*** Official*** South Africa in England 2017

[anil1405]

Not a fan of QdK batting at 4. Would be more productive for the team if he bats at 6.

 

[StephenZA]

Not a fan of QdK batting at 4. Would be more productive for the team if he bats at 6.

Better than Duminy...

 

[anil1405]

Better than Duminy...

Maybe. But then you are losing a batsman who can be as productive as Gilly was in the lower order.

 

[Spark]

Kohli had a couple of shockers in the Pune test.

His first innings dismissal was pretty regulation rather than embarrassing, no?

There's something uniquely pitiful about being dismissed not using your bat in a sport where the whole point of the game is to use your bat.

 

[fredfertang]

Can I just not see it or is there now nowhere on that cricinfo summary page that tells you how many overs are left in the day?

 

[Howe_zat]

Can I just not see it or is there now nowhere on that cricinfo summary page that tells you how many overs are left in the day?

It doesn't really matter, they will play until 7pm or bad light.

 

[vogue]

Just heard AB mentioned by Warney as regards playing with a broken arm..is this true??

 

[MW1304]

Can I just not see it or is there now nowhere on that cricinfo summary page that tells you how many overs are left in the day?

It's a bit of a mess but a few lines below where the current bowlers are displayed there's a line showing the current run rate, the minimum overs remaining and the last 10 over score.

 

[Stefan9]

Maybe. But then you are losing a batsman who can be as productive as Gilly was in the lower order.

Gilly wasn't his side best player. Qdk needs to be given a run at 4.

 

[91Jmay]

Roland-Jones seems to have that ability to almost get the ball to quicken off the pitch. Obviously not the case but promising signs

 

[Stefan9]

This has been a very gutsy innings from deano.

 

[grecian]

Shane still banging on about how the declaration came too late, he's consistent you have to give him that.

 

[anil1405]

Gilly wasn't his side best player. Qdk needs to be given a run at 4.

IMO he doesn't have the technique of a no.4 batsman (his first innings dismissal is an indication of that). His technique is more suited to bat at 6. Plus its also about the mindset. Coming in at 60/2 needing 492, you are expected to hang around and not lose your wicket (which isn't really his strength). The mindset at 60/4 would be more like "the game is pretty much out of the hands now let me play my natural game".

 

[91Jmay]

Another wicket before close would be ideal. These two acquitting themselves well. Would love to nip out Elgar whose been excellent

 

[Spark]

Gilly wasn't his side best player. Qdk needs to be given a run at 4.

There were times in his career when this was very debatable

 

[Stefan9]

IMO he doesn't have the technique of a no.4 batsman (his first innings dismissal is an indication of that). His technique is more suited to bat at 6. Plus its also about the mindset. Coming in at 60/2 needing 492, you are expected to hang around and not lose your wicket (which isn't really his strength). The mindset at 60/4 would be more like "the game is pretty much out of the hands now let me play my natural game".

Kp did fine at 4 by playing his natural game...
We have enough defensive players in this lineup to have an aggressive nr 4.

 

[91Jmay]

One more before close and we can win it tomorrow morning. With these two in still SA can fight in final session.

 

[fredfertang]

It's a bit of a mess but a few lines below where the current bowlers are displayed there's a line showing the current run rate, the minimum overs remaining and the last 10 over score.

Cheers

 

[Spark]

I thought I heard something

 

[MW1304]

Ouch. Hard to think of a worse pair for a genuine test batsman.

Just seen this. Sehwag 2011 never forget.