England tour of South Africa (4 Tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20s)

[Sea fog]

Broad can on his day. Root, Stokes, Bairstow and Buttler should be able to get this total.

 

[frankrizzo]

Not sure if you actually watched the first session but its much different conditions to yesterday and very tough for batting, will be tough for the dodgy techniques of bairstow and buttler with some spitting up some keeping low.

 

[frankrizzo]

As I say that england are spanking them after lunch and making it look easy.

 

[Doss]

I have a sinking feeling England are going to do a Headingley and chase it down.

 

[Sea fog]

It seems a bit of a formality really. SA attack is not what it was and the pitch is good to bat on.

 

[Sea fog]

SA missed a trick when they threw away wickets. de Kock bats like it is a T20.

 

[frankrizzo]

SA missed a trick when they threw away wickets. de Kock bats like it is a T20.

Was a bit like our batting second go at headingley just seemed in a hurry to get it over with, faf slogging archer till he got out was poor from the skipper of a side.

 

[frankrizzo]

Why couldn't we do that ffs, bit unlucky for stokes guess he used up a lifetime worth of luck in the ashes.

 

[PhatBoy]

SA missed a trick when they threw away wickets. de Kock bats like it is a T20.

de Kock is the sole reason they had a 100 run lead in the first innings and has made a career out of scoring runs quickly when his side needs them. Ironically his dismissal in the second innings came after his scoring rate had gone from 200 at one point to a run a ball

 

[PhatBoy]

As an unabashed fan of Stokes I don’t like seeing him try and play touch shots. They aren’t in his wheelhouse and the quicker he has a Gayle-like realisation that he just needs to block or use brute power, the better he will be

 

[Sea fog]

de Kock is the sole reason they had a 100 run lead in the first innings and has made a career out of scoring runs quickly when his side needs them. Ironically his dismissal in the second innings came after his scoring rate had gone from 200 at one point to a run a ball

Yes the second innings tempo change was odd, but still at times he doesn't value his wicket.

 

[frankrizzo]

de Kock is the sole reason they had a 100 run lead in the first innings and has made a career out of scoring runs quickly when his side needs them. Ironically his dismissal in the second innings came after his scoring rate had gone from 200 at one point to a run a ball

True you could make the case he could have kept attacking, would have been better him doing it than faf and others.

 

[Zevon]

Maharaj hasn’t bowled all that well today so far but held his nerve well to nab Stokes after taking some stick

 

[Sea fog]

As an unabashed fan of Stokes I don’t like seeing him try and play touch shots. They aren’t in his wheelhouse and the quicker he has a Gayle-like realisation that he just needs to block or use brute power, the better he will be

Agree, cute dabs are not his game.

 

[frankrizzo]

Pretorius is perfect for this deck can't really attack him and you are going to get a grubber on the stumps at some point.

 

[frankrizzo]

Two with the new ball might be enough for sa especially if root is one of the two.

 

[Barlos Crathwaite]

Big wicket of stokes just before. Can't see root or yjb getting them over the line

 

[eddiesmith]

South African commentator doesn’t realise rules changes a while ago where reviews don’t reset after 80! Twice called for reviews in last few overs because he thinks they reset

 

[Hamingja]

Double nelson, that's a Richie mate.

 

[Barlos Crathwaite]

South African commentator doesn’t realise rules changes a while ago where reviews don’t reset after 80! Twice called for reviews in last few overs because he thinks they reset

Yea mate hopefully that will ease the pain of yjb and his awful decision making as per usual. What a peice his innings are

 

[frankrizzo]

Awful from bairstow I think it's fair to say he is a odi batsman who just had a purple patch in tests a few years back.

 

[PhatBoy]

Go and have a beer with Tom Latham after that effort Bairstow.

not rabada’s best ball but points for throwing the new ball full and letting it swing.

 

[Sea fog]

Rabada finally gets back into the groove.

 

[frankrizzo]

South African commentator doesn’t realise rules changes a while ago where reviews don’t reset after 80! Twice called for reviews in last few overs because he thinks they reset

He is from Zimbabwe.

 

[frankrizzo]

Go and have a beer with Tom Latham after that effort Bairstow.

not rabada’s best ball but points for throwing the new ball full and letting it swing.

Even if it goes for four he is setting him up for the one that comes in and gets through that huge gap he leaves.