Sport Winter Cricket Thread

[Marked Ox]

157-5 now.

 

[SteMerritt]

157-5. Lead 374.

Thay pitch is just starting to do some interesting things. One to Root shot along the deck, a few moved sideways, Buttler was almost cut in half first ball. Should only get harder to bat on from here.

 

[Marked Ox]

160-6 - Jos Buttler out. Need Wood/Woakes/Broad to do their thing again.

Stokes, Buttler and Curran came out playing in 1 day mode.

 

[SteMerritt]

234-8, lead creeps past 450.Root approaching 50, Wood throwing the bat, 18 off 11

 

[Marked Ox]

All out 248 so a 465 lead and 2 days to go.

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

Would have been better to have been batting for one more morning, get the lead to 500 and then just really go at them, but we should still win from here...

 

[Sarge]

SA current chase is 375 ..... 91-2 after 31 overs

 

[Sarge]

SA have passed the 100 run point ( currently 106-2 after 36 overs) .... England need a wicket or two to stop SA batsmen building more of a partnership

 

[Sarge]

Woakes into the bowling attack ... and already roughing up the SA batsmen

 

[Sarge]

SA batsmen digging in 168-2 after 55 overs now ..... England need to get a wicket or two, and sharpish

 

[SteMerritt]

Stokes strikes, 3rd one gone. Getting edgy isn't it.

 

[Sarge]

At last , a wicket.... Stokes got the breakthrough, taking Du Plessis' wicket on 35 ... SA 181-3 now

 

[Foley]

We are so reliant on Stokes.
They have a long tail and we should still win easily.

 

[SteMerritt]

And another! Van der Dussen goes for 98 to Wood. Need de Kock and that should be it.

 

[Sarge]

And another! Van der Dussen goes for 98 to Wood. Need de Kock and that should be it.

once one wicket goes it can trigger something of a domino effect , heres hoping we can skittle the remaining SA wickets fairly cheaply

 

[SteMerritt]

5th wicket down. Anyone know how Phillander is doing? Will he come out to bat, hamstring tear wasn't it?

 

[nige01ox]

Wrapped it up pretty quickly towards the end with the wickets tumbling. What a difference Wood makes on a flat pitch. And that's a really good series win when you consider half the team was struck down with illness on the eve of the first test, and Stokes' dad being in intensive care and how that must have affected him etc. Very impressive.

 

[Sarge]

Wrapped it up pretty quickly towards the end with the wickets tumbling. What a difference Wood makes on a flat pitch. And that's a really good series win when you consider half the team was struck down with illness on the eve of the first test, and Stokes' dad being in intensive care and how that must have affected him etc. Very impressive.

What @nige01ox said ^^

 

[Sarge]

South Africa v England ODI starts at 11am our time..... hopefully an england win as well as a U's cup replay win today then

 

[Sarge]

Hmmmm england batting, 60-2 roy went on 32 , Bairstow for 19