England v South Africa - 1st Test - The Oval

[Titanic]

England win the toss and will bat... under grey skies.

England 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Alastair Cook, 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Ian Bell, 6 Ravi Bopara, 7 Matt Prior (wk), 8 Tim Bresnan, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James Anderson

South Africa 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Alviro Petersen, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers (wk), 6 Jacques Rudolph, 7 JP Duminy, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Imran Tahir

 

[Titanic]

Morkel goes to the DRS in the first over!

Round the wicket to Strauss...

 

[Titanic]

Crikey - it's out!

England 0-1

Sensational start for South Africa.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Sooooo looking forward to this series.

A few minor wagers:

KP England series top scorer @ 5/1

G.Smith SA series top scorer @ 3/1

Anderson over Steyn in head to head wicket tally @ Evens

 

[Kumquat]

Cracking start.

 

[Simster]

Oh dear.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Not ideal.

 

[Badger]

Bugger

 

[vegster]

Bugger, first blood to the hairy backs

 

[Titanic]

Trott smashes Morkel first ball for four... this is Test Match cricket at its finest.

 

[Badger]

Cracking shot from the "Englishman"

 

[vegster]

Sooooo looking forward to this series.

A few minor wagers:

KP England series top scorer @ 5/1

G.Smith SA series top scorer @ 3/1

Anderson over Steyn in head to head wicket tally @ Evens

What's the odds on Bell ?

 

[brightonmark1234]

need to get a big 1st innings score of over 400+

 

[hans kraay fan club]

What's the odds on Bell ?

Sorry - can't access the site from work.

 

[Simster]

Cracking shot from the "Englishman"

When Cook is out next over, we'll have 14 saffers on the pitch.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

When Cook is out next over, we'll have 14 saffers on the pitch.

14? Who are the umpires?

 

[Simster]

14? Who are the umpires?

I meant 13 of course, but maybe one of the umpires one of them too?

 

[Titanic]

I meant 13 of course, but maybe one of the umpires one of them too?

Umpires are Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Steve Davis (Australia).

 

[Simster]

Umpires are Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and Steve Davis (Australia).

 

[Simster]

Anyone found a good stream?