Cricket: England tour of South Africa 2009/10

[Devill]

0.1
Steyn to Strauss, OUT, gone! What an incredible start! A back-of-a-length delivery on the pads, Strauss played with an angled bat to deflect the ball into the leg-side, but Hashim Amla, under the lid at backward short leg, swooped superbly with his right hand, and clung onto a blinder!

AJ Strauss c Amla b Steyn 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.



JAJAJAJA!

[Devill]

:) Well I thought Steyn was going to be as good as Waqar when I first saw him, but our bowling coaches have been ruining him.

I also feel he bowls too short half of the time. FFS he can swing it miles but nooooooo in SA swing bowling is a bit of a lost art :(

[phoneJunky]

Great start for us then

[Rustum]

Out.

[Smooth Criminal]

Lol @ the first ball duck. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy :)

[Ou grote]

I also feel he bowls too short half of the time. FFS he can swing it miles but nooooooo in SA swing bowling is a bit of a lost art :(

Meyrick Pringle was our last great one.
He either took a batch of wickets, or he got klapped around a bit.
He bowled some amazing spells in his career.

[Smooth Criminal]

Woohoo Morkel gets Trott! 7/2

[Stephen]

Another one down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Devill]

trott gone!


1.6
Morkel to Trott, OUT, full length, loose drive, that's plumb! The end of a bewildering innings from Trott, who swished at anything that moved, and eventually played across the line to a full-length delivery

IJL Trott lbw b Morkel 5 (8b 1x4 0x6) SR: 62.50

[undesign]

woot woot - 2 down! :D:D:D

[Rustum]

England all out for 97.
SA puts up 490, declared.
England grinds out another draw?

[sox63]

Great to see Mclaren have his shot, I hope they give him the same sort run they gave Kallis in the beginning. IMO, he is our next big all rounder! :D

[Smooth Criminal]

Lmao @ this:

Sky have just declared that Strauss is the first Englishman to fall to the first ball of a Test match since Stan Worthington in 1936. Incredible. I thought Mike Atherton did so every other game. Mind you, he did bat at 2 a lot ...

[Devill]

I fooking hate trott. He should be called twat.

Ps I hope we get cook, as he has been looking very good (batting wise you homophobes!) the last two test matches and if he gets going we could be in for a long fielding session.

[Bizkit87]

Lol @ the first ball duck. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy :)

:whistle:

[BigAl-sa]

Trott out, looks like a 3 day game...

[Devill]

Great to see Mclaren have his shot, I hope they give him the same sort run they gave Kallis in the beginning. IMO, he is our next big all rounder! :D

Doubt his batting has the same potensial... and if you ask me his bowling is also not a match winner most of the time. But hoping for another Kallis is like hoping for another Sobers and that I doubt will happen for another 20 or 30 odd years :(

[ryu]

can someone please post the score here...having trouble with the interwebs :(
every time the cricket comes on we have probs here at work ! guess everyones on cricinfo :)

[The_Pumpkin_King]

9-2

[The_Pumpkin_King]

can someone please post the score here...having trouble with the interwebs :(
every time the cricket comes on we have probs here at work ! guess everyones on cricinfo :)

try this

http://live.skysports.com/ScoreCentre/live.html?id=cricket

[Devill]

can someone please post the score here...having trouble with the interwebs :(
every time the cricket comes on we have probs here at work ! guess everyones on cricinfo :)

England 10/2 (4.2 ov)

Strauss and trott out.

Pietersen and Cook batting.

Steyn and Morkel bowling.

[Smooth Criminal]

can someone please post the score here...having trouble with the interwebs :(
every time the cricket comes on we have probs here at work ! guess everyones on cricinfo :)
Maybe try the supersport live scoring. Not as good as the cricinfo one, but you'll get the score.

http://www.supersport.com/cricket/

[Devill]

4.6
Steyn to Cook, 1 run, dropped! Turned off the face of the bat to short leg, and did that carry? Some groans from the ground, and Amla looks sheepish. Yes, it burst through his legs. A chance


Sharp chance :(

We need to take those!

[phoneJunky]

To be fair, I would never want to field in that position.

[Devill]

To be fair, I would never want to field in that position.

Well AB sometimes fields at silly mid off or short cover without a helmet! thats fscking crazy.

[Ou grote]

KP is due a 100 :)

[phoneJunky]

Ja, I wouldn't do something that crazy. But someone has, with or without a helmet.

[Rustum]

Out.

[Rustum]

32/3, 8th over.

[D3x]

19 for 2

[phoneJunky]

KP is out

[Devill]

KP is due a 100 :)


7.5
Morkel to Pietersen, OUT, good grief, another one bites the dust, and it's the debutant Wayne Parnell at mid-on! Back of a length, Pietersen climbs into a full-blooded pull, but he doesn't time it properly and Parnell is on hand to intercept.

KP Pietersen c Parnell b Morkel 7 (16b 1x4 0x6) SR: 43.75

Well not today he isn't :D

[Nerfherder]

Great... so we decide to perform in this one.

[Ou grote]

Well not today he isn't :D

Ya, I cursed him. :o


Well Collingwood has been looking great, and looks good for a big one. :)

[phoneJunky]

At the current rate they should be out for 110 :)

[D3x]

Great... so we decide to perform in this one.

Go figure hey! We should have won in Centurion.... :(

[phoneJunky]

Go figure hey! We should have won in Centurion.... :(

and in Cape Town

[Devill]

Ya, I cursed him. :o


Well Collingwood has been looking great, and looks good for a big one. :)

Tel me a bit more about Cook.

Also throw in how great Anderson and swann have been looking with the ball please :D


Go figure hey! We should have won in Centurion.... :(

We would have won Cape town if De Wet was not injured....

We should have won in Centurion as we should have declared earlier.

[Rustum]

Review. No ball?

[Rustum]

Out.

39/4

[Devill]

9.4
Morkel to Cook, OUT, a review coming up, as Cook is given out lbw ... it could be marginal ... He took a while to ponder the option, but it seemed to the naked eye to be quite high, and potentially outside leg... this is absolutely crucial ... and there are so many permutations. No inside-edge, surely that was a no-ball!

AN Cook lbw b Morkel 21 (31b 2x4 0x6) SR: 67.74

Wooooooot!

[milomak]

Great... so we decide to perform in this one.

i'd wait until the end of day 5 to make such an assessment

[phoneJunky]

What about the no-ball?

[Devill]

Now if we can get collingwood before lunch we are on a roll.

[The_Pumpkin_King]

i'd wait until the end of day 5 to make such an assessment

+1! poms are coasting, they cant lose

[R13...]

What about the no-ball?
Forget that!
It's simply going SA's way this morning.
I'm not complaining:whistle:

[native]

I have tickets for saturday, hope i can still use them

[Chris]

Yeah guys don't get too optimistic... we all know that the Proteas haven't performed at their best this series.

[Sting]

What about the no-ball?

A loose strand of his boot's frayed undersole was behind the line! :D

[Devill]

Mostly smart people wait for both teams to have a bat on a pitch :)

[phoneJunky]

Ja, I am also starting to wonder if this will last till Saterday, got 11 tickets and it really hurt my budget.

[Devill]

11.2
Morkel to Bell, no run, nasty bounce from a good length, that jags back into Bell, who is whacked in the midriff, and the deflection just evades the stumps


thats why I rate Morkel.

[sox63]

The new guys are not keeping up the pressure, there been boundry balls in each of their overs so far...

[Devill]

The new guys are not keeping up the pressure, there been boundry balls in each of their overs so far...

Was thinking the same thing but it is their first tests so lets give them a fair trial ;)

[phoneJunky]

Ja, Colly is scoring runs almost at will

[phoneJunky]

For all the mutterings about umpire Harper, the feeling within the Johannesburg press box, according to Gnasher, is that his call on the Cook dismissal was in fact correct. So there we go. Either way, England are deep in the doo-doo.

From cricInfo, and now a six from Colly

[Devill]

Time for kallis.

[Devill]

What time are they taking lunch?

1230 or 1300?

EDIT: 12:30 it is then :p:D

[milomak]

just seen the amla catch to dismiss strauss. that was bloody brilliant.

[Morgoth]

I hope Parnell gets to settle down after lunch, if he hits the correct line then the English Batsmen will have a bloody difficult time ! Steyn and Morkel is really bowling well, won't be long before Morkel competes against Steyn for the no1 spot, good rivalry produces good Cricket!

[killadoob]

I want a win so damn badly, after not allowing smither a runner, ball tampering arggggggggggggggggggg cheaters never win is what they say :(, hope that comes true.

[CHURCHILL]

I want a win so damn badly, after not allowing smither a runner, ball tampering arggggggggggggggggggg cheaters never win is what they say :(, hope that comes true.

Have England been found/proven quilty of tampering with the ball???? or is this just your opinion.

[Hogrod]

Have England been found/proven quilty of tampering with the ball???? or is this just your opinion.

+1
what's funny is at Newlands in the last over 5th day, the fielder stepped on the ball to stop it, studs and all. I was there, I saw it. Didn't make the news though did it, i wonder why...

And giving smit a runner? Why
because he got cramp because he was too unfit to play at the time!

[Ou grote]

Have England been found/proven quilty of tampering with the ball???? or is this just your opinion.

Not since Mike Atherton's dirt in pocket story, or the sucking on on a sweet and spitting on the ball incidents.
They've been very sneaky about it since then.

[CHURCHILL]

Not since Mike Atherton's dirt in pocket story, or the sucking on on a sweet and spitting on the ball incidents.
They've been very sneaky about it since then.

Oh yes, i remember the dirt in the pocket story, it was round about the same time as the match fixing story's.

[CHURCHILL]

+1
what's funny is at Newlands in the last over 5th day, the fielder stepped on the ball to stop it, studs and all. I was there, I saw it. Didn't make the news though did it, i wonder why...

And giving smit a runner? Why
because he got cramp because he was too unfit to play at the time!

I dont even think Smith had a cramp, he was just tired period.

[Ou grote]

Oh yes, i remember the dirt in the pocket story, it was round about the same time as the match fixing story's.

Nope Atherton wasn't playing then.

[SlyFly]

Why isnt DeWet playing?

[AirWolf]

123/5.

Great start from first ball for SA :).

[AirWolf]

Why isnt DeWet playing?

Back injury.

[phoneJunky]

Collingwood out, we should be able to get them now - and there is no Onions

[undesign]

Have England been found/proven quilty of tampering with the ball???? or is this just your opinion.

In SA, on a SA forum, when talking about the SA team you are allowed to make such unsubstantiated claims. Perfectly fair and reasonable. :)

[AirWolf]

I hear that Andy Flower was "nit-picking" with the referee today over a legitimate LBW decision, and Strauss got a "malicious" first ball :twisted:

[Hogrod]

In SA, on a SA forum, when talking about the SA team you are allowed to make such unsubstantiated claims. Perfectly fair and reasonable. :)

Lol, I'm glad someone said it! :D:D:D

[CHURCHILL]

In SA, on a SA forum, when talking about the SA team you are allowed to make such unsubstantiated claims. Perfectly fair and reasonable. :)

Lol... makes sense.:D

[Devill]

Fsck me!

What a ball... damn whoever said steyn is not so good.... watch him in the next couple of test series.

Bell gone :D

[Ou grote]

Collingwood out, we should be able to get them now - and there is no Onions

Hope so, wouldn’t want the poms becoming the #1 test team, but Prior and Swann can bat.

[phoneJunky]

133/6 Bell out

[Ou grote]

Fsck me!

What a ball... damn whoever said steyn is not so good.... watch him in the next couple of test series.

Bell gone :D


37.4
Steyn to Bell, OUT, castled! And that is exceptional bowling. Steyn has been swinging everything away, and this one zips back off the deck, through the gate, and into the stumps! High quality fast bowling, and there's very little that Bell could have done about that

IR Bell b Steyn 35 (86b 6x4 0x6) SR: 40.69

37.3
Steyn to Bell, no run, outside off, too wide to tempt an indiscretion. So it doesn't

37.2
Steyn to Bell, no run, fuller length and sharper swing. Bell is slightly squared up but digs the ball out nonetheless

37.1
Steyn to Bell, no run, full, and gentle but brisk outswing. Steered to short cover


He's bowling full. :)

[killadoob]

He's bowling full. :)

:eek: geez i thought bowling full had been banned in our team :D.

[Ou grote]

:eek: geez i thought bowling full had been banned in our team :D.

Mickey must have gone to the loo

[phoneJunky]

Prior out 136/7

[SlyFly]

wicket. not full. ;)

[phoneJunky]

148/8 Broad Out

[Ou grote]

wicket. not full. ;)


39.6
Steyn to Broad, 3 runs, Broad has an airy drive at this, slapping it with no timing in the air past mid off

The last time England had a real horror, in Headingley 2009, Swann and Broad had a happy-clappy partnership at the end, flaying the ball around. Different situation here, in the first innings, how will they play?

39.5
Steyn to Swann, 1 run, oh close again! Full and swinging away, Swann has a dart and it flies just short of Duminy diving forward at gully

39.4
Steyn to Swann, no run, outside off again, Swann is relieved to get a sighter, leaves it all alone

39.3
Steyn to Swann, no run, good ball, full, swinging away a fraction, Swann leans forward and defends solidly

39.2
Steyn to Swann, no run, outside off stump and left alone

Strauss staring into his laptop to see if he can find any answers. He's probably reading Cricinfo, so I'll tell him. Probing bowling and loose shots. Anyway, here's Swann, who'll have a dash.

39.1
Steyn to Prior, OUT, England collapsing here! Prior gone! Short ball, Prior tries to pull it away but it catches the gloves and goes slowly though to Boucher. Easy catch and South Africa are all over England here. "So much for your quiet hour," says Miller.

MJ Prior c †Boucher b Steyn 14 (25b 2x4 0x6) SR: 56.00



Lots of full ones and then the surprise short one.
Nice bowling :) Pity I can't watch. :(

[milomak]

come on a cheap 150 all out

[Fiekus]

wow what a morning so far for us :D

Joined this discussion quite late but I was in the car when the game started and the commentators said Smith would also have batted first had he won the toss :confused: Different game that would have been :D A very good toss to lose then.
But seriously, surely the best approach is to do what England did to us in Durban... bat once only (second), i.e. get them out cheaply, bat for 2 days, then get them again?
Anyway, so far so good :D

[mezu]

Oh no, its raining in Sunninghill, what the weather like in Illovo?

[HapticSimian]

9 down. Every time I look away from the telly I miss a wicket. Dammit!

[Smooth Criminal]

155/9, Sidearse out.

[ryu]

9 down. Every time I look away from the telly I miss a wicket. Dammit!

quick look away !

[milomak]

damn wagging tail

[mezu]

quick look away ! :p

[phoneJunky]

Just two slips in place for Swann, and no short leg. Looks far too defensive to me.

finish them, dont defend smittie

[killadoob]

Typical smithers.

People wonder why we struggle with the tail!!!!!!!!!

[SlyFly]

Its amazing how fast England bats compared to us... I know they have a lot of wickets down but in the previous tests they always had a much better run rate than us...

[Smooth Criminal]

Got him finally

Its amazing how fast England bats compared to us... I know they have a lot of wickets down but in the previous tests they always had a much better run rate than us...
No they didn't. They only had a better RR in the test that they won. In the others we had a better RR.

[phoneJunky]

All out 180

[Ou grote]

Its amazing how fast England bats compared to us... I know they have a lot of wickets down but in the previous tests they always had a much better run rate than us...

We don't have a 3rd man, they hit it there.

[native]

hope we dont get bowled out for 200

[phoneJunky]

Its amazing how fast England bats compared to us... I know they have a lot of wickets down but in the previous tests they always had a much better run rate than us...

No, last test they said that our runrate was similar in the first 2 tests. And they batted slower than us in the third, so I think we bat faster. It just seems faster if England does it because that is what you don't want to happen.

[phoneJunky]

Leg gully, short leg, three slips and a gully in place.

Two balls after Smith becomes attacking, we get the wicket...

[killadoob]

Well you take wickets when you attack.

duh smithers!!!!!!!!! :D

Ok now we need to post about 500 and win the test on day 3 :D. Show them what we can do when we actually play well.

[Chris]

Smith is finally learning about attacking fields :)

He's obviously reminded of the last test where he got very attacking near the end of the test and got 2/3 wickets.

[Morgoth]

would like to see the swing the English bowlers get on this pitch, it seems to be a seamer deathtrap.

[phoneJunky]

And there it is - rain.

[Devill]

would like to see the swing the English bowlers get on this pitch, it seems to be a seamer deathtrap.

they are moving it sideways :) But we are for the time in any case playing less silly shots :)

[killadoob]

And there it is - rain.

Won't last long.

[Morgoth]

heavy clouds building up in PTA though, hope its not the same in JHB

[Nerfherder]

Won't last long.

The forecast this morning said all weekend long...:cry:

[Fuma]

The forecast this morning said all weekend long...:cry:

Why don't the weather men work with the match officials to move it to another place. Or will the fans be refunded their money if they paid for the rest of the test match?

[poffle]

Why don't the weather men work with the match officials to move it to another place. Or will the fans be refunded their money if they paid for the rest of the test match?

You cant change a test match 1-2 days before its about to start. The organizers have to do so much stuff, organise parking,police,booze,food etc.

The pitch has to be prepared, the grounds have to manned. The teams look at the pitch and see how its going to play, see what team they gonna put out.

Imagine going to wanderers and having a beautiful batting pitch and you bring your big guns. Then 1 day before you gotta move to centurion where its a spin fest, wont work.

[Smooth Criminal]

The rain's stopped in Parktown. Doubt we'll get any play for the rest of the day though.

That doesn't really phase me, because this morning I reckon we all would have been happy with England being 180 all out at the end of the first day :)

[Stephen]

Eish, according to this article, Tahir might not be playing for us anytime soon 8-( :

http://www.cricket365.com/south-africa/story/5859518/CSA-explain-Tahir-confusion

[Smooth Criminal]

We've made 1/9th of their score already :D

[killadoob]

With rain predicted i sure hope we will not go at 2 runs an over for much longer.

We need to win so we need to score fast, 4 an over should be fine :D

[krycor]

so whats the score? hard to track as you guys don't post it

[killadoob]

29/0 RR 2.10.

I just hope smithers has been watching the weather, we basically have today to win this match or atleast post a good score of 450 if possible, if we cannot get a good RR and build a good lead today i cannot see how we will win with the weather looking bad from tomorrow into monday.

2.10 RR ain't gonna do shyte for us, i am sure though he knows about the weather.

[Ou grote]

And the other test score

Australia 519/8d
Pakistan 79/3 (32.2 ov)

Ponting got 209, Clark 166

[Sting]

2.10 RR ain't gonna do shyte for us, i am sure though he knows about the weather.

It was not easy batting late yesterday and even more so in the afternoon after some rain and under floodlights with the red ball. We did well to escape without losing a wicket.

Agree that we must weather the storm this morning and then attack when conditions are better for batting in the afternoon.

[Devill]

29/0 RR 2.10.

I just hope smithers has been watching the weather, we basically have today to win this match or atleast post a good score of 450 if possible, if we cannot get a good RR and build a good lead today i cannot see how we will win with the weather looking bad from tomorrow into monday.

2.10 RR ain't gonna do shyte for us, i am sure though he knows about the weather.

Lol. This might now look to some people as being a 200 run wicket... its not.

It is a 300 run wicket, england fscked up. Go look at the wickets that fell yesterday, only 2 (max 3) was because of the pitch / weather conditions.

If SA can post 300 or even 350 I am sure we can bowl England out for the same and we will then chase around 200.

[milomak]

nice to see fanie give parnell some tips

[killadoob]

Devil regardless if this is a 200 pitch or not, we need a victory and it looks very likely the match will be interrupted by rain.

We cannot plod on at 2 runs an over because we need a win, so either we must play positive and score fast or we lose the series.

I am not saying swing at every delivery but i am saying let's not block 9 out of 10 deliveries :D

[Murdoc]

How can i listen to the cricket on the radio in JHB, what station\frequency??

[Devill]

Devil regardless if this is a 200 pitch or not, we need a victory and it looks very likely the match will be interrupted by rain.

We cannot plod on at 2 runs an over because we need a win, so either we must play positive and score fast or we lose the series.

I am not saying swing at every delivery but i am saying let's not block 9 out of 10 deliveries :D

Yes I agree but seeing as we basically are 150 behind after only 1 day we don't hae to panic.

But on this pitch you have to play positively else you will no score.

Are we not starting at 10am this morning to make up time?

[Devill]

How can i listen to the cricket on the radio in JHB, what station\frequency??

Radio sonder mense. Or radio 2000 or podcast :D

[Sting]

Are we not starting at 10am this morning to make up time?

Yes, play has started.

[milomak]

tbf the overhead conditions yesterday look vastly different to today's. being circumspect was necessary.

[Rustum]

Out.

[Devill]

Sidebottom to Smith, no run, width, and that's a massive appeal! I'm sure there was a noise, and the England fielders are adamant. But they've had to call for a review. Smith climbed into a wild cut, but that's been given not out by umpire Harper, who apparently says he could not hear a noise. Well, that was the only evidence that could have given the decision! Big moment, and conceivably a let-off

Fook that let off se moer man!

[Devill]

Out.

Who?

Please state the player when making statements like that:p:D

[I am Penguin]

Fook that let off se moer man!

Ag, the Rooinekke must try man!

[Devill]

16.3
Broad to Prince, OUT, that one is definitely out! Good delivery climbing outside off, Prince propped forward, found a thick edge, straight into Swann's midriff at second slip

AG Prince c Swann b Broad 19 (71m 48b 3x4 0x6) SR: 39.58

:(

Think peterson might take over opening... that or Amla moves to opener.

[Devill]

All sorts of conspiracy theories being bandied about about that Smith reprieve. Was the third umpire denied vital audio evidence by the SABC feed. Or is he just deaf? Given who we are talking about, I suspect the latter

:rolleyes:

[Rustum]

Four! Amla

[Rustum]

Four! Amla. (10)

47/1

[Rustum]

47/1, 18 overs.

Smith 16
Amla 10

[Devill]

South Africa RR 2.61

Nice to see us picking up slightly. But in weather conditions like these with attacking fields the RR is usually a tad higher :)

[Rustum]

So any one got an answer to the Radio 2000 football riddle?

How can one player score 3 goals without any other players touching the ball in open/normal play. No penalties, no own goals.

[Nerfherder]

So any one got an answer to the Radio 2000 football riddle?

How can one player score 3 goals without any other players touching the ball in open/normal play. No penalties, no own goals.
From a goal kick across the feild ?

[killadoob]

Well he just runs with the ball and shoots considering nobody is allowed to touch it.

He could score 100 goals.

Odd question or maybe my brain is fried today :D.

[Stephen]

South Africa RR 2.61

Nice to see us picking up slightly. But in weather conditions like these with attacking fields the RR is usually a tad higher :)

Yes why arent the Proteas scoring at six an over its not as if the ball is doing anything ;)

[Rustum]

Well he just runs with the ball and shoots considering nobody is allowed to touch it.

He could score 100 goals.

Odd question or maybe my brain is fried today :D.

It's a riddle.

Nerf, it's the same player. How then the next goal, etc?

[killadoob]

Yes why arent the Proteas scoring at six an over its not as if the ball is doing anything ;)

It is called the SA way, rather plod along at 2.6 an over than try and score fast that way we can lose or draw the match :D. Much better than going for the win.

[phoneJunky]

There must be a reason the wickets fell so much yesterday - that is probably why we are batting slowly. Once we reach their score we will faster.

[Devill]

There must be a reason the wickets fell so much yesterday - that is probably why we are batting slowly. Once we reach their score we will faster.

The english got it in their heads that the wicket was shooting fireballs at them and played for the most part like that.

Strauss was unlucky.
Trott was an idiot flailing away at everything.
KP = bad shot selection
Broad = bad shot selection
Prior = bad shot selection
etc etc

[Ou grote]

There's nothing wrong with run rate, can't expect them to blaze away until they're settled.

Once we get past 250, they can klap it around.

[killadoob]

Alf normally i would agree but the weather forecast suggests we may not have the full 5 days to wrap it up. So it would really be bad if only get a 50/70 run lead and lose a day and half to weather and have no chance of winning.

Rather try get a 150 lead today, declare and try bowl em out or something. Maybe we get lucky and lose no play to the weather but that looks unlikely to me.

[Ou grote]

Alf normally i would agree but the weather forecast suggests we may not have the full 5 days to wrap it up. So it would really be bad if only get a 50/70 run lead and lose a day and half to weather and have no chance of winning.

Rather try get a 150 lead today, declare and try bowl em out or something. Maybe we get lucky and lose no play to the weather but that looks unlikely to me.

They can't play for the weather, they get themselves bowled out for under 200, they're probably buggered.

In another 40 overs they'll overtake the poms score, and that'll basically be half the match gone.
Still plenty of time.

[milomak]

So any one got an answer to the Radio 2000 football riddle?

How can one player score 3 goals without any other players touching the ball in open/normal play. No penalties, no own goals.

from a corner?

re the RR. It takes time to move a RR up if it was at 2. that's just maths.

i mean look at tis 50 run partnership. 51 off 61 balls.

[f4ntom]

what's the score :D?

[The_Pumpkin_King]

87-1

[AirWolf]

South Africa RR 3.18
Last 10 ovs 46/0 RR 4.60

102/1

[killadoob]

Yup this is what i am talking about :D.

Go Boys!!!!!!

[milomak]

RR at 3.2 now

[Rustum]

from a corner?

Normal play.

Goalie not involved.

Repeat for newcomers:

Football riddle: How can the same player score 3 goals without any other player touching the ball in normal/open play. No penalties, no own goals, no goalies' goals, no corners.

[I am Penguin]

http://live.cricket365.com/livescore/tracker1/index.phtml/c365


Runs starting to come a little easier for Smith - certainly against the seamers - as a poor legside delivery is easily put away to the square-leg to bring up his 27th Test fifty and South Africa's hundred. England in deep, deep trouble.

"Live feed"

[The_Pumpkin_King]

Normal play.

Goalie not involved.

Repeat for newcomers:

Football riddle: How can the same player score 3 goals without any other player touching the ball in normal/open play. No penalties, no own goals, no goalies' goals, no corners.

throw in

[undesign]

Normal play.

Goalie not involved.

Repeat for newcomers:

Football riddle: How can the same player score 3 goals without any other player touching the ball in normal/open play. No penalties, no own goals, no goalies' goals, no corners.

The bowlers bowls a wide, then the wicket keeper...oh sorry, it's a soccer question. :)

[Veroland]

I think they should try and bat for today and tomorrow, then have 2 days to try and get England out again

[killadoob]

Yes siris i would have though the football riddle would have given it away but that is just me :D

[The_Pumpkin_King]

I think they should try and bat for today and tomorrow, then have 2 days to try and get England out again

Rain is going to factor, looks like a storm is brewing

[phoneJunky]

We will loose like 2 hours each day... But I think we can beat them with an innings

[Rustum]

Oops, yes, it's a soccer riddle, but it's been running on the cricket commentary on Radio 2000 for the past three tests

[milomak]

Normal play.

Goalie not involved.

Repeat for newcomers:

Football riddle: How can the same player score 3 goals without any other player touching the ball in normal/open play. No penalties, no own goals, no goalies' goals, no corners.

well looking at the wording it says that the people in open play mustn't touch it. not that it results from open play. given it is a riddle they often play on such grammatical issues.

EDIT: But if you mean from open play. Then after kick off

[killadoob]

Well if smithers stays for another 10 or 20 over i think we could get 400 today. Then we declare and have a push tomorrow morning :D.

[Veroland]

Rain is going to factor, looks like a storm is brewing

I think so too, weather is not looking good here in Randburg

[killadoob]

Naaa i are liking to be in the randburg area as well and it looks fine a bit gloomy but not to bad :D.

[phoneJunky]

The runtempo just went mad the last couple of overs. Current runrate is 3.33

[Veroland]

Naaa i are liking to be in the randburg area as well and it looks fine a bit gloomy but not to bad :D.

I hope you are right, nut there are some dark clouds coming up

[Ou grote]

From cricinfo :whistle:

"The absence the audio on Smith's alleged dismissal is part of a innovative rewards scheme from the SABC to motivate more South Africans to pay their TV license," says Clinton Nortje. "I, like many other South Africans, am currently writing a check."

[killadoob]

Last 10 ovs 54/0 RR 5.40
Min overs remaining 73.3

[I am Penguin]

Smith looking ominously good now. Already it looks like England willl need two days of rain in the next three-and-a-half to avoid defeat here.:D

[D3x]

To all those who are posting updated scores, thanks a lot.

It helps us poor dudes who are up against Websense.... :D

[sand_man]

Last 10 ovs 54/0 RR 5.40
Min overs remaining 73.3
Nice but this test is going to be a draw on account of poor whether... f...k up...

[Veroland]

Naaa i are liking to be in the randburg area as well and it looks fine a bit gloomy but not to bad :D.

I hope you are right, nut there are some dark clouds coming up

[killadoob]

Hope not i want to go for my daily swim :(.

Stay away rain til 2 dammit!!!!!!!!

[Devill]

"I'm hoping for Isandlwana, Majuba and Spioenkop all in one, with KP slumped over his rifle, a curiously peaceful expression in his unseeing eyes," says Will. I suspect you're getting your wish.

WHAHAHAHAHA :D

Damn the cricinfo guys can make me laugh :D

[milomak]

those cricinfo guys really knwo how to spice up commentary

[phoneJunky]

Smith on his way to get another century. Hope he gets it

[Devill]

Who was telling the other day amla bats really slowly?

I see him batting at more than 50 strike rate and he is doing it on a wicket that 11 wickets have fallen in the last 26 hours :eek:

[Devill]

Smith on his way to get another century. Hope he gets it

Why did you say that?! Stop cursing him!

[milomak]

this is a satisfactory position to be in. hope we can reach 300+ by the end of the day.

[killadoob]

I am hoping closer to 400+, when smithers gets his century i think it would be a good time for him to start smashing the ball

[phoneJunky]

Ja, we should pick up the tempo if we get past their total

[Ou grote]

Raise u guys to 500+

[killadoob]

Ya imagine we get 400 and declare, england have 3 days to either score the runs plus more or hang on :D.

Come on now we can have this done tomorrow afternoon dammit :p, I think 500 is pushing it unless smithers gets going and does not go out then maybe :D.

[Devill]

Raise u guys to 500+

I see your 500+ and raise you another 300 and a draw!

[R13...]

Whatever happens, if we learned anything from the 2 draws it should be that we mustn't be batting at the start of day four. And at this rate that shouldn't be a problem.

[phoneJunky]

Lol, Smitty might pull of another double and Amla his first...

[Devill]

Whatever happens, if we learned anything from the 2 draws it should be that we mustn't be batting at the start of day four. And at this rate that shouldn't be a problem.

Rofl we would do damn well if we were still abtting at the start of day 4 :D


Lol, Smitty might pull of another double and Amla his first...

I hope so as he generally scores his 2nd hundred at good pace :D

[mezu]

"Prior to lunch the Cook informed the English that Onions will be served" - cricbuzz.com :D

[Devill]

"Prior to lunch the Cook informed the English that Onions will be served" - cricbuzz.com :D

ROFL :D

I think Onions would have done very well in this weather on this pitch.

Sidebottom has not really looked the part.

But still a lot of cricket to be played, I could be wrong.

[mezu]

ROFL :D

But still a lot of cricket to be played, I could be wrong.

Oh snap! its raining in Sunninghill :(

[D3x]

UPDATE PLS!!!!

:)

[phoneJunky]

It was lunch, it is only starting now 166/1

[I am Penguin]

UPDATE PLS!!!!

:)

http://live.cricket365.com/livescore/tracker1/index.phtml/c365


SA v England, 4th Test Day 2 Commentary

Over 48 Broad 0-1-0-4wd-0-0-0: 166-1 - Broad starts the afternoon session with a couple of hostile short balls to Smith, who fends the second slightly awkwardly into the legside. Short-leg and leg-gully in place for Amla, so the method of attack is clearly going to be the same. Overdoes it, though, with one that bounces miles over Amla and Prior to the boundary. Signalled as wides as well. The length ball is the surprise delivery and Amla, back in his crease, defends at the last moment and gets a thick inside edge into the legside that causes brief excitement from the cordon that the leg trap might work. Looks a bit of a desperate scheme to me. Probably because England are and it is.

Lunch: Graeme Smith is once again leading from the front after surviving a controversial caught-behind review where doubt has been cast on the quality of the information made available to the third umpire. But Smith has stepped on the gas after getting past the new ball and hasn't let Swann settle. South Africa now just 20 runs behind and surely heading for a series-levelling victory that few could honestly argue isn't thoroughly deserved

[milomak]

raining in sandton :(

[phoneJunky]

99 for smith

[phoneJunky]

100 for smith

[D3x]

Awesome for Smith......

Amla's score?

[I am Penguin]

Over 56 Sidebottom 0-4-0-1-0-1: 197-1 - Back-to-back hundreds for Smith! He gets there with his 16th boundary, cut away with authority behind point. It's his 20th Test century and, although it feels like it, not all of them have been against England. He adds a single to deep square-leg and Amla another to deep point in a weary-looking comeback over from Sidebottom, whose lack of recent bowling must surely become a factor at some stage if it isn't already.

Nice one Cappie!

[milomak]

raining in sandton :(


quickly passed thankfully

[phoneJunky]

Smith is out for 105

[D3x]

Comon Kallis!!!!!

[phoneJunky]

It is raining...

[D3x]

Play has stopped!! :(

Sorry gents, I forgot I had a BB *blind*. I could have gotten the scores myself. :) Still getting used to the "free" stuff. :)

[Devill]

Please pass mr rainman :(

[milomak]

pissing down in sandton (about 5kms from the stadium) :( :(

[The_Pumpkin_King]

pissing down in sandton (about 5kms from the stadium) :( :(

just about say epic thunder n lightning show here

[Devill]

pissing down in sandton (about 5kms from the stadium) :( :(


just about say epic thunder n lightning show here

:( Foooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook

[AMG133]

Its bucketing down there, heard its bad

[The_Pumpkin_King]

this is a bitch of a storm, 2 seconds outside n you're soaked!

hopefully, the sun does a proper job in the morning

[sand_man]

Stopped raining here in Norwood about 30 minutes ago (about 6km from the stadium) but lots of thunder around...

[mezu]

stupid rain clouds!! :mad:

[silent_shadow]

I will really, really hate it if England somehow manage to win this series when we've outplayed them in 3 of the 4 tests.

[milomak]

the pics from the wanderers not looking to promising. especially regarding the outfield

[Morgoth]

very cloudy in pta as well ;/

[The_Pumpkin_King]

rain has stopped but the damage is done

[Mamajyot]

Can we please get a weather update from the guys in Gauteng?
It's 4:22 right now.

[Ou grote]

4.15pm Well, the covers are well off and it appears the sun is out, so if the rain stays away there's a very good chance of play this afternoon.

[milomak]

i'd like to see what the outfield looks like. from what i saw earlier, i'd be surprised if play restarts today. Next update at 16h50.

[Mamajyot]

thanks great to hear.

Hope it does not start swinging and we get shafted.I think hash and Kallis will score big tons

[Ou grote]

Not much chance of getting even 10 more overs in.

[sand_man]

Not much chance of getting even 10 more overs in.
It's blue skies here at the mo!!!! Lets play!!! :)

[Chris]

4.57pm Ian Botham has just said that he expects play to start again at 5.30pm.

/sigh

[sand_man]

30 minutes is just enough time for one of our batsman to get out!!! Won't/cannot accomplish anything else in 30 minutes!!! Would be better if play is called off today from a South African perspective!!

[Rosaudio]

Bloody Joburg weather!

They should play all the tests down here :D

[sand_man]

Bloody Joburg weather!

They should play all the tests down here :DAgreed. It's gotten significantly darker here now too. No chance of play today IMO..

Just as well. Facing a 7 over burst now would be catastrophic....

[LancelotSA]

So I was just wondering at what point I am allowed to blame the Gods if England escape this one?

[stefan9]

The sooner we get the pink ball going in test cricket the better. Also I prefered the old system were the batsmen decide if it was too dark or not. Had that been in place I am 100% sure amla and jk would have stayed out there a bit longer.

The weather will make it difficult we need to get a 250-300 lead in good time and hope we can have enough time to bowl them out again. The benifit with the rain is it keps the pitch green.

[killadoob]

I do not think we need a 200-300 run lead, go out get a 100-150 lead and put england in.

We cannot afford to go into day 4 still batting and rain decides the match. Get england in as soon as possible and bowl them out.

[Morgoth]

The sooner we get the pink ball going in test cricket the better. Also I prefered the old system were the batsmen decide if it was too dark or not. Had that been in place I am 100% sure amla and jk would have stayed out there a bit longer.

The weather will make it difficult we need to get a 250-300 lead in good time and hope we can have enough time to bowl them out again. The benifit with the rain is it keps the pitch green.

we don't do pink things dave!

[killadoob]

we don't do pink things dave!

Do you know how gay that add is :D, they like brown i guess.

Of course we do pink things well for most part :D.

[sand_man]

I think we should declare overnight. Imagine the surprise if England found themselves batting 1st thing tomorrow morning? They would fold like Jimmy Abbotts deck chair...

[Morgoth]

Do you know how gay that add is :D, they like brown i guess.

Of course we do pink things well for most part :D.

only the 1st 3 mm is brown/black/white :D....

but yes..playing cricket with a pink ball is gay..... no matter how metro(gay) our world becomes! I will not wear a pink shirt, play a pink game or drink pink drinks..

if cricket is played with a pink ball then I will stop watching... imagine Dale Steyn being the best pink ball bowler in the world WTF IS UP WITH THAT???????

[Sting]

What's wrong with sinking the pink?

[Rosaudio]

I think it should be played with a colour changing ball tbh. Like different layers of pink, green, blu, red, gold etc... that are revealed through wear and tear

[Ou grote]

I think it should be played with a colour changing ball tbh. Like different layers of pink, green, blu, red, gold etc... that are revealed through wear and tear

Sounds like the Bulls new colours.

[Morgoth]

What's wrong with sinking the pink?

always keep it real moggie, ALWAYS keep it real!!!

[Adrenalin]

only the 1st 3 mm is brown/black/white :D....

but yes..playing cricket with a pink ball is gay..... no matter how metro(gay) our world becomes! I will not wear a pink shirt, play a pink game or drink pink drinks..

if cricket is played with a pink ball then I will stop watching... imagine Dale Steyn being the best pink ball bowler in the world WTF IS UP WITH THAT???????

HAHAAHAHAHA!!!

+1

[Sting]

Poms are whining again!

http://www.sport24.co.za/Content/Cricket/EnglandinSA/3513/ef65aa6eaf2c4864bb229d484e61023b/15-01-2010-08-42/Flower_blasts_ICC_for_blunder


Johannesburg - England coach Andy Flower criticised the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday after South Africa captain Graeme Smith survived a controversial umpire review decision in the fourth and final test on Friday.

Smith was on 15 when he slashed at a wide delivery from Ryan Sidebottom and the fielders were convinced he had edged the ball to keeper Matt Prior, calling for a review after umpire Tony Hill gave the batsman not out.

Third umpire Daryl Harper then upheld Hill's decision and Smith went on to make 105 as South Africa ended a rain-interrupted second day on 215 for two, a lead of 35 runs.

Flower said Harper erred by not turning up the volume on his feed from the stump microphone, adding the England camp could clearly hear an edge on their television sets in the changing room.

"I've seen the match referee [Roshan Mahanama] a couple of times today," Flower told reporters. "The first meeting was to clarify the process the third umpire went through in making his decision.

"The match referee told me the third umpire has a different audio feed to the television stations but on subsequent investigation we discovered this is not correct. There is one audio feed for everyone.

"Mr Mahanama then said Daryl Harper had not switched the volume up on his microphone because they hadn't deemed it necessary, which is why we heard the nick but the third umpire did not," added Flower.

"If the incident had not happened in such a serious match I would have found it amusing but it is very disappointing and incidents like these do not reflect well on the ICC (governing body)."

England's coach said the umpire review system ran the risk of becoming illogical due to inconsistencies in its application.

"There are a couple of things which I find illogical," said Flower. "The first is the system is not used for no-balls and both Kevin Pietersen and Graeme Smith have been dismissed off no-balls in this series.

"The other inconsistency is that before the series Dave Richardson [ICC general manager - cricket] and Roshan Mahanama said in the absence of snicko and hot-spot (technology) they would use an increased volume on the stump microphones.

"The fact that today they would not turn up the volume is very disappointing. Our report on the umpires will be the forum through which we take it further," said Flower.

"Of course mistakes happen, we make them every day, but when there is no logic or reason to them it is very frustrating."

Smith was non-committal over whether he edged the ball.

"There was definitely a noise but I didn't feel I touched it," said the opener. "Maybe I did, maybe I didn't, but it's not my job to discuss the third umpire.

"To cry over spilt milk is not right, it shouldn't be an issue and we should just get on with the game."

England lead the series 1-0.

[Morgoth]

afaik, the line belongs to the umpire so the poms so STFU!!! there was no conclusive evidence to overturn the decision.

[I am Penguin]

afaik, the line belongs to the umpire so the poms so STFU!!! there was no conclusive evidence to overturn the decision.

Yep, The Auzzies may be patriotic runts but the English are just whining bitches.

[stefan9]

They do have a point in this case. If mister harper forgets to have his mic turned on when we are bowling and he misses and edge, there will be big trouble.;)

Fine that he missed it for england thought.:D

[milomak]

guys the weather is gonna screw us. draw it will be

[Sting]

what's the weather like this morning?

[I am Penguin]

guys the weather is gonna screw us. draw it will be

Nope You must mean a LOSS!

[Hogrod]

Yep, The Auzzies may be patriotic runts but the English are just whining bitches.


Poms are whining again!

http://www.sport24.co.za/Content/Cricket/EnglandinSA/3513/ef65aa6eaf2c4864bb229d484e61023b/15-01-2010-08-42/Flower_blasts_ICC_for_blunder

Reminds me of the whining about the 'ball tampering' last week... Each side as bad as each other

[I am Penguin]

Reminds me of the whining about the 'ball tampering' last week... Each side as bad as each other

They are the Bitches we are the Dogs, Screw them! I say.