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by **rich1uk** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:29 pm

i'm not saying Ballance doesn't have technical issues, or that i am convinced he will be as successful again at test level as he was when he first came into the side

i just dont believe his current situation is anywhere near as pronounced as it was in the lead up to him losing his test spot a couple of years ago

by **alfie** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:31 pm

Well there's the follow on saved at at any rate

...and the fifty partnership :clap

by **rich1uk** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:40 pm

in real trouble now

143-4 with Root gone for 78

by **Aidan11** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:41 pm

Need a big stand or two.

Losing wickets too frequently.

by **rich1uk** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:42 pm

hard to criticise him but it was a pretty lazy shot to a wide ball

by **alfie** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 2:42 pm

Aargh ! Root gone to the tune of a massive jinx from Atherton on commentary

England now in a lot of trouble...

by **rich1uk** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:03 pm

DRS decisions like that always interest me as to whether the onfield umpire had even given it not out due to the faint edge or not

would have stayed not out even without the edge on height

by **Arthur Crabtree** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:05 pm

Root has only ever made more than one hundred in a series once, v Australia in 2015.

by **sussexpob** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:06 pm

Stokes hasnt faced a ball in ages.

by **sussexpob** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:08 pm

sussexpob wrote:Stokes hasnt faced a ball in ages.

Bairstow nicks the single again.

by **alfie** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:08 pm

rich1uk wrote:DRS decisions like that always interest me as to whether the onfield umpire had even given it not out due to the faint edge or not

would have stayed not out even without the edge on height

Funny - I could have sworn there was no hint of an edge on that (though I expected height to be an issue ) ....then again I didn't think there was an edge on Cook's either...

Not so easy to discern thin edges on sight alone - especially on TV !

Some sloppy SA fielding last few overs...and very little strike for Stokes . Actually none for about five overs ...

by **Arthur Crabtree** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:14 pm

Stokes goes. Down to Mo again.

by **sussexpob** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:15 pm

No drop today, Quack quack....

Cant help but feel standing there for 5-6 overs without a ball has done the job there.

by **Arthur Crabtree** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:16 pm

First wicket for a spinner in the game.

by **rich1uk** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 3:16 pm

not sure what they are spending time looking at, hit de Kock on the shoulder not the helmet

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