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Is anyone following the England - SA game.
If we can't win it from here there's summit up!
Great bowling / fielding from England...
Cheers
Danny B
74/6 – sweet!
And only around 19 overs bowled. Great stuff!
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Danny B
Wow
the England cricket team a have a long and noble tradition of stealing defeat from the jaws of victory...that said even this looks like it would take a supreme effort of ineptitude
and a run out so that is 7 down now
Starts texting s African friends ...sod it time to gloat now 😀
I can't watch it in the office, but from the figures it looks like Jimmy and Tredwell are on it.
Pitch/conditions contributing to the low score?
76 / 7 - agree junkyard. it would take a startling batting display to f*** this one up. But then as you say - defeat from the jaws of etc!
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Danny B
Boom, baby!
Seven down.
Edit: too late. Projections for final SA score anyone? I'll go for 118 due to pesky tailender beltage.
Cracking bowling!
commentary only but no they have choked /committed hari kare again/England been brilliant
99 so I can have 99 runs and the pitch aint done
IGMC
Blimey!
great bowling vs average bating on a helpful pitch.
Tredwell is a better one day bowler thn swann at present.
I'm going for 133 a/o and us to win by 5 wickets
80/8 - gonna be sub 100...
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Danny B
Enter pesky tailender beltage.
Still sticking to my 118.
How are we feeling about 133/8 then?
Don't like the look of this partnership. If S.A can nudge towards 170+ it gives them something to bowl at and anything can happen if we lose a few early?
I can't help feeling the best thing for England would have been to get knocked out in the group stages and spend more time getting ready for the Ashes.
I can't see the value in playing a load of mickey mouse 50 over stuff when a home Ashes series is only a few weeks away.
50 over international cricket is now just a contrived imitation of the real thing - and that 'real thing' is not T20 either!
Good for confidence and form though.
Well this is embarrassing. England reverting to type a bit by failing to keep the pressure up on the lower order.
Confidence and form for some of the batters maybe, but for the bowlers I am not so sure.
At last
Nine down, finally.
Kleinveldt clearly reading the wrong plot outline there. 👿
W W 🙂
Bowler O M R W Econ
James Anderson 8.0 1 14 2 1.75
Legend.
1.75 economy is a scary figure - good job Jimmy!!
Cheers
Danny B
One down for 39... pretty solid going.
make that 2 for 41 - mmmmm
Root will see us home!
Root's cousin bought my mother in law's house in Sheffield (proper random cricket commentator kind of comment that! True though)...
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Danny B
your granny, with a stick of rhubarb, could see England home
proper random cricket commentator kind of comment that! True though)...
I once saw Sir Viv Richards score a century against St. Austell and then deliberately sky the ball to get out gracefully.
Not as good a cricketing story as yours maybe, but I liked it. 🙂
Start the car!
Interestingly(?) England have been scoring at about the same rate as SA - they just have a load more overs in which to get to the target.
Nice sensible play by them all day I think - mature batting knowing time is on their side.
Good job all round...
Cheers
Danny B