[Cricket] SA v ENG 2nd ODI - Durban

[pasty]

Could be the shortest Cricket thread ever. Not expecting much today.

 

[Titanic]

11.46am Good morning all, or should I say, rubbish morning all. And welcome to ESPNcricinfo's drip-by-drip coverage of the second ODI between South Africa and England at Durban.

It's been raining. A lot. The toss is due at 12.30pm, but that ain't gonna happen.

Toto: "On a scale of 1 to 10, what are chances of play today?" I wouldn't like to put a number on it, but the forecast looks something like this: it was raining earlier, it's raining now, and it's going to rain later.

 

[studio150]

Looks like England will get away without going 2 down in the series

 

[LlcoolJ]

Bollocks.

 

[studio150]

The rain has stopped and the sun is out, but locals still saying no chance of getting onto the pitch

 

[pasty]

CRICINFO:

12.40pm Some vague hint of action from the groundstaff, with various tyres being rolled across the covers, but I don't think there's any realistic chance of a start time being announced in the immediate future.

 

[studio150]

Toss at 12.15

 

[pasty]

And play due at 12:45. Reduced to 45 overs.

 

[BensGrandad]

Any team news

 

[pasty]

Eng win toss and BOWL

Eng unchanged 11

 

[Titanic]

Morgan wins the toss and inserts de Kock and his boys.

England are unchanged.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Morgan wins the toss and inserts de Kock and his boys.

A simple choice as this has "DLS" written all over it.

 

[Titanic]

Wouldn't it be a joy if one of the England bowlers could whip de Kock out early doors?

 

[pasty]

Wouldn't it be a joy if one of the England bowlers could whip de Kock out early doors?

fnaar fnaar

 

[Titanic]

SA 25-0 (4 overs)

Hendricks giving Curran some stick.

 

[The Wizard]

Paying the price for a negative field, De Kock edges through second slip and then a rubbish throw for a missed run out.

 

[Titanic]

Captain Morgan's response.... bring Joe Root into the attack in the 6th.

And he STRIKES... de Kock is OUT

#genius

 

[The Wizard]

Root gets De Kocks middle stump out.

 

[studio150]

Raining

 

[studio150]

Unlikely to play any more today

38-1 6.3ov