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

Black_Warrior

Cricketer Of The Year
This is good stuff from South Africa..excellent bowling from Broad and Anderson but this is the South Africa of old - the side that battles it out in tough situations.
 

SeamUp

International Coach
I wonder if Amla has another 2000 runs in him, would be nice to see him get to 10 000
If Oz sort out there issues there is 13 tests in next 9 months. If he has an ok to good time there he should hit the 9000 mark and a little bit more maybe.

Said after the last test how crucial it was for him and team he made runs first dig here.
 

Black_Warrior

Cricketer Of The Year
QDK and Amla just need to survive another half an hour or so..they can easily make up the runs against Dawson and Ali later in the day
 

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
QDK and Amla just need to survive another half an hour or so..they can easily make up the runs against Dawson and Ali later in the day
Or even against the quicks once the ball is older.

It's looking like a seriously good day for SA. Good batting, but England have largely wasted the conditions afaics.
 

91Jmay

International Coach
Saffers really well placed now, batting should be pretty comfortable for rest of day. Dawson a lot to prove here.
 

91Jmay

International Coach
Yeah, the conditions haven't been super bowler friendly. We were ordinary first hour but not bad, just SA batting well and a good pitch.
 

LegionOfBrad

International Debutant
Obviously playing Dawson in the side is complete nonsense but i suppose if he's picked to be the spinner he should bowl first.

Hopefully this will be the last test with this stupid thinking from Captain/selectors.
 

SeamUp

International Coach
Obviously playing Dawson in the side is complete nonsense but i suppose if he's picked to be the spinner he should bowl first.

Hopefully this will be the last test with this stupid thinking from Captain/selectors.
It seems they want all options for all seasons.

England should have considered extra batsman for this test ?
 

MW1304

Cricketer Of The Year
Gets hit for a couple of driven boundaries off full balls, so Wood goes back to bowling unthreatening, short of a length nothing. Not great.
 

LegionOfBrad

International Debutant
It seems they want all options for all seasons.

England should have considered extra batsman for this test ?
Absolutely.

The guy should not be in the side in a test at Trent Bridge when he is no more a competent bowler than Moeen who also happens to have got a 10fer in the last match. They take the adage of not changing a winning team even when it's blatantly obvious the guy is surplus to requirements.

Now if we had a high quality spinner to come in ahead of Moeen we could talk.
 

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