South Africa tour of England, May - Aug 2017

[WaxLyrical]

Morkel has the most no ball wickets in cricket history.

Well done mate.

 

[Neoprod]

I'm quite surprised by how often we're beating the bat and how long it's gone on for. I was thinking England chose to bat because the pitch was flat and they thought they would only have to worry about the early morning conditions on a fresh pitch. Instead, they could have been bowled out if the batters had nicked a few instead of missing (and we'd taken the Root chance early on).

Interesting day.

 

[cenredash]

SA Bowlers not coming out after lunch. hope they come out after tea!

 

[Wall]

**** off Morkel

 

[cenredash]

Thankfully the bowlers are back out after tea!

Sometimes feels like a pay dispute ... when for a session nothing good happens .. then it is resolved ... and 190/5

BA Stokes c †de Kock b Rabada 56 (108b 8x4 1x6) SR: 51.85

 

[Dan C]

Root 100. Well played.

 

[sand_man]

Root 100. Well played.

Yip. Drop him once he's going to profit bigtime. Drop him twice, it could cost you the test match. Don't understand it. When a player of his calibre arrives at the crease you need to be pay attention. It's almost disrespectful dropping him twice.

 

[Agent_Smith]

Hmm, I know it's only Day 1 but I'm wondering if Maharaj was the best choice as a spinner, given the plethora of left handers in this England line up. He's meat and drink to them right now. Someone like Piedt or Shamzi (or Harmer *cough cough* ) would've asked more questions as they can turn the ball away from the bat.

 

[Dan C]

F**k no ball !!!

 

[WaxLyrical]

Uphill struggle to win starts now.

 

[Agent_Smith]

Great session! I wasn't expecting that to be honest. Still nervous while Root, Stokes and Ali have their wickets in tact. 82/4 could easily become 350/5 with them still around but yeah, definitely on top!

Crikey, did I call it or what. Fckin no balls, dropped catches 357/5 could easily have been 220 all out.

 

[Neoprod]

^, so you're to blame. Good to know.

Drinks on you, bloody agent.

 

[Neoprod]

Uphill struggle to win starts now.

We'd do well to salvage a draw out of this...England would have to collapse tomorrow and again in the second innings before we could contemplate a win.

 

[Dan C]

Crikey, did I call it or what. Fckin no balls, dropped catches 357/5 could easily have been 220 all out.

You are the Root to all evil... :twisted:

Anyhow, can't see us even getting close to winning this one. Best bet is a draw.

 

[Agent_Smith]

haha your asses! It's only jinxable when we're batting, we all know this! Not responsible for no balls

 

[Agent_Smith]

You are the Root to all evil... :twisted:

Anyhow, can't see us even getting close to winning this one. Best bet is a draw.

For that to happen, we'd have to bowl them out early tomorrow and then bat until tea on the fourth day. Set them a deficit somewhere in the region of 250 and bowl them out in 4 sessions. Can't see it happening though

 

[Dan C]

For that to happen, we'd have to bowl them out early tomorrow and then bat until tea on the fourth day. Set them a deficit somewhere in the region of 250 and bowl them out in 4 sessions. Can't see it happening though

Much easier than that.

https://www.cyclechat.net/attachments/keep-calm-and-do-a-rain-dance-png.262397/

 

[Kelerei]

South Africa tour of England, 1st Test: England v South Africa at Lord's, Jul 6-10, 2017
Stumps - Day 1

England 357-5* (87.0 overs, JE Root 184*, MM Ali 61*, VD Philander 3-46*)

 

[Agent_Smith]

Much easier than that.

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rain for the draw, my scenario for the win. A draw looking like our best bet at this stage...

 

[AfricanTech]

Always going to be made to pay for fluckups