First Test. South Africa v England. Durban, 26-30 Dec.

[Making_Splinters]

Very poor from Bairstow, but that's the price you pay when you push for your keepers to be batsmen over glovemen. If Amla scores more than 42 Bairstow might as well have got a duck.

We simply can not afford to miss chances off players the class of Amla, Faf and AB.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Poor old Woakesy. Perfectly presentable chance. This is threatening, wickets should come.

[KipperJohn]

Not Woakes' day so far. Poor lbw decision and now a drop off some good bowling.

[backfootpunch]

Very poor from Bairstow, but that's the price you pay when you push for your keepers to be batsmen over glovemen. If Amla scores more than 42 Bairstow might as well have got a duck.

We simply can not afford to miss chances off players the class of Amla, Faf and AB.

5-2 and the out of form faf facing a brand new ball and fresh bowlers would have been a great start

With the edge we didn't review and that drop, you just get the feeling we have let them off the hook

[backfootpunch]

Not Woakes' day so far. Poor lbw decision and now a drop off some good bowling.

A bit like the new Zealander mitch Mcleneghan woakes seems to have very little luck

[Arthur Crabtree]

And Stokes.

[sussexpob]

Bairstow is just a failure. How he still gets picked is beyond me, how we is picked to do a job he doesn't do makes it even more terrible.

[hopeforthebest]

Amla often gets gifts from England, during his 300 no he was dropped 3 times, the first he was on single figures. That miss from Bairstow sums up Woakes test career, bowls well without luck.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Don't reckon the 'edge' was one. It didn't look like one, the snicko was next to imperceptible, they didn't review, and you can maybe add Amla didn't walk. Don't think it should have been overturned, it would have stayed onfield. No hotspot. Would have been useful.

Got him anyway.

[ianp1970]

Johnny will be a very relieved man now

[sussexpob]

And Stokes.

You trying to say my mother in law was unlucky when we tucked into her buffet at Christmas?

[dan08]

Never seen Amla in such horrible form. 7/3 in that innings.

[hopeforthebest]

Finally after two misses Amla goes, Broad is red hot at the moment.

[Arthur Crabtree]

And Stokes.

You trying to say my mother in law was unlucky when we tucked into her buffet at Christmas?

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[Arthur Crabtree]

You've noticed how many drops have gone down off Ben. Or sailed through the gaps in the slips.

Norwegian buffet. Plenty of fish?