[Cricket] 1st ODI - SA v Eng at the Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein k/o 11am

[Is it PotG?]

The Return of Jofra.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Could be pretty competitive. SA need to win this series to stand any chance of qualifying for the upcoming World Cup (the alternative is a pre tournament qualifying tournament)

 

[Ali_rrr]

If The Netherlands can beat this lot so can we.

 

[Chicken Run]

Looking forward to a decent performance from England, always love a SA tour, 1000’s of miles away in a different hemisphere and yet only two hours ahead

 

[Is it PotG?]

Jos loses the toss and SA bat.

 

[erkan]

5-0-41-0 not the figures Jofra would have been hoping for.

114-2 off of 20.

 

[PeterT]

I went there once for an ODI - interesting place to watch cricket for sure.

 

[Beach Hut]

SA 116/3

 

[erkan]

Good bowling change

 

[Bold Seagull]

I thought there was a bit of verbals then, but I think Curran said 'well batted' and Van De Dussen said 'well bowled' - that's all a bit nice isn't it...

 

[A1X]

Good hundred from Roy after a long lean patch, holding the innings together rather

 

[MJsGhost]

Good hundred from Roy after a long lean patch, holding the innings together rather

I must admit I raised an eyebrow when I saw him in the team. He has been pretty garbage for quite a while, which makes this knock all the better.

Malan might argue that it hasn't all been Roy's work so far - he got the 3rd highest score of the match (so far)

 

[timbha]

The rest aren’t contributing much

 

[jakarta]

Curran to see us home, or maybe not...

 

[jakarta]

Chucked this one away, RRR was pathetically small. Archer needs to remember how to bat...

 

[timbha]

This is the downside of smash and crash cricket. We’ve forgotten how to chase a modest score by batting sensibly

 

[Questions]

Rubbish from 146

 

[timbha]

Rubbish from 146

125/10

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Poor show
Per above, bish, bash, bosh can sometimes override sensible situation batting.
No demons in that wicket
Though Butler looked very out of sorts?

 

[A1X]

Poor show
Per above, bish, bash, bosh can sometimes override sensible situation batting.
No demons in that wicket
Though Butler looked very out of sorts?

Averaging 15 in ODIs if you exclude the Netherlands games last summer since the 2019 World Cup