*Official* England in South Africa 2019/20

[Flem274*]

england have ruined all of south africas good work with this partnership

 

[91Jmay]

Not a monster first innings score but feel we have totally deflated their momentum with this partnership.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Bloody hell. Good bit of willow, Broad's.

Looked a very lazy swing for six.

 

[wpdavid]

50 partnership from 27 deliveries.

 

[Howe_zat]

Good job SA have a 5th medium pace seamer to come on though, instead of their spinner with 100 test wickets

 

[BoyBrumby]

Pick your own cliche, but I'm going with "this really has been a game-changer."

 

[BoyBrumby]

I might even bring myself on, if I was Faf. Rubbish wrist spin often confuses tailenders.

 

[StephenZA]

I might even bring myself on, if I was Faf. Rubbish wrist spin often confuses tailenders.

Elgar is the go to troll spinner...

 

[Flem274*]

yea i can't believe they dropped maharaj for hendricks and paterson

pretorius i quite like as a 5th bowler

 

[91Jmay]

yea i can't believe they dropped maharaj for hendricks and paterson

tbf dropping one player for two players is a pretty alpha move

 

[Howe_zat]

So now they’re just knocking around singles with the field back like it’s the 35th over of an ODI. Weird.

 

[mackembhoy]

Good job SA have a 5th medium pace seamer to come on though, instead of their spinner with 100 test wickets

Aye bizarre for them to pick 5 seamers when they don't have the luxury of one of them being Ben Stokes.

At the same time Maharaj was nearly hit for the fastest 50 by an England player at PE by mark wood.

 

[wpdavid]

Broad not repeating Pope's mistake of trying to leave the first ball after drinks.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I know he's had a long shift already, but maybe Nortje has a couple more in him?

As fun as this is, it's just not good captaincy from Faf to just hope something will happen.

Bowling from Paterson and Hendricks has been arse too, like.

 

[Groundking]

This is such a lousy armchair take.

I wouldn't be bothered if they had bowled well, but they haven't, it's mostly been rubbish.

 

[StephenZA]

If this sort of thinking does not end the Faf test captaincy and the test careers of Hendricks and Paterson I don't know...

 

[Howe_zat]

What is this?

 

[Flem274*]

this is terrible from sa. it's england ffs. stand up to them for 3 hours and they'll give up for the rest of the tour.

 

[wpdavid]

And 400ao it is. I'll take that.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Brilliant by Wood and Broad.