Cricket - proteas

[Bruce Rioja]

Balls. Stokes out for 58.

202-for5. This is going to be pretty tight at the turn.

nahh - plenty of batting to come - and a weak and inexperienced bowling attack...

Well, for a weak and inexperienced bowling attack, my friend, they seem to be doing quite well.

[TANGODANCER]

238-5 and bad light stops play.....temporarily? Sorry to see Stokes go, he's been a revelation.

[TANGODANCER]

All over for today. Rain halts it at same 238-5. Play to start half an hour early tomorrow. Wilbur Smith never told us about this.

[Worthy4England]

Seems like a fairly well balanced match at the moment...

[thebish]

Balls. Stokes out for 58.

202-for5. This is going to be pretty tight at the turn.

nahh - plenty of batting to come - and a weak and inexperienced bowling attack...

Well, for a weak and inexperienced bowling attack, my friend, they seem to be doing quite well.

some spot-on predictioning there, Bruce!

tight at the turn it was!

[TANGODANCER]

323 all out and a lead of just 10. S.A. 16-0 at lunch. Very even stevens right now.

[Nicko58]

Now it's not so even stevens. Three down for not a lot and with De Villiers gone. They're right up against it.

[thebish]

Now it's not so even stevens. Three down for not a lot and with De Villiers gone. They're right up against it.

cracking 19-ball spell for broad there.. 19 balls, 3 wickets for 1 run!

and Finn yet to feature...

edit... Broad has a 4th! and not just any old 4th - it's Amla!!!

[thebish]

apparently a spectacularly ace catch...

What a catch! What a brilliant catch from James Taylor! Yes, he's deep at short leg, but Hashim Amla has middled that. Taylor keeps low, gets both hands to the ball and snaffles it millimeters from the turf. Amla, the second of South Africa's batting superstars, is gone and it's that man Stuart Broad again. England are rampaging. They've taken 4-8 in 7.5 overs.

[thebish]

an a feckin-nuther one!! Bavuma - back in the hutch... Broad is quite figuratively, on FIRE!!!


broad is 5-1 in 30 balls...

[Little Green Man]

He's a bowling enigma. Short-pitched dross one minute then unplayable the next.

Apparently that's the seventh time he's taken five in a single session. Amazing!

[clapton is god]

Absolutely thrapping them! 46-7!

[thebish]

Absolutely thrapping them! 46-7!

aye - and with our 10 run first-innings lead - that's effectively 36-7...

[thebish]

taylor's second catch...

James Taylor has done it again! He's taken another blinder at short leg! In fact, this one is even better. Two balls into Steven Finn's spell, Dane Vilas turns one off his hip and Taylor dives full-stretch to his right, clinging on in one hand. That is so difficult to do. Taylor is off on another sprinting celebration and another Protea is heading back.

[TANGODANCER]

Went off to do a bit of painting, came back to find we're painting the town. Magnificent stuff. Well done.

[TANGODANCER]

Absolutely thrapping them! 46-7!

Good term Clappers, reminded me of one from way back..clothering your earhole....Let's clother em as well.

[TANGODANCER]

8 down for 67.....loving it....

[jimbo]

Stunning session of cricket. This England side at the moment have that ability to produce exhilariating sessions of cricket with both bat and ball which can take the game right away from the opposition. Next step is finding a little more consistency and getting the top 5 sorted!

[TANGODANCER]

Talk of dark clouds moving in over Joburg. Players are out after lunch so let's keep hoping no rain.

[TANGODANCER]

And Jimmy gets no 9. Viljoen L.B.W.