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*Official* England in South Africa 2019/20
- Thread starter StephenZA
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artvandalay
State Vice-Captain
Root just seems to get defensive for no reason. I felt even during the 4th innings of the previous test with south africa only looking to save the game his fields were not attacking enough.
Having said that pope has been quite the difference maker, definitely a big upgrade on what bairstow was.
Howe_zat
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Its been a really good Test for England. Very much like the selection. Crawley got a few runs, Pope played brilliantly for his first hundred especially yesterday. Bess getting two wickets, & Mark Wood's batting & his bowling late on. Is it me or are we starting to become a team again at Test level? Didnt agree with the Rabada ban. As a cricket fan & an England fan, if we are to win I would like us to be taking on the strongest sides containing the best players & Rabada is a worthy opponent. Totally agree with Alec & Paul on the Sky verdict on that. Hope the weather doesnt intervene & we get a chance to push for a win. Were on top here but cant discount a SA fightback tomorrow.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
"The Pope dodger" or "Pope-a-dope"?
Daemon
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The Pope-addom
ajdude
International Coach
how about ‘the white smoke’?
quincywagstaff
International Debutant
If I'm reading the Cricinfo report right, Boucher didn't really know how the demerit system worked until it was explained to him (by a journo presumably) today.
Surely an essential part of being the coach of a team is knowing the fairly basic punishment system that exists for his players that has been around for a few years.
Surely an essential part of being the coach of a team is knowing the fairly basic punishment system that exists for his players that has been around for a few years.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
BB has been talking up Pope for a while now so I think now after that ton he is going to be viewed as an excellent talent by basically everyone. Its not always the case after a ton, Sibley still has big question marks.
Anyway, great day for England. Im sure Eng will be nervous having Nortje as the nightwatchman. Elgar of course is a big wicket too. I am pretty sure he wont give it away on Day 3 - it will have to be good bowling. Well done Bess, looks a real good prospect and I rate him so much more than Leach.
The pitches this series have been perfect for Test Cricket.
Anyway, great day for England. Im sure Eng will be nervous having Nortje as the nightwatchman. Elgar of course is a big wicket too. I am pretty sure he wont give it away on Day 3 - it will have to be good bowling. Well done Bess, looks a real good prospect and I rate him so much more than Leach.
The pitches this series have been perfect for Test Cricket.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
England seem to have finally nailed down a batting order as well as a back up opener. Good times, if they can just figure out their best bowling attack as well, for both home and away games.
StephenZA
Hall of Fame Member
I think he knew how it worked it was the interpretation he has a problem with, obviously did not know the strictness in which it was applied... even though you get a feeling this is less an interpretation of the law than an interpretation against Rabada for continually pushing and overstepping the line. And not knowing the number of demerit points that Rabada was on is probably a case of only being in the job for a few weeks.
theegyptian
International Vice-Captain
Haha
