What's new

South Africa [284 & 272] defeat England [181 & 268] by 107 runs to win the 1st Test

Markram ruled out of remainder of England Test series

Saturday, 28 December 2019

Standard Bank Proteas opening batsman, Aiden Markram has been ruled out of the remainder of the Test series against England after sustaining a fracture to his fourth left finger. The injury will require surgery and will remove him from play for at least six weeks. He is scheduled for surgery early next week.

The injury took place during Day Two of the Test match which is currently underway at SuperSport Park in Centurion.

Cricket South Africa Chief Medical Officer, Dr Shuaib Manjra said:

“Aiden sustained a fracture affecting the distal joint of his left ring finger. After consulting with a number of hand specialists yesterday we arrived at a decision that the best outcome would be achieved through surgical reduction and fixation. This would mean him unfortunately missing the rest of the series against England. We feel for Aiden who worked extremely hard to come through his previous hand fracture sustained in India to be Test match ready.”
 
wrongun said:
DIdn't I read in this thread that Sibley & Burns was going to be the best opening combo in the world?
Click to expand...

Not from me. Burns is justifying his place but Sibley is just feeling his way at present. It’s a better top three than the one that fought the Ashes though.

Now Buttler has gone down with the lurgy too. It seems inevitable that Bairstow will keep wicket no matter what else is tried. How the Gods laugh at us!
 
Why did Nortje review that? Better to save the review for a batter, surely.
 
Broad and archer need to come on, the taller bowlers are getting variable bounce on this with a mixture of full deliveries, root showing he's reactive rather than proactive
 
ENG 181
RSA 284, 98/4 (28.2) CRR: 3.46
Day 3: 1st Session - South Africa lead by 201 runs
 
It's high time England should realize that Jimmy should be kept reserved only for tests played with Duke bowl. Let him play with Duke, get to 600 wickets and retire.

Broad, Woakes, Curran, Archer and Wood is the way to go for England although to win in Asia, they will need a genuine quality spinner like Swann and not Moeen, Rashid or Leach.
 
Unexpected resistance from Nortje. This partnership is critical for SA. I bet Root wishes he had a proper spinner.
 
Ab Fan said:
It's high time England should realize that Jimmy should be kept reserved only for tests played with Duke bowl. Let him play with Duke, get to 600 wickets and retire.

Broad, Woakes, Curran, Archer and Wood is the way to go for England although to win in Asia, they will need a genuine quality spinner like Swann and not Moeen, Rashid or Leach.
Click to expand...

I would have retired Anderson last year. He is blocking the development of young bowlers.

Leach is the best spinner tried since Swann, who was something of a freak occurrence in the CCC.
 
Ab Fan said:
It's high time England should realize that Jimmy should be kept reserved only for tests played with Duke bowl. Let him play with Duke, get to 600 wickets and retire.

Broad, Woakes, Curran, Archer and Wood is the way to go for England although to win in Asia, they will need a genuine quality spinner like Swann and not Moeen, Rashid or Leach.
Click to expand...

Olly stone should definitely be included in the above list as for seamers, woakes and curran in Asia would be complete liabilities, as for spinning for me moin is the best England have
 
Where was rassie in the past 5 years.?
Safrica have a reliable batter for a change

And no way eng will chase this target
 
ENG 181
RSA 284, 166/5 (39.2) CRR: 4.22
Day 3: 1st Session - South Africa lead by 269 runs
 
Game has already gone.

Need to start planning for the second Test early.
 
James said:
Game has already gone.

Need to start planning for the second Test early.
Click to expand...

Will be difficult with several players down with sickness bugs. I wouldn't enter the England dressing room without a hazmat suit !
 
England's bowlers have been too short in this Test match. It reminds me of some Asian bowlers in Australia where they get carried away with the bounce.
 
sindhiboy said:
Where was rassie in the past 5 years.?
Safrica have a reliable batter for a change

And no way eng will chase this target
Click to expand...

The incompetence of CSA. We've lost so many excellent players due to CSA incompetency. I've been ranting about it for years here on pakpassion. If AB's retirement wasn't a dead giveaway, I don't know what is.

They've probably cost us a world cup at least. Perhaps things will finally change with Biff.
 
ENG 181
RSA 284, 197/7 (44.0) CRR: 4.48
Day 3: Lunch Break - South Africa lead by 300 runs
 
Dekock gone. 220/8 - lead 323

SA should win from here.
 
Robert said:
Not from me. Burns is justifying his place but Sibley is just feeling his way at present. It’s a better top three than the one that fought the Ashes though.

Now Buttler has gone down with the lurgy too. It seems inevitable that Bairstow will keep wicket no matter what else is tried. How the Gods laugh at us!
Click to expand...

I am just confused by Bairstow's career actually. You can't be "young" Johnny Bairstow for a decade or more...

He needs to be either the keeper-batsman or a top order player by this stage. Not mucking about hiding down at #6. If he's 30 odd and not good enough for the top #5 spots by then and not an all rounder... then you don't belong in the team. It's just odd.

Even #5 I can handle. Some great players batted #5 (Hussey, S Waugh, AB) for a lot of their career.
 
James said:
Game has already gone.

Need to start planning for the second Test early.
Click to expand...

Whole team looks a bit flat with the stomach bug. They haven't rolled over, still in with a reasonable chance but advantage really all with SA.

Probably order a couple of days recovery, feed & hydrate and sleep before training then come again fresh Test 2.
 
Jonny Bairstow is the ambassador of getting out bowled.

Dismissals in Test Cricket:
Caught - 41
Bowled - 33*
Caught Behind - 21
 
Matches in SA have this weird pattern. Wickets tumble. At the same time batsmen score at fair clip. Short boundaries, fast outfield, attacking field set. Value for shots. I am noticing since the days of Kapil Dev's 119 at port elizabeth where India was reeling at 31 for 5 or 6. Then at Capetown the famous Azhar/Tendulakr partnership of 222 runs. Klusner went for 96 runs in 12 overs. Azhar Mahmood, Pat Symcox. Sehwag on his debut with an attacking partnership with Sachin. Babar Azam made some quick 50s.
 
Excellent start by burns and sibley so far, need to keep the dicipline and frustrate the south africans
 
wrongun said:
I am just confused by Bairstow's career actually. You can't be "young" Johnny Bairstow for a decade or more...

He needs to be either the keeper-batsman or a top order player by this stage. Not mucking about hiding down at #6. If he's 30 odd and not good enough for the top #5 spots by then and not an all rounder... then you don't belong in the team. It's just odd.

Even #5 I can handle. Some great players batted #5 (Hussey, S Waugh, AB) for a lot of their career.
Click to expand...

He averaged just 25 for the last two years and got dropped.

He has a ton of ability and has been around for seven years but doesn’t average 40 in tests. He’s not the best keeper available - Foakes is, so he should play as a batter up the order. But he keeps getting bowled.
 
Manunited18 said:
Excellent start by burns and sibley so far, need to keep the dicipline and frustrate the south africans
Click to expand...

A great opportunity for Sibley to bat and bat like he does in CC.

But I have little hope as now Root has got the lurgy too, and Bowledstow will get bowled again.
 
sibley leaving really well. quality batting from the two

as i said before , these two have the potential to be the best opening pair
 
Stunning opening partnership.

Even if we do slip to a 0-1 scoreline, it’s good to see some fight, and will be important psychologically for the next match to not just get rolled over here.
 
RSA 284, 272
ENG 181, 92/1 (28.1) CRR: 3.27
Day 3: 3rd Session - England need 284 runs

England victory can happen!

Stokes special?
 
wrongun said:
Whole team looks a bit flat with the stomach bug. They haven't rolled over, still in with a reasonable chance but advantage really all with SA.

Probably order a couple of days recovery, feed & hydrate and sleep before training then come again fresh Test 2.
Click to expand...

I hope so. There isn’t much between these teams really, but we have seemingly encountered a dreadful early hand with the gastroenteritis.
 
hope eng dont drop sibley next test, he batted really well, just a stupid shot

if there is somehow another 100 run partnership, , then the match could get interesting
 
4th innings batting is becoming easier in SA if i may say so based on the patterns. SA moved from saving the test to almost winning it on day 5 against India with Faf/AB partnership. Srilanka won the test chasing. This test is getting interesting with just 200 plus to hunt down and 9 wickets in hand.
 
This is where Steyn would have came in for his last spell of the day, dialing it to 11, making something happen. SA cricket it not the same without him.
 
RSA 284, 272
ENG 181, 121/1 (41.0) CRR: 2.95
Day 3: Stumps - England need 255 runs
 
Burns played a superb hand. Still too many for the team to get imo but at least there are a few positives to take into the next match.
 
Game isn't done for England till Stokes is there..

The guy seems to have the ability to do what is seemingly impossible..
 
Saturday, 28 December 2019

RORY BURNS and Dominic Sibley got England away to a spirited start as they set about a ground record runs chase for victory on the third afternoon of the first Test match against the Standard Bank Proteas at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on Saturday.

The tourists were set a target of 376 – the highest fourth innings successful runs chase stands at 251 by England in 2000 – as the batsmen were able to dominate sessions for the first time in the match with only three wickets falling in each of the first two sessions and only one in the final one. This was in comparison to the 9 wickets that fell on day one and the 15 on day two.

As a result the Proteas took charge in the morning session, scoring 125 for the loss of three wickets at a rate of more than 5 to the over. This was largely due to career best innings of 51 by debutant Rassie van der Dussen (67 balls, 5 fours) and night watchman Anrich Nortje (40 off 89 balls, 6 fours).

The England seamers decided to pepper Nortje with short-pitched deliveries and it took a long time for that tactic to work with 91 runs being added for the fifth wicket partnership.

There was a further 95 runs scored for the last three wickets led by Vernon Philander who continued a good all-round match before being last man out (46 off 68 balls, 4 fours).

Jofra Archer took the bowling honours with his third five-wicket haul in only his 7th Test match (5/102 in 17 overs).

Burns, who was dropped on 20, and Sibley then got England away to a confident start with their partnership of 92 in 28 overs before the latter gave a return catch to Keshav Maharaj.

The left-arm spinner started to get turn out of the rough to add an extra attacking dimension to the Proteas bowling line-up.

Burns went on to a confident half-century (his sixth in 15 matches) and finished the day on 77 (117 balls, 11 fours) although he had a narrow escape off the penultimate ball of the day with an edge off Maharaj that narrowly evaded Faf du Plessis at slip.

The spinner finished the day with 1/16 in 10 overs and clearly has a big role to play on day four.

England finished on 121/1, needing a further 255 for victory
 
Looks like england will go down fighting, if they can get through 1st session tomorrow damage free its game on.
 
Chrish said:
Game isn't done for England till Stokes is there..

The guy seems to have the ability to do what is seemingly impossible..
Click to expand...

Guy averages 36. If he was a rock solid batter with an average of 50 - like a pre-captaincy Root - I would be more confident.

A lot of players will have to get runs to chase this down. I don’t think it can be done..
 
Robert said:
Guy averages 36. If he was a rock solid batter with an average of 50 - like a pre-captaincy Root - I would be more confident.

A lot of players will have to get runs to chase this down. I don’t think it can be done..
Click to expand...

In the last year stokes averages 50+with the bat and root averages 35
 
Robert said:
A great opportunity for Sibley to bat and bat like he does in CC.

But I have little hope as now Root has got the lurgy too, and Bowledstow will get bowled again.
Click to expand...

Yes buttler been really struck down with it and root, yes sibely batted well, I'm so impressed by burns, in the last year hes faced some off the best fast bowlers in the world in bowling friendly conditions and hes come out with flying colours, for me he has to be the next England captain and root needs to work on his game to get back to his best
 
Burns has played some decent knocks in his short international career.

Let’s see if he can go on tomorrow.
 
Manunited18 said:
Yes buttler been really struck down with it and root, yes sibely batted well, I'm so impressed by burns, in the last year hes faced some off the best fast bowlers in the world in bowling friendly conditions and hes come out with flying colours, for me he has to be the next England captain and root needs to work on his game to get back to his best
Click to expand...

I agree about Burns. If Stokes does hit a third miracle innings this year it will be built on Burns’ back. Burns will have to pass a hundred and be anchorman.

I think England must forget this Buttler experiment - he is half a class short as a test batter, and third choice test keeper so why pick him?
 
Robert said:
I agree about Burns. If Stokes does hit a third miracle innings this year it will be built on Burns’ back. Burns will have to pass a hundred and be anchorman.

I think England must forget this Buttler experiment - he is half a class short as a test batter, and third choice test keeper so why pick him?
Click to expand...

Foakes deserves a good run, unfortunately for bairstow and buttler they need a long stint in county cricket, olly pope should Come in for bairstow, agree about burns, needs to stay and anchor, he's so calm and steadies the nerves, we need more players of his character in the team
 
Still a long way to go for England. If they have 7 wickets left in the final session, they have a chance. Will be interesting to see how much influence Maharaj will have in the game.
 
Robert said:
I have little hope as now Root has got the lurgy too, and Bowledstow will get bowled again.
Click to expand...

Bairstow could be done I think.

The dismissal stats don’t lie. Everyone knows now that they just have to bowl fast-medium at his stumps and they will get him out eventually.

This is going to end up like Shane Warne being brought on to get Daryl Cullinan LBW with a variation, or a team bringing on the left-arm spinner when KP comes out to bat.

Another negative reputation has been created.
 
If England can win this Test, they should win the series also.

Great opportunity for someone like Burns to make history.
 
Australia far too good and deservingly have wrapped up the series within 4 days.
 
RSA 284, 272
ENG 181, 125/1 (45.0) CRR: 2.78
Day 4: 1st Session - England need 251 runs
 
RSA 284, 272
ENG 181, 139/2 (51.4) CRR: 2.69
Day 4: 1st Session - England need 237 runs
 
Nortje is quality. Am surprised how SA keeps producing quickies...sad though as eventually all these players will retire early to play T20 or county cricket.
 
tyron_woodley said:
Damn England might actually chase it down? c'mon saffers. Let's go.
Click to expand...

No chance. The batting ends here. Bowledstow will get bowled after hitting two fours, Buttler has a virus, Curran will get 25 and then there are three bunnies.
 
RSA 284, 272
ENG 181, 171/3 (66.0) CRR: 2.59
Day 4: Lunch Break - England need 205 runs
 
Robert said:
No chance. The batting ends here. Bowledstow will get bowled after hitting two fours, Buttler has a virus, Curran will get 25 and then there are three bunnies.
Click to expand...
I actually think England have a good chance here.

The second new ball is the key and England needs to score maximum runs before it arrives.
 
Robert said:
No chance. The batting ends here. Bowledstow will get bowled after hitting two fours, Buttler has a virus, Curran will get 25 and then there are three bunnies.
Click to expand...
as long as GOAT stokes is there, England still have a chance.
No man strikes more fear into the opposition than stokes when he is in his Zone. I rate England and I do believe they are a good but without stokes they would struggle even vs mediocre sides. Stokes has that fear factor and x factor combined into one ruthless form of a destructive force capable of decimating any world class attack at its optimal best.

What a player he truly is.

People say smith and kohli are 2 modern day greats. Yes I agree with that notion however i also believe stokes should be heralded in such high regard too.

I think be in being an all rounder makes it a bit difficult to compare with proper batsmen though. He is undoubtedly the best all rounder of modern era.
 
Stokes and Root can do it for England. But it is going to be mighty difficult with not much batting left after them.
 
RSA 284, 272
ENG 181, 197/3 (70.5) CRR: 2.78
Day 4: 2nd Session - England need 179 runs

SA in trouble I reckon
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

The Bald Eagle
South Africa (138 & 285/5) defeat Australia (212 & 207) by 5 wickets in the final to clinch the World Test Championship 2023/25 title
16 17 18
Replies
1K
Views
29K
wrongun
W
BouncerGuy
Pakistan Champions (198/5) defeat South Africa Champions (167/9) by 31 runs to continue their unbeaten run in World Championship of Legends 2025
Replies
36
Views
1K
mominsaigol
mominsaigol
The Bald Eagle
South Africa (181/3) defeat England (179) comprehensively by 7 wickets to advance to semi-finals of ICC Champions Trophy 2025
2 3 4
Replies
279
Views
7K
BouncerGuy
BouncerGuy
FearlessRoar
South Africa (315/6) defeat Afghanistan (208) comprehensively by 107 runs to start their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign on a high
4 5 6
Replies
453
Views
11K
jnaveen1980
J
The Bald Eagle
New Zealand (362/6) defeat South Africa (312/9) comfortably by 50 runs to advance to final of ICC Champions Trophy 2025
9 10 11
Replies
820
Views
18K
jnaveen1980
J
Back
Top