Second Test. SA v England. Cape Town, Jan 2-6

[backfootpunch]

The Hashim/Moeen crowd stand-off in the form of singing 2unlimited is pure comedy

are you joking

it is bloody annoying, i feel so sorry for the people who paid good money then ended up sitting next to those clowns

the same bloody thing all day long, i have had to turn my TV down

Doubt it, looks like anyone participating in the fun and frolic is in a designated fanzone. I'd rather be in amongst the rowdiness than sit next to cricket snobs.

normally id agree but the repetetion of mooen and hashim over and over again for four hours would wear a little thin

[The Professor]

Who'd be a bowler eh?

[Dr Cricket]

you can tell the SA teams lost it when morkel prefers the pitches in india lol.

[Making_Splinters]

If we don't get early wickets tomorrow morning then South Africa have an excellent chance of drawing the Test and worse batting Amla and AB into form. It really was a very poor drop by Root, let's hope it doesn't cost us too many more runs.

[Alviro Patterson]

I'm confident Finn will get the key breakthroughs, England just have enough in the bowling department to take 20 wickets.

[ianp1970]

If we don't get early wickets tomorrow morning then South Africa have an excellent chance of drawing the Test and worse batting Amla and AB into form. It really was a very poor drop by Root, let's hope it doesn't cost us too many more runs.

Maybe a costly drop, but I would still fancy our chances even if we don't get a wicket before lunch tomorrow.

[Dr Cricket]

Surprised the draw is favourite right now considering it will only take a wicket or two for England to be favourites again.
Even if the game ends in a draw, England should get into position where their massive favourites, with stokes rapid innings and 3 full days left I be very surprised if this game ends In a draw with England never being favourites to win the game.

The game would need SA batting all day with at best 1 wicket down for that scenario to happen.
England 2.4 is crazy considering yesterday England were evens.
Somehow bookies have concluded England having a slightly poor day lol.

[backfootpunch]

had root held that catch you get the feeling that england would have 100% won this game

as it is south africa have a chance but are going to have to bat all of tomorrow and cannot afford a bad session at any point in the last 3 days as they are likely to lose

[Durhamfootman]

I'm confident Finn will get the key breakthroughs, England just have enough in the bowling department to take 20 wickets.

I agree with that

[Arthur Crabtree]

Anderson bowling the Kallis line outside off stump. I remember England doing this in WI, and the catch, when it came, sailing untouched through an empty slip cordon. England have catchers in now. Admittedly they have a huge bank of runs, but Cook isn't as instinctively defensive under Bayliss as he was under Moores.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Two slips and a gully for Finn is a bit sparse though, with SA just looking to survive. And Anderson trying to hide the ball at all at this point is bit dismal.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Broad bowling at the fifth stump too.

Two hours until the new ball.

Tumbleweed.

[Dr Cricket]

jimmy getting revenge on root.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Anderson drops a straightforward chance off Hamish at slip off Root. Slow to react. Doesn't Anderson drop more than his fair share there?

[Arthur Crabtree]

50 for ABDV off 115 balls.