*Official* England in South Africa 2019/20

[Woodster]

Nice platform in that first session laid by the two young openers, this has to be the innings we pass 400!

 

[Heboric]

Oh man, this is going to be painful to watch

 

[wpdavid]

Crawley seems to be thinking about it this time and I didn't expect him to be scoring more slowly than Sibley. Good to see him learning on the job.
Philander batting at 7? I know England struggle to dismiss him, but even so.

 

[SeamUp]

One thing Sibley has always known despite his technique is to bat time. Remember when he scored a double hundred for Surrey as a 20 year-old or something batting for ages. Had a tough time after that though hence the move to Birmingham where he found his mojo again starting in division 2.

 

[D/L]

Looking at the pitch, perhaps we have a drawn, full five day test in prospect here. That'd be a change.

 

[StephenZA]

I know Linde is the same type of bowlers as Maharaj, but it would have been interesting to play them both here in PE.

 

[SeamUp]

Looking at the pitch, perhaps we have a drawn, full five day test in prospect here. That'd be a change.

Traditionally you lose one here, you can lose a 2nd and 3rd very quickly afterwards.

 

[StephenZA]

Traditionally you lose one here, you can lose a 2nd and 3rd very quickly afterwards.

Normally to reverse...

 

[StephenZA]

Kg!

 

[Howe_zat]

So close to the coveted double-cowan. I was on the edge of my seat for it.

95 balls for Sibley though. Total failure.

 

[Howe_zat]

Kent's Joe Denly strides out to join Kent's Zak Crawley, after Kent's Kagiso Rabada gets the breakthrough for SA.

Bunch of kents

 

[Daemon]

Bunch of kents

WAK was literally about to post this

 

[wpdavid]

Bunch of kents

Beyond that, I'm struggling to remember when we last had two Kent players batting together for England. I'm thinking some pairing from Woolmer, Knott and Underwood back in the 1970s.

 

[Prince EWS]

Beyond that, I'm struggling to remember when we last had two Kent players batting together for England. I'm thinking some pairing from Woolmer, Knott and Underwood back in the 1970s.

Rob Key and Geraint Jones?

 

[Howe_zat]

Beyond that, I'm struggling to remember when we last had two Kent players batting together for England. I'm thinking some pairing from Woolmer, Knott and Underwood back in the 1970s.

I reckon Denly and Billings in some ODI. I've no proof like

 

[BoyBrumby]

Rob Key and Geraint Jones?

Shout. Probably both played in our 04/05 series win in RSA. Fat Bob's last series, I think.

 

[Jarquis]

Most questionable thing about that is whether Key ever scored enough runs to be batting when we were 5 down

 

[Jarquis]

Most questionable thing about that is whether Key ever scored enough runs to be batting when we were 5 down

Answer is no, ftr.

 

[NUFAN]

Answer is no, ftr.

I was thinking that his 221 would have been a decent chance but he was still 3rd out.

 

[StephenZA]

With Maharaj causing issues, should play our secret weapon and get Elgar to bowl a few overs...