England V South Africa 2012

MCS

England win toss and Bat, Smith would have batted as well if he won. Should be a very good series if the weather holds.

Come on lads.

Jints

Really looking forward to this series, just wish it was 4 or 5 matches.

Going tomorrow and Sunday

MCS

Yeah i agree 4 min for me too. I am well excited here, TMS on at work highlights later today. Come on Eng lets do this. Starts at 11.15.

MrOneLung

Got to bat through the first hour - keeps changing from bright sunshine to dark cloud cover.

Gravesend_Addick

Been looking forward to this series. Hope it lives up to expectation. I also agree a 5 match series would have been much better

killerandflash

Going on Sunday, it looks like the weather will be good then, whereas today and tomorrow there will be interruptions...

Covered End

England 0-1. Strauss LBW Morkel 0 (Given not out, but out after reviewed).

MrOneLung

MrOneLung said:

Got to bat through the first hour over - keeps changing from bright sunshine to dark cloud cover.

Covered End

Going Sunday as well.

Elthamaddick

going tomorrow on a nice corporate, can't wait

red_murph

I'm going Sunday as well, it always rains when I go to The Oval though!

Covered End

red_murph said:

I'm going Sunday as well, it always rains when I go to The Oval though!

Forecast is good at the moment.

Eng 19-1.

MCS

32/1 Cook Trott steady ship. Come on lads.

Covered End

50-1.

Karim_myBagheri

68-1
nice little six there.

and another great umpire call. these guys look well to old to have such sharp eyes. even i would struggle.

MCS

Steve Davis and Asad Rauf two fantastic umpires.

Covered End

70-1 Lunch.

MCS

Good session good recovery. Wish i was at home in my pants on my sofa watching this. ho hum

RedArmySE7

All the one's 111-1.

CHG

158-1 at Tea

Lincsaddick

Trott & Cook are batting very well .. BUT .. this is surprisingly a very inept South African bowling attack .. and as I type this, Trott is out .. !!!!

Lincsaddick

that'll teach me

BlackForestReds

Pretty flat looking track and the SA bowlers look a bit under-prepared.

Lincsaddick

Capn' Cook does it again .. what a super batsman he is

killerandflash

20 tons at the age of 27!

cafcfan1990

Lincsaddick said:

Capn' Cook does it again .. what a super batsman he is

I do agree but that was his first century in 18 innings

Miserableoldgit

256-3 (84.2).

Floyd Montana

Most Test hundreds by an England batsman
22: Walter Hammond, Colin Cowdrey, Geoff Boycott
21: Andrew Strauss
20: Ken Barrington, Kevin Pietersen, Graham Gooch, Alastair Cook
19: Len Hutton
18: Michael Vaughan, David Gower

MCS

cafcfan1990 said:

Lincsaddick said:

Capn' Cook does it again .. what a super batsman he is

I do agree but that was his first century in 18 innings

Yeah lets all get in his back no ton in 18 inns he must be pony. Good one.

DamoNorthStand

I went today. Not convinced that we will get a result out of this series, as can see both teams cancelling each other out. Atmosphere was strangely flat for The Oval today as well.

cafcfan1990

MCS said:

cafcfan1990 said:

Lincsaddick said:

Capn' Cook does it again .. what a super batsman he is

I do agree but that was his first century in 18 innings

Yeah lets all get in his back no ton in 18 inns he must be pony. Good one.

misinterpreted exaggeration or what!