England vs Saffers Second ODI @ Trent Bridge

[CHAPPERS]

England: Ian Bell, Matt Prior (wk), Owais Shah, Kevin Pietersen (capt), Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Samit Patel, Luke Wright, Stuart Broad, Steve Harmison, James Anderson

South Africa: Graeme Smith (capt), Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher (wk), Albie Morkel, Johan Botha, Andre Nel, Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini

SA won the toss and will bat.

 

[Marc]

pitch looks good i know THAT much!

Come on England!

 

[keaton]

Controversial selection there, dropping Bopora instead of Wright, especially after Bopora bowled on Friday and Wright didn't

 

[Uncle Buck]

16-1

 

[Manthorpee]

Prior got the catch

 

[sten_super]

Controversial selection there, dropping Bopora instead of Wright, especially after Bopora bowled on Friday and Wright didn't

I suspect that they feel that with Bell, Shah (although I know he has another gear) and Collingwood already in the side, they wanted to have someone who can be promoted up the order to smack it around in the last 5/10 overs. We shouldn't be relying on the man at 8 to stay in for a long time and build an innings. Bopara is much more similar to Collingwood I would say. The only reservation that I have about the return of Collingwood is that it could mean less overs for Patel and Pietersen. However Pietersen showed in the first game (where Anderson bowled only I think 3 overs) that he is not afraid to turn to the allrounders/part-timers if a front line bowler is struggling.

 

[Silent Bob]

Prior got the catch

And another.

25/2

 

[SeagullRic]

Brilliant catch by Prior. Who says he can't keep?

 

[keaton]

Another wicket for Broad, another catch for Prior and this one's supposed to be a fantastic catch

 

[SeagullRic]

Another wicket for Broad, another catch for Prior and this one's supposed to be a fantastic catch

It was.

 

[keaton]

It must have been a pretty good catch for TMS to praise Prior

 

[Manthorpee]

wow that was superb

 

[Manthorpee]

broad 3 wickets owais shah easy catch at slip

 

[keaton]

Now Piers, is Broad still not good enough to bowl for England?

 

[Flavor Flav]

Had any nice dinners recently chappers ??

 

[Manthorpee]

4th wicket for broad caught by prior ohh he is on fire

 

[Manthorpee]

36-4

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

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Had any nice dinners recently chappers ??

Not particularly. Eating hasn't really been on the agenda much in the last few days.