The 3rd 5-day Test between the Proteas and England at Newlands, Cape Town from 3 – 7 January 2010. England leads the series 1 : 0 so far. This is the match thread for discussion of the game.

South Africa 291 & 447/7d

England 273 & 296/9 (141.0 ov)

Match drawn

               
  South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal GC Smith* c †Prior b Anderson 30 94 50 3 0 60.00
  20.1 vast strike! Superb line and length from Anderson, and subtle late swing. Smith props forward, takes the edge and Prior completes the catch with a tumble diving in front of first slip 51/3
View dismissal AG Prince c †Prior b Anderson 0 2 3 0 0 0.00
  0.4 brilliant from Anderson, and that was coming. Perfect line and length, good carry off the pitch and hooping outswing, Prince flinches his gloves at the ball, and Prior does the rest. 1/1
View dismissal HM Amla lbw b Onions 14 75 56 2 0 25.00
  16.4 fuller this time and struck bang in front! Shaping in a tad but Amla had planted his front foot, and played all round this, and there is no doubt 46/2
View dismissal JH Kallis c †Prior b Onions 108 266 189 11 0 57.14
  83.4 what a wonderful delivery, and that is Kallis done and dusted! The ball pitched on off, zipped half-a-bat’s width, took the edge, and fizzed through to the keeper! Fantastic line and control of the seam from Onions, and the perfect start for England 280/7
View dismissal AB de Villiers c Strauss b Swann 36 84 60 4 0 60.00
  41.1 gone this time! Swann from round the wicket and de Villiers will kick himself, chipped to short midwicket. Soft dismissal just as South Africa were really making England sweat. Swann continues to cause trouble but he would concede he was lucky here. 127/4
View dismissal JP Duminy c †Prior b Swann 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
  41.2 Swann strikes again! Sharply spinning delivery from round the wicket, catches Duminy’s outside edge and Prior eagerly snaps it up. Second first-baller in a row for Duminy. Top delivery from Swann and South Africa are in real trouble. 127/5
View dismissal MV Boucher lbw b Broad 51 98 86 7 0 59.30
  66.4 that’s the breakthrough, or is it? It’s review time … Boucher has been struck on the back pad by one that zipped off the seam, and it’s going to be upheld by the third umpire. HawkEye shows that was going to hit the top of middle, and that’s a fine piece of bowling. 216/6
View dismissal DW Steyn c Trott b Anderson 26 68 59 3 0 44.06
  84.1 what a morning for England! In the corridor outside off, Steyn pokes uneasily, gets a fat edge and Jonathan Trott at third slip dives across to snaffle the chance 280/8
View dismissal M Morkel c Swann b Anderson 0 8 3 0 0 0.00
  84.4 incredible! It’s catching practice this morning. Anderson finds the perfect length and extra bounce outside off, Morkel hangs out his bat, and Swann atones for his bad miss on the first morning with a fine low scoop, diving to his left at second slip! 281/9
  PL Harris not out 10 14 7 1 0 142.85
   
View dismissal F de Wet lbw b Anderson 0 11 4 0 0 0.00
  86.1 we’ve got a review coming up. A good delivery zipping back into the pads, the umpire gives it out, but South Africa immediately ask for a second opinion. Some question about whether he was struck outside the line, but that stands 291/10
  Extras (b 1, lb 13, w 1, nb 1) 16          
             
  Total (all out; 86.1 overs; 362 mins) 291 (3.37 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-1 (Prince, 0.4 ov), 2-46 (Amla, 16.4 ov), 3-51 (Smith, 20.1 ov), 4-127 (de Villiers, 41.1 ov), 5-127 (Duminy, 41.2 ov), 6-216 (Boucher, 66.4 ov), 7-280 (Kallis, 83.4 ov), 8-280 (Steyn, 84.1 ov), 9-281 (Morkel, 84.4 ov), 10-291 (de Wet, 86.1 ov)
                 
  Bowling O M R W Econ    
View wickets JM Anderson 21.1 1 63 5 2.97 (1nb, 1w)  
  0.4 to Prince, brilliant from Anderson, and that was coming. Perfect line and length, good carry off the pitch and hooping outswing, Prince flinches his gloves at the ball, and Prior does the rest. 1/120.1 to Smith, vast strike! Superb line and length from Anderson, and subtle late swing. Smith props forward, takes the edge and Prior completes the catch with a tumble diving in front of first slip 51/384.1 to Steyn, what a morning for England! In the corridor outside off, Steyn pokes uneasily, gets a fat edge and Jonathan Trott at third slip dives across to snaffle the chance 280/884.4 to Morkel, incredible! It’s catching practice this morning. Anderson finds the perfect length and extra bounce outside off, Morkel hangs out his bat, and Swann atones for his bad miss on the first morning with a fine low scoop, diving to his left at second slip! 281/9

86.1 to de Wet, we’ve got a review coming up. A good delivery zipping back into the pads, the umpire gives it out, but South Africa immediately ask for a second opinion. Some question about whether he was struck outside the line, but that stands 291/10

View wickets G Onions 20 4 69 2 3.45    
  16.4 to Amla, fuller this time and struck bang in front! Shaping in a tad but Amla had planted his front foot, and played all round this, and there is no doubt 46/283.4 to Kallis, what a wonderful delivery, and that is Kallis done and dusted! The ball pitched on off, zipped half-a-bat’s width, took the edge, and fizzed through to the keeper! Fantastic line and control of the seam from Onions, and the perfect start for England 280/7
View wicket SCJ Broad 19 6 54 1 2.84    
  66.4 to Boucher, that’s the breakthrough, or is it? It’s review time … Boucher has been struck on the back pad by one that zipped off the seam, and it’s going to be upheld by the third umpire. HawkEye shows that was going to hit the top of middle, and that’s a fine piece of bowling. 216/6
View wickets GP Swann 22 1 74 2 3.36    
  41.1 to de Villiers, gone this time! Swann from round the wicket and de Villiers will kick himself, chipped to short midwicket. Soft dismissal just as South Africa were really making England sweat. Swann continues to cause trouble but he would concede he was lucky here. 127/441.2 to Duminy, Swann strikes again! Sharply spinning delivery from round the wicket, catches Duminy’s outside edge and Prior eagerly snaps it up. Second first-baller in a row for Duminy. Top delivery from Swann and South Africa are in real trouble. 127/5
  KP Pietersen 4 0 17 0 4.25    
   
               
  England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AJ Strauss* c †Boucher b Morkel 2 3 6 0 0 33.33
  0.6 gone! Morkel gets Strauss again! Outside off stump and pitched full, Strauss goes for a slightly flat-footed loose drive and South Africa strike straight away. Wickets tumbling at Newlands! 2/1
View dismissal AN Cook c Prince b Morkel 65 228 136 7 0 47.79
  50.4 huge breakthrough for South Africa! Cook paddles a short ball gently to midwicket. Bit of nothing shot, neither a full-blooded pull or a careful leg-side force. Whatever it is, South Africa won’t care, they are right in this contest. 133/5
View dismissal IJL Trott b Steyn 20 58 36 3 0 55.55
  12.4 got him! Steyn strikes! The wickets keep tumbling and Trott won’t be happy with this. Outside off stump on a good length, really should have been left alone, but he flashed at it from the crease and only succeeded in inside-edging it on to off stump 36/2
View dismissal KP Pietersen c & b Steyn 0 3 2 0 0 0.00
  12.6 another one! Pietersen gone for a duck! Fullish ball that Pietersen just chipped straight back at Steyn who gleefully snaffled the chance. Steyn is pumped, this is extraordinary. 36/3
View dismissal PD Collingwood lbw b Morkel 19 51 44 3 0 43.18
  24.3 that’s a huge wicket, pitched right up to the blockhole, and Collingwood over-balances as he attempts to drive down the ground. Hits the back leg, and there’s no point in reviewing that 73/4
View dismissal IR Bell c Duminy b Kallis 48 171 121 8 0 39.66
  62.3 short, wide, cut, and that’s gone straight to point! Oh Belly, Belly, it looked as though he’d cracked it at last, but with a fifty in sight, he’s the one who breaks 174/6
View dismissal MJ Prior b Steyn 76 179 118 9 0 64.40
  87.6 short again, Prior tries to paddle to fine leg, but under-edges onto his stumps. The end of a fine counterattacking performance, and had that been anything other than the last ball of the over, he would doubtless have attempted something more aggressive to that ball 273/10
View dismissal SCJ Broad b Steyn 25 69 39 4 0 64.10
  77.6 Steyn breaks through! Broad is hanging back on his crease, and he’s late on this and it clips the top of the stumps. Important breakthrough just before the second new ball 225/7
View dismissal GP Swann c Smith b Morkel 5 22 17 0 0 29.41
  82.4 awesome delivery, and that is the breakthrough. This one takes off from a good length, glances the glove, and pops easily to Graeme Smith at first slip! 241/8
View dismissal JM Anderson c Smith b Morkel 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
  82.5 It’s two in two! Morkel has five as Anderson collects the first golden duck of his career. Angled across the left-hander, extra bounce on a good length, fenced to Smith again at first slip, and it’s utterly bonkers out there 241/9
  G Onions not out 4 27 9 1 0 44.44
   
  Extras (lb 6, w 2, nb 1) 9          
             
  Total (all out; 88 overs; 405 mins) 273 (3.10 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-2 (Strauss, 0.6 ov), 2-36 (Trott, 12.4 ov), 3-36 (Pietersen, 12.6 ov), 4-73 (Collingwood, 24.3 ov), 5-133 (Cook, 50.4 ov), 6-174 (Bell, 62.3 ov), 7-225 (Broad, 77.6 ov), 8-241 (Swann, 82.4 ov), 9-241 (Anderson, 82.5 ov), 10-273 (Prior, 87.6 ov)
                 
  Bowling O M R W Econ    
View wickets M Morkel 22 4 75 5 3.40 (1w)  
  0.6 to Strauss, gone! Morkel gets Strauss again! Outside off stump and pitched full, Strauss goes for a slightly flat-footed loose drive and South Africa strike straight away. Wickets tumbling at Newlands! 2/124.3 to Collingwood, that’s a huge wicket, pitched right up to the blockhole, and Collingwood over-balances as he attempts to drive down the ground. Hits the back leg, and there’s no point in reviewing that 73/450.4 to Cook, huge breakthrough for South Africa! Cook paddles a short ball gently to midwicket. Bit of nothing shot, neither a full-blooded pull or a careful leg-side force. Whatever it is, South Africa won’t care, they are right in this contest. 133/582.4 to Swann, awesome delivery, and that is the breakthrough. This one takes off from a good length, glances the glove, and pops easily to Graeme Smith at first slip! 241/8

82.5 to Anderson, It’s two in two! Morkel has five as Anderson collects the first golden duck of his career. Angled across the left-hander, extra bounce on a good length, fenced to Smith again at first slip, and it’s utterly bonkers out there 241/9

  F de Wet 16 3 36 0 2.25 (1nb)  
   
View wickets DW Steyn 22 5 74 4 3.36    
  12.4 to Trott, got him! Steyn strikes! The wickets keep tumbling and Trott won’t be happy with this. Outside off stump on a good length, really should have been left alone, but he flashed at it from the crease and only succeeded in inside-edging it on to off stump 36/212.6 to Pietersen, another one! Pietersen gone for a duck! Fullish ball that Pietersen just chipped straight back at Steyn who gleefully snaffled the chance. Steyn is pumped, this is extraordinary. 36/377.6 to Broad, Steyn breaks through! Broad is hanging back on his crease, and he’s late on this and it clips the top of the stumps. Important breakthrough just before the second new ball 225/787.6 to Prior, short again, Prior tries to paddle to fine leg, but under-edges onto his stumps. The end of a fine counterattacking performance, and had that been anything other than the last ball of the over, he would doubtless have attempted something more aggressive to that ball 273/10
View wicket JH Kallis 14 2 27 1 1.92 (1w)  
  62.3 to Bell, short, wide, cut, and that’s gone straight to point! Oh Belly, Belly, it looked as though he’d cracked it at last, but with a fifty in sight, he’s the one who breaks 174/6
  PL Harris 9 0 39 0 4.33    
   
  JP Duminy 5 0 16 0 3.20    
   
               
  South Africa 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AG Prince lbw b Swann 15 56 44 1 0 34.09
  11.1 Another review. Prince leans forward and is struck on the pad, given out and Prince reviews. Prince looks in trouble, there is no inside edge and it is as plumb as pudding. Given out and Swann strikes again! Wasted review that one. 31/1
View dismissal GC Smith* c Collingwood b Onions 183 391 273 25 0 67.03
  89.5 short, swished, high on the bat, Collingwood at deep backward square steadies himself, and grasps the chance with fingers skyward 346/3
View dismissal HM Amla c Cook b Swann 95 229 156 14 0 60.89
  65.4 he’s gone now! Props forward to a ball that turns a touch, takes the inside-edge, bobbles off the pad, and Cook at short leg stays low to end a fine innings 261/2
View dismissal JH Kallis c †Prior b Anderson 46 155 96 5 0 47.91
  99.5 gone this time! Kallis never really got going this morning, tries an expansive cover drive outside off stump, a hint of movement means it takes the edge and goes through to Prior. No great celebration from England, nor should they be, but they have done reasonably well this morning. 376/4
View dismissal AB de Villiers c Broad b Anderson 34 84 49 3 0 69.38
  105.1 exceptional catch from Broad, running back from mid-off and taking the ball over his shoulder with a tumble as de Villiers attempted an inside-out loft over the covers 401/5
View dismissal JP Duminy c †Prior b Anderson 36 69 41 4 1 87.80
  111.2 short and swinging down the leg-side, there’s a thin tickle through to the keeper, and that is out! 447/7
View dismissal MV Boucher c Bell b Swann 15 28 10 1 1 150.00
  110.3 and now Swann strikes … is that the 14th time he’s struck in the first over of a spell? I believe it might be. Another sweep from Boucher, a steepling top-edge, and a comfortable catch at short backward square 442/6
  DW Steyn not out 1 5 1 0 0 100.00
   
  Extras (b 8, lb 7, nb 2, pen 5) 22          
             
  Total (7 wickets dec; 111.2 overs; 507 mins) 447 (4.01 runs per over)
Did not bat M Morkel, PL Harris, F de Wet
Fall of wickets1-31 (Prince, 11.1 ov), 2-261 (Amla, 65.4 ov), 3-346 (Smith, 89.5 ov), 4-376 (Kallis, 99.5 ov), 5-401 (de Villiers, 105.1 ov), 6-442 (Boucher, 110.3 ov), 7-447 (Duminy, 111.2 ov)
                 
  Bowling O M R W Econ    
View wickets JM Anderson 22.2 1 98 3 4.38    
  99.5 to Kallis, gone this time! Kallis never really got going this morning, tries an expansive cover drive outside off stump, a hint of movement means it takes the edge and goes through to Prior. No great celebration from England, nor should they be, but they have done reasonably well this morning. 376/4105.1 to de Villiers, exceptional catch from Broad, running back from mid-off and taking the ball over his shoulder with a tumble as de Villiers attempted an inside-out loft over the covers 401/5111.2 to Duminy, short and swinging down the leg-side, there’s a thin tickle through to the keeper, and that is out! 447/7
View wicket G Onions 22 4 87 1 3.95 (2nb)  
  89.5 to Smith, short, swished, high on the bat, Collingwood at deep backward square steadies himself, and grasps the chance with fingers skyward 346/3
View wickets GP Swann 37 5 127 3 3.43    
  11.1 to Prince, Another review. Prince leans forward and is struck on the pad, given out and Prince reviews. Prince looks in trouble, there is no inside edge and it is as plumb as pudding. Given out and Swann strikes again! Wasted review that one. 31/165.4 to Amla, he’s gone now! Props forward to a ball that turns a touch, takes the inside-edge, bobbles off the pad, and Cook at short leg stays low to end a fine innings 261/2110.3 to Boucher, and now Swann strikes … is that the 14th time he’s struck in the first over of a spell? I believe it might be. Another sweep from Boucher, a steepling top-edge, and a comfortable catch at short backward square 442/6
  SCJ Broad 22 4 79 0 3.59    
   
  KP Pietersen 3 0 6 0 2.00    
   
  IJL Trott 5 0 30 0 6.00    
   
               
  England 2nd innings (target: 466 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AJ Strauss* c Amla b Harris 45 167 107 7 0 42.05
  39.3 massive wicket! Harris gets Strauss, it pitched outside off again, Strauss tried to work it into the leg side but only succeeded in inside-edging into his pad and it looped up gently to Amla who grabbed it eagerly. That could be the decisive moment. 107/2
View dismissal AN Cook c †Boucher b de Wet 55 153 116 7 0 47.41
  36.3 the pull shot fails Cook, and that’s the breakthrough. Looking to continue his dominant approach, a steepling top-edge, and Boucher steadies himself to claim an easy chance. 101/1
View dismissal IJL Trott b Steyn 42 149 99 4 0 42.42
  70.3 got him! Steyn strikes! Off stump is flying as a full ball nips back between bat and pad and crashes into the top of off. It looked a loose shot but it was fantastic quick bowling. 160/5
View dismissal KP Pietersen lbw b Steyn 6 34 22 0 0 27.27
  47.2 got him! Huge wicket and an inspired bowling change from Smith. Full and Pietersen is playing across the ball, strikes him in front and there is no need for a review on that. Steyn gets the main man and England are tottering now! 129/3
View dismissal JM Anderson c Prince b Harris 9 62 52 1 0 17.30
  61.6 the leg-slip is instantly into the action! An aggressive sweep from Anderson, as Harris serves up a full-toss. The ball bounces down onto his toe, flicks round the corner, and Ashwell Prince snaffles a blinder, diving one-handed to his right! 153/4
View dismissal PD Collingwood c Kallis b Duminy 40 276 188 4 0 21.27
  127.3 well, what have we here! Maybe there is life! Duminy ends Collingwood’s epic block with one that is pushed across him, catches the outside edge, and goes through to Kallis at slip. Suddenly this last hour will seem like a day for England! 272/6
View dismissal IR Bell c Smith b Morkel 78 286 213 10 0 36.61
  138.1 Inspired move! Bell has gone! Oh dear, that is tragedy for Bell. It was outside off he could have left it alone, but had a fiddle at it and it goes through to Smith. 290/9
View dismissal MJ Prior c de Villiers b Duminy 4 9 9 1 0 44.44
  129.6 Duminy strikes again! This match is alive! Prior tries to defend, it comes slightly off an inside edge and De Villier’s snaffles a low chance. High drama here! 278/7
View dismissal SCJ Broad c de Villiers b Harris 0 33 22 0 0 0.00
  137.4 review Harris gets it right this time! Drags his length back, Broad lunges forward again and it raps off the glove and it’s given out. Broad reviews, hoping his glove was off the bat. It’s not, he’s gone and the England a teetering on the brink here 286/8
  GP Swann not out 10 22 8 2 0 125.00
   
  G Onions not out 0 18 11 0 0 0.00
   
  Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 1) 7          
             
  Total (9 wickets; 141 overs; 606 mins) 296 (2.09 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-101 (Cook, 36.3 ov), 2-107 (Strauss, 39.3 ov), 3-129 (Pietersen, 47.2 ov), 4-153 (Anderson, 61.6 ov), 5-160 (Trott, 70.3 ov), 6-272 (Collingwood, 127.3 ov), 7-278 (Prior, 129.6 ov), 8-286 (Broad, 137.4 ov), 9-290 (Bell, 138.1 ov)
                 
  Bowling O M R W Econ    
View wicket M Morkel 28 9 51 1 1.82 (1nb, 1w)  
  138.1 to Bell, Inspired move! Bell has gone! Oh dear, that is tragedy for Bell. It was outside off he could have left it alone, but had a fiddle at it and it goes through to Smith. 290/9
View wickets DW Steyn 35 11 74 2 2.11    
  47.2 to Pietersen, got him! Huge wicket and an inspired bowling change from Smith. Full and Pietersen is playing across the ball, strikes him in front and there is no need for a review on that. Steyn gets the main man and England are tottering now! 129/370.3 to Trott, got him! Steyn strikes! Off stump is flying as a full ball nips back between bat and pad and crashes into the top of off. It looked a loose shot but it was fantastic quick bowling. 160/5
View wicket F de Wet 12 5 23 1 1.91    
  36.3 to Cook, the pull shot fails Cook, and that’s the breakthrough. Looking to continue his dominant approach, a steepling top-edge, and Boucher steadies himself to claim an easy chance. 101/1
View wickets PL Harris 40 14 85 3 2.12    
  39.3 to Strauss, massive wicket! Harris gets Strauss, it pitched outside off again, Strauss tried to work it into the leg side but only succeeded in inside-edging into his pad and it looped up gently to Amla who grabbed it eagerly. That could be the decisive moment. 107/261.6 to Anderson, the leg-slip is instantly into the action! An aggressive sweep from Anderson, as Harris serves up a full-toss. The ball bounces down onto his toe, flicks round the corner, and Ashwell Prince snaffles a blinder, diving one-handed to his right! 153/4137.4 to Broad, review Harris gets it right this time! Drags his length back, Broad lunges forward again and it raps off the glove and it’s given out. Broad reviews, hoping his glove was off the bat. It’s not, he’s gone and the England a teetering on the brink here 286/8
  JH Kallis 14 4 28 0 2.00    
   
View wickets JP Duminy 12 3 30 2 2.50    
  127.3 to Collingwood, well, what have we here! Maybe there is life! Duminy ends Collingwood’s epic block with one that is pushed across him, catches the outside edge, and goes through to Kallis at slip. Suddenly this last hour will seem like a day for England! 272/6129.6 to Prior, Duminy strikes again! This match is alive! Prior tries to defend, it comes slightly off an inside edge and De Villier’s snaffles a low chance. High drama here! 278/7
Match details
Toss England, who chose to field
Series England led the 4-match series 1-0
Player of the match GC Smith (South Africa)
Umpires DJ Harper (Australia) and AL Hill (New Zealand)
TV umpire Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire M Erasmus
Close of play
3 Jan day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 279/6 (JH Kallis 108*, DW Steyn 26*, 83.2 ov)
4 Jan day 2 – England 1st innings 241/7 (MJ Prior 52*, GP Swann 5*, 82 ov)
5 Jan day 3 – South Africa 2nd innings 312/2 (GC Smith 162*, JH Kallis 20*, 80 ov)
6 Jan day 4 – England 2nd innings 132/3 (IJL Trott 24*, JM Anderson 0*, 51 ov)
7 Jan day 5 – England 2nd innings 296/9 (141 ov) – end of match

745 Responses to Cricket: Proteas and England, at Newlands, Cape Town – Match Drawn

  • 541

    540 – Ash, Wish…..hehehe. Have some work to catch up with.

    Cheers Ash.

  • 542

    541
    lol

  • 543

    at least harris looks like he might take a wicket or two very soon …. morkel doesnt ask enough questions. anyone know why steyn is bowling?

  • 544

    ah, and there he is!

  • 545

    f*k die blommetjies is ALWEER besig om my na drank te dryf!!
    come-on guys … one wicket!! only one!!

  • 546

    uit-fokken-eindelik!!

  • 547

    3 Wickets down. Good that, now to get Anderson as soon as possible tomorrow morning.

    Go Proteas. Bowl smart tomorrow and we could win this.

  • 548

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  • 549

    Did you see the Barmy Army song during the Ashes?

    Hey, hey Ricky, what you gonna do?
    Hey, hey Ricky, get on your kangaroo,
    We’re taking back the Ashes they don’t belong to you
    Cos, we’re the Barmy Army and we’re England through and through.

    You tried to find a bowler but it ended up in tears,
    You once had Warne and McGrath now its just that Brett Lee ‘Spears’
    You’ll try to get a century but we know how you bat,
    So go on back down under or we’ll bring out Gary Pratt.

    w

  • 550

    Symonds has gone fishing, Gilchrist is long gone
    You have got no spinners, we have Pannesar and Swann
    You’ll always be a whinger, when will you ever learn
    You’ll never get your hands on our little Ashes urn

    You cook shrimps on the barbie and drink beer thats really weak
    Your country isn’t quite as old as some of our antiques
    You didn’t like our bodyline, wish Beefy had been yours
    Now we’ve got Freddie and KP to hit sixes and fours
    Come on England…….

    Chourus – Hey, hey Ricky…

    Now if the South African fans could comeback with some ‘poetry’ like that it would be ‘awesome’ !!!! 😆

  • 551

    Carol,easy

    Hak hak Engeland is k@k

  • 552

    JL1 – Your English teacher would turn in her grave!! 😆

  • 553

    549/550 – Carol – hey Carol. Nice lyrics about our Punter. All’s fair in love and cricket. There’s only one way to quieten the barmy army and that’s by grabbing that little urn of ours back. The regeneration of the Aus side is well advanced and looks exciting. Mitchell Johnson voted world’s number one bowler; Hauritz cleaning up the Pakis’ second innings, and a new generation taking shape, i.e. Bollinger, Siddle, Phil Hughes et al. All of Australia is salivating at the thought of the next Ashes series. Everything else pales into insignificance: nuclear threats, tsunamis, global warming – all mean nought in comparison!

  • 554

    Good luck to our Bowlers today. Need to take Anderson quick, quick. Then try and get Trott too. Then think we have a chance. Just hope Collingwood does not stick around for long and Bell either. Once we have those out we should take the rest… Hoping.

    Go Proteas.

  • 555

    553 – Old Griquas,

    For me the best test series was last year when South Africa played Australia. Superb every test going to the 5 days. Really good stuff.

    Remember we were the first team to beat your lot on home soil since that great WI team of 93 (think it was 93 could be 92)that beat Aus at home.

    For me that series win against Oz last year by the Proteas will be forever special.

  • 556

    puma @ 555
    funny thing happened yesterday … 2 wickets fall within a few balls .. AFTER I STARTED DRINKING!!
    moral of the (short) story … i shouldve started drinking already
    but
    i’m at work!! (sigh)

  • 557

    556 – Ash, Morning boeta. Then you need to leave work early today……hehehe.

    Just as I leave we get two wickets. Missed it but saw on the replay. Saw Steyn get KP.

    Now need to get Anderson pronto then Trott. Pressure will be on England if we do that. We allow them time there no pressure to England.

    Bowlers need to be spot on today.

  • 558

    puma @ 557
    would love to see the back of trott and collingwood … those two can really dig in if given the chance!!

  • 559

    Really need to take Anderson chop-chop no messing about with that wicket.

  • 560

    558 – Ash, Trott probably knows Newlands well too. Once he is in like Collingwood they could be there for a long time.

    First need to take the night-watchman Anderson. He sticks around we are then on the back foot wasting time.

  • 561

    Ash, If I don’t answer back straight away, I am at the tv.

  • 562

    puma @ 561
    no problems puma
    i also am not in front of the pc all the time!!

  • 563

    Ash, The longer we take to get Anderson out the more difficult it will be to win this test. Really need to get him out soon.

    A night-watchman taking up time for his team is just not good for us.

  • 564

    Morning Chaps

    Just thought you should know we are planning to bat until tea time!! 🙂

  • 565

    Morning, Winston, Carol and GBS. See you lot up there.

  • 566

    564 – Carol 😀 Looks like your night-watchman is planning doing just that. We need to take him pronto. He looks comfortable out there for now. Not good for us.

  • 567

    Puma- I will try and see if I can get some of the play on Justin TV.
    Won’t be going very far today, snow too deep for my car, will go out later in 4WD!

  • 568

    Old Griquas – It has to be said, as nice as it is to play the Saffas, they guys we HAVE to beat are the Aussies.
    Ponting gets so smug…!! Have to put him in his place now and then!! 😆

  • 569

    YES Anderson gone. Thank goodness. Don’t need the night-watchman to stand around for long.

    Now don’t let Collingwood stick around all day either. He goes we in the pound seats 😆

  • 570

    567 – Carol, Saw how bad your weather is on Sky News. Mates tell me plenty of snow up in Scotland too. Think Sky News said it is the coldest winter there since 1982.

    Here I am sitting in aircon….. 😉 Can hardly imagine the cold you are in while we in the heat.

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