*Official* South African tour of England and Ireland 2022

[BazBall21]

Oooo SA getting rub of the green there

 

[Heboric]

Well done young man, always nice getting the oposition kingpin

 

[_Ed_]

Ooh boy.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Disappointing to lose a batsman in the first session.

 

[trundler]

England batting first so normal rules apply clearly.

Pope has looked solid so far.

 

[social]

Very tall, quick, swinging and a lefty

Good luck

Comparisons to Bruce Reid justified

 

[BazBall21]

England batting first so normal rules apply clearly.

Pope has looked solid so far.

Pope is a sound starter which is surprising given how jittery he is. England need a partnership here.

 

[Uppercut]

I didn't realise Ngidi and Jansen had started their test careers so well. Would have expected more hype.

 

[Chubb]

Honestly just done with Crawley. Done with the whole system that produced him and the people that accept it.

 

[BazBall21]

Root wasn't out there imo

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Crawley still getting a game? Lmao what. England have done a lot of good this summer but that's farcical.

Main reason I won't predict we will beat anyone. Openers stink and we rely too much on the Yorkies scoring big runs.

 

[BazBall21]

We need some runs from Stokes and Pope this series. The openers are incapable. Root and Bairstow won't be as prolific as they were earlier on this summer.

 

[kevinw]

Honestly just done with Crawley. Done with the whole system that produced him and the people that accept it.

The system that produced him can be described as "money, nepotism and being good in the dressing room".

 

[Chubb]

The system that produced him can be described as "money, nepotism and being good in the dressing room".

Exactly.

 

[BazBall21]

Yeah it stinks.

 

[BazBall21]

Bairstow absolutely castled there!

 

[Chubb]

Lol.

 

[trundler]

Root wasn't out there imo

Yeah robbed IMO. Deviated so much and it was the most marginal of umpire's calls

 

[Marius]

We need to get a grip. South Africa could run us close

But we may have Johnny Bairstow batting for a long time haha

LOL

 

[Heboric]

We need to get a grip. South Africa could run us close

But we may have Johnny Bairstow batting for a long time haha

Hack gone