*Official* South African tour of England and Ireland 2022

[wpdavid]

Robinson did his job there, sticking around long enough for Foakes to reach his ton.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

So very well played Foakes.

First England keeper since Prior to score a century having actually kept wicket in the game.

(All keeper tons since 2013 have been scored in the first innings, batting first, so prior to having to keep.)

 

[GIMH]

First England keeper since Prior to score a century having actually kept wicket in the game.

(All keeper tons since 2013 have been scored in the first innings, batting first, so prior to having to keep.)

Didn't Bairstow do it recently? Or was that an unbeaten 50

 

[wpdavid]

Didn't Bairstow do it recently? Or was that an unbeaten 50

Zaltzman on TMS agrees with RIS.

 

[Socerer 01]

And Foakes walks off unbeaten. What a champ

 

[GIMH]

Zaltzman on TMS agrees with RIS.

Yeah checked and Jonny got 71* after a brief stint keeping at Headingley

 

[Howe_zat]

Didn't Bairstow do it recently? Or was that an unbeaten 50

Kinda shocked by the stat because Bairstow had a great run as keeper bat 2015-2018. But yeah - 5 hundreds, all in the first innings.

 

[chris.hinton]

Ben Stokes looks very Confident..1-2 wickets in this session

 

[chris.hinton]

review it..... come on

 

[ashley bach]

Who in the world would have thought at the start of the day England would be making a declaration today, astonishing.

 

[chris.hinton]

Nope its too high.....good decision

 

[trundler]

Who in the world would have thought at the start of the day England would be making a declaration today, astonishing.

The bloke above you

 

[chris.hinton]

100%

The depth of England and the range of coaching Baz has brought is improving a lot of players. Bairstow best player in the world. Anderson is going to be bowling for 3-4 years. Foakes is on the road to be better and more consistent then Gily. Leach has improved his batting. Coaching is working, Exciting times for England in 2 years we will be unbeatable

 

[GIMH]

The bloke above you

Honestly my title as the optimistic Englishman around here hasn't so much been taken as ripped from me and it's actually ludicrous that I ever held it because in contrast to Chris I'm basically a regular @wpdavid (no offence David!)

 

[Socerer 01]

100%

The depth of England and the range of coaching Baz has brought is improving a lot of players. Bairstow best player in the world. Anderson is going to be bowling for 3-4 years. Foakes is on the road to be better and more consistent then Gily. Leach has improved his batting. Coaching is working, Exciting times for England in 2 years we will be unbeatable

 

[wpdavid]

Honestly my title as the optimistic Englishman around here hasn't so much been taken as ripped from me and it's actually ludicrous that I ever held it because in contrast to Chris I'm basically a regular @wpdavid (no offence David!)

I'm just glad to see that you've caught up with me after all these years. Age begetting wisdom, and all that.

 

[ashley bach]

100%

The depth of England and the range of coaching Baz has brought is improving a lot of players. Bairstow best player in the world. Anderson is going to be bowling for 3-4 years. Foakes is on the road to be better and more consistent then Gily. Leach has improved his batting. Coaching is working, Exciting times for England in 2 years we will be unbeatable

Nobody will ever say that Chris lacks belief....ever.

 

[chris.hinton]

I love adding another thought on this forum

 

[greg]

100%

The depth of England and the range of coaching Baz has brought is improving a lot of players. Bairstow best player in the world. Anderson is going to be bowling for 3-4 years. Foakes is on the road to be better and more consistent then Gily. Leach has improved his batting. Coaching is working, Exciting times for England in 2 years we will be unbeatable

Bit pessimistic really. Reckon Jimmy’s got his eye on Wilf Rhodes

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Bit pessimistic really. Reckon Jimmy’s got his eye on Wilf Rhodes

Jimmy going full Rhodes would be great. We desperately need an opener.