

 

[hazsa19]

Spike is from ball impacting the pad, no controversy here.

 

[slippy888]

South Africa need to stop flaffing about and call up players like rille roussew back into team

 

[Flem274*]

lol haysman it was clearly an optical trick to make you think there was bat. the bat is slightly behind the point of impact and there would be a big gap visible if you adjust the angle.

i hate the poms as much as the next real human but the sa box has been quietly the saltiest in the world

 

[Howe_zat]

Spike is from ball impacting the pad, no controversy here.

Yeah it's a really weird gripe. He keeps saying 'what's that spike from then' at the moment the ball hits the pad.

I think he's looking at the side-on camera and saying it's in line with the middle of the ball passing the bat, forgetting, quite crucially, that the ball is round, and will hit the pad while the middle of it is in line with the pad.

 

[honestbharani]

Its kind of a chicken and egg question but was Gibson's experiments with greentops the reason RSA's batting has sunk to such depths or is it because he already saw the batting stocks were bare that he went for such tracks?

 

[AndrewB]

Good work. Did anyone with a surname with more than 4 letters take a catch in any of the innings?

It was hard to write but thats what I was implying although the record of 8 with 6 Read catches is a good catch.

Someone like Read or Ames or Bari as keeper is useful though.

Yes, this seems to be the first Test innings in which
- 5 or more catches were held,
- by 3 or more fielders,
- all of whom had surnames with at most 4 letters.

A few near misses:
- 1963 at Christchurch: the only catches in England's first innings were by Dick (2), Reid and Motz.
- 1983 at Julundur: the only catches in India's innings were by Wasim Bari (4) and Wasim Raja.
- 2018 at Cape Town: the only catches in SA's first innings were by Saha (5).

 

[hazsa19]

This is a bad review

 

[Bijed]

This is a bad review

Yeah, we seem to have had a few pretty speculative ones off our spinners recently

 

[hazsa19]

Haha love it when they cut off KPs ramblings with an advert break.

 

[Howe_zat]

Yes, this seems to be the first Test innings in which
- 5 or more catches were held,
- by 3 or more fielders,
- all of whom had surnames with at most 4 letters.

A few near misses:
- 1963 at Christchurch: the only catches in England's first innings were by Dick (2), Reid and Motz.
- 1983 at Julundur: the only catches in India's innings were by Wasim Bari (4) and Wasim Raja.
- 2018 at Cape Town: the only catches in SA's first innings were by Saha (5).

wtf are you

 

[slippy888]

Is FAF going to knuckle down here

 

[Pup Clarke]

Root's a legit good bowler. Gets decent revs and can change his pace nicely

 

[Tom Flint]

Stop making outlashing kneejerk statements in tour threads ffs. It's so much worse than you starting threads comparing two random players.

Isn't the point of a forum for people to give their opinions on the game?

 

[StephenZA]

SA's batsmen inability to play spin s truly horrendous. I don't think I`ve ever seen it this bad.

 

[vcs]

England have bounced back really well. Seems they're gonna get a series win in SA which is a pretty good feat, even though this current SA team are poor. England are a bizarre team in Tests really, win a couple, lose a couple, repeat ad nauseum.

 

[slippy888]

South Africa are making Root look like Murali lol