Proteas Tour of England 2012

[AirWolf]

I think it is him and the selectors agreeing that he shuld either clear his head or go back to the drawing board. Imo he was part of the english team's better batsmen in the first test.

Must have been hard for swann to see Tahir getting wickets and he himself not really troubling the batsmen

They had to eat humble pie after all the downplaying of our guys abilities .

[McT]

I saw swann say they will play better Ftsr their 'public humiliation'.


Do u believe bopara's 'personal' reasons for withdrawal? I think he got the boot...

What personal reasons? That didn't make sense?

[Devill]

What personal reasons? That didn't make sense?

Bopara has been left out of the side due to "personal reasons", or at least that is the story in the papers.

They had to eat humble pie after all the downplaying of our guys abilities .

Haha, yeah. I loved the fact that the "best bowling attack in the world" could not take more than 2 wickets on the same pitch our attack took 20 Whahahahahahaha.

[Wall]

Faf had been called up. Albie picked up a knock which rules him out for 10days

[Devill]

In their last 800 minutes in the field, England have taken one international wicket - Graeme Smith for 131. (Smith's form, by the way, is eerily reminiscent of 2003 - if you'd been asleep for nine years, you might think Smith had taken up permanent residence in an English batting crease). England begin the second Test in Leeds tomorrow wondering what it must feel like to see two South African batsmen get out in the same day.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/574874.html

[AirWolf]

Wow, the excuses in that article.

[Devill]

Wow, the excuses in that article.

What I was thinking as well. If the Pomms had a good rest it would have been blamed on not playing enough cricket and warm ups....

[Lament]

Jarre i hate the poms!!!

[Lament]

They cant just accept SA was beter than them on the day, NOOOO, there HAS to be something else, impossible that another team is actually beter than them!!

[Rosaudio]

They cant just accept SA was beter than them on the day, NOOOO, there HAS to be something else, impossible that another team is actually beter than them!!

it is quite embarrassing.

[Lament]

it is quite embarrassing.

Wonder what happens if they win the next test?, then the articles of "the best all round team ever" will emerge again....never though I’ll hate a team more than Australië, but congratulations England, you are the new raining, defending, heavyweight douchbag champions of the world!

[atomcrusher]

Weather report for Leeds, England (the Headingly Test venue)
http://www.meteoprog.co.uk/en/weather/Leeds/

[atomcrusher]

congratulations England, you are the new raining, defending, heavyweight douchbag champions of the world!

The "raining" spelling error was deliberate I presume - as that what usually happens in Mud Island

[Devill]

@ atom, what does the weather say thus far?

[DJ...]

@ atom, what does the weather say thus far?

Cloudy with a chance of saving face by being rained out...