***Official*** South Africa in England

[GIMH]

England fall one short of their highest score in the powerplays

 

[Richard]

What I'm trying to work-out is which game that was.

A few site problems there methinks? Hopefully all fixed now

Database errors again.

 

[Richard]

Bell goonnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeee, not much doubt about that lbw.

 

[wpdavid]

What I'm trying to work-out is which game that was.

Maybe against india at the Oval last year?

 

[wpdavid]

Bell goonnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeee, not much doubt about that lbw.

I'm listening to this on the TMS website, and you posted that a good couple of minutes before the dismissal delivery was broadcast.

 

[Uppercut]

Hey Uppercut, just as an aside do you support any of the Test sides at all? Obviously your cricket team is Ireland, and from your avatar we can see that like me you're a big Freddie Flintoff fan

Haha, i don't actually, I support different teams at different times depending on their players, who's the underdog, bets i put on, and sometimes for no discernable reason at all. Sometimes listening to David Lloyd and Nasser Hussain makes me want England to lose, likewise Ian Healy and Australia- although I always support Australia in the Ashes, because when England win we never hear the end of it over here

At the moment, I'm a bit indifferent about this ODI series- although I'd love to see Herschelle Gibbs get going. In the tests, I had a pretty big bet on SA for the series so you may have detected an anti-English tone around then . But the England team is a lot more likeable when Jones, Flintoff and Hoggard play. I'm not a big fan of India lately (Sehwag aside).

In football I'm much more explicitly anti-English because the fans and media are so unbearable at times. I'm moving to Manchester in three weeks so god forbid the England team starts playing well

 

[Scaly piscine]

And yet another unconverted 50 for Bell - he just cannot manufacture runs when the bowling isn't rubbish. Sure he can attack/punish bad bowling well.

 

[Richard]

I'm listening to this on the TMS website, and you posted that a good couple of minutes before the dismissal delivery was broadcast.

I was at least 30 seconds after the event too.

 

[Richard]

Kallis gets Shah dragged-on with his opening delivery. Easy this captaincy lark.

 

[wpdavid]

Kallis gets Shah dragged-on with his opening delivery. Easy this captaincy lark.

I wonder how many chances he'll get at number 3 with Bopara waiting in the wings. Crap dismissal tbh.

I meant to say earlier that Bell going wasn't the worst thing for England, giving KP the chance to build an innings. Sod's law says he'll fall for single figures today.

 

[Richard]

Flintoff puts the bat there and gets four 2nd ball.

 

[Uppercut]

Kallis gets Shah dragged-on with his opening delivery. Easy this captaincy lark.

Last time Shah got out around this time in the first ODI, I got the feeling Pietersen had instructed him to hit out because he wanted Flintoff at the crease. No signs of that this time?

 

[Richard]

Nah, 'twas a defensive shot really.

 

[duffer]

Great stuff by the Saffies. Bring it back, bring it back....

 

[Scaly piscine]

Looks like England want to give their lower order a go today.

 

[Richard]

Great stuff by the Saffies. Bring it back, bring it back....

Probably lose it again later, this is shades of India at the same ground last year. Kallis has gone nicely with the in-drifters.

 

[Precambrian]

king Kallis!

 

[Richard]

If you recall, we've had this discussion before. Hall > Kemp.

Disappointed that van der Wath never played more games for South Africa, I think he could of been a really good player (better than Kemp).

Nah, van der Wath was very, very poor. And Hall was a nothing player too. Kemp could bat and did several times.

 

[Goughy]

OK, a test for our theoretical batting depth.

Sink or swim time.

 

[Richard]

Botha gets another.

Patel finally gets a bat in his 3rd ODI! Is that the longest wait for a specialist bat ever I wonder?