England v South Africa test series

Wel gedaan. Ons vir jou Suid Afrika & God save the Queen X(

Congrats to Team SA! But also to Team GB, who treated us to a thriller in the last day and went out with a bang not a whimper. Vintage test cricket.

Absolutely spot on Mavourneen. Great game.

chicken 'n chips Wrote:

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> the longer Trott bats then the better for us as he
> will take time to stand guard and do all his
> pathetic rituals. Also he bats for himself so he
> will be hoping for a not out to boost his average.
> Bell can score quickly and Prior will be dangerous
> as scores runs very quickly. England will no doubt
> go for it but I think that SA will win by around
> 50 or so runs.


this chicken knows his story

Troubled England star Kevin Pietersen suffered another blow on Sunday as the controversial batsman was dismissed for a golden duck just hours after more damaging allegations emerged about the text message row that threatens to end his international career.

Pietersen lasted just one ball on his return to action for Surrey in his first county match since being dropped by England for the on-going final Test against South Africa.

The Proteas have dedicated their series win over England to former wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, whose career was cut short on the tour.

Boucher was quick to respond to the kinds gestures from his former team-mates via his Twitter account.

"Thnx @GraemeSmith49 ,the Proteas squad and 2 all the messages from everyone!That was a special touch! Proud to have been apart of that squad," he posted.

Suppose KP will now be blamed for the series loss......Pomms did make it rather exciting after lunch ,that's abt all they could do.....now for the one Dayers where we beat them again and give them a right royal rodgering!!!!!!!!

"right royal rodgering" hotline, you must have been well educated , you don't get that in normal schools lol

Englander Wrote:

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> Tipster Wrote:
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> > If England wins it they will have to buy the
> 3rd
> > umpire a case of beers ... compare that
> stumping
> > to ones that have gone against SA not to
> mention
> > other dodgy decisions..
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> Why buy them a case of beers when we've already
> given them a case of champagne??! lol That
> said, there were no bad decisions today, that was
> just your nerves playing with you Tipster!
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> Congratulations to SA, worthy winners over the
> three tests and imho, rightly top of the world
> poll at the moment. World class players and a very
> good overall unit. Great fight by England though,
> an afternoon of some tension! A catch here or
> there and Philander not being quite as brilliant
> as he was this test and it might have gone the
> other way. But, I don't think that would have been
> deserved, England were second best this series.
>
> I hope England have shown though that they are not
> as far behind as some of you may have thought,
> they are a very decent side. Until the next series
> when you are welcome to come and join me singing
> with the Army... <


Well said, englander, but I'm not sure about the English being a 'very' decent side - I'd go with 'decent' - and imo SA had some very dodgy decisions going against them throughout the series and still came out tops - in England's backyard

The next series will hopefully be in SA - and it could be two very different sides - so looking forward to that (tu)

Now the hard part starts. Staying at number 1. Australia and Pakistan are now the teams to beat as I think England have cooked their goose and will go downhill from here as there is far too much in fighting.

KP not included in either England squad ie the ODIs v SA and the 20/20 world cup. The end.

Frodo Wrote:

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> Well said, englander, but I'm not sure about the
> English being a 'very' decent side - I'd go with
> 'decent' - and imo SA had some very dodgy
> decisions going against them throughout the series
> and still came out tops - in England's backyard
>
> The next series will hopefully be in SA - and it
> could be two very different sides - so looking
> forward to that (tu)

Fair opinion Frodo. I have watched them around the world though for a decade and imo they are more than decent. While I accept SA were the better of the two sides and fully deserved the win, we did drop someone in two of the tests who went on to get a 100, if they had been taken it COULD ( ) have made the scores much closer and even possibly given a different result. I would also agree that over the three games SA came off worse in the umpiring decisions, Kallis off the glove being the stand-out to me (inexcusable!).
Always look forward to tours over here Frodo, good time and good cricket. Hope they put PE back on the calendar.
Hotline... no-one who likes cricket really gives a t*ss about the one-dayers. Couldn't care less if SA do give us a right Royal rodgering as you so delicately put it I even left the WC game early as I was bored and wanted a beer... (though I confess I didn't expect England to turn it on its head like that... blardy people in that dirty little bar in Chennai wouldn't even let me watch the end on TV! lol)
CnC... England are way ahead of Australia just now, if SA don't beat them 3 zip then imho it will be a disappointing tour for you guys