SA will be batting again shortly after lunch Friday, in dry benign conditions, quietly compiling a target beyond even the childish hubris of Baz n Ben Harmer & Maharaj looking forward to tuning up their test stats and then hitting the golf course on Monday.
That aged well... Plenty of time for Harmer and Maharaj to spin the Proteas back into this
Foakes has played the perfect innings here. Matching Stokes shot for shot until they both reached 40 odd. Then allow Stokes to cut loose while supporting him. Then as soon as Stokes is out take over the scoring. Lovely to watch.
As stated above good England played the match situation really well, not just throwing the bat at it like complete fucktards, test cricket at its finest don’t fuck up now , get the job done
S Africa ought to be able to bat all day on that pitch, and finish the day with a lead. By mid afternoon the ball will be soft, and batting should be relatively easy if they can survive until then without too many wickets down.
It always irritates me slightly, when you see on pitch interviews (in whatever sport) and they say they can't hear themselves speak because of the amazing atmosphere, when that atmosphere is actually the PA is blasting out loud music to CREATE an atmosphere.
Today was proper atmosphere. Listening to the culmination in the car, the crowd was incredibly loud, without a single DJ needed
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Plenty of time for Harmer and Maharaj to spin the Proteas back into this
A nightmare for S Africa, needing over 200 just to make England actually have to bat in the 4th innings.
Matching Stokes shot for shot until they both reached 40 odd.
Then allow Stokes to cut loose while supporting him.
Then as soon as Stokes is out take over the scoring.
Lovely to watch.
test cricket at its finest
don’t fuck up now , get the job done
Hands if you sniggered when I suggested a lead of 170. I was only 94 runs short after all.
Today was proper atmosphere. Listening to the culmination in the car, the crowd was incredibly loud, without a single DJ needed
"It's about time, we can't have an out of form opener, failing game after game" commented Zak Crawley on hearing the news.
my guess is root probably ruled himself out of selection?