England v South Africa test series

Frodo Wrote:

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> Playing at home served England well here, the SA
> batsmen just never looked comfortable on the pitch
> - the way they were struggling made me think that
> 220 was a winning score - but not to be.
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> Congratulations to England, they were by far the
> better side on Friday and yesterday.

I missed the score,what did England win by?

davetheflower Wrote:

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> Frodo Wrote:
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> > Playing at home served England well here, the
> SA
> > batsmen just never looked comfortable on the
> pitch
> > - the way they were struggling made me think
> that
> > 220 was a winning score - but not to be.
> >
> > Congratulations to England, they were by far
> the
> > better side on Friday and yesterday.
>
> I missed the score,what did England win by?

By 6 wickets and 20 balls left .....224/4

davetheflower Wrote:

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> Watching the news last night,i think that could be
> the end of Kevin Pieterson regarding England.
> Reminds me of the Roy Keane saga for Ireland in
> the world cup.bad apple


dave was roy keanes gripe not about the organisation and world cup preparation of Ireland? I spoke to Dennis Irwin, when he was in DURBAN working for MTN , covering the United- Everton 4-4 game and he said that playing for Ireland was comical at times. He told a great story about Paul Mcgrath and the 1994 World Cup where Italy and Ireland lined up in the tunnel with similar strips, but said KEANE was the best player he ever played with!

while they were both arrogant on the pitch Keane was all about winning not personal glory.

Just hoping that people think England will get thrashed as badly today as has been predicted for the previous two one-dayers... it seems to work well for The Land

The Proteas bowling attack has no teeth.... well certainly on Sunday they were gnashing their gums...and so was I. McClaren... which selectors relative is he? Faf Du plessiss .... give me a break ... what happened to young Levi ? Bring back Tsolikile (sp?) and get De Villiers back in open play where he is worth 15 saved runs before he bats... Elgar ...jury out here...

I believe we will win this afternoon but only if we chase.

Magi Wrote:

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> The Proteas bowling attack has no teeth.... well
> certainly on Sunday they were gnashing their
> gums...and so was I. McClaren... which selectors
> relative is he? Faf Du plessiss .... give me a
> break ... what happened to young Levi ? Bring
> back Tsolikile (sp?) and get De Villiers back in
> open play where he is worth 15 saved runs before
> he bats... Elgar ...jury out here...
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> I believe we will win this afternoon but only if
> we chase.

recent 1-day international history at Trent Bridge does seem to favour the team batting second... don't know how many of those were under lights though.

i think we hv a better balanced team with the extra batsman and imo ontong has a bit of class abt him so i fully expect the proteas to chase down any total england set.i just hope the english fans get to see a bit of the real AB in full flight because very few hv his ability with the bat and he makes this game look so easy wen he is on form.

Seen him Winzip... prefer Smith, Amla, Kallis, Duminy than the Pretty Boy

Englander Wrote:

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> Seen him Winzip... prefer Smith, Amla, Kallis,
> Duminy than the Pretty Boy


Hell we have to agree to disagree again - AB a better batsmen than Smith and Duminy imo

Saw AB in one of the IPL matches take on Steyn to win the match for his side. Pretty? Hardly ... he took his teammate apart and left all the pieces lying around. I've never seen that happen to Steyn the Remover quite so decisively.

Frodo Wrote:

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> > Seen him Winzip... prefer Smith, Amla, Kallis,
> > Duminy than the Pretty Boy
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> Hell we have to agree to disagree again - AB a
> better batsmen than Smith and Duminy imo

Was joking Frodo My partner likes him!

Shaun Pollock"s voice irritates the bejesus out of me