England tour of South Africa

[DiligentDefence]

I see Dobell is after the ECB again

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id ... ional-hope

And he's right..... but they still won't listen. They'll just continue to keep his negativity out of the loop

He's spot on, but the ECB seem intent on ruining first class and therefore test cricket.

[The Professor]

Thing that kills me is how inconsistent we are

Were either rubbish or great against Australia.
Looked complete dog against West Indies up until that last Test
Probably played some of our worst cricket against Sri Lanka and whitewashed them.
Looked much worse than we actually played against NZ

So we will probably bloody do this tomorrow.

[Red Devil]

Thing that kills me is how inconsistent we are

Were either rubbish or great against Australia.
Looked complete dog against West Indies up until that last Test
Probably played some of our worst cricket against Sri Lanka and whitewashed them.
Looked much worse than we actually played against NZ

So we will probably bloody do this tomorrow.

Stokes to do his party trick again ...

[Durhamfootman]

he won't win SPOTY 2020 unless he waits another week

[ianp1970]

Good first 45 minutes this morning. Starting to fall apart now though...

The Saffers have bowled very well to be fair.

[Red Devil]

Nortje and Pretorius doing the damage ... nothing for Philander and Rabada yet!

Stokes and Root - Eng need this to be a big partnership

[Durhamfootman]

this is the match right here, I think. If England lose their next wicket early, they'll will collapse quickly, I imagine

While these 2 are in, though, anything is possible, and although 205 still seems like too much to hope for, If the skip and vice skip can get their side to within 100 runs, the rest might show a bit more bottom than they did in the first innings


Something i hadn't considered...... 2019 is the first year in a long time that England have failed to win a test series

[Durhamfootman]

Gentle Ben's dad is out of intensive care, seemingly, so that's good news no matter what else happens today

[mikesiva]

Maharaj strikes! Stokes out for 14...four down.

[Durhamfootman]

ah well...... that's that, then

Stokes bowled by the spinner and England only have 50 runs tops in their final 6 wickets.... still 176 runs shy

an unfortunate time to lose Stokes with the new ball due in 7 overs

YJB won't hang around long. Maharaj has already got his tape measure out to see how big the gap is between bat and pad

[Durhamfootman]

Stokes played on seemingly... cutting the spinner

I seem to remember there used to be a joke about cutting the spinner, but I forget what it was

[yuppie]

Some England fans must be feeling confident about this?

[mikesiva]

ah well...... that's that, then

Stokes bowled by the spinner and England only have 50 runs tops in their final 6 wickets.... still 176 runs shy

an unfortunate time to lose Stokes with the new ball due in 7 overs

YJB won't hang around long. Maharaj has already got his tape measure out to see how big the gap is between bat and pad

Bairstow out to Rabada for nine...time to give Crawley a run?

[DiligentDefence]

Bairstow's performance should ensure Pope regains his place( assuming he has recovered).

[Durhamfootman]

nicked off to gully, chasing a wide one, seemingly.

In a match where batting time will probably win it, it seems like a foolish thing to do

time to find out what JB2's tummy is like