Cricket......

[babse]

SA Scraping hard for survival... good showing so far by Elgar and Bavuma.

[babse]

aaaaah and then Bavuma goes 

 

should be over quickly

[Dusty]

Any chance of rain?

[Stretch]

Dismal performance. One batsmen gets more than half the runs and another three basically get the balance

['Dale]

Hat trick by Ali, I read

That's special

 

What an innings by Elgar The Rock

And feisty Bavuma Lion Heart

[dev null]

Have Moody's now also downgraded our Cricket?

 

http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/Proteas/proteas-make-test-golden-duck-history-20170801

[Baldrick]

Oh dear

Both Big Vern and Morris out according to cricinfo

[Baldrick]

.... and we lose the toss.

Hope the reports of an under prepared pitch will help us this morning

['Dale]

How's the weather forecast

To force a win, to draw the series, the Blommetjies need time in the middle

[babse]

2 quick wickets and we back in this.

 

3 down under 100 and two new batsman at the crease.

 

cummon boys!!!

['Dale]

Uproot that Root!

[Baldrick]

Thread has gone very quite. With apologies to Fawlty Towers fans

 

Basil: Listen, don't mention the cricket! I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right. So! It's all forgotten now, and let's hear no more about it. So, that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Root, a Moeen Ali, and four Old Trafford salads.

[Kranswurm]

Thread has gone very quite. With apologies to Fawlty Towers fans

 

Basil: Listen, don't mention the cricket! I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right. So! It's all forgotten now, and let's hear no more about it. So, that's two egg mayonnaise, a prawn Root, a Moeen Ali, and four Old Trafford salads.

We were out batted completely.....they scored normal 5 day scores....we scored rubbish

[Baldrick]

Besides the obvious batting issues, we were also a few bowlers short. Morkel and Maharaj played well. Big Vern just looked overweight and battled with fitness. Rabada was disappointing and Olivier was all over the place.

['Dale]

Besides the obvious batting issues, we were also a few bowlers short. Morkel and Maharaj played well. Big Vern just looked overweight and battled with fitness. Rabada was disappointing and Olivier was all over the place.

The Vern had a tummy bug

Morris's performance was poor. It was a real opportunity for him to step up with all the bowler challenges for SA.

 

Middle order, other than LionHeart Bavuma, a big challenge ????

The search for a good opener alongside Elgar continues

Edited August 8, 2017 by 'Dale

[Baldrick]

The Vern had a tummy bug

Morris's performance was poor. It was a real opportunity for him to step up with all the bowler challenges for SA.

 

Middle order, other than LionHeart Bavuma, a big challenge

The search for a good opener alongside Elgar continues

Even if you take away his tummy bug, he just looked "heavy'