*Official* England in South Africa Thread

[chris.hinton]

Gough not bowling Great

 

[Legglancer]

fffuuuuudge ..... Gough is messing up Ali's good work ...

 

[chris.hinton]

Lbw Come On

 

[chris.hinton]

Get ready for Marc to blame Kabir if this over is poor

 

[Legglancer]

fffuuuuudge ..... Gough is messing up Ali's good work ...

OK I take that back !

 

[Scaly piscine]

Could someone explain to me why they kept bowling length balls (that generally got carted for 4)?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Congrats England, you tried hard to throw the 2nd game away, but this time you 'succeeded'.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Could someone explain to me why they kept bowling length balls (that generally got carted for 4)?

Hoggard should know better. Even someone whos never played a one dayer before should be told by the captain to keep it full, and be able to do it even if it turns into full tosses.

1-1 sets up the series nicely.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Hoggard should know better. Even someone whos never played a one dayer before should be told by the captain to keep it full, and be able to do it even if it turns into full tosses.

1-1 sets up the series nicely.

Yea but even Kabir and Gough were bowling length balls, a bouncer or similar fine, but not a length delivery outside off.

 

[Jono]

Well played South Africa! Captain's knock from Smith. To come back from Wednesday's debacle, and win 2 days later is great.

Congrats Saffies

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Yea but even Kabir and Gough were bowling length balls, a bouncer or similar fine, but not a length delivery outside off.

You cant expect a bowler to be able to bowl yorkers at will. At least Gough and Ali got the majority up there. Hoggard wasnt even attempting to bowl them full.
He's great with the new ball. Maybe they should bowl hoggard out in full from the start. Harmisons bound to come back into the next game. It was obvious Ali would drop out but after tonight Hoggard might be sweating it a tad.
On a side note Collingwoods done a fantastic job bowling these last 2 games.
Also WHY did Trescothick bowl when Bell actually bowls ALOT for Warks (fairly well actually) in games and Trescothick hardly ever bowls.

 

[jot1]

Well played South Africa! Captain's knock from Smith. To come back from Wednesday's debacle, and win 2 days later is great.

Congrats Saffies

Thank you Jono. Great games being played by the 2 sides. The test matches and now the ODI's.

 

[Neil Pickup]

But the wicket is the key!

5 overs - who to bowl?

For me 2 of Gough and 2 of Ali, no more Hoggard.

But Trescothick keeps him on.

Hmm - 5 overs, 2 Gough, 2 Ali - others bowled out - who would you have put on for 46?

 

[The Baconator]

Giles maybe?

 

[chris.hinton]

yep,

I drop Hoggard and bring in Harmy and bell should go for Vaughan

 

[Neil Pickup]

Giles maybe?

All well and good, but Giles bowled the 45th...

 

[Langeveldt]

Pah, trust me to be in bed sick with a migraine when SA actually decide to win

Oh well, congrats to Graeme, wish I could have seen it

 

[marc71178]

Get ready for Marc to blame Kabir if this over is poor

Why?

He didn't bowl well on Wednesday (as indicated by the 7 an over) but managed to redeem himself at the end.

By all accounts he bowled better today.

 

[marc71178]

Also WHY did Trescothick bowl when Bell actually bowls ALOT for Warks (fairly well actually) in games and Trescothick hardly ever bowls.

Bell's bowling is very very over-rated.

 

[marc71178]

Hmm - 5 overs, 2 Gough, 2 Ali - others bowled out - who would you have put on for 46?

I'd have put one of those 2 on for 46, and switched with Giles to bowl the missing one.