Topic: South Africa vs England (Read 271080 times)

JB · « **Reply #525 on:** December 28, 2015, 03:07:26 PM »

They're definitely red on my tv

smilley792 · « **Reply #526 on:** December 28, 2015, 03:10:57 PM »

Rooooooooooooooot

Gloves are yellow and red ones.

iand123 · « **Reply #527 on:** December 28, 2015, 03:11:47 PM »

Quote from: rickjames on December 28, 2015, 02:56:48 PM

Is Root wearing pink NB gloves?

I thought exactly the same.

iand123 · « **Reply #528 on:** December 28, 2015, 03:13:17 PM »

Looks like he has now changed gloves. Earlier he was wearing the same as the orange/black gloves but the orange was pink

rickjames · « **Reply #529 on:** December 28, 2015, 03:16:12 PM »

Dunno if it was the cameras but they did look rather pink.

I love Joe Root. We all love Joe Root. Root is love.

smilley792 · « **Reply #530 on:** December 28, 2015, 03:30:00 PM »

Sat watching the test match and listening to the commentators discuss who should be dropped, who should come in and were. And who shouldn't but probably will as selectees keep doing it.......

Except it's the South Africans discussing there side, exactly how England's commentators have us for the last 18months.

They want Stephen cook opening and de kock at 7, maybe rousow to replace du plessis.
They reckon rousow will come in to open, which is not what they want as didn't work before.

They also seem very pessimistic about there chances in test two(already given up on this test)

smilley792 · « **Reply #531 on:** December 28, 2015, 03:36:38 PM »

So the end of day 3 against the worlds no1 test side, and we have a lead of 261 with 7 second inning wickets remaining.

According to the forum
We have an opener that shouldn't be near test cricket.
A number 6 allrounder that's an limited overs hit and giggle player
A stumper that's not good enough with bat or gloves
A spinning allrounder that bowls pies and shouldn't even bat at 8.
And a bowler who shouldn't even be in the squad.

And yet at the end of day 3 against the worlds no1 test side, and we have a lead of 261 with 7 second inning wickets remaining.

What do we know about cricket eh???

FattusCattus · « **Reply #532 on:** December 28, 2015, 03:38:26 PM »

Christopher (and others) - I do not have Sky - how did Finn bowl? Some of the Cricinfo commentry said he bowled some tasty spells?

JB · « **Reply #533 on:** December 28, 2015, 03:47:55 PM »

I thought he bowled very well, he's never going to be the most economical bowler but definitely gave the SA batsmen a test

kenbriooo · « **Reply #534 on:** December 28, 2015, 03:53:20 PM »

Couldn't really have asked for a better day for England. I'd bat till there are 110 overs left in the game. England should be well ahead by that point and it'll give them 2 new balls if required.

No reason why this England team can't remain settled for a long time while it is possibly the beginning of the end of the cycle for SA team.

rickjames · « **Reply #535 on:** December 28, 2015, 03:58:10 PM »

I think they'll get to 400 odd around lunch and declare, give them a fair chunk of time to put them to the sword.

I guess they'll have a fair old shuffle for the second test, think it'd be stupid to have AB keeping again, just call up de Kock

Gelds · « **Reply #536 on:** December 28, 2015, 04:01:08 PM »

I'd look to bat until around lunchtime tomorrow, maybe just after and then look to get stuck into SA again. Need to make sure we give ourselves enough time to bowl them out. 350/360 lead will be plenty.

sanredrose · « **Reply #537 on:** December 28, 2015, 06:01:41 PM »

350 doesn't push the opponent team to a defensive corner, however 400 would block their minds and ruin any thoughts of winning the test match. Eng should add around 120 ~ 150 runs and declare little bit after lunch. 400+ target would make SA go into a shell. Eng is definitely looking very strong right now ...

ABD must be relieved of keeping duties and he should be sent in to bat at No 3. Amla & Faf need to go in at lower order. This would give AB the platform to score some runs before running out of partners on the opposite end. SA must bring in a keeper - de Kock or Riley. One of them could open the innings with Elgar. They could even bring both of them into the line up to replace Bavuma & Van Zyl. If de kock and riley play an ODI style knock and contribute around 80 runs in total it would make a big difference to the current SA test team given that they haven't even thought of crossing 300 runs in the last 4 test matches.

Captaincy (No Swearing Please) from Amla to ABD might help as well. ABD seems to be leading SA well in ODI format, why not give him a chance to field the test team for a series ?

smilley792 · « **Reply #538 on:** December 28, 2015, 06:07:02 PM »

De villiers- I'm to tired and need to lessen my workload.

Your idea, remove keeping and add captaincy?? Not sure that'll help.

SA commentators said they don't want rousow or de kock opening as it hasn't worked in passed. Either should be down the order and Stephen cook open.

Be interesting to see what changes are made. They'd need some injuries to bring people in though. You can't randomly call up for a series otherwise can you?

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #539 on:** December 28, 2015, 06:08:54 PM »

Quote from: smilley792 on December 28, 2015, 06:07:02 PM

They'd need some injuries to bring people in though. You can't randomly call up for a series otherwise can you?

Didn't England do that through the whole of the 90's.

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