England v South Africa-Third Test 11:01 - Jul 27 with 15703 views | gainsboroughblue | Eng win toss and bat. Any guesses at when first wicket will fall? Cook edged behind at 1109. [Post edited 27 Jul 2017 11:01]
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:01 - Jul 27 with 7989 views | Steve_M | If you're watching it.... | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:03 - Jul 27 with 7980 views | gainsboroughblue |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:01 - Jul 27 by Steve_M | If you're watching it.... |
Now now. My commenting on the women's final thread the other day, yielded two wickets in quick succession. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:05 - Jul 27 with 7965 views | bluewein | Bloody hell. Cook to score 1109? Not having the captaincy is gonna do him a world of good..! | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:08 - Jul 27 with 7951 views | IpswichKnight |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:05 - Jul 27 by bluewein | Bloody hell. Cook to score 1109? Not having the captaincy is gonna do him a world of good..! |
Does that he will be closing in on Sachin Tendulkar as all time leading runs scorer in tests, just passed another Essex legend in AB with a 4 in the first over. | | | |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:16 - Jul 27 with 7925 views | Steve_M | Well, there goes Jennings. Philander just too good for him. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:18 - Jul 27 with 7916 views | gainsboroughblue |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:16 - Jul 27 by Steve_M | Well, there goes Jennings. Philander just too good for him. |
Jennings has this 'dead man walking' look about him. We really look a very vulnerable side at the moment. I really hope these debutants don't freeze. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:20 - Jul 27 with 7897 views | bluewein |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:08 - Jul 27 by IpswichKnight | Does that he will be closing in on Sachin Tendulkar as all time leading runs scorer in tests, just passed another Essex legend in AB with a 4 in the first over. |
Some effort, isn't it? It really saddened me to see the stick Cook took last year. He's clearly one of the best batsmen ever, 4 Ashes wins, 2 as captain, records smashed left, right and center, yet the dogs abuse he got after being off form (he's entitled to at least one off day) was pretty terrible. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:21 - Jul 27 with 7885 views | bluewein |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:16 - Jul 27 by Steve_M | Well, there goes Jennings. Philander just too good for him. |
There goes Jennings test career too, one would imagine. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:22 - Jul 27 with 7883 views | Steve_M |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:18 - Jul 27 by gainsboroughblue | Jennings has this 'dead man walking' look about him. We really look a very vulnerable side at the moment. I really hope these debutants don't freeze. |
About five of the nine balls he faced were excellent, but he never looked confident that he could survive. How many openers have we tried since Strauss retired now?
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:29 - Jul 27 with 7859 views | gainsboroughblue |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:22 - Jul 27 by Steve_M | About five of the nine balls he faced were excellent, but he never looked confident that he could survive. How many openers have we tried since Strauss retired now?
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Carberry, Robson, Compton, Lyth, Trott, Hales, Duckett, Hameed and now Jennings. That's some list. Out of those, I still have some hopes for Duckett and Hameed. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw Robson or Hales again but the others have well and truly gone I suspect. Root and Ali of the current side have opened too. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:32 - Jul 27 with 7841 views | jimsymBLUE |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:29 - Jul 27 by gainsboroughblue | Carberry, Robson, Compton, Lyth, Trott, Hales, Duckett, Hameed and now Jennings. That's some list. Out of those, I still have some hopes for Duckett and Hameed. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw Robson or Hales again but the others have well and truly gone I suspect. Root and Ali of the current side have opened too. |
Have to get Hameed back in and back the kid. Clearly has a big game temperament, excellent technique and is the future. Will play well on bouncy Australian wickets too. Got everything crossed that Westley gets a few.... | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:36 - Jul 27 with 7825 views | gainsboroughblue |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:32 - Jul 27 by jimsymBLUE | Have to get Hameed back in and back the kid. Clearly has a big game temperament, excellent technique and is the future. Will play well on bouncy Australian wickets too. Got everything crossed that Westley gets a few.... |
Essex to the rescue with a ton plus stand? | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:40 - Jul 27 with 7810 views | jimsymBLUE |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:36 - Jul 27 by gainsboroughblue | Essex to the rescue with a ton plus stand? |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 12:46 - Jul 27 with 7742 views | Steve_M | Decent enough since Jennings got out, very thin edge saving Cook and a couple of balls in the air but otherwise excellent Test match batting. Like SA at Trent Bridge, backing yourself to bat through a tricky opening period is good to watch. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 13:23 - Jul 27 with 7690 views | gainsboroughblue |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 12:46 - Jul 27 by Steve_M | Decent enough since Jennings got out, very thin edge saving Cook and a couple of balls in the air but otherwise excellent Test match batting. Like SA at Trent Bridge, backing yourself to bat through a tricky opening period is good to watch. |
Proper test match batting this morning. Watch your off stump, put away the bad ball. Long may it continue. Westley has looked impressive to me so far but I suspect a couple of fielders posted at square leg after lunch. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 13:34 - Jul 27 with 7666 views | Samuelowen88 |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 13:23 - Jul 27 by gainsboroughblue | Proper test match batting this morning. Watch your off stump, put away the bad ball. Long may it continue. Westley has looked impressive to me so far but I suspect a couple of fielders posted at square leg after lunch. |
You strike again | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 13:38 - Jul 27 with 7656 views | gainsboroughblue |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 13:34 - Jul 27 by Samuelowen88 | You strike again |
I should really be banned from cricket threads. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 14:47 - Jul 27 with 7599 views | gainsboroughblue | Root gone to a simply superb delivery. A lesser batsman would have been nowhere near it. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 15:37 - Jul 27 with 7566 views | Samuelowen88 | 4 down now. 120 /4 | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 15:40 - Jul 27 with 7563 views | gainsboroughblue |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 15:37 - Jul 27 by Samuelowen88 | 4 down now. 120 /4 |
A little bit of an ungainly looking dismissal. There seems to be absolutely no let up from SA here. England have tried to do everything right this time, no rash shots or anything like that. Just being outgunned by, which looks to me like, a far superior outfit. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 15:42 - Jul 27 with 7559 views | Steve_M |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 15:37 - Jul 27 by Samuelowen88 | 4 down now. 120 /4 |
It's been very good bowling for the most part rather than crap batting, Cook is playing well though. Hard to know what a good score is at the moment, it's early in the Summer for an Oval Test but we need Stokes, Bairstow and Ali to score some runs. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 15:50 - Jul 27 with 7552 views | Gogs |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 15:42 - Jul 27 by Steve_M | It's been very good bowling for the most part rather than crap batting, Cook is playing well though. Hard to know what a good score is at the moment, it's early in the Summer for an Oval Test but we need Stokes, Bairstow and Ali to score some runs. |
Yep, it'd be harsh to lay any blame at Westley, Root or Malan, they were all great deliveries. | | | |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:25 - Jul 28 with 7466 views | gainsboroughblue | Bug*er. Cook out for 88. Reviewed but umpires call. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:37 - Jul 28 with 7456 views | Reuser_is_God |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:25 - Jul 28 by gainsboroughblue | Bug*er. Cook out for 88. Reviewed but umpires call. |
Looked plum live too, bit hasty in reviewing but was closer than I thought. Vital that Stokes & Bairstow bat beyond lunch. | |
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England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:52 - Jul 28 with 7437 views | Steve_M |
England v South Africa-Third Test on 11:37 - Jul 28 by Reuser_is_God | Looked plum live too, bit hasty in reviewing but was closer than I thought. Vital that Stokes & Bairstow bat beyond lunch. |
Other than that ball it looks fairly comfortable. Cook was obviously convinced it was high although given the new ball is 10 overs away, nothing lost by reviewing. I really don't like Chris Morris, he just has an annoying face, so good to see him smashed around a bit by Stokes. | |
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