***England v South Africa, Lords, 3rd Test, 16-20 August***

[pasty]

Unlucky Jonny B. Well played though Sir

264/8

 

[vegster]

Phew!

I'm afraid its only delaying the inevitable, they need to be a bit more positive....oh dear, halfway through and caught the wooded deathrattle.......now we are stuffed

 

[Titanic]

Pity - that's a great inning from Bairstow.

Enough to keep England in with a vague chance in the game.

Going to have to bowl SA out for something pretty small!

 

[larus]

Unlucky Jonny B. Well played though Sir

264/8

Think he got nervous. Well played though. Got the makings of a good test player.

 

[pasty]

How close to 1 o'clock does it have to be for SA not to start their second innings before lunch?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

He didn't look very comfortable in the nervous nineties. Smashing knock all the same.

 

[larus]

Pity - that's a great inning from Bairstow.

Enough to keep England in with a vague chance in the game.

Going to have to bowl SA out for something pretty small!

Time for Swann to have some fun

 

[Titanic]

Lunch.

277-8

Swann 14* Anderson 9*

Trailing by 32 on first innings.

 

[larus]

294-9. Trail by 15. Going to be interesting last 2 1/2 days.

 

[pasty]

Be nice to get to parity, or even a miniscule lead, but close enough to make it interesting I guess. Really need Andersen, Finn & Broad to perform this afternoon.

 

[Titanic]

England 298-9... the tail has wagged pretty effectively.

SA lead on first innings by just 11, with the best part of 8 sessions to go... all four results are still possible.

The next few hours are absolutely pivotal for the match, series and World No. 1 position.

 

[pasty]

300 up. 6 shy with 1 wicket left. Looking forward to this afternoon. Radio on SCR and cricket on the telly

 

[pasty]

England lead by 1

310/9

 

[Titanic]

First innings lead, 310-9

 

[Titanic]

Smith drops a dolly at first slip... so much time, he almost had his pads on before the ball arrived

 

[pasty]

Smith drops a dolly

 

[pasty]

315 all out

England lead by 6

 

[pasty]

Come on then Jimmy. Here we go.....

 

[Titanic]

Swann finally breaks dogged opening partnership... Smith LBW for 23

46-1

 

[British Grenadier]

Swann strikes, Smith out lbw for 23. Cricinfo says "flatter, angled in at the stumps, rush of blood for Smith, who sweeps wildly and is hit on the front pad".
FOW 46 for 1.

Good that Swann is in the game so early, he's going to be crucial in help controlling the flow of runs.