The first of 4 full blown 5-day Tests between the Proteas and England at SuperSport Park, Centurion on 16 December 2009 at 10:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for the game which will have some score updates from time to time.

 

Test Drawn: 

               
  South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal GC Smith* c †Prior b Broad 0 7 7 0 0 0.00
  1.3 my goodness me, what a stunning moment for England, and what a breakthrough. Nothing much of a delivery, swinging gently down the leg side, but Smith tries to help it down to fine leg, doesn’t get enough bat on it, and Matt Prior leaps like a rampant salmon to snaffle the first wicket of the series! 1/1
View dismissal AG Prince c Collingwood b Swann 45 155 94 6 0 47.87
  34.2 wow, he’s done it again! Swann has a penchant for early breakthroughs, and that’s a cracker. Perfect length, sharp and unexpected turn, and Paul Collingwood coolly accepts his second catch of the innings! 93/3
View dismissal HM Amla c Collingwood b Onions 19 88 67 2 0 28.35
  20.5 Got him this time! Onions deserved that. Full and Amla is drawn into a firm drive but edges to Collingwood. Good low catch there going to his right 51/2
View dismissal JH Kallis c Collingwood b Anderson 120 306 225 16 1 53.33
  96.6 my goodness me, it’s a breakthrough! I did not see that coming. Kallis was looking utterly serene, but Anderson found a good length with a hint of extra bounce and a fraction of away movement, and Collingwood at second slip scooped another fine low catch 283/5
View dismissal AB de Villiers c Cook b Swann 32 82 66 5 0 48.48
  54.3 gone this time! Thrown up and gets the inside edge from de Villiers’s defensive stroke and goes straight to Cook at short leg. Bit of turn and extra bounce, classic offspinner’s delivery. England really needed that. 159/4
View dismissal JP Duminy c Collingwood b Swann 56 218 150 6 1 37.33
  108.5 Swann does it again! He has a real habit of getting a wicket early in his spell. Nicely flighted, finds a little turn and Duminy, leaning forward with a slightly open face, guides it to Collingwood at slip who makes no mistake 316/6
View dismissal MV Boucher c Cook b Swann 49 156 100 6 0 49.00
  134.1 Swann does the trick again. Regulation offspinners wicket. Pitched outside off stump, spun back sharply, caught the inside edge, and it went straight to Cook, who snaffles it gleefully. Unlucky for Boucher to fall one run short of 50 and England continue to stay just in reach of South Africa 377/8
View dismissal M Morkel c †Prior b Onions 13 53 48 2 0 27.08
  121.5 he’s gone this time! Still feeling the effects of that blow, perhaps, as that was a bit of a flat-footed waft, and a thin low snick to the keeper, who gathers well 341/7
View dismissal PL Harris b Onions 38 117 89 4 0 42.69
  150.5 oh, and that is out. Floated up outside off stump, Harris wafted, stood firmly in his crease, and inside edged in on to the base of the stumps. 414/9
View dismissal F de Wet lbw b Swann 20 78 67 3 0 29.85
  153.2 review. Gets well back and is struck plumb in front. de Wet calls for a review, since South Africa have one in the bank, but third umpire confirms the decision. Swann has five, the third time he’s managed that in his career. 418/10
  M Ntini not out 4 9 7 1 0 57.14
   
  Extras (b 2, lb 15, w 5) 22          
             
  Total (all out; 153.2 overs; 640 mins) 418 (2.72 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-1 (Smith, 1.3 ov), 2-51 (Amla, 20.5 ov), 3-93 (Prince, 34.2 ov), 4-159 (de Villiers, 54.3 ov), 5-283 (Kallis, 96.6 ov), 6-316 (Duminy, 108.5 ov), 7-341 (Morkel, 121.5 ov), 8-377 (Boucher, 134.1 ov), 9-414 (Harris, 150.5 ov), 10-418 (de Wet, 153.2 ov)
                 
  Bowling O M R W Econ    
View wicket JM Anderson 37 9 104 1 2.81 (1w)  
  96.6 to Kallis, my goodness me, it’s a breakthrough! I did not see that coming. Kallis was looking utterly serene, but Anderson found a good length with a hint of extra bounce and a fraction of away movement, and Collingwood at second slip scooped another fine low catch 283/5
View wicket SCJ Broad 32 8 74 1 2.31 (2w)  
  1.3 to Smith, my goodness me, what a stunning moment for England, and what a breakthrough. Nothing much of a delivery, swinging gently down the leg side, but Smith tries to help it down to fine leg, doesn’t get enough bat on it, and Matt Prior leaps like a rampant salmon to snaffle the first wicket of the series! 1/1
View wickets G Onions 30 5 86 3 2.86 (2w)  
  20.5 to Amla, Got him this time! Onions deserved that. Full and Amla is drawn into a firm drive but edges to Collingwood. Good low catch there going to his right 51/2121.5 to Morkel, he’s gone this time! Still feeling the effects of that blow, perhaps, as that was a bit of a flat-footed waft, and a thin low snick to the keeper, who gathers well 341/7150.5 to Harris, oh, and that is out. Floated up outside off stump, Harris wafted, stood firmly in his crease, and inside edged in on to the base of the stumps. 414/9
View wickets GP Swann 45.2 10 110 5 2.42    
  34.2 to Prince, wow, he’s done it again! Swann has a penchant for early breakthroughs, and that’s a cracker. Perfect length, sharp and unexpected turn, and Paul Collingwood coolly accepts his second catch of the innings! 93/354.3 to de Villiers, gone this time! Thrown up and gets the inside edge from de Villiers’s defensive stroke and goes straight to Cook at short leg. Bit of turn and extra bounce, classic offspinner’s delivery. England really needed that. 159/4108.5 to Duminy, Swann does it again! He has a real habit of getting a wicket early in his spell. Nicely flighted, finds a little turn and Duminy, leaning forward with a slightly open face, guides it to Collingwood at slip who makes no mistake 316/6134.1 to Boucher, Swann does the trick again. Regulation offspinners wicket. Pitched outside off stump, spun back sharply, caught the inside edge, and it went straight to Cook, who snaffles it gleefully. Unlucky for Boucher to fall one run short of 50 and England continue to stay just in reach of South Africa 377/8153.2 to de Wet, review. Gets well back and is struck plumb in front. de Wet calls for a review, since South Africa have one in the bank, but third umpire confirms the decision. Swann has five, the third time he’s managed that in his career. 418/10
  PD Collingwood 7 1 18 0 2.57    
   
  IJL Trott 2 0 9 0 4.50    
   
               
  England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AJ Strauss* b Ntini 46 138 87 6 0 52.87
  28.6 got him! Excellent length again, and this time it keeps low once more. Strauss was in position but the ball skimmed through at shin height, and demolished the off stump! 98/2
View dismissal AN Cook c †Boucher b de Wet 15 26 17 3 0 88.23
  5.4 there it is! Friedel de Wet has his maiden Test wicket, as Cook pushes at an off-stump delivery, and feathers the thinnest of edges through to Boucher 25/1
View dismissal IJL Trott b Harris 28 170 117 3 0 23.93
  41.5 oh dear. Trott runs down at Harris and swipes wildly, beaten on the inside edge, looking for turn that wasn’t there. 119/3
View dismissal KP Pietersen b Morkel 40 113 79 3 1 50.63
  54.5 that’s the breakthrough, and it’s a huge scalp! Back on that probing length from Morkel, and just a hint of nip off the seam. Pietersen couldn’t resist any longer, climbed into an expansive drive, and inside-edged onto his off stump! 168/4
View dismissal PD Collingwood c Kallis b Harris 50 133 88 5 1 56.81
  71.6 lovely bowling defeats Collingwood! Flighted, it gripped and actually spun, enough to get the outside edge of Collingwood’s defensive shot and it went low to Kallis who makes no mistake 221/7
View dismissal IR Bell b Harris 5 23 16 0 0 31.25
  59.5 oh my goodness me, that is hideous! Shades of Adam Hollioake in 1997 as Bell shoulders arms to a straight delivery, and has all three stumps demolished! 189/5
View dismissal MJ Prior c de Wet b Harris 4 44 34 0 0 11.76
  69.6 oh dear oh dear. Prior goes for an expansive sweep, and Harris finds some extra bounce, it catches the top edge and loops down to de Wet, the only man deep on the leg side, at fine leg. England in all sorts of trouble here and Harris has been the destroyer. 211/6
View dismissal SCJ Broad lbw b Duminy 17 34 34 2 0 50.00
  78.5 oh close lbw appeal. Good length ball beat the bat and rapped Broad on the pads. Finally they ask for a review and it looks very close on replay, and he’s given. 242/8
View dismissal GP Swann c Smith b Harris 85 139 81 10 2 104.93
  103.6 Ah, it’s all over now. Swann attempts a big sweep but picks out deep square leg to give Harris a well-deserved fifth wicket. Swann shakes Harris’s hand, in a gesture of finger-spinning solidarity. 356/10
View dismissal JM Anderson c Morkel b Ntini 29 104 78 4 1 37.17
  102.1 well, what’s happened here? Anderson miscued an attempted forcing shot off the back foot, and it’s looped to cover. For some reason there is a referral, but the ball carried easily to a diving Morkel. Anderson can go and rest his hand now, but that has been a remarkable partnership. 348/9
  G Onions not out 4 7 5 1 0 80.00
   
  Extras (b 8, lb 8, w 5, nb 12) 33          
             
  Total (all out; 104 overs; 472 mins) 356 (3.42 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-25 (Cook, 5.4 ov), 2-98 (Strauss, 28.6 ov), 3-119 (Trott, 41.5 ov), 4-168 (Pietersen, 54.5 ov), 5-189 (Bell, 59.5 ov), 6-211 (Prior, 69.6 ov), 7-221 (Collingwood, 71.6 ov), 8-242 (Broad, 78.5 ov), 9-348 (Anderson, 102.1 ov), 10-356 (Swann, 103.6 ov)
                 
  Bowling O M R W Econ    
View wickets M Ntini 23 4 78 2 3.39    
  28.6 to Strauss, got him! Excellent length again, and this time it keeps low once more. Strauss was in position but the ball skimmed through at shin height, and demolished the off stump! 98/2102.1 to Anderson, well, what’s happened here? Anderson miscued an attempted forcing shot off the back foot, and it’s looped to cover. For some reason there is a referral, but the ball carried easily to a diving Morkel. Anderson can go and rest his hand now, but that has been a remarkable partnership. 348/9
View wicket F de Wet 20 3 72 1 3.60 (6nb, 1w)  
  5.4 to Cook, there it is! Friedel de Wet has his maiden Test wicket, as Cook pushes at an off-stump delivery, and feathers the thinnest of edges through to Boucher 25/1
View wicket M Morkel 21 0 60 1 2.85 (6nb)  
  54.5 to Pietersen, that’s the breakthrough, and it’s a huge scalp! Back on that probing length from Morkel, and just a hint of nip off the seam. Pietersen couldn’t resist any longer, climbed into an expansive drive, and inside-edged onto his off stump! 168/4
View wickets PL Harris 37 10 123 5 3.32    
  41.5 to Trott, oh dear. Trott runs down at Harris and swipes wildly, beaten on the inside edge, looking for turn that wasn’t there. 119/359.5 to Bell, oh my goodness me, that is hideous! Shades of Adam Hollioake in 1997 as Bell shoulders arms to a straight delivery, and has all three stumps demolished! 189/569.6 to Prior, oh dear oh dear. Prior goes for an expansive sweep, and Harris finds some extra bounce, it catches the top edge and loops down to de Wet, the only man deep on the leg side, at fine leg. England in all sorts of trouble here and Harris has been the destroyer. 211/671.6 to Collingwood, lovely bowling defeats Collingwood! Flighted, it gripped and actually spun, enough to get the outside edge of Collingwood’s defensive shot and it went low to Kallis who makes no mistake 221/7103.6 to Swann, Ah, it’s all over now. Swann attempts a big sweep but picks out deep square leg to give Harris a well-deserved fifth wicket. Swann shakes Harris’s hand, in a gesture of finger-spinning solidarity. 356/10
View wicket JP Duminy 3 0 7 1 2.33    
  78.5 to Broad, oh close lbw appeal. Good length ball beat the bat and rapped Broad on the pads. Finally they ask for a review and it looks very close on replay, and he’s given. 242/8
               
  South Africa 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AG Prince b Anderson 0 4 3 0 0 0.00
  0.6 gone! Fullish on off stump, shaping back at Prince, and it catches the inside edge on to off stump. Great start for England 2/1
View dismissal GC Smith* b Onions 12 53 36 1 0 33.33
  11.2 that is a severely important wicket for England, and once again, it’s that low bounce that does the trick. Onions uses the over-the-wicket line to drag Smith forward, but the ball doesn’t get up, and burrows into his middle-and-off stumps via a thin inside-edge! 34/3
View dismissal PL Harris b Anderson 11 26 17 2 0 64.70
  6.5 got him! Not sure how because that was angling safely down the leg side, but his leg stump has been knocked back. In fact, it’s clipped the underside of his thighpad, and deflected improbably back into his wicket. 20/2
View dismissal HM Amla b Anderson 100 315 213 10 0 46.94
  81.5 there’s the shooter! And that will not please Andrew Strauss in the slightest, given that he – in all likelihood – will have to bat before the day is done. There’s no way to combat that, as the off stump is demolished at bootlace height. The hard new ball hits a crack, skids through, and a fine innings is over 266/7
View dismissal JH Kallis c Cook b Broad 4 45 32 0 0 12.50
  21.3 big moment in this game! Broad digs one in, Kallis rocks back and tries to break the shackles with an expansive pull shot, but it comes off the top edge and flies down to Alastair Cook at deep square-leg, who takes a well judged catch. 46/4
View dismissal AB de Villiers c Bell b Broad 64 136 101 6 1 63.36
  55.4 and that’s gone! Broad was probing away, trying to contrive something, and a fullish delivery stops on the wicket a touch, and de Villiers drives a fraction in the air, where Bell takes an excellent diving catch at short extra cover. 165/5
View dismissal JP Duminy lbw b Anderson 11 33 27 2 0 40.74
  63.5 big appeal, given out, and it’s gone to review. Swinging back a fraction into Duminy and strikes him in front, it looks very close. Replays show it clipping the top of the stumps. Duminy thought he could have inside-edged it, but there is no clear evidence to suggest he did. Third umpire rules in favour of England, and Duminy has gone. 191/6
  MV Boucher not out 63 96 73 9 1 86.30
   
  M Morkel not out 22 21 13 4 0 169.23
   
  Extras (lb 10, w 4) 14          
             
  Total (7 wickets dec; 85.5 overs; 368 mins) 301 (3.50 runs per over)
Did not bat M Ntini, F de Wet
Fall of wickets1-2 (Prince, 0.6 ov), 2-20 (Harris, 6.5 ov), 3-34 (Smith, 11.2 ov), 4-46 (Kallis, 21.3 ov), 5-165 (de Villiers, 55.4 ov), 6-191 (Duminy, 63.5 ov), 7-266 (Amla, 81.5 ov)
                 
  Bowling O M R W Econ    
View wickets JM Anderson 20.5 1 73 4 3.50    
  0.6 to Prince, gone! Fullish on off stump, shaping back at Prince, and it catches the inside edge on to off stump. Great start for England 2/16.5 to Harris, got him! Not sure how because that was angling safely down the leg side, but his leg stump has been knocked back. In fact, it’s clipped the underside of his thighpad, and deflected improbably back into his wicket. 20/263.5 to Duminy, big appeal, given out, and it’s gone to review. Swinging back a fraction into Duminy and strikes him in front, it looks very close. Replays show it clipping the top of the stumps. Duminy thought he could have inside-edged it, but there is no clear evidence to suggest he did. Third umpire rules in favour of England, and Duminy has gone. 191/681.5 to Amla, there’s the shooter! And that will not please Andrew Strauss in the slightest, given that he – in all likelihood – will have to bat before the day is done. There’s no way to combat that, as the off stump is demolished at bootlace height. The hard new ball hits a crack, skids through, and a fine innings is over 266/7
View wicket G Onions 16 3 50 1 3.12    
  11.2 to Smith, that is a severely important wicket for England, and once again, it’s that low bounce that does the trick. Onions uses the over-the-wicket line to drag Smith forward, but the ball doesn’t get up, and burrows into his middle-and-off stumps via a thin inside-edge! 34/3
View wickets SCJ Broad 16 5 58 2 3.62 (2w)  
  21.3 to Kallis, big moment in this game! Broad digs one in, Kallis rocks back and tries to break the shackles with an expansive pull shot, but it comes off the top edge and flies down to Alastair Cook at deep square-leg, who takes a well judged catch. 46/455.4 to de Villiers, and that’s gone! Broad was probing away, trying to contrive something, and a fullish delivery stops on the wicket a touch, and de Villiers drives a fraction in the air, where Bell takes an excellent diving catch at short extra cover. 165/5
  GP Swann 27 3 91 0 3.37    
   
  PD Collingwood 6 1 19 0 3.16    
   
               
  England 2nd innings (target: 364 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AJ Strauss* c †Boucher b Morkel 1 5 3 0 0 33.33
  1.2 got him! Huge wicket for South Africa and a massive moment in this Test. Morkel from around the wicket, lands one just back of a length, and it leaves Strauss slightly, catching a faint edge on the way through an ecstatic Boucher. 5/1
View dismissal AN Cook c Smith b Harris 12 78 56 1 0 21.42
  18.2 there’s the breakthrough! Cook tries to get outside off and work the ball to leg, but there’s a bit of turn to take the glove, lob off the pad flap, and into the stretching right hand of Graeme Smith at leg slip! 27/3
View dismissal JM Anderson c †Boucher b de Wet 10 28 23 2 0 43.47
  8.1 de Wet strikes! A short ball, outside leg stump, seemingly innocuous. But it climbs into the glove as Anderson attempts a leg-glance, and Boucher claims a simple strangle! 16/2
View dismissal IJL Trott c de Villiers b de Wet 69 316 212 7 0 32.54
  81.4 stunner! Great catch from AB de Villiers, a shortish ball leapt off a length and flew off the shoulder of Trott’s bat to third slip, where de Villiers dived back and to his left, to claim a brilliant one-handed catch. 205/5
View dismissal KP Pietersen run out (de Wet) 81 191 143 11 0 56.64
  61.5 from de Wet, that is an extraordinary misjudgment from Pietersen! A tap into the covers, a head-down sprint to the other end, and Trott just stands there in bemusement. He never took so much as a step out of his crease! 172/4
  PD Collingwood not out 26 159 99 6 0 26.26
   
View dismissal IR Bell c †Boucher b de Wet 2 17 10 0 0 20.00
  85.2 Bell has gone! South Africa still in with a chance. Bell just needed to bat out the overs but has a just hung his bat outside off stump and it’s found the edge on the way through to a diving Boucher. 10.4 overs left, game on! 207/6
View dismissal MJ Prior c †Boucher b de Wet 0 12 9 0 0 0.00
  87.5 great bowling and South Africa are right in this! On off stump and it climbed at Prior who just followed the ball a tad, and it found the edge, where Boucher took the catch. 208/7
View dismissal SCJ Broad c †Boucher b Harris 0 7 5 0 0 0.00
  88.4 flighted, caught the edge outside off stump, and clearly gone. 209/8
View dismissal GP Swann lbw b Morkel 2 22 15 0 0 13.33
  92.5 replays show it was crashing into leg stump and Swann has gone. Vital strike and huge disappointment for Swann, who has done so much for England in this Test. 218/9
  G Onions not out 1 19 12 0 0 8.33
   
  Extras (b 10, lb 3, nb 11) 24          
             
  Total (9 wickets; 96 overs; 432 mins) 228 (2.37 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-5 (Strauss, 1.2 ov), 2-16 (Anderson, 8.1 ov), 3-27 (Cook, 18.2 ov), 4-172 (Pietersen, 61.5 ov), 5-205 (Trott, 81.4 ov), 6-207 (Bell, 85.2 ov), 7-208 (Prior, 87.5 ov), 8-209 (Broad, 88.4 ov), 9-218 (Swann, 92.5 ov)
                 
  Bowling O M R W Econ    
  M Ntini 18 7 41 0 2.27 (1nb)  
   
View wickets M Morkel 18 3 46 2 2.55 (7nb)  
  1.2 to Strauss, got him! Huge wicket for South Africa and a massive moment in this Test. Morkel from around the wicket, lands one just back of a length, and it leaves Strauss slightly, catching a faint edge on the way through an ecstatic Boucher. 5/192.5 to Swann, replays show it was crashing into leg stump and Swann has gone. Vital strike and huge disappointment for Swann, who has done so much for England in this Test. 218/9
View wickets PL Harris 26 11 51 2 1.96    
  18.2 to Cook, there’s the breakthrough! Cook tries to get outside off and work the ball to leg, but there’s a bit of turn to take the glove, lob off the pad flap, and into the stretching right hand of Graeme Smith at leg slip! 27/388.4 to Broad, flighted, caught the edge outside off stump, and clearly gone. 209/8
View wickets F de Wet 23 8 55 4 2.39 (3nb)  
  8.1 to Anderson, de Wet strikes! A short ball, outside leg stump, seemingly innocuous. But it climbs into the glove as Anderson attempts a leg-glance, and Boucher claims a simple strangle! 16/281.4 to Trott, stunner! Great catch from AB de Villiers, a shortish ball leapt off a length and flew off the shoulder of Trott’s bat to third slip, where de Villiers dived back and to his left, to claim a brilliant one-handed catch. 205/585.2 to Bell, Bell has gone! South Africa still in with a chance. Bell just needed to bat out the overs but has a just hung his bat outside off stump and it’s found the edge on the way through to a diving Boucher. 10.4 overs left, game on! 207/687.5 to Prior, great bowling and South Africa are right in this! On off stump and it climbed at Prior who just followed the ball a tad, and it found the edge, where Boucher took the catch. 208/7
  JP Duminy 8 2 17 0 2.12    
   
  JH Kallis 3 1 5 0 1.66    
   
Match details
Toss England, who chose to field
Series 4-match series level 0-0
Test debut F de Wet (South Africa)
Player of the match GP Swann (England)
Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SJ Davis (Australia)
TV umpire AM Saheba (India)
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire BG Jerling
Close of play
16 Dec day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 262/4 (JH Kallis 112*, JP Duminy 38*, 90 ov)
17 Dec day 2 – England 1st innings 88/1 (AJ Strauss 44*, IJL Trott 18*, 23 ov)
18 Dec day 3 – South Africa 2nd innings 9/1 (GC Smith 6*, PL Harris 2*, 4 ov)
19 Dec day 4 – England 2nd innings 11/1 (AN Cook 4*, JM Anderson 6*, 6 ov)
20 Dec day 5 – England 2nd innings 228/9 (96 ov) – end of match

561 Responses to Cricket: Proteas vs England – Test 1 Centurion, Test Drawn

  • 511

    509 – GBS, Office sounds good.

  • 512

    Super if you reading. How your rate De Wet? I think he is not doing too bad but we are missing D. Steyn.

  • 513

    509
    sterkte ou maat , daai laptop se virus program het verval , kan ek by jou CA kry?
    Sal pataal

  • 514

    511
    you wont believe it i never saw him bowl one ball , reacting on us here and cricinfo. I did watch a lot yesterday but we were batting the whole day.

  • 515

    513 – Super, I was just watching him now. Not bad. Still hope that Steyn is over that injury for the next test. Steyn has more aggresssion, sometimes it is good. Puts a bit of fear into the batsman.

  • 516

    509@ SuperBul – Het jy nog daai CA 2009 Download op jou PC… want die CA site het nou net die nuwe CA 2010 Download… en ek het net Original Serialnommers vir CA 2009 in voorraad hier by my…. miskien moet ek ‘n Vol weergawe vir jou Koerier saam met Delaine se Notebook more-oggend.

  • 517

    i saw yesterday how fast Steyn got to his 170 test wickets, hope he stays fit he is really good.

  • 518

    516 – Super, Steyn is one of our very best. Not even the great AD done that so quick.

  • 519

    515
    ja ek dink dis beter so

  • 520

    Good, Cook out for 12…… it is really going well.

  • 521

    How is this. All 13 players on the field are South African!!!!!! HEHEHE.

    Come now Harris bowl out those Saffa Poms.. 😆

  • 522

    Somebody said yesterday that Harris was born in Zimbabwe , so there is 3 not from SA , the umps and Harry

  • 523

    Jonas Trit struggles along, 3 from 36 balls, must make it easier for GS, to contain them is now not a issue.

  • 524

    521 – Super, Sorry never knew that he was from Zim. Then 12 players on the field are Saffas. Don’t count the umpire just the players.

    When did Harris come to live in SA? Remember Strauss too was born in SA but left here when he was 6 or 7 years old. That is forgiven. Leaving here after you are 20 to play for another country then I have no mercy…. 😀

  • 525

    522 – Super, Think they going to play it safe there. They waiting for the rain to come too. Pity we need a whole day today to bowl them out.

    Maybe we declared too late last night. I was even saying only declare with 5 overs to go. Was wrong. Probably should have declared with about 15 overs left. They were exhausted then, we just may have had 2 or 3 out last night.

    Probably end in a draw.

    Hope we have better weather in Durban for that test, somehow doubt it. We are getting so much rain this year.

  • 526

    Full name Paul Lee Harris

    Born November 2, 1978, Salisbury (now Harare), Rhodesia

    Current age 31 years 48 days

    Major teams South Africa, Northerns, Titans, Warwickshire, Western Province

    Batting style Right-hand bat

    Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

  • 527

    Windies played well against AUS, i hoped they could win, yesterday afternoon was disastrous for them.

  • 528

    525 – Super, When did you come to live here though?

    I think today Parnell too would have done well in these conditions. Think the next test we need to select him. If Steyn is over that injury. Then of course he will come back in De Wets place but still would like to include Parnell. Maybe for Ntini? Not sure.

  • 529

    Ag, mistate there. Not you come. When did he come. Sorry really have to check my posts before sending.

  • 530

    🙄 another. mistate = mistake.

  • 531

    526 – Super, Good to see WI playing well again. What a force they were in the 80’s

    So few countries play cricket we need a strong WI side.

  • 532

    Howzit all….
    Superbul, you still here?

    I had a reply from Prof Gary (the researcher I told you about) re the diabetes and mangoes. I sent him some bio stats on you yesterday (age, weight, job, etc)
    He says mangoes,litchees,kiwi fruit and the like are all a definate no-no for you, they contain very high levels of fructrose that is almost immediately converted into sucrose (glucose) with an instant rise in blood sugar levels.
    So, I was wrong about that yesterday, stay away from those fruit trees!

  • 533

    531 – Piet, How you doing with you knee?

    Ja, Mangoes, Paw-Paw and Bananas too are very high in fructrose. They are classed as a sweet fruit. Think Super has to watch most fruits except the acid ones. I know this because I have a sister-in-law and brother-in-law with diabetes.

    There is also hidden sugar in cereals and it is best to eat rye bread too.

    Must be hard to watch the diet all the time.

  • 534

    Not sure if we going to bowl these guys out. They look comfortable there and our bowling not doing much. Needed someone like Parnell there today and D. Steyn.

  • 535

    Puma, doing ok thx, hobbling around the seafood potjie at the moment, in and out of the tv room.
    Catch you soon.

  • 536

    Hi Pietman, i was at a dietitian and yes i know the risks. At one stage for about a year i kept my sugar right without any medicine.

    Puma i am getting fed up with Duminy, he must get his game back in shape, he is like Ruan Pienaar now, not sure what he is. He must come down to mother earth. Sorry one flash in the pan performance every once in a while not good enough.

  • 537

    535 – Super, Yes he needs to play like he done against Oz. He did get a 56 though in the first innings. But think he is a better batsman than that. Still pleased he got that score faced 150 balls.

    Sometimes when he bowls he can surprise and take a wicket. Let us hope he can do that today.

    Think in Durban we have to select Parnell though. He can vary it up. Hoping that D. Steyn is over his injury to come back too. We need some aggression out there. Trott and KP look far to comfortable out there. Don’t seem too worried about our bowlers. Excpet Harris a bit.

    Think maybe we declared too late last night. Then I thought maybe we should have declared with 5 overs left. I was wrong. Maybe should have put them in with 15 overs left or even 20 last night. They may have come out more positive to bat. We could have had taken more wickets I think by now.

  • 538

    Morning Boys, sitting in snowy sussex at a friends house…..with their little boy, Guy who is a huge cricket fan…..looking at yesterdays results!!!! The central heating has broken and it is freeeezzzingggg……..
    Wish we had some Pretoria sun!!!

  • 539

    Hi Puma…..Bit cheeky,I should log off or I will get my leg pulled,,,,Have a great day all…Till later

  • 540

    537 – Hello Carol, Was wondering where you were? Our resident Brit 😆

    You been busy?

    Yip, I am being a bit cheeky 😆 Carol we have rain here but the humid weather is full on.

    You need to get that central heating fixed quick. You will freeze in that weather. Seen some of it on Sky News.

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