South Africa v England | 1st ODI | Bloemfontein | Feb 3, 2016 | England won by 39 runs (D/L method)

[#GreenRoars]

South Africa Squad
AB de Villiers*, KJ Abbott, HM Amla, F Behardien, Q de Kock†, M de Lange, JP Duminy, F du Plessis, Imran Tahir, DA Miller, M Morkel, CH Morris, K Rabada, RR Rossouw, D Wiese

England Squad
EJG Morgan*, MM Ali, JM Bairstow, SCJ Broad, JC Buttler†, AD Hales, CJ Jordan, LE Plunkett, AU Rashid, JE Root, JJ Roy, BA Stokes, JWA Taylor, RJW Topley, DJ Willey, CR Woakes

 

[#GreenRoars]

England win the toss and choose to bat

 

[Deewana Mastana]

What are the final playing XI's?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Ah, no worries got it!

South Africa 1 Hashim Amla, 2 Quinton de Kock (wk), 3 Faf du Plessis, 4 AB de Villiers (capt), 5 JP Duminy, 6 Rilee Rossouw, 7 Farhaan Behardien, 8 Chris Morris, 9 Morne Morkel 10, Marchant de Lange, 11 Imran Tahir

England 1 Alex Hales, 2 Jason Roy, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Jordan, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 David Willey, 11 Reece Topley

 

[Ab Fan]

England win the toss and choose to bat

If I am not wrong, this means SA are chasing?

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

South Africa will win this game.

They have three 145+ bowlers.

 

[Markhor]

England's side is so well balanced, plenty of bowling options and a deep batting lineup all capable of explosive innings. Not convinced by the quality of the pace attack yet.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

England off to a rolicking start in the first 3 going at 10 an over.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

32-0 in 3

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Roy hitting them hard

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Not sure why they mostly open with Morris when he plays...

Gone for over 10 an over in his first 2

Wont be too long before Morkel comes on

 

[#GreenRoars]

Quick start from England.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Roy on fire dot and

 

[PCP_1]

60 in 6.2. A start we could only dream of.

 

[rooster]

What a start!!!

We are going to be a very good team in an year or so.

 

[saeed5646]

Oldest player in the England team is 29. must be some sort of record

 

[PCP_1]

Roy Boy gone. More dangerous Root in.

 

[rooster]

Roy gone after a rollicking start

 

[Dios]

Why James Taylor is not playing?

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Roy gone after a prolific start 48 off 30 balls

70-1 in 8

 

[street cricketer]

Why James Taylor is not playing?

England couldn't afford to drop anybody else..

 

[pakistani pride]

No taylor? Didnt he get a 100 in warm up game?

 

[HitWicket]

James Taylor - one of the most hard done by players in cricket for sure!

Shows good squad depth when neither of your 2 top scorers in the warm ups get in the starting XI though I guess

 

[Robert]

South Africa will win this game.

They have three 145+ bowlers.

Cool, it'll fly over the rope faster that way.

 

[PCP_1]

Both the fast bowlers and spinners getting punished here.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

England should be eyeing up 350 atleast or more.

 

[PCP_1]

Dumb shot by Hales.

 

[PCP_1]

I don't see ENG going past 250 if Root goes.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Buttler in ahead of Morgan.

Seems like they're giving him a new role.

 

[HitWicket]

Buttler in ahead of Morgan.

Seems like they're giving him a new role.

Don't think it's anything overly permanent, just Morgan being flexible with the order. If Root had got out instead of Hales I'd expect Morgan would of walked in.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Eng 170/2 after 23 overs - should be looking at 350-400 here off 50 overs

 

[PCP_1]

SA getting tonked here. Boundaries galore.

 

[carrom_ball]

England is a strong contender for world t20, way above Australia and nz anyway

 

[Alamgeer]

Nasir making a good point here. Stop making test player an odi player. Exactly what Pak selectors are hell bend upon to doing.

 

[PCP_1]

3 consecutive 4s for Butler. We really seemed to have out leashed the beast in him.

 

[carrom_ball]

They should really aim for 450 here

 

[rooster]

Give the strike back to Jos

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Don't think it's anything overly permanent, just Morgan being flexible with the order. If Root had got out instead of Hales I'd expect Morgan would of walked in.

It's paying dividends at the moment.

 

[PCP_1]

SA need to get JOs caught behind soon, as we all know nothing gets Butler better than De Cock.

 

[street cricketer]

This is going to end as a massacre.

To think that this was the same team playing a mundane brand of cricket just over a year ago in the world cup is astounding.

 

[Zahid87]

England have started to take ODI cricket seriously.....

Suppose they might actually now have a chance in 2019, with it being at home...

 

[street cricketer]

England have started to take ODI cricket seriously.....

Suppose they might actually now have a chance in 2019, with it being at home...

I would say they're one of the favourites for the champions trophy and the world cup. Their only weak link looks like is in their pace bowling department.

 

[Big Mac]

This is going to end as a massacre.

To think that this was the same team playing a mundane brand of cricket just over a year ago in the world cup is astounding.

Well, England did a Pakistan in the World Cup where they were playing good cricket before the World Cup but then on the eve of the tournament panicked and contracted 'senioritis' and tried to fix things that weren't broken.

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

I would say they're one of the favourites for the champions trophy and the world cup. Their only weak link looks like is in their pace bowling department.

England always start with a bang after WC.

Let's see how they move forward from here.

 

[street cricketer]

Well, England did a Pakistan in the World Cup where they were playing good cricket before the World Cup but then on the eve of the tournament panicked and contracted 'senioritis' and tried to fix things that weren't broken.

Not really. They were shambles of a team before and during the world cup. Don't go by that tri series win against us. They lost both to India and SL at home. I think the change came during the NZ ODI series in England. Now they're a team with a completely different mindset.

 

[Zahid87]

I would say they're one of the favourites for the champions trophy and the world cup. Their only weak link looks like is in their pace bowling department.

They should have one the last one. Were coasting in the final, but somehow messed up.

India were also lucky that they had prepared dry pitches for an Ashes summer, so there spinners could have an impact. IN 'normal' English conditions, Jadeja would not have ended up as the top wicket taker in the tournament.


The other thing is that a lot of people laugh at this England plan BS. But they seem to have, in the last 15 years, managed to make it work. A lot of planning and effort went in to taking England from their lowest ebb, to a top test team by 2005, and now beyond. Strauss has emphasised that they will take the ODI format seriously too now, so shouldn't be too suprised with the progress.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Should get 400

 

[Robert]

I don't see ENG going past 250 if Root goes.

Root has gone, and ENG have 270-4 with 13 overs left.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Don't see us chasing this.

I'll save myself for pink day, I guess.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Had slowed down a little but looks like they're well on course of getting 370

 

[Deewana Mastana]

If Stokes and Moeen get going then 100 off the last 10 is a possibility with 400 being on.

 

[PCP_1]

Root has gone, and ENG have 270-4 with 13 overs left.

Was just anti-jinxing them. They won't reach 350 if SA get Butler.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Merchant de Lange hitting 150ks

 

[PCP_1]

Hundred up for Butler.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

England odi team is looking solid. Serious contender for champions trophy and 2019 world cup in england.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Brilliant hundred for Buttler.

 

[#GreenRoars]

England odi team is looking solid. Serious contender for champions trophy and 2019 world cup in england.

And WT20 2016?

 

[Robert]

If these two stay in until 50 overs.....

 

[Robert]

If these two stay in until 50 overs.....

Jinxed them. That's a shame. Could have been some real fireworks.

 

[PCP_1]

ENG batting fearlessly and getting the desired results. We were in a similar position but folded for 290 due to the fear factor.

 

[PCP_1]

Jinxed them. That's a shame. Could have been some real fireworks.

All my hard work down the drain.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

And WT20 2016?

One of the asian team will win it.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Slapped out of the park by Moeen

 

[Dman]

Will be an interesting chase.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Imran Tahir getting spanked now by Stokes

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Moeen shot 4 runs

 

[PCP_1]

19 off the Tahir over.

 

[PCP_1]

First 2 ball 4 and 6 by Stokes.

 

[PCP_1]

Stokes gone after trying to get a bit too cheeky.

 

[Dman]

Must target 410-420

 

[shah_1]

England team has evolved, not the same boring team anymore. Pakistan is still stuck in 90s

 

[Dman]

If this was the Pakistani team, they would be batting at 205-7 right now

 

[PCP_1]

Must target 410-420

With the batsmen left, doubt they'd go past 400 now

 

[Robert]

England team has evolved, not the same boring team anymore. Pakistan is still stuck in 90s

They had the wrong team for the last WC. I think only three or four guys from that squad stayed in.

 

[Dman]

This is among the low profile stadiums in SA, not the usual Durban, Johannesburg or Cape Town.

 

[Dman]

With the batsmen left, doubt they'd go past 400 now

Yea wickets falling.

 

[PCP_1]

Adel Rasheed has trimmed his beard to a non bhai length of late.

 

[Deewana Mastana]

England falling apart after Stokes

400 looks a bit tough now0

 

[PCP_1]

Rasheed is also a bit useful as a bowler in T20s only.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Should be an interesting run chase for S.A later.