SA v England

[Adelaide Hawk]

England 8/412 Bailey got Flintoff for 47.

Attention M.Elliott, D.Harris, C.Ferguson ... your 1st class careers are teetering on the edge, time to get some much needed batting form in the middle. Would be nice to see Cosgrove make a score as well.

[Adelaide Hawk]

England 415 all out.
Tait, Bailey 3 wickets each, Gillepsie 2, Cullen 1.

[Adelaide Hawk]

its only a tour match and it means nothing is it even a 1st class match still?

Yes, it's a 1st class game. The reason the previous match wasn't 1st class was because they used more than 11 players in each side.

[Adelaide Hawk]

Elliott dropped by butter-fingers Pietersen on 11. I heard Blewett say on ABC that Pietersen was generally regarded as a very good catcher ... by who????? The guy would have trouble catching a bus.

0/16 Elliott 11 Harris 5

[Adelaide Hawk]

0/79 Elliott 50 Harris 26

[MightyEagles]

1/98 Elliot out for 55 Borgus in. (3pm score)

[Adelaide Hawk]

SA 2/137 Borgas holed out for 27 trying to belt Pietersen out of the ground.
Harris 51 not out

[stan]

Hopefully Harris gets a few runs and some of the other top order batsmen spend some time in the middle.

[Adelaide Hawk]

Well, if that don't beat all.

SA 2/164 Harris 71 Ferguson 7.

Two batsmen out in the middle desperate for centre wicket practice, and desperate for a score .... and they call the game off with an hour to spare. What sort of Mickey Mouse affair is this??!! Harris had a chance to make a 1st class 100 and they just walk off the ground.

And what about the people who paid their money to see 6 HOURS of cricket? Do they get a refund because the players would rather bowl to that Munchkin Nugget Rees than play the Poms? I've actually had a gutful of the Redbacks, they are a fair dinkum joke.

[mighty_tiger_79]

1/98 Elliot out for 55 Borgus in. (3pm score)

is he BACK?????????????????

I dont know who was calling for Elliott to be dropped but he has made a 50 against an international bowling attack, this must surely secure his place for the remainder of the season???

[rod_rooster]

1/98 Elliot out for 55 Borgus in. (3pm score)

is he BACK?????????????????

I dont know who was calling for Elliott to be dropped but he has made a 50 against an international bowling attack, this must surely secure his place for the remainder of the season???

One half century secure his spot for the rest of the season

Gillespie made an unbeaten double hundred against an international bowling attack but he has been dropped for the next game after that

[mal]

England 8/412 Bailey got Flintoff for 47.

Attention M.Elliott, D.Harris, C.Ferguson ... your 1st class careers are teetering on the edge, time to get some much needed batting form in the middle. Would be nice to see Cosgrove make a score as well.

Great motivational post, I wonder if the 3 guys read it.

All I can say about this game was 3 days is not enough.
When a captain declares at 7/240 odd, that means this game was a farce.

[mal]

PAFC
Some well presented facts, good report.

I havent a problem with playing 2 spinners + no third seamer.
I havent a problem declaring charitably at 7 wickets down.
I havent a problem bowling Tait into the ground?
I havent a problem bowling Daniel Harris first change.

I have a problem when these things happen in pura/cup games.

3 DAY GAMES ARE A FARCE
Lehmann declares 7/247
England bats to 400+
SA 1/164

I am really disgusted with the game being called off at 4-30.

DANIEL HARRIS 71 NOT OUT
Here we have a promising kid on the verge of making 100 [his first?]
trying to become a permanant member of the team and we call the game
off an hour early. Who cares if he gets dismissed 71 not out is almost as good
as an 80 dismissed.
100 would have propelled the kids career.

So the 3 day game is called of early, give me a break.
Im sure the spectatators there would be a little upset as well.

[another grub]

Bell and Collingwood were slow as shit in the morning session on saturday FFS... its a 3 day game!!!!!, security in the family friendly area was way over the top, the kids they were telling off would have more intelligence than the weslo goons..... The fight was good in front of the bar, good the see the knob with the oliva Newton john tracksuit cop a few.... I gave him one good one before that secrity bloke locked me up.... Weslo security were waddling from all directions.....

3 DAY game is a disgrace..... should make it a 90 over match or something like that.... that was crap!!!!! never will I go again!!!!!

[mal]

Bell and Collingwood were slow as shit in the morning session on saturday FFS... its a 3 day game!!!!!, security in the family friendly area was way over the top, the kids they were telling off would have more intelligence than the weslo goons..... The fight was good in front of the bar, good the see the knob with the oliva Newton john tracksuit cop a few.... I gave him one good one before that secrity bloke locked me up.... Weslo security were waddling from all directions.....

3 DAY game is a disgrace..... should make it a 90 over match or something like that.... that was crap!!!!! never will I go again!!!!!

See how frustated the public gets in a 3 day game

[mighty_tiger_79]

Bell and Collingwood were slow as shit in the morning session on saturday FFS... its a 3 day game!!!!!, security in the family friendly area was way over the top, the kids they were telling off would have more intelligence than the weslo goons..... The fight was good in front of the bar, good the see the knob with the oliva Newton john tracksuit cop a few.... I gave him one good one before that secrity bloke locked me up.... Weslo security were waddling from all directions.....

3 DAY game is a disgrace..... should make it a 90 over match or something like that.... that was crap!!!!! never will I go again!!!!!

See how frustated the public gets in a 3 day game

imagine if it was a 5 day game

[another grub]

the only good thing about the day was the heavy beer!!! should have went to cheltenham!

[Rik E Boy]

NEWS FLASH. This game was all about England. The Redbacks, and the Blues before them were mere window dressing. Some of the bleating going on in this thread is ridiculous, after all there were some positives for the Backs.

1. Elliot finally got a few
2. Harris got a few
3. Tait pressed his claims for selection
4. That first innings fight back, SA cold have got rolled for 90.
5. Cullen finally got some overs under his belt.

This game is always going to be what England could get out of it and the fact that SA still managed to get something out of the game should be viewed as positive. Not happy with an early finish to a glorified practice session four days out from the first test? Vote with your feet and stay home.

regards,

REB

[mighty_tiger_79]

how much was entry for sat/sun?

[mighty_tiger_79]

how much was entry for sat/sun?