[Cricket] 2nd Test South Africa v England

[maltaseagull]

This is so crazy I wonder if they should investigate for match fixing?

England doing their best to level the series?

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Bloody ell Taylor gone

Real time 118 for 6

 

[pasty]

Stating the obvious somewhat there aren't we!

Shame nobody seems to have told the team.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Moheen Ali thinks he should open now is the time to show he can dig in and bat a long innings timewise even if not get runs.

We might need him still to spin em out in their second innings

 

[Hotchilidog]

SA looking favourites now. The decision to declare with three and bit days left looking poor now.

 

[nwgull]

If England can bat for another 15 overs and set about 170, it'll be a really exciting last 30 overs!

 

[crabface]

At least it is more interesting than yesterday. Need Ali to dig in deep now.

 

[KZNSeagull]

They cannot screw this up, surely? Sake

 

[nwgull]

They cannot screw this up, surely? Sake

It is a bit of a **** up, but it's brilliant entertainment and preferable to the game petering out into a draw.

 

[vegster]

Just want to check... I have our position here as " F@@@@d"... How many more wickets before our position becomes " Royally F@@@@d "?

 

[Bold Seagull]

SA looking favourites now. The decision to declare with three and bit days left looking poor now.

Do behave, declaring on 629 was leaving it late, and probably only got to that to allow Bairstow and Stokes reach milestones. If you only declared in fear you might get skittled out for 150 in the 2nd innings, then you'd be the most cautious negative side to have ever played the game. Had we not dropped 10 catches, we wouldn't be here now.

 

[nwgull]

Just want to check... I have our position here as " F@@@@d"... How many more wickets before our position becomes " Royally F@@@@d "?

England are 129 ahead now with, I think, about 40 overs left to play with change of innings accounted for. Even if they were skittled in the next 3-4 overs, it'd still be a very nervy total for SA to chase on a 5th day pitch that's clearly starting to do stuff.

 

[fleet]

Just thought I would check on the score as we move to the obvious draw.... Ummm

 

[Giraffe]

Went into a meeting still thinking it was going to be a draw, now not so sure.

If the pitch has fallen apart this much and the conditions for swing are there could Broad/Anderson still get us an unlikely win?!

 

[Titanic]

England 147-6, with 42 overs remaining... a target of 150 and counting... every run counts double!

 

[knocky1]

Nearly there....

 

[knocky1]

.....or not.

 

[Titanic]

No way

Elgar thinks he has got Bairstow stumped...

147-7 or is it... review very slooooow... can the 3rd umpire give it based on that ??

 

[Mellotron]

Just want to check... I have our position here as " F@@@@d"... How many more wickets before our position becomes " Royally F@@@@d "?

Hardly. Could still feasibly win from this position.

 

[knocky1]

Do they play till 4 our time or complete the number of overs for the day?

Good time wasting if till 4.