Third Test: England v South Africa, The Oval, July 27-31

[mikesiva]

I'm not convinced by de Kock at four, especially when South Africa bat second, and the wicketkeeper is tired from a long innings in the field, and you know Kuhn is not going to last long. Surely, du Plessis should lead from the front, and bat at four. Let de Kock bat at five.

As I said in the first innings...and Boycott agrees that four is too high for de Kock.

Not that du Plessis made much of a difference this innings!

[budgetmeansbudget]

Hopefully game finishes today.

If this is hitting, it might be.

[Dr Cricket]

Boom Stokes gets du plessis first ball.

[meninblue]

Ben picking two in an over.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Ben picking two in an over.

On a hat trick at the start of his next over.

[yuppie]

Ben picking two in an over.

On a hat trick at the start of his next over.

Seems to have had a good test so far.

[budgetmeansbudget]

Ben picking two in an over.

On a hat trick at the start of his next over.

Seems to have had a good test so far.

Probably heading the race for MOM, TRJ needs another 5 wicket haul to match him.

[meninblue]

Ben picking two in an over.

On a hat trick at the start of his next over.

Yes, i hope he gets one because it has probably been a long time since i have seen a test match hat trick.

[meninblue]

Ben picking two in an over.

On a hat trick at the start of his next over.

Yes, i hope he gets one because it has probably been a long time since i have seen a test match hat trick.

Bad luck to Ben

[budgetmeansbudget]

Ben picking two in an over.

On a hat trick at the start of his next over.

Yes, i hope he gets one because it has probably been a long time since i have seen a test match hat trick.

Never been one in an Oval test match apparently.

[Dr Cricket]

not sure why anyone thinks SA would give this draw a good go considering they batting order and how fragile they batting looks.
if they still having issues with they batting order, india got a very good chance of winning a series in SA.

[Dr Cricket]

look stokes getting so much swing under blue skies, wonder what happened to the theory about cloud cover.

[Dr Cricket]

well played elgar.

[meninblue]

Fighting 50 by Dean Elgar

[Dr Cricket]

surely that is out.