England vs South Africa | 3rd T20I | Edgbaston | 12/09/12 |

[Shayan]

Reduced to 11 overs a side, England are 24-1 after 2.2 ovs. Horrible first over from Morkel which included the widest wide i've ever seen!

 

[Poison]

Reduced to 11 overs a side, England are 24-1 after 2.2 ovs. Horrible first over from Morkel which included the widest wide i've ever seen!

) Morkel's wide was ridiculous, would've gone straight to a finer fine leg

 

[James]

Would be nice to win today, but can't see us retaining the trophy in Sri Lanka with this squad.

 

[Anfield]

Reduced 20 overs match to 11 overs. Seriously what the Eff is wrong with cricket?

 

[James]

Been the dampest summer since records began. Hopefully nothing like this happens again, it spoils the cricket season.

 

[Maximas]

England 74/3 after 9. Can they get the magic number in 11?

 

[Eye_Done]

Waleed is getting smashed.

 

[hamzamunir]

Phainty to parnell

 

[cricketpassion]

Parnel conceded 32 runs in an over .All hit by Butler

 

[Fawad2010]

Parnell getting ready for World T20

 

[MattyB]

32 from that over. 106-3 off 10. Unbelievable tekkers from Buttler.

 

[James]

Parnell ) 32 off the over.

Good to see Jos Butler finally performing for England and opening his shoulders.

 

[cricketpassion]

after 10 over Eng 106-3

 

[Fawad2010]

6 6 2 1nb 5nb 4 6 2

 

[Shayan]

That. Guy. Can. Hit.

 

[cricketpassion]

:6

 

[Fawad2010]

74/3 to 106/3 in an over.

 

[cricketpassion]

 

[cricketpassion]

Eng Run rate 10.84

 

[cricketpassion]

:4

 

[Fawad2010]

Albie Morkel gives 5 runs in an over, and SA don't call him back for another over

 

[MattyB]

Buttler has always shown that ability to smash teams around at County level and is finally doing that at international level.

With Hales, Kieswetter, Wright, Morgan, Buttler & Bairstow we might have the best T20 batting line up around at the moment. Combine that with a good bowling line-up and we are in with a shout at the WC.

 

[Green Leopard]

Nasser is so over optimistic these days about England, everytime he opens his mouth, SA comeback to peg him back by one

 

[cricketpassion]

so the target is 119 in 11 overs for SA

 

[Green Leopard]

Buttler has always shown that ability to smash teams around at County level and is finally doing that at international level.

With Hales, Kieswetter, Wright, Morgan, Buttler & Bairstow we might have the best T20 batting line up around at the moment. Combine that with a good bowling line-up and we are in with a shout at the WC.

you are no different from Nasser, Butler was on the verge of being dropped.

 

[Maximas]

Wow!.. What a finishing of 1st innings there in penultimate over! England certainly aint totally hopeless yet. If their performance starts talking with the rank, I guess English can win it in Lankan island as well. 1 pin for Buttler.

 

[James]

Buttler 32 off 10. Hopefully this is the start of some good form for him, he's been hopeless before this.

 

[James]

Boss innings from Kieswetter as well.

 

[leatherface58]

Walid Parnell getting ripped a new one )

 

[IAJ]

This Levi guy has looked really poor in this series.

 

[leatherface58]

2nd highest runs in an over in an international t20. 1st is of course Dr. Reid

 

[Amjid Javed]

Have to say the S.A experiment with Levi has been a massive fail and they would be better off just picking a genuine quality batsmen at top of the order to open with Amla.

I can see england winning this tonight.

 

[MattyB]

This Levi guy has looked really poor in this series.

He is a filthy slogger with no technique. He's a big bloke so when he hits the ball it stays hit but all you have to do is wait for him to get himself out by playing a dirty slog across the line, i.e what he did today.

Amla will be the key to this chase, the Saffers have a few batsman who can smash the ball around the park like Buttler did but they need someone to make a fairly quick 50.

 

[James]

Walid Parnell getting ripped a new one )

Was never that great a cricketer really.

 

[Proud To Be A Pakistani]

lol its funny its such a short match that with each single dot ball the run rate is creeping up

 

[leatherface58]

Was never that great a cricketer really.

Hmm.they expected him to turn into some sort of bowling allrounder. But he just is a bits and pieces cricketer these days. Too expensive with the ball. Not good enough with the bat.

 

[asif9138]

hope south africe wins!!

 

[velu]

Albie morkel in

 

[velu]

amla gone

 

[asif9138]

amla goneeeeeeee!!

 

[leatherface58]

#im gone. That Walid over really did it.

 

[IAJ]

Honestly Bresnan should go and smack both Swann and Broad. Two real idiots!

 

[leatherface58]

Honestly Bresnan should go and smack both Swann and Broad. Two real idiots!

Why what happened?

 

[velu]

:6 .. too late