[Cricket] 3rd Test South Africa v England

[Eeyore]

Oh Root.

Kept low though.

Very poor bounce. Root will be disappointed, England bowlers less so.

 

[studio150]

Big review coming up

 

[Titanic]

Another review... did he hit it... didn't look like it.

 

[The Wizard]

Nowhere near hitting that.

 

[Titanic]

Wasted.

 

[studio150]

Not out Stokes survives

 

[vegster]

Starting to unravel again by the sounds of things.

 

[The Wizard]

The turn on this pitch for day 1 is like an Indian or Sri Lankan pitch. First few hours it looked flat as a pancake.

 

[BensGrandad]

Was the decision to bat first the correct one? Would we not have had more luck bowling first?

 

[The Wizard]

Was the decision to bat first the correct one? Would we not have had more luck bowling first?

The only decision was to bat, certainly wouldn’t fancy chasing any kind of target on a day 4/5 pitch here.

 

[Titanic]

Was the decision to bat first the correct one? Would we not have had more luck bowling first?

Yes, it was. And backed up by the 5 former Test captains in the SkyTV comm box.

 

[Beach Hut]

Average 1st innings score in test cricket at this ground is 322.........

 

[maltaseagull]

We seem to have two openers with some promise but sadly the batting collapse continues! 100-1 to 148-4.

 

[BensGrandad]

Lets hope and pray we can get through to close of play without losing another wicket.

 

[pasty]

200 up

 

[The Wizard]

What a waste of a review that is

 

[pasty]

That was nice of them to waste their last review

 

[Beach Hut]

What a waste of a review that is

Indeed and their last for this innings

 

[Titanic]

Close of play, Day One

England 224-4 (90 overs)

Pope 39*(79) Stokes 38*(86) have put on 76 for the 5th wicket with power to add in the morning.

All four batsmen made starts and then got out... Sibley 36(95), Crawley 44(137), Denly 25(100) and Root 27(46)... disappointing, but it has been a tough day of Test Match cricket for batsmen, bowlers, umpires and the crowd alike.

 

[A1X]

Ollie Pope turning out to be the best thing to come out of Surrey since the A23