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

  • 571

    Helloooooooooo…. I’m going to be scarse on the blog today…. got to get my butt moving!

  • 572

    Puma – Makes a change anyway….. Brrrrr

    GBS – Good morning Webmonster, get cracking and come back when you are done (about 11.30pm)!! 🙁

    Puma and Ashley will keep us updated with any luck!

  • 573

    572 – Carol, How come you don’t get the crici on TV? Thought it was 2nd most popular sport to football in England.

    We get all the crici. Who ever is playing we get to see it.

  • 574

    carol @ 567
    dont think you’ll find anything on justintv
    but heres a link
    http://www.livecricket-tv.com/HTML/ENG_va_SA/index.htm

  • 575

    Okay back to tv. Catch up in about 20min or so.

  • 576

    Hi Puma. Am back at the grind stone so am just following on cric info. Its good to see watching the highlights the Steyn is back to full pace and looking aggressive,thats when he is at his best..

  • 577

    Steyn you BEAUTY………………YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

    TROTT GONE.

  • 578

    YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

  • 579

    576 – Winson howzit mate. Steyn just took Trott clean bowled. Brilliant.

    Now to get Collingwood that could have been gone but saved by the review.

  • 580

    ok, we need to get collingwood now
    he’s has a lot of experience of keeping an innings together

  • 581

    579 – Sorry meant Winston

  • 582

    578 – Ash 😆

  • 583

    580 – Ash, Collingwood and Bell both can stay for a long time. Need to bowl well now one of them go we in with a huge chance of winning this test.

  • 584

    jeez, new ball almost due
    hmmmm, if i was smith, i wouldnt take it right now
    harris is going very well
    and steyn doesnt seem to have problems with the older ball

  • 585

    puma @ 583
    agree

  • 586

    584 – Ash, Steyn needs to take that new ball. Probably needs to rest him now until we get it.

    Pity that was not out with Collingwood awhile back with the review. We would be in the pound seats now.

    Back in 20min Ash. Back to the tv.

  • 587

    One or 2 more wickets before lunch would do nicely!!

  • 588

    Ashley, thanks for the link. I have never seen Newlands Cricket ground before it looks beautiful bathed in sunshine with the mountains in the background!

  • 589

    A.Donald saying Steyn should still be bowling right up to lunch.

    I thought give Steyn a rest until the new ball. Then AD knows better than us all being the great fast bowler he was.

    Then Smith bring Steyn back for a over before lunch and see if he can take a wicket. Steyn is bowling superb at the moment.

  • 590

    Puma – we do not get the cricket on TV because Sky bought all the cricket matches and we dont subscribe to sky!!
    WRS won’t have it!! (A bone of contention here)!

  • 591

    carol @ 588
    pleasure. hope you dont mind though, that its a few overs behind the real action?

  • 592

    590 – Carol, Shame on Sky then. We get it on DSTV our pay channel and also on our normal channel SABC 3.

    You just going to have to hear it from us then.

    Tell WRS what is up? Why no Sky TV? Just get it Carol you missing out on the sport.

    Now hope my post goes through. Taking about 3 min to send a post. (And it is not my pc. Got it back repaired and working well) GBS what is up with the delay in posting?

  • 593

    588 – Carol, Newlands is our most beautiful crici ground.

    Brilliant weather there this time of year too. Told you to come over this time of year, especially for Cape Town. Mostly dry there now with full sun.

  • 594

    A guy joins a monastery and takes a vow of silence: he’s allowed to say two words every seven years. After the first seven years, the elders bring him in and ask for his two words. “Cold floors,” he says. They nod and send him away. Seven more years pass. They bring him back in and ask for his two words. He clears his throats and says, “Bad food.” They nod and send him away. Seven more years pass. They bring him in for his two words. “I quit,” he says. “That’s not surprising,” the elders say. “You’ve done nothing but complain since you got here.”

  • 595

    Two men were sitting next to each other at Murphy’s Pub in London. After awhile, one bloke looks at the other and says, ‘I can’t help but think, from listening to you, that you’re from Ireland ‘
    The other bloke responds proudly, ‘Yes, that I am!’
    The first one says, ‘So am I! And where about from Ireland might you be?’
    The other bloke answers, ‘I’m from Dublin , I am.’
    The first one responds, ‘So am I!’
    ‘Mother Mary and begora. And what street did you live on in Dublin ?’
    The other bloke says, ‘A lovely little area it was. I lived on McCleary Street in the old central part of town.’
    The first one says, ‘Faith and it’s a small world. So did I! So did I! And to what school would you have been going?’
    The other bloke answers, ‘Well now, I went to St. Mary’s, of course.’ The first one gets really excited and says, ‘And so did I. Tell me, what year did you graduate?’
    The other bloke answers, ‘Well, now, let’s see. I graduated in 1964.’
    The first one exclaims, ‘The Good Lord must be smiling down upon us! I can hardly believe our good luck at winding up in the same place tonight. Can you believe it, I graduated from St. Mary’s in 1964 my own self!’
    About this time, Vicky walks up to the bar, sits down and orders a drink.
    Brian, the barman, walks over to Vicky, shaking his head and mutters, ‘It’s going to be a long night tonight.’
    Vicky asks, ‘Why do you say that, Brian?’
    ‘Irish Devil and his twin brother are drunk again.’

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    594 – Ash 😆

  • 597

    595 – Ash..hehehe. Good one.

  • 598

    Ash, Going to get lunch.

    Back later boeta.

  • 599

    I went to my doctor and told him “my penis is burning.” He said, “That means somebody is talking about it.”

  • 600

    GBS, It is taking me about 3min to post. Why?

    Not my pc boet. Got it back repaired today and working well for now. Just ssssssssooooooooooooooooo slow to post. Check it out.

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