1st Test: South Africa v England at Centurion, Dec 16-20, 2009

[8ace]

England won the toss and elected to field

South Africa team
GC Smith*, AG Prince, HM Amla, JH Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, MV Boucher†, M Morkel, PL Harris, M Ntini, F de Wet

England team
AJ Strauss*, AN Cook, IJL Trott, KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, IR Bell, MJ Prior†, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson, G Onions

No Wright then - not a suprise really.

 

[8ace]

Steyn is out with a toe injury.
Pitch is meant to be lively earlier on, 3 wickets MINIMUM before lunch required.

 

[Billy the Fish]

This could go very wrong indeed

Agree with 8ace, we need to get rid of Smith early doors and a couple of others. If they're on 100+/0 at lunch it wont be looking good for Anderson Broad and Onions, bearing in mind the heat and the altitude.

 

[8ace]

Smith gone!
c Prior b Broad 0

 

[Billy the Fish]

Get in! That's the big one, awful shot from Smith

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Smith gone - 9 balls into the series

 

[vegster]

Great to see the end of Smith, he usually has the adhesion of chewing gum on a shag pile carpet.

Bit worried, no TMS commentary online ?

 

[Gazwag]

1.3
Broad to Smith, OUT, my goodness me, what a stunning moment for England, and what a breakthrough. Nothing much of a delivery, swinging gently down the leg side, but Smith tries to help it down to fine leg, doesn't get enough bat on it, and Matt Prior leaps like a rampant salmon to snaffle the first wicket of the series!

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Bowling figures so far:

*James Anderson (rfm) 4.0 6 0
Stuart Broad (rfm) 3.0 4 1

 

[8ace]

Prince out but he's referring it...

 

[vegster]

Referal ?

 

[vegster]

bugger

 

[vegster]

it's not cricket without the odd dodgy dismissal.....

 

[CHAPPERS]

So you can refer and they use hawkeye and the predictive stuff?

bollocks to that.

 

[vegster]

hoo-feckin-ray !

 

[8ace]

70/2 lunch

 

[User removed 4]

did i just see someone jumping up and down in the crowd celebrating the wicket wearing a brighton shirt ?

 

[porkypie]

Another 1 down! and i spoted a brighton shirt in the crowd!

 

[porkypie]

did i just see someone jumping up and down in the crowd celebrating the wicket wearing a brighton shirt ?

Yep!

 

[CHAPPERS]

This is a big partnership, need to make sure these two don't get going.