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Might be......... More like will be but that's the fun thing about racing imho, especially with the classics. Regardless of the weather I am pretty sure we'll get as entertaining a race as we always do with Strade. Although I suspect we can discount Wellens as a favorite if it does turn out to be a scorcher of a day.

Yeah they all did look a bit rusty. The second and third tests will be interesting from that point of view. I just get the feel that aside from shaking off the rustiness and bringing in Root and Foakes there isn't a way to make England stronger. I think the Windies will miss the guys I mentioned in my previous post more as they are all very good cricketers and would strengthen them a fair bit. If the Windies' batsmen can be consistent it'll stand them in good stead and allow them to be competitive more often. I pretty much think that this series will be decided by which batting unit does better as I regard each teams bowling unit to be pretty darn good. As for Broad, very good cricketer who is a bit of a spoiled brat imho. Not so sure I hate though. [emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787] Daai is sterk taal wat jy gebruik het om hom te beskryf!

Was following via Cricinfo and then watching the highlights later on. Have to admit that the umpiring left a lot to be desired especially in the first half of the match. It improved a bit during the latter half but not by much. Hopefully it'll be more up to standard in the next two matches. That said what's your feelings regarding the respective strengths and weaknesses of each team? I wouldn't be surprised if Buttler makes way for Foakes and Denly will lose out to the returning Root. West Indies not at full strength due to a couple players (Hetmeyr, Bravo & C Brathwaite) not touring or being unavailable due to injury. But it hasn't seem to have hampered them.

So good to see them be so competitive throughout the match. They thoroughly deserved their win. Let's hope that they keep up their good performances in the remaining two tests!

The Windies are now building a lead. I am hoping that Chase, Dowrich and Holder can net them a 100 run lead!

Been following it since the start. So glad to have live cricket!

If memory serves George Gregan was born in Zambia. Maybe he's the guy you're thinking of.

Yeah Kolbe has shades of Aplon in his play for sure. Stormers got to see a wee bit of that when they played together but I think we would need to Aplon play before rushing to any conclusions about whether or not he could still play at International level.

Imagine if Nick Mallett had the same amount of time to do his review of the match. That would be very interesting indeed. Totally love Squidge and his analysis of the matches. I'm sure he would be pretty good as a TV pundit too but I think his sense of humour is perhaps too unpc/spicy for mainstream media.

Rest In Peace Bob.

Thanks!!!! I wonder if me not seeing that had to do with me using my phone to try and get to the URL? Asking because clearly I am not tech savvy at all.

I did as Myles said in his post prior to mine. That said I was looking at having to use copy and paste to get the URL and I am using my mobile to access the internet.

17835 Been here since Nov 2013.

This is a good read! https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/philippe-gilberts-cycling-dream-team/

I suspected that they might call of Flanders. Sad that they had too but rider and team and spectator safety of greater importance.

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Rather Aus than India who seem to be in very good form. That said the Aussie ladies do have some serious gun players and this will an incredibly though game to win. However I do think that we have a potential chance to be able to spring a surprise win.

Not all doom and gloom. The ladies won their match against Thailand and is currently topping Group B at the WWT20. They have given themselves a realistic shot at making the semifinals I reckon.

Very happy right now. Let's hope they bring it to the match at Newlands. Also our ladies won their opening match at the WWT20 World Cup by beating a strong England team.

Our poorest batting performance of the season and among the top 10 poorest batting performances we've had against any team. We are truly in a mess with our cricket, as this particular match highlighted once again.

She is a fantastic journalist and I love that she says it as she sees it. Doesn't mince her words at all.

Only way that would work is if we had a viable batting allrounder to pick for the test team. Not sure if Dwayne Pretorius or George Linde is capable enough to allow for that. Also not sure if Wiaan Mulder has played much this season or if he has any kind of form that'll allow for him to be an option. That said I would dearly love for Verreyne to get a shot at test cricket.

Beast doing well in the MLR! https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/mtawarira-successful-major-league-debut/

100% agreed. ODI and T20 series were great with a couple of decent performances from our Proteas. Glad to see them be so competitive throughout both series.

It isn't entirely unexpected. I hope this allows him the time to get his head right for the rest of the year. Some big challenges ahead and the team could do with another senior batsman standing up and performing.