England v South Africa test series

gregbucks Wrote:

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> My grandmother could bat on that track, what
> happened to the old ''Oval'' of the 90's...:S


test been played too early at oval because lords been used for the olympics. Best time to play is end of aug early sept. If this pitch was that flat then why did England not get past 400?

Actually I'm enjoying watching the boys batting Magi, just miss that old Oval where there was a true contest between bat and ball. We must get 275 ahead and give ourselves at least 110 overs to try bowl them out... Stiff talk on that pitch.

chicken 'n chips Wrote:

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> gregbucks Wrote:
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> > My grandmother could bat on that track, what
> > happened to the old ''Oval'' of the 90's...:S
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> test been played too early at oval because lords
> been used for the olympics. Best time to play is
> end of aug early sept. If this pitch was that flat
> then why did England not get past 400?


We got lucky with the second new cherry, sometimes you get a corker out the box that does more for the bowlers... believe it or not...:

then its thebowlers fault as they have a ball choice and they choose wrong. We will see howEngland get along in their 2nd dig. I think that they will lose a couple of quick wickets then tighten up and get the draw.

Don't get me wrong, i would love to see us give them carrots but I think this game is heading for a draw....

We win by an innings and 17 runs ......

Magi Wrote:

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> We win by an innings and 17 runs ......

Wonder what odds you would get with that bet...

We must bat until 40 minutes before lunch tomorrow. Give us 30 minutes at them and then lunch break and then opening bowlers have another go.... if we don't get them 4 or 5 down tomorrow by close, the game is likely to end in a draw.

Magi Wrote:

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> We must bat until 40 minutes before lunch
> tomorrow. Give us 30 minutes at them and then
> lunch break and then opening bowlers have another
> go.... if we don't get them 4 or 5 down tomorrow
> by close, the game is likely to end in a draw.


tomorrows the last day.

chicken 'n chips Wrote:

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> Magi Wrote:
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> > We must bat until 40 minutes before lunch
> > tomorrow. Give us 30 minutes at them and then
> > lunch break and then opening bowlers have
> another
> > go.... if we don't get them 4 or 5 down
> tomorrow
> > by close, the game is likely to end in a draw.
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> tomorrows the last day.

WHAT ? A four day test ????

Today the 4th day Magi, not sure why you want to bat just before lunch tomorrow... you drinking or something...:S

The problem is we have tended to draw test matches in the past because we didn't give ourselves enough time to bowl the other team out , we have to get them in tonight imo...

Absolute 100%... my brain was tellin me today is Saturday.. we must bat til half hour before tea... have 20 mins at them.