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

[backfootpunch]

lol what a joke comment from agnew.
Whatever outcome can we call a truce on writing off Tests after 3 days, condemning good pitches as 'roads' and respect Test cricket? Please?

if this was in the Sub C everyone would be going crazy, double standards?

no they wouldnt

england dropped 10 catches, south africa wouldnt have made 300 if we could catch

[Dr Cricket]

lol what a joke comment from agnew.
Whatever outcome can we call a truce on writing off Tests after 3 days, condemning good pitches as 'roads' and respect Test cricket? Please?

if this was in the Sub C everyone would be going crazy, double standards?

no they wouldnt

england dropped 10 catches, south africa wouldnt have made 300 if we could catch

would still be a draw nothing in this pitch.
the dropped catches are a red herring.

[Dr Cricket]

This isn't even a good pitch, quite poor really lol.

[backfootpunch]

lol what a joke comment from agnew.
Whatever outcome can we call a truce on writing off Tests after 3 days, condemning good pitches as 'roads' and respect Test cricket? Please?

if this was in the Sub C everyone would be going crazy, double standards?

no they wouldnt

england dropped 10 catches, south africa wouldnt have made 300 if we could catch

would still be a draw nothing in this pitch.
the dropped catches are a red herring.

no it wouldnt

we would have been 330 ahead and south africa would have been batting now, when the ball is doing enough under enormous pressure

[braveneutral]

[Dr Cricket]

lol what a joke comment from agnew.
Whatever outcome can we call a truce on writing off Tests after 3 days, condemning good pitches as 'roads' and respect Test cricket? Please?

if this was in the Sub C everyone would be going crazy, double standards?

no they wouldnt

england dropped 10 catches, south africa wouldnt have made 300 if we could catch

would still be a draw nothing in this pitch.
the dropped catches are a red herring.

no it wouldnt

we would have been 330 ahead and south africa would have been batting now, when the ball is doing enough under enormous pressure

wouldn't England be all out for less than 400 if catches were taken as well from SA perspective.
would still be a draw because both teams would bat better in the 2nd dig since the pitch is still great for batting on day4/5.

Imho if this was in the Sub C they would be calling this pitch flat track or anyone scoring in this game Flat track bullies.

[Gingerfinch]

Nearly safe. South Africa will be happy with their comeback in this game, even if we do hang in there.

[braveneutral]

JB stormed off.

[backfootpunch]

lol what a joke comment from agnew.
Whatever outcome can we call a truce on writing off Tests after 3 days, condemning good pitches as 'roads' and respect Test cricket? Please?

if this was in the Sub C everyone would be going crazy, double standards?

no they wouldnt

england dropped 10 catches, south africa wouldnt have made 300 if we could catch

would still be a draw nothing in this pitch.
the dropped catches are a red herring.

no it wouldnt

we would have been 330 ahead and south africa would have been batting now, when the ball is doing enough under enormous pressure

wouldn't England be all out for less than 400 if catches were taken as well from SA perspective.
would still be a draw because both teams would bat better in the 2nd dig since the pitch is still great for batting on day4/5.

Imho if this was in the Sub C they would be calling this pitch flat track or anyone scoring in this game Flat track bullies.

i dont remember stokes and bairstow being dropped

you clearly still havent got over the criticism of the pitch in one of the india vs south africa matches

im assuming you arent watching as the pitch is not great for batting on day 5

[Gingerfinch]

Bairstow was dropped by Morkel, though that was late on in the innings, I think?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Bairstow had quite a few let offs. Stokes, only late in his innings.

Five more overs for SA?

[backfootpunch]

Bairstow was dropped by Morkel, though that was late on in the innings, I think?

from memory the wheels had firmly fallen off for SA by that point

[braveneutral]

Where has the mountain gone?

[Dr Cricket]

SA dropped 3 catches on that day 1/2 also think their would have gotten a few more if the field placing was correct.

The fact is if this game was played in the Sub C, people would be going crazy over the pitch.
The criticism pitches in Sub c get is shambolic.

[Dr Cricket]

Also a key point is actually the pace, it means the edges carry when the batsman make a mistake.
in this game, the catching been crap.
Imho if this was a slow pitch it would literally be the same as in the Sub C/West indies where the edges will fall short and literally their being no way of getting wickets.
pitch has no variable bounce/sideway movement, is a terrible wicket.

This pitch is very similar to the perth game recently.
another bad test wicket.