*Official* England in South Africa Thread

[SpaceMonkey]

Boo. That's not good for cricket. Beat 'em properly.

Normally yes but ive had these visions where England lose the toss and get bowled out for 50 on the greenist wicket ever produced!

 

[superkingdave]

Normally yes but ive had these visions where England lose the toss and get bowled out for 50 on the greenist wicket ever produced!

Leave Ralph Nader out of this

 

[Scaly piscine]

Yea I saw the picture of it on cricinfo, greenest wicket I've ever seen.

 

[Pratters]

If England win the series because sufficient overs are not bowled in the game, should the South African fans blame the weather? No

Should the English fans blame the pitch if their batting collapses and they lose ? Absolutely not.

Luck plays a part in sport but over a 5 match series, I would imagine it evens out in more ways than one.

 

[tooextracool]

Boo. That's not good for cricket. Beat 'em properly.

well considering that england would quite likely have won had it not been for bad light in durban, i dont see how that really matters anymore.

 

[SpeedKing]

i personally would like to see the weather improving because i want to see the harmison that we saw last summer bowling then i will ave some hope for next summer

 

[superkingdave]

Id like to see it improving so i can watch some cricket tomorrow

 

[Scaly piscine]

i personally would like to see the weather improving because i want to see the harmison that we saw last summer bowling then i will ave some hope for next summer

Well there's a Harmison playing in Bangalore, dunno if there'll be one playing at Centurion tomorrow. There are a few theories out there on who England will pick.

 

[Mr Casson]

Chance of play tonight anyone? I'm hungry for some cricket.

 

[Mr Casson]

conversely someone like shephard who is really experienced might have made more correct decisions than anyone else ATM, yet he might have made many many wrong decisions too, far more than say an inexperienced umpire. the best way to look at it then is to take a ratio between the number of right and wrong decisions.

It doesn't have to be by aggregate; most correct decisions on average would suffice.

 

[tooextracool]

or for that matter the least wrong decisions on average.

 

[superkingdave]

balls, Tresco could have cost us there

 

[Mr Casson]

or for that matter the least wrong decisions on average.

Oh, you're one of those "Glass is half-empty" types like Langeveldt, are you?

 

[superkingdave]

Go Freddie! Go Freddie!

 

[marc71178]

INteresting move to bring Hoggy back straight away to Rudolph.

 

[Hoggy31]

Can someone who's watching it on TV (i dont have FOXTEL) please tell me what the wickets like?

 

[superkingdave]

very green, but England arent making the most of it, Harmison's bowling toilet and a lots going through slips/gully region/

 

[Hoggy31]

geez, Harmison going at nearly 5 an over, he better hope he doesn't bowl like this against Australia...

 

[Mr Casson]

That'll do nicely Hoggy, thanks!

Pretty poor shot from Rudolph, though.

 

[Scaly piscine]

No wonder Flintoff seems knackered most of the time when he bowls so many friggin no-balls.