*Official* England in South Africa Thread

[benchmark00]

Is that sawdust on the ground? looks shocking to me, but if it does the job!

 

[wpdavid]

Great start by Hoggard, who's making Harmy look good at the moment.

 

[benchmark00]

Smithy's smashin' em... another ton on the cards maybe? *hopes to god i dont jinx him*

 

[benchmark00]

Kallis isnt going along too shabby himself

 

[wpdavid]

Strewth, this is looking even worse than the last one. Chasing 350 under the lights anyone?

 

[benchmark00]

haha welcome into the attack young son! says kallis....

20 off Ali's first over

 

[Mr Casson]

Time for Ali to go the way of Old Yeller.

 

[twctopcat]

Ali sure doesn't want an england future by the looks of things.

 

[twctopcat]

All's well, colly calms it down with his tight medioum-fast mcgrath esque bowling

 

[Scaly piscine]

All's well, colly calms it down with his tight medioum-fast mcgrath esque bowling

Which McGrath?

 

[Scaly piscine]

Kabir's 6th 'smash me to the boundary' ball to Kallis out of 7 deliveries gets him a wicket.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Which McGrath?

Why, Glen, naturally!

Top bit of fielding from Dazzer there. When did he get his other ear pierced too, BTW? I know he's had the diamond stud in his left lobe for a while now, but the right one had escaped my notice.

Dignified for a man in his mid-30s!

 

[Scaly piscine]

Ah where's the justice, Kabir gets 2 gimme wickets and Collingwood gets Gough diving forward in his usual spritely manner and the catch drops short and goes for 4.

 

[wpdavid]

Ah where's the justice, Kabir gets 2 gimme wickets and Collingwood gets Gough diving forward in his usual spritely manner and the catch drops short and goes for 4.

Good comeback by Kabir, to be fair. Is it my imagination, or has Colly's bowling really come on a bit? He's doing a far better job as 5th bowler than I ever expected.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Good comeback by Kabir, to be fair. Is it my imagination, or has Colly's bowling really come on a bit? He's doing a far better job as 5th bowler than I ever expected.

Must have, he's only a 6th bowler when Flintoff is playing and I can remember when he used have an ODI economy rate of just under 6, now it's 5.27 and he has the lowest ER in the series of the England bowlers.

 

[BoyBrumby]

He does make the best of his limited armoury. Mixes it up, pitches the ball up so he's harder to work away.

Obviously we won't see it in this game, but I would've like to have seen Bell given the odd over too.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Mandatory run of edges for 4 after England drop another catch.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Ali sure doesn't want an england future by the looks of things.

Yep his spell of 7 overs for just 21 runs with 2 wickets is pathetic. Dump him now! (Ali is also the highest wicket taker this series).

 

[Scaly piscine]

Grr I wish they'd bowl Collingwood through in one spell, he's always dodgy in his first over.

 

[wpdavid]

Grr I wish they'd bowl Collingwood through in one spell, he's always dodgy in his first over.

I thought that too, although he's done OK since. But he does worry me bowling in the last 10. I wonder when Kemp's going to give it the long handle.