Cricket - proteas

[Worthy4England]

74 to win - thought it was going to be really tight after the first innings - hopefully, it's not.

[thebish]

11-0...

this could be over before tea-time tomorrow, I'll wager!

[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.

some spot-on predictioning there, Bruce!

tight at the turn it was!

Cheers Bish. Not so this morning. Had a lie-in until 10:30 then went for a run. When I arrived home my guess was that they'd have seen our tail off and that their openers would be in. They were 40 + odd for six

[thebish]

11-0...

this could be over before tea-time tomorrow, I'll wager!

yay - yet another bold bish prediction comes true!

[TANGODANCER]

Home boys are 188-1. Not our best start ever then. Is it the wicket? Only time will tell, but we could do with a wicket or two for sure.

[thebish]

could have been worse.. 4 wickets after tea have helped! still SA's day, though - tomorrow might bring summat else.

[TANGODANCER]

S.A 421-8 at lunch. Still in the balance. Could do with a quick end to it but De Kock is on 85.

[thebish]

stat interlude...

South Africa's 475 is the lowest all out total when three batsmen have made a hundred. The previous lowest was 494 by Australia v England at Leeds in 1926.

Usually when a team has three centurions, they are not all out (only 30 of 150 occasions have they been bowled out), so the lowest in any innings is 393-3 by South Africa v England at Lord’s in 2008.

[TANGODANCER]

85-2 in reply. Compton apparently very unlucky to a ball that hit the dirt and stayed there, no bounce.

[TANGODANCER]

218-6 is not the best way to start my Sunday....

[TANGODANCER]

318-8 at tea is better and we're now 157 behind with two wickets standing. Not beyond us if we get a grip of it.

[thebish]

318-8 at tea is better and we're now 157 behind with two wickets standing. Not beyond us if we get a grip of it.

hmmm... 133 is a big first innings lead to give away...

[TANGODANCER]

Anything Rabada can do.....

[thebish]

Anything Rabada can do.....

jimmy's bagged Elgar...

[thebish]

52-3 - 98 overs to bat through..

hmmm... I'll not be betting my mortgage on England winning this from here!

[TANGODANCER]

It ain't lost till it's won. We can do it.....

[TANGODANCER]

Well, we got well and truly tonked in that one. 101 all out and a more than pathetic batting display, so was it the pitch that beat us in this one?.

Still, we won the series and go home with the trophies which ain't bad.

[BWFC_Insane]

Lost this because we didn't bowl well at all during their first innings. Let them get the big score.

Was always difficult on this pitch from there.

A good series overall. Need to sort out the top of the batting and for me we still lack a proper spinner at times. Longer term also need a replacement for Jimmy as he can't go on forever.

[Bruce Rioja]

Proof, should it be needed, that God fields at first slip.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Some spritely scoring by us in the ODI today.