South Africa in England

[brod]

The South African tour of England starts today with a tour match versus Someset.

Touring Squad: Graeme Smith (capt), Ashwell Prince (vice-capt), Neil McKenzie, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher (wk), JP Duminy, Morne Morkel, Robin Peterson, Paul Harris, Dale Steyn, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Monde Zondeki.

[mighty_tiger_79]

this tour could be embarrassing for the poms

[Rik E Boy]

They'll hold their own in the tests IMO.

regards,

REB

[wycbloods]

They'll hold their own in the tests IMO.

regards,

REB

I am with you there REB

[brod]

Somerset vs South Africa
First-class match
Match Drawn

SOUTH AFRICA 3d/515
HM Amla 172
JH Kallis 160 ret. hurt
JP Dummy 64
AG Price 63*
AB de Villiers 47*
ND McKenzie 0 (lbw first ball of the tour )
SOMERSET 249
C Kieswetter 67
M Morkel 3/64
M Ntini 2/49
PL Harris 2/89
SOUTH AFRICA 6d/215
ND McKenzie 63
PL Harris 50*
SOMERSET 3/115

[brod]

England have named their squad for the 1st Test

Michael Vaughan (capt), Tim Ambrose (wk), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen, Ryan Sidebottom, Andrew Strauss, Chris Tremlett.

[brod]

Middlesex vs South Africans
First-class Tour Match
Stumps Day 2

SOUTH AFRICANS 5d/359
HM Amla 161
AG Prince 114
MIDDLESEX 5/311
EJM Morgan 109*
DJ Malan 67
AG Prince 2/11

[Rik E Boy]

Always rated that Amla!

regards,

REB

[Media Park]

England have named their squad for the 1st Test

Michael Vaughan (capt), Tim Ambrose (wk), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen, Ryan Sidebottom, Andrew Strauss, Chris Tremlett.

5 bowlers..?
Guessing Tremlett would be omitted from the starting XI?

[brod]

Middlesex vs South Africans
First-class Tour Match
Match Drawn

SOUTH AFRICANS 5d/359
HM Amla 161
AG Prince 114
MIDDLESEX 5/311
EJM Morgan 109*
DJ Malan 67
AG Prince 2/11

No play on day Three

[rod_rooster]

I can't believe we haven't heard from mal yet

1st Test England v South Africa

Stumps day 1

England 3/309 (Pietersen 104*, Bell 75*, Cook 60)

mall where is your 10000 word essay on this innings or are you still working on it????

[mighty_tiger_79]

i was going to chuck a few bob on BELL to get the highest score, he's still there with a chance.

good start by the poms

[Rik E Boy]

Graeme Smith must be the most stupid man on the planet. He rocks up to Lords (a seamers' wicket) with an underdone PACE attack and inserts the Poms on what turns out to be a decent deck. Then he rotates his bowlers in ridiculously short spells so they can't get into a rythm (including a couple playing in their first test in England). In the end he's got Kallis bowling miles outside the offstump during THE FIRST SESSION! 3 for 300, good night folks. You EEEEEEEEEEEEEDIOT STIMPY!! Fair dinkum.

regards,

REB

[rod_rooster]

Graeme Smith must be the most stupid man on the planet.

It's taken you this long to realise that

[brod]

The misery just continues for the South Africans

England vs Soutth Africa
First Test
Day Two

ENGLAND 3/389 (104 overs)
KP Pietersen 146* (170 balls)
IR Bell 103*
AN Cook 60
M Morkel 2/67

[TrueRoo]

i was going to chuck a few bob on BELL to get the highest score, he's still there with a chance.

good start by the poms

Good call MT79.


AJ Strauss lbw b Morkel 44
AN Cook c de Villiers b Morkel 60
MP Vaughan b Steyn 2
KP Pietersen c Boucher b Morkel 152
IR Bell not out 192
PD Collingwood c Amla b Harris 7
TR Ambrose c Smith b Morkel 4
SCJ Broad b Harris 76
RJ Sidebottom not out 1
Extras (b 14, lb 5, w 7, nb 15) 41

Total (7 wickets; 151 overs) 579 (3.83 runs per over)

[Media Park]

Have always considered Ian Bell a very overrated cricketer.
2591 runs at 41.79 (before this Test), with seven centuries (averages a century every ten innings) and 18 fifties (just under every four innings).
His averages against the decent bowling attacks are 25.10 (v Australia), and 26.75 (v India). He has not scored a century against those sides.
The South African attack simply isn't what it used to be, and that shows, with a substandard cricketer performing as he did.

[stan]

Well if its a flat deck then SA should also get a decent score. I dont think sidebottom, Anderson etc are going to terrify the SA batsmen. But then again, get an early one and they might fall over.

[jackpot jim]

Eng 8/593 Dec

Bell 196* Rain delay

Back on 10 min later

Bell 197* Rain delay

Back on 10 min later

Bell 198* Mistimes hook from Steyn which falls just out of reach of Kallis at square leg - single.

Bell 199* facing the left arm Straight Breaks of Harris and he PANICKS and jumps down the pitch and smashes the ball straight back at Harris who takes a Very sharp return catch.

Bell c + b Harris 199 (496 mins 336 balls 20 x 4 1 x 6)

S.Africa 0/7 (3.2 overs)

[Rik E Boy]

Graeme Smith must be the most stupid man on the planet.

It's taken you this long to realise that

No that wasn't realisation, just confrimation.

regards,

REB