EddardStark Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 South Africa win the toss and will bowl first. Definitely a bowlers day although not sure if the damp and muggy conditions will suit the Saffers pace attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Jim Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 England have got SA at a good time. Low on confidence after being hammered in India, Amla and de Villiers off form and Philander, and now, Steyn injured. Looks like de Villiers won't keep wicket in the rest of the series so that should help his batting. However, England also likely to be stronger with Anderson back. Good to see James Taylor doing well. Should have been a regular for 2 or 3 years now but treated really poorly by the previous management despite scoring loads of runs for his county and the England Lions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Bairstow's maiden test century brought a tear to the eye with memories of his dad. Stokes running amok: second fastest 200 in history. Fastest 300 partnership ever. Braw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 (edited) Utterly humiliating for South Africa. No bowlers, batting falling to pieces, heading for an innings defeat and undoubtedly a 4-0 whitewash in the series. Hashim Amla is a magnificent player, but he's not a captain. Superb from England, but I've had to turn it off since I'm sick of watching fat pink blokes in football shirts with their fat pink wives. Thank feck I arrive in Cape Town next Sunday and many of them will be gone. Edited January 3, 2016 by Rossy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Superb from England, but I've had to turn it off since I'm sick of watching fat pink blokes in football shirts with their fat pink wives. Thank feck I arrive in Cape Town next Sunday and many of them will be gone. That's why God gave us TMS. Agree about Amla; being dropped from the captaincy will do both him and SA a favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Jim Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Ridiculous from Stokes today. Switched the TV on at 9 expecting him to either be out or close to a century only to find out he'd scored over 50 in the first half hour of the day and was already in the 120s. Amazing batting from him and Bairstow to score 300ish in 3 hours. SA's bowling was poor but not sure where you could have bowled to Stokes in that form. Amla making a decent fist of the reply so far though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 Good recovery from Saffers after embarrassingly giving up at one point. These two need to bat and bat but they look in good nick . Credit to Stokes, simply superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 If you like cricket, I'd advise everyone to try to get to a game at Newlands. Simply one of the finest spots in the sporting world. I went for a one day game there a few years ago.....marvelous weather, superb views, 50p Castle lagers and unlimited donuts on sale. Newlands itself is one of the best suburbs of Cape Town. The wife gave up after 4 hours but I could have stayed there for days and days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 If you like cricket, I'd advise everyone to try to get to a game at Newlands. Simply one of the finest spots in the sporting world. I went for a one day game there a few years ago.....marvelous weather, superb views, 50p Castle lagers and unlimited donuts on sale. Newlands itself is one of the best suburbs of Cape Town. The wife gave up after 4 hours but I could have stayed there for days and days. absolutely .probably the most Iconic grounds in world cricket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 If you like cricket, I'd advise everyone to try to get to a game at Newlands. Simply one of the finest spots in the sporting world. I went for a one day game there a few years ago.....marvelous weather, superb views, 50p Castle lagers and unlimited donuts on sale. Newlands itself is one of the best suburbs of Cape Town. The wife gave up after 4 hours but I could have stayed there for days and days. Newlands is spectacular, and I'd like to go some day, but I think in aesthetic terms it's beaten by Dharamsala in India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) As far as the tests go though, I agree that Amla could do with passing the captaincy on. De Villiers perhaps, although he'd need to give up the keeping permanently as well, which may be no bad thing tbh, or du Plessis. They're a bit short after that, South Africa have struggled for a captain since Graeme Smith retired. 60 needed to avoid the follow on. Getting a comfortable draw here would feel like a win for South Africa, always does if the team batting first puts a huge score up. Edited January 5, 2016 by biffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 This test is turning farcical. South Africa will take a lead soon. Currently 602/6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 England have put down 6 potential catches though so opportunity missed for them . Don't think Steyn will be fit for the 3rd test so I cant see England being too troubled by South Africa's attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Good declaration from Saffers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Good declaration from Saffers. I might have been tempted to bat on, get three figures ahead and have a ping at England then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Got to give England a sniff as well. SA are ending on a positive which might be the boost they need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Been in the field all day in heavy heat. Twenty-five minutes with a fresh Morkel - slim chance of a win and none of losing: worth a crack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 It';s a funny old game. England score 600+ in a first innings, yet realistically they're the only team that can lose the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 It';s a funny old game. England score 600+ in a first innings, yet realistically they're the only team that can lose the game. Yep, its what makes Test cricket such a great game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 England 2 down with a 25 run lead. Boycott was chuntering on yesterday morning about how pitches like this ruined test cricket. He really is a knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 England looking to make a game of this, three down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Doing their best to lose a game that seemed impossible not to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannannan Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 ABE cmon SA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffer Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) 118-6 with an hour till tea. If SA can knock them over for 140-150 they'll have a swing at that for a couple of hours. Moeen and Bairstow in atm, Broad can also bat but Anderson and Finn are rabbits. Edited January 6, 2016 by biffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Hour lost to rain though Moen and Bairstow had just about made it safe anyroad. Enjoyable test, but a weird one. The five-day format allows for so many twists and turns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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