*Official* South African tour of England and Ireland 2022

[TT Boy]

Statistically Root's worst series?

 

[Chrish]

Game isn’t done yet. If Eng gets rolled over close to 150, it’s pretty much on.

 

[Nintendo]

Marco jansen is elite.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Jennings probably has to get a chance after his good season and he may be useful in Pakistan depending on what the pitches are like. As for the other opener it is a lucky dip again with the rest being poor, useless or terrible.

Wouldn't have a massive problem with Jennings in Pakistan as long as him doing ok there doesn't muddy the waters and lead to him getting the gig outside the subcontinent because we've been there before and it wasn't pretty.

Duckett seems the next cab off the rank judging by his call up after YJB's golfing related mishap, and he's opened for us before even if he's not an opener by trade.

 

[Xuhaib]

Jansen may end up threatening Akram status as the greatest left arm pace bowler ever.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Well done Marco

Marco jansen is elite.

Yup, makes the decision to drop him for the 2nd test look even more wrongheaded than it did at the time.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Jansen may end up threatening Akram status as the greatest left arm pace bowler ever.

AK Davidson says "hi".

 

[kevinw]

Jennings has to go to Pakistan. Excellent domestic season and plays spin well. I'd want Duckett with him though hopefully he's improved against spin since Ashwin duffed him up. He should have had this series really.

 

[wpdavid]

Statistically Root's worst series?

46 runs at 11.5 must surely be his worst. I'm guessing that even in the 2013/14 ashes he averaged more than that.

 

[Xuhaib]

AK Davidson says "hi".

Has 40% wickets vs Akram hence I put Akram ahead but staying on Jansen I think he is operating 70% of his potential and its scary how good he can get when he already is so so good

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

KP looks like he’s 65 years old

 

[Bijed]

Breaks in play have not gone well for the batsmen today, it would seem

 

[Nintendo]

Odd innings from stokes, one has to say. England are in the dominant position still, but these last 2 wickets have really evened things up.

 

[TT Boy]

Some innings from Stokes. Zero ****s given.

 

[trundler]

That was reckless.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Not quite a captain's knock from Sir Benjamin today.

With our tail RSA are right in this.

 

[kevinw]

Given that the openers are struggling, there's a newbie at five and the tail isn't that strong, I wish Stokes would bat a bit more responsibly. Bring back his go-slow fifty balls for 2no over this gung ho from ball one.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

At this rate, Maharaj might walk in as a nightwatchman tonight

 

[kevinw]

See that's why you don't bat like a chump skipper!

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Yeah they really didn't need to arrange that extra day, did they.