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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    edited August 2017
    Finn in the squad for for Wood, no other changes for the final Test

  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    I think we'll steamroller The West Indians later this summer. They've got 2 hopes & they're not Kyle & Shai.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    edited August 2017
    You should check out their guardian angel too

  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,285
    McBobbin said:

    Vaughan and Trescothick on one side... Ballance on the other. The football equivalents might be Darius Vassell and Peter Crouch Vs Andy Cole and Robbie Fowler

    Am I being stupid? I really can't understand what you are saying here
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,846
    redman said:

    McBobbin said:

    Vaughan and Trescothick on one side... Ballance on the other. The football equivalents might be Darius Vassell and Peter Crouch Vs Andy Cole and Robbie Fowler

    Am I being stupid? I really can't understand what you are saying here
    Vaughan Trescothick Vassell and Crouch did better internationally than Ballance Cole and Fowler who had better domestic records.


    I think
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    killerandflash said:

    Finn in the squad for for Wood, no other changes for the final Test

    I'm not surprised, it starts Friday. Too much of a rush to replace Jennings and give an alternative, time to settle in.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    MrOneLung said:

    redman said:

    McBobbin said:

    Vaughan and Trescothick on one side... Ballance on the other. The football equivalents might be Darius Vassell and Peter Crouch Vs Andy Cole and Robbie Fowler

    Am I being stupid? I really can't understand what you are saying here
    Vaughan Trescothick Vassell and Crouch did better internationally than Ballance Cole and Fowler who had better domestic records.


    I think
    Aye. Though it was a bit of a crap analogy
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,623
    redman said:

    McBobbin said:

    Vaughan and Trescothick on one side... Ballance on the other. The football equivalents might be Darius Vassell and Peter Crouch Vs Andy Cole and Robbie Fowler

    Am I being stupid? I really can't understand what you are saying here
    Ballance is so good that he makes up for 2 players.....
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    edited August 2017
    Leuth said:

    You should check out their guardian angel too

    WTF even for a number 11 that is total stupidity.
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,529
    edited August 2017
    We have won the toss and are batting.
    No Big Vern or Morris for SA.
    Surely only the rain can stop England winning the series 3-1....
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    Yes, that Saffer bowling attack looks really weak with Olivier as the 4th bowler
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    No changes to the England team.

    England XI: Cook, Jennings, Westley, Root, Malan, Stokes, Bairstow, Moeen, Roland-Jones, Broad, Anderson.

    South Africa XI: Kuhn, Elgar, Amla, Bavuma, Du Plessis, De Kock, De Bruyn, Maharaj, Rabada, Morkel, Olivier.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Weakened attack, pitch that doesn't usually suit seamers. Here we go: Jennings to score a bloody ton and stay in the team for the next three series :(
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Jennings dropped early ffs
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    Jennings dropped. A c & b chance for Rabada. Diving forward got 2 hands to it.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Watching Jennings hit this absolute pop-gun of a change bowler around is extremely dispiriting. Get Morkel back on and sort him out
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,672
    The main problem with not playing Stoneman/Robson in this SA series is that if they now pick either of them for the WI then its not a true test against a quality attack
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    edited August 2017
    Jennings c de Kock b Olivier 17, wicket for pop gun.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    'You can't react to your own post.'
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Pelling1993 said:

    The main problem with not playing Stoneman/Robson in this SA series is that if they now pick either of them for the WI then its not a true test against a quality attack

    Gabriel is a good bowler
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  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,163
    Thank Christ Jennings is Ok.

    I was really worried that he was having a breakdown, when he scored 48 in the last test.

    Glad to know all's well.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    Cook c de Kock b Maharaj 46 92-2
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,314
    Always feels weird when Cook gets out to a spinner
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    Westley c de Kock b Rabada 29 92-3
  • MountsfieldPark
    MountsfieldPark Posts: 2,074
    All these batsmen getting caught by de kock.... sounds painful.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,458
    Surely they can't take Jennings over to Oz?

    They'll bloody eat him alive!
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    carly burn said:

    Surely they can't take Jennings over to Oz?

    They'll bloody eat him alive!

    I think this game was his last chance, they can't take a guy not only under so much pressure but that looks so uncomfortable when in the middle. If he had a few thousand Test runs behind him then it might be worth persevering, as he hasn't there is nothing to suggest that first match 100 was nothing but a fluke.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    edited August 2017
    Malan c du Plessis b Morkel 18

    146-4 tea
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    Disappointed for Malan. I think he's an excellent player, but hasn't shown it at test level yet
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    Disappointed for Malan. I think he's an excellent player, but hasn't shown it at test level yet

    do you think he's a player capable of playing tests? I always thought he would be a limited overs player at best for England.

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