England v S.Africa

[Reading Posh]

Another quiet over....

End of over 53 (12 runs) South Africa 237/0
A Flintoff 14-4-52-0 (1nb) - Pavilion End
HH Gibbs 128* (161b 22x4 1x6) GC Smith 96* (160b 15x4)

52.6 Flintoff to Gibbs, one run, pushed to cover and run a quick single
52.5 Flintoff to Smith, one run, short ball, goes back and rolls it down
to fine leg
52.4 Flintoff to Smith, two runs, fuller length ball, drives it to extra
cover
52.3 Flintoff to Smith, FOUR, Shot! pitches wide outside off, drives
away from the body on the up to deep cover for another four
52.2 Flintoff to Smith, no run, pitches on off, defends it to cover
52.1 Flintoff to Smith, FOUR, pitches on off, driven on the up off the
backfoot to mid on for four


http://www-usa.cricket.org/link_to_database/NEW/LIVE/frames/RSA_ENG_T1_24-28JUL2003.html

 

[Trigger]

Hussain OUT! Useless twat of a captain!
Graveney OUT! Useless twat of a selector!

 

[Reading Posh]

Test 1, day 1, session 2 - marathon not a sprint blah blah

When do the fielding restrictions come off?

 

[Gwylan]

265-0 at tea. I don't recall any team scoring like that in a test match (well, not since Greenidge and Richards were going apeshit for the Windies anyway).

Useless bowlers - bring on Kirtley.

Bye-bye Nasser.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

280 - 0 about 0.25 seconds after tea - they're punishing the bowling a little ..

 

[Hannibal smith]

Well I'm glad im going tomorrow if it carries on like this. No wickets, loads of South African runs. I am a lucky charm. 16 Albion games I saw last season and we didn't win one of them, now I'm off to the cricket and this happens.

The queue at the bar better be short otherwise I wont be happy!

 

[Beefy]

I was going to put money on England to win this.

Glad I didn't now!

 

[fatbadger]

this is getting beyond a joke.
60 overs, 280/0.
Good job it ain't a one-dayer...

 

[Trigger]

I was just about to say Gough is the only bowler not taking too much tap but then he just got spanked for 4...

Nose Hussian... bye

David Gravy... bye

 

[Papa Lazarou]

As I said before, it looks like a belter of a batting wicket. Thank god they didn't pick Kirtley...

 

[FatboyTim]

Apparently Smith was toying with the idea of putting us in to bat.

 

[Reading Posh]

315 off 67, if they don't 5,000 on first innings theyre shit.

 

[Trigger]

Bloody hell

We cant get rid of the South African openers but we've got rid of one of ours alright! Trescothick has fractured a finger trying to field and will not bat!
Superb news!

 

[Papa Lazarou]

 

[Trigger]

Hoorah a wicket!

Gibbs 179 b Vaughan c Butcher

338/1

 

[Simster]

Yep, we're right back in the hunt now.

 

[fatbadger]

fair do's to him, getting the wicket and all that, but for god's sake, we have to reach our seventh bowler of the day, and Vaughan at that, before we get a wicket?

It may be a batting wicket, but these are international bowlers - it is their job to perform especially well on a batting wicket. And not let the likes of Vaughan show them up.

Grrrr

 

[Trigger]

Thank f*** for that, its raining.

356/1

England, and especially Hussain & Graveney YOU ARE A DISGRACE!

 

[Pavilionaire]

Yep Nasser, it DOES look like they're ripe for the taking and we're playing them at the right time...not!

 

[elbowpatches]

This is so depressing. Thank god i missed most of it today. Although I have to watch it all day tomorrow, hey it's the summer hols, what else am I going to do?