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 | ||
718 – Carol, You get them okay, you may need them one day. Just keep them in your boot. Well I suppose a 4X4 is good but that is not what you are driving it is WRS’s…hehe. You get yourself chains. You never know when you may need them.
Serious though you are right. In Europe everyone has them in their boots.
720 @ Winston – Sonny, I say we must get a lead of 250… and soon… then still let them bat a little this afternoon. after today we’ll have them for 2 whole days, should they get past 250, we could chase a small total like in a 1-dayer….
720 – Winston I am feeling you are right there mate, declare now and see if we can bowl them out. If not we can still come into bat. Time could run out against us, with the rain maybe due soon.
Damn, the lightning has started, Poms running like hares to the rabbit hole….
And now we go off,think we really missed a trick here.. Thats the problem with Smith,great bat but reactive as a captain,not proactive..
Gbs,thing is I dont see 50 runs making a huge difference.. Thats what irritates me,they keep talking about brave cricket but they always seem to take the risk averse approach..
Covers on. MUST declare when we come back on. Need time to bowl them out. Daft not too. We left it a bit late at Centurion and Newlands when we declared. Don’t make the same mistake here. Too much rain still forecast for the next two days. Declare and take our chances to bowl them out. We can still come and bat again.
726@ The batting wicket has become tame again… they’ll get past 200.. or they should… that’s why I say 250 lead is good, with them batting for 2 days or until out
Now how much time will the rain waste again? Yesterday we went off just after 2 only to come back on for 15min or so. Hope this does not keep us out until tomorrow. Damn this rain is ruining this test.
I dont think its that tame,Ab and Bouch just played really well,the ball is turning square and there has been swing the whole day.. Plus the overhead conditions will keep them fresh..
Sun is out strongly here in the Wild East
I have to love you and leave you. Tomorrow I may have a hangover to compete with The Pills as I am going to a big party ‘Up Country’.
The theme is ‘A Night at The Oscars’…starting with Bellinis in the bar at 7pm…
I see trouble ahead!!
Have a good weekend and COME ON ENGLAND!! 😀
728 – GBS, With the rain coming think it will all change. We go in with the new ball in those conditions think we could get ourselves some quick wickets.
Wanderers is wonderful for batting with the sun out and that means with the sun been out for a few days. We have had plenty rain there. Don’t see them batting forever there. Not going to be really great for batting. See McClaren battled a bit there. Bouch is a veteran and a fighter he can stick it out in most conditions.
732 @ Carol – Goooooooooi Mieliesssssssssss…. or would that be grab mielies…. hehehe
Enjoy, the La-di-da Affair….
732 – Carol, That sounds fantastic. Have yourself a great evening. Enjoy it.
730 – Winston I feel the same, think that ball is all over the show. AB and especially Bouch is doing well in those conditions. We should declare and take our chances, try and bowl some out before tonight. Especially after the rain. We could get ourselves some wickets I think.
VRYSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!
A wet weather field suits the Poms… they’re used to it in Muddy-Foggy-Snowy Isle
Hope this rainy spell is over quick, the soppers do their work quickly and there is still plenty overs today… even if just 25 overs…. 15 for us to chase some fast runs…. 10 for them – for us to get at least 2 wickets
737@ Loskoppie – Bulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss !!!
737 – Loosehead, howzit mate.
SHARKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
Hey!!!!!!!!!!!! S14 is almost here. Let the banter begin…..hehehe.
Ek bly a haai 🙂
Hey ma dis besig hier op RT!
Pill, Howzit. You watching any of the cricket?
Ek net hoor, kan ons ook rugby gesels hier op die krieketblog ? 😉
Boucher has 21 to go for his ton…. I would give him the opportunity, I would tell him to chase it quick. If he falls, declare… or declare shortly after his ton.
Seems like they had a flash thundersorm at Wanderers, also that it has now stopped… so they can start sopping.. and hurry the hell up with it.
744 – BdB, Ja,gesels rugby of krieket. Maak nie saak nie.
Now hope my afrikaans is okay there 😉
744@ BiDiBiDi – Ja man, ek is al rugby-starved, die afseisoen was gans te lank
745 – GBS, They will wait for Bouch to get his 100. I hope he makes it, deserves it after batting so well today. Need to make it quick though as I feel we need to declare and put them into bat.
Players taking an early tea now from 2:40 and there is apparently hope to start again shortly thereafter.
Wat dink julle krieketmense van Wicus wat heel moontlik terug gaan Bulle toe.
Dit kan net beteken, dit is verby met Pedri, en hy gaan PE toe.
Dink HM gaan weer ‘n paar staatmakers teruglok Loftus toe. Bulle sal ook nou aan ‘n oue tehuis moet dink, soos ons sharks en leeuvriende reeds mee besig is.
Maar, een ding wat ons nou geleer het (veral die WP in laasjaar se CB), is dat jy nie trofees wen net met ‘n klomp ‘youngsters’ nie, jy kort ‘n paar hardebaarde ook. En, as Wicus terugkom, kan hy saam met Gary en Jaco VW genoeg ervaring vir ons jong CB span bied, om die CB moontlik suksesvol te verdedig, as die bokke onttrek gaan word vir die CB seisoen die jaar.
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