The 4Th and last 5-day Test between the SA Proteas and England takes place at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg from 14 January to 18 January 2010. The Proteas are one down in the series, so it is essential for them to win this Test to square the series and salvage some SA pride. This is the match thread for discussion of the game.
South Africa v England
| Match details |
| Toss England, who chose to bat |
| Test debuts R McLaren and WD Parnell (South Africa) Player of the match tba |
| Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and AL Hill (New Zealand) TV umpire DJ Harper (Australia) Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire JD Cloete |
South Africa won by an innings and 74 runs
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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AJ Strauss* | c Amla b Steyn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 0.1 gone! What an incredible start! A back-of-a-length delivery on the pads, Strauss played with an angled bat to deflect the ball into the leg-side, but Hashim Amla, under the lid at backward short leg, swooped superbly with his right hand, and clung onto a blinder! 0/1 | ||||||||
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AN Cook | lbw b Morkel | 21 | 49 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 67.74 |
| 9.4 a review coming up, as Cook is given out lbw … it could be marginal … He took a while to ponder the option, but it seemed to the naked eye to be quite high, and potentially outside leg… this is absolutely crucial … and there are so many permutations. No inside-edge, but surely that was a no-ball! Perhaps there is a fraction of leather behind the line … either way, it’s been given! 39/4 | ||||||||
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IJL Trott | lbw b Morkel | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 |
| 1.6 full length, loose on-drive, that’s plumb! The end of a bewildering innings from Trott, who swished at anything that moved, and eventually played across the line to a full-length delivery 7/2 | ||||||||
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KP Pietersen | c Parnell b Morkel | 7 | 26 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 43.75 |
| 7.5 good grief, another one bites the dust, and it’s the debutant Wayne Parnell at mid-on! Back of a length, Pietersen climbs into a full-blooded pull, but he doesn’t time it properly and Parnell is on hand to intercept. 32/3 | ||||||||
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PD Collingwood | c Duminy b McLaren | 47 | 104 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 77.04 |
| 30.3 squared up, a leading edge, and that’s caught at point! A massive breakthrough and that is McLaren’s first in Tests. Smith’s hunch has paid off, just enough nibble off the deck to turn a regulation nurdle off the pads into a muffed false shot, and Duminy leans forward to collect a lobbed opportunity! 115/5 | ||||||||
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IR Bell | b Steyn | 35 | 125 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 40.69 |
| 37.4 castled! And that is exceptional bowling. Steyn has been swinging everything away, and this one zips back off the deck, through the gate, and into the stumps! High quality fast bowling, and there’s very little that Bell could have done about that 133/6 | ||||||||
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MJ Prior† | c †Boucher b Steyn | 14 | 45 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 56.00 |
| 39.1 England collapsing here! Prior gone! Short ball, Prior tries to pull it away but it catches the gloves and goes slowly though to Boucher. Easy catch and South Africa are all over England here. “So much for your quiet hour,” says Miller. 136/7 | ||||||||
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SCJ Broad | c Morkel b Kallis | 13 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 40.5 gone this time! One shot too many perhaps. Back of a length, straight into Broad and he flaps it, needlessly really, in the air to mid off. Hit, hope and fail. 148/8 | ||||||||
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GP Swann | c †Boucher b Steyn | 27 | 43 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 100.00 |
| 47.5 gets him this time though. Outside off stump, Swann flays at it and it comes off an inside edge through to a diving Boucher. 180/10 | ||||||||
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RJ Sidebottom | c †Boucher b Steyn | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 43.2 gone! Steyn gets another! All very easy really, outside off, Sidebottom comes forward and nicks it behind to Boucher. South Africa rampant here! 155/9 | ||||||||
| JM Anderson | not out | 6 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 3) | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 47.5 overs; 228 mins) | 180 | (3.76 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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DW Steyn | 13.5 | 1 | 51 | 5 | 3.68 | (1w) | |
| 0.1 to Strauss, gone! What an incredible start! A back-of-a-length delivery on the pads, Strauss played with an angled bat to deflect the ball into the leg-side, but Hashim Amla, under the lid at backward short leg, swooped superbly with his right hand, and clung onto a blinder! 0/137.4 to Bell, castled! And that is exceptional bowling. Steyn has been swinging everything away, and this one zips back off the deck, through the gate, and into the stumps! High quality fast bowling, and there’s very little that Bell could have done about that 133/639.1 to Prior, England collapsing here! Prior gone! Short ball, Prior tries to pull it away but it catches the gloves and goes slowly though to Boucher. Easy catch and South Africa are all over England here. “So much for your quiet hour,” says Miller. 136/743.2 to Sidebottom, gone! Steyn gets another! All very easy really, outside off, Sidebottom comes forward and nicks it behind to Boucher. South Africa rampant here! 155/9
47.5 to Swann, gets him this time though. Outside off stump, Swann flays at it and it comes off an inside edge through to a diving Boucher. 180/10 |
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M Morkel | 11 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 3.54 | (2w) | |
| 1.6 to Trott, full length, loose on-drive, that’s plumb! The end of a bewildering innings from Trott, who swished at anything that moved, and eventually played across the line to a full-length delivery 7/27.5 to Pietersen, good grief, another one bites the dust, and it’s the debutant Wayne Parnell at mid-on! Back of a length, Pietersen climbs into a full-blooded pull, but he doesn’t time it properly and Parnell is on hand to intercept. 32/39.4 to Cook, a review coming up, as Cook is given out lbw … it could be marginal … He took a while to ponder the option, but it seemed to the naked eye to be quite high, and potentially outside leg… this is absolutely crucial … and there are so many permutations. No inside-edge, but surely that was a no-ball! Perhaps there is a fraction of leather behind the line … either way, it’s been given! 39/4 | ||||||||
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R McLaren | 10 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 3.00 | ||
| 30.3 to Collingwood, squared up, a leading edge, and that’s caught at point! A massive breakthrough and that is McLaren’s first in Tests. Smith’s hunch has paid off, just enough nibble off the deck to turn a regulation nurdle off the pads into a muffed false shot, and Duminy leans forward to collect a lobbed opportunity! 115/5 | ||||||||
| WD Parnell | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
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JH Kallis | 10 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 4.00 | ||
| 40.5 to Broad, gone this time! One shot too many perhaps. Back of a length, straight into Broad and he flaps it, needlessly really, in the air to mid off. Hit, hope and fail. 148/8 | ||||||||
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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GC Smith* | c Strauss b Sidebottom | 105 | 252 | 187 | 16 | 0 | 56.14 |
| 57.2 edged and gone! A good length delivery that seams, rather than swings, and Strauss at first slip gobbles the edge in his midriff 201/2 | ||||||||
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AG Prince | c Swann b Broad | 19 | 71 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 39.58 |
| 16.3 that one is definitely out! Good delivery climbing outside off, Prince propped forward, found a thick edge, straight into Swann’s midriff at second slip 36/1 | ||||||||
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HM Amla | c †Prior b Broad | 75 | 216 | 138 | 8 | 0 | 54.34 |
| 64.6 the swing does the trick! Exceptional one-handed catch from Prior, diving in front of first slip, as Amla leans into a drive, but the ball ghosts away late, snicks the edge and England have their incision! 217/3 | ||||||||
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JH Kallis | c Anderson b Sidebottom | 7 | 41 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 29.16 |
| 65.6 wow, now we have got a game on here! Well-directed bouncer from Sidebottom, Kallis is caught completely unawares and muffs a bail-out pull. Anderson in the gully reacts like lightning, hurtles forward, scoops with one hand, and suddenly South Africa have lost two in two overs! 217/4 | ||||||||
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AB de Villiers | c Collingwood b Broad | 58 | 165 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 48.73 |
| 102.4 got him this time! Slightly shorter, de Villiers leans into a whippy pull, but his shot hasn’t got the power or the timing to beat wide mid-on. And that’s a timely wicket for England 355/6 | ||||||||
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JP Duminy | c Collingwood b Swann | 7 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 35.00 |
| 73.1 absolutely incredible! Swann has struck with his first ball yet again, and his bunny, Duminy, can only shake his head in disbelief! A perfect line and length, tossed up outside off, sharp spin and extra bounce, and Collingwood snaffles the edge 235/5 | ||||||||
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MV Boucher† | c Trott b Swann | 95 | 196 | 118 | 9 | 0 | 80.50 |
| 117.1 oh that is unlucky for Boucher, so close to a hundred, he’s top edged a sweep down to a tumbling Trott at deep square. Fantastic innings from a fantastic cricketer. 419/7 | ||||||||
| R McLaren | not out | 33 | 77 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 58.92 | |
| DW Steyn | not out | 1 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 9, w 5, nb 1) | 23 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets dec; 119 overs; 531 mins) | 423 | (3.55 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat M Morkel, WD Parnell |
| Fall of wickets1-36 (Prince, 16.3 ov), 2-201 (Smith, 57.2 ov), 3-217 (Amla, 64.6 ov), 4-217 (Kallis, 65.6 ov), 5-235 (Duminy, 73.1 ov), 6-355 (de Villiers, 102.4 ov), 7-419 (Boucher, 117.1 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Anderson | 30 | 4 | 111 | 0 | 3.70 | (1nb) | ||
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RJ Sidebottom | 31 | 6 | 98 | 2 | 3.16 | ||
| 57.2 to Smith, edged and gone! A good length delivery that seams, rather than swings, and Strauss at first slip gobbles the edge in his midriff 201/265.6 to Kallis, wow, now we have got a game on here! Well-directed bouncer from Sidebottom, Kallis is caught completely unawares and muffs a bail-out pull. Anderson in the gully reacts like lightning, hurtles forward, scoops with one hand, and suddenly South Africa have lost two in two overs! 217/4 | ||||||||
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SCJ Broad | 29 | 4 | 83 | 3 | 2.86 | (1w) | |
| 16.3 to Prince, that one is definitely out! Good delivery climbing outside off, Prince propped forward, found a thick edge, straight into Swann’s midriff at second slip 36/164.6 to Amla, the swing does the trick! Exceptional one-handed catch from Prior, diving in front of first slip, as Amla leans into a drive, but the ball ghosts away late, snicks the edge and England have their incision! 217/3102.4 to de Villiers, got him this time! Slightly shorter, de Villiers leans into a whippy pull, but his shot hasn’t got the power or the timing to beat wide mid-on. And that’s a timely wicket for England 355/6 | ||||||||
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GP Swann | 23 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 4.04 | ||
| 73.1 to Duminy, absolutely incredible! Swann has struck with his first ball yet again, and his bunny, Duminy, can only shake his head in disbelief! A perfect line and length, tossed up outside off, sharp spin and extra bounce, and Collingwood snaffles the edge 235/5117.1 to Boucher, oh that is unlucky for Boucher, so close to a hundred, he’s top edged a sweep down to a tumbling Trott at deep square. Fantastic innings from a fantastic cricketer. 419/7 | ||||||||
| PD Collingwood | 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3.50 | |||
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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AJ Strauss* | lbw b Parnell | 22 | 58 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 48.88 |
| 12.3 Review: much fuller ball, and this nips off the seam and thuds into Strauss’ pads. Massive appeal for lbw. Was there an inside edge? He was given out by Tony Hill… and after some deliberation that is given out and that’s Wayne Parnell’s first wicket in Test cricket 48/3 | ||||||||
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AN Cook | c Smith b Morkel | 1 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 |
| 3.4 Morkel strikes! South Africa breakthrough early! On the off stump channel, moving away with the angle, a touch of extra bounce and it finds the outside edge of Cook’s defensive shot and flies through to Smith at slip who gobbles it up gleefully 6/1 | ||||||||
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IJL Trott | c de Villiers b Steyn | 8 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 88.88 |
| 6.1 Gone! Got him! You always felt Steyn could be lethal against the right handers, Trott had not settled but what could he do with this. Full, snaking away at the last moment, flies off the outside edge from a defensive shot to third slip 21/2 | ||||||||
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KP Pietersen | c †Boucher b Parnell | 12 | 91 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 28.57 |
| 22.4 there’s the breakthrough! A push across Pietersen’s bows, a wild swish to a ball that keeps going towards the slips, and a faint nick through to Boucher! 84/4 | ||||||||
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PD Collingwood | c Morkel b Duminy | 71 | 139 | 88 | 12 | 1 | 80.68 |
| 39.1 got him straight away! Horrid delivery, dragged down, Collingwood tried to hoik it out the Wanderers but didn’t quite time it and found Morkel at deep square 154/9 | ||||||||
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IR Bell | c Kallis b Morkel | 5 | 35 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 29.41 |
| 29.3 this time he’s gone. Another fine delivery from Morkel. Superb line, excellent bounce, a regulation edge at head height to second slip 103/5 | ||||||||
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MJ Prior† | c Smith b Morkel | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 29.5 well, that was even briefer than anyone could have imagined! A short ball outside off, a loose swish, a steepling top-edge, and Smith back-pedals to cling onto the catch 103/6 | ||||||||
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SCJ Broad | c †Boucher b Morkel | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| 31.3 Review. Broad given not out to one that arrowed down the leg side. Instant review and looks like it clipped the glove. There was a big, dare I say it, sound Even Harper could get this right, surely. Yes, he’s gone. Broad hangs around for a while and drags himself off. Wheels are off for England now. 104/7 | ||||||||
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GP Swann | c de Villiers b Steyn | 20 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 117.64 |
| 35.5 gone this time! Full and swinging, Swann aims to block but the late away swing finds the edge and it goes straight through to De Villiers at slip. Almost all over now! 134/8 | ||||||||
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RJ Sidebottom | b Duminy | 15 | 37 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 88.23 |
| 42.5 Gone, got him! South Africa win the Test and level the series! Sidebottom tried to heave this through the leg side but misses and it crashes into the stumps. South Africa win by an innings and 74 runs. 169/10 | ||||||||
| JM Anderson | not out | 1 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |
| Extras | (lb 6, w 1, nb 6) | 13 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 42.5 overs; 213 mins) | 169 | (3.94 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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DW Steyn | 14 | 1 | 64 | 2 | 4.57 | (2nb) | |
| 6.1 to Trott, Gone! Got him! You always felt Steyn could be lethal against the right handers, Trott had not settled but what could he do with this. Full, snaking away at the last moment, flies off the outside edge from a defensive shot to third slip 21/235.5 to Swann, gone this time! Full and swinging, Swann aims to block but the late away swing finds the edge and it goes straight through to De Villiers at slip. Almost all over now! 134/8 | ||||||||
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M Morkel | 16 | 5 | 59 | 4 | 3.68 | (3nb, 1w) | |
| 3.4 to Cook, Morkel strikes! South Africa breakthrough early! On the off stump channel, moving away with the angle, a touch of extra bounce and it finds the outside edge of Cook’s defensive shot and flies through to Smith at slip who gobbles it up gleefully 6/129.3 to Bell, this time he’s gone. Another fine delivery from Morkel. Superb line, excellent bounce, a regulation edge at head height to second slip 103/529.5 to Prior, well, that was even briefer than anyone could have imagined! A short ball outside off, a loose swish, a steepling top-edge, and Smith back-pedals to cling onto the catch 103/631.3 to Broad, Review. Broad given not out to one that arrowed down the leg side. Instant review and looks like it clipped the glove. There was a big, dare I say it, sound Even Harper could get this right, surely. Yes, he’s gone. Broad hangs around for a while and drags himself off. Wheels are off for England now. 104/7 | ||||||||
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WD Parnell | 8 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2.12 | ||
| 12.3 to Strauss, Review: much fuller ball, and this nips off the seam and thuds into Strauss’ pads. Massive appeal for lbw. Was there an inside edge? He was given out by Tony Hill… and after some deliberation that is given out and that’s Wayne Parnell’s first wicket in Test cricket 48/322.4 to Pietersen, there’s the breakthrough! A push across Pietersen’s bows, a wild swish to a ball that keeps going towards the slips, and a faint nick through to Boucher! 84/4 | ||||||||
| R McLaren | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 | (1nb) | ||
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JP Duminy | 1.5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5.45 | ||
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Bennie, nee.
Ek bly n Bul.
Luke Watson en daai kuk ondersteuners met hulle AB-truie op Nuweland het my finaal verjaag laasjaar.
Ek het nog goeie WP-pelle (soos my pa!) en KP en Boerboel en Isi, maar ek is klaar daar.
En n meer geharde WP-ondersteuner as ek was daar nie, ek dra letsels as bewys. en ek het hulle ondersteun deur verloorjare, maar dit gaan nie daaroor nie…die dag toe luke kaptein word, toe loop ek weg daar.
Ek het my besluit gemaak, ek sal nie weer WP ondersteun nie, hulle is n span van ‘mercenaries’ met Rassie daar, en ek gee nie om hoe goed hulle doen met hulle gekoopte spelers nie, ek is klaar met daai lot.
Well done to Smith on his 100. See he is on 104 now. Missed seeing him get it. That is now I think, twenty 100’s in test cricket.
331 ons verstaan Pietman moenie worry nie
Daar het Smith sy 100 tal 104 van 184 balle!!!!!
Puma apparantly it is raining in Sandton already, quite close to the bullring, this is typical highveld weather and the time in the afternoons when we always have thunder showers……
Amla only 34 to go to his 100, hope he does it this time!!!!
Die blerrie bleeksiele MAG NIE hierdie toets wen of draw nie!!!!
334 – Tripps, Hope then it is only a thunderstorm and not the bad weather they had forecast for the 5 days of cricket. Then the thunderstorms up there bring a lot of rain. So hoping we can get back out there to bat today once the rain comes to the Wanderers which it will if it is in Sandton. Only 15min drive from Sandton City to Wanderers. So it must be very close the rain there now.
Smith and Amla must NOT go out now.
DAMN daar gat Smith!!!!
335 – Tripps 😆
337 – NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Just when the thunderstorm is coming. NOT good. Damn.
hehehe Puma, just as you said it Smith went out….
At least Kallis is there, hope he can dig in as we know only he can
Now hope the rot does not set in now that Smith is out. Kallis needs to bat well here. Rain due soon and we can not afford to lose him now.
331: goeie besluit, soos die Voortrekkers s’n toe hul ook die kaap verlaat het vir die mooi binneland, veral die Jakarandastad. 😉
343 kon die nie beter gestel het nie Benjamin
340 – Tripps, hehehe. Just when he needed to stay in with rain on the way. Now have to build a new partnership with Kallis. Tough if the rain is due.
Hope Amla gets his 100. Felt for him at Newlands going out on 95.
345 Yes shame that was bad, but he started getting very fidgety in the 80’s already, hope he can settle down and stay calm this time
Amla on 71 now…….almost there
347 – Tripps, Amla playing well again. Deserves a 100 here today. Hope the rain can stay away. Probably wont if it is a thunderstorm. Should be almost at Wanderers now. Really hope not continuous rain that will spoil this test.
Tripps where is Ash? Normally blogs with us during the crici?
En toe kom die reen!
No Idea where Ash is today Puma…
Ja Pietman dit was inevitable!!! Blerrie reen
puma @ 349
just been on lunch, bru
Rain finally comes. Bugger, hope it does not spoil this test. Especially that we once again are dominating.
And with the rain, our guests are all of a sudden joining RT in numbers, guess who 🙂
352 – Ash, Thought you went out boeta.
Now that was a long lunch 😆
352@ Ash
Ek wil ook op so n laaaaang lunch gaan saam met jou, van 12:30 nm tot amper 2:30, dit kan net lekker wees!
Ek het jou getime ou pel….
tripples
not myself today, tripples
partied (again) until early morning
cant wait for 5 o’clock
..
(sigh)
as allie riviere vol brannewyn was
wie wil dan water hê?
pietman @ 356
puma @ 355
nope
been back since 1:45 already
refer #357 …. you’ll see why i’m not that “active” today!! 😥
357 – Ash, You should have left the party for tonight being a Friday..hehe. 5pm a long, long way off.
357: spaar wyn, drink melk !
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