England v South Africa test series

Nice to see that Grootbek Swann was dropped.

262 for 5.....hope we can get to about 350-400.......go u beautiful mountain flowers:D

I see the bookies have the draw as the favourate...looking at that pitch is there something they know...whats the weather forecast like for the next few days??

can only be the weather as the pitch is very lively

I think that England will pick up the last SA wickets b4 lunch as the ball will swing this morning. SA bowlers will be the key in the first 20 overs of the England inning. We need to have them 2 or 3 down by then. I predicted that this match will be all over by Sunday night and I am standing by that prediction as wickets will tumble on the 3rd day.

i agree with u cnc,but u must remember whatever total we get in our 1st innngs,it will be tough for the english to match it or surpass it against our bowling attack on this pitch.imo we hv this test match won already as england will in all probability crumble under the pressure from our bowling attack and there are already signs of inconsistant bounce on this pitch and england hv to bat last.not going to be easy for them.

winzip by your analysis, I wonder why Strauss decided to field? I think that he gave the initiative to SA by putting us into bat. He may well have lost not only the match but the sries and the number 1 ranking by doing so. Could Smith and his team be responsible for yet another English captain losing his job after a home series against SA?

Yesterday I was watching the body language of some the English guys, is there is rift developing in there camp?

its very tough for the english because there bowling attack is 1 dimensional without swann and they are struggling on this bowler friendly pitch.imo it was a huge mistake by selectors to leave out swann and it was the wrong decision to put us in to bat.unfortunately the english press are going to crucify strauss for his decision,but he can only do with the team he was given and quite frankly it is a piss poor england bowling attack without swann.who knows maybe his batsman can bail him out and score a huge total but thats highly doubtfull against our attack.

Shocking decision, how can the 3rd umpire be 100% there..... no ways you could give Rudolph out... :X

Sing along if you wish... <

Get KP
(To the tune of let it be, The Beatles)

When we find ourselves in times of trouble,
Andy Flower says to me, we need a batting hero get KP
get KP, get KP, get KP
smashing 4s and 6s get KP
get KP, get KP, get KP

Top innings KP, bows head in "I'm not worthy" manner (tu)

there you go again Englander. . Pity that we did not hear a peep out of you when we were thrashing your half England half South African team the other week.