England A in South Africa 2015.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Boyd and Wood the only ones not to be clattered.

[Aidan11]

Hopefully they'll declare overnight and we can see what we do with the bat.

[Arthur Crabtree]

It's not a warm up game for the benefit of England though. I think SA A will want to bat on.

[Aidan11]

These games tend to show a bit more sportsmanship.

Plus it's just a four day game. Might have gone on if it was five.

[Arthur Crabtree]

I suppose SA got a lot of runs in the day. I think they'll bat until lunch though. To give their players a bat, and because you want to win a lot of the game in the first innings.

[Making_Splinters]

As with any A game, it's an opportunity for players to put their name in the ring. Batsmen will want the opportunity to bat and bowlers and will want the opportunity to bowl.

[andy]

370-4..... jesus christ

[Making_Splinters]

370-4..... jesus christ

Difficult to know if that is a reflection of good batting, poor bowling or a flat pitch. We'll know more when England get a bat.

[Arthur Crabtree]

There's a report on cricinfo saying the pitch is flat and it was very hot, and Plunkett was best of the bowlers.

[Dr Cricket]

There's a report on cricinfo saying the pitch is flat and it was very hot, and Plunkett was best of the bowlers.

Did say South Africa produce lots of bad wickets for A games.
India/Australia got served some terrible pitches last year.

Not sure England will get much out of this A tour apart from face very good bowling or very good batting but pitches are too flat to read anything.

[Aidan11]

They've decided to bat on but it's allowed Woody to get a wicket.

[Aidan11]

Six down now but they're still going.


Looks like they are waiting for de Bruyn to get his 200.

[Aidan11]

Four now for Plunkett.

This lad needs to hurry up or he could run out of partners.

[Aidan11]

Trott should bring himself on to bowl some juicy long hops.

[Aidan11]

Long way to go for England to save this game but Trott's holding it together with a solid knock.