South Africa v England | 3rd ODI | Centurion | Feb 9, 2016 | South Africa win by 7 wickets

[#GreenRoars]

England won the toss and elected to bat

 

[rooster]

Good start as usual

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Our bowling

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Good start as usual

Indeed

 

[Ozymandiasza]

I have to note, this game is played at altitude (1432 m/4698 ft) so the ball flies for miles.

 

[#GreenRoars]

97/1 England going good.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Cricinfo's scoring completely broken, wth?

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Watching Cricket without commentary is like dancing without any song/music. No commentary on TENCRICKET for 10 minutes. Hilarious.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Cricinfo's scoring completely broken, wth?

You are facing same problem? I thought my net is slow.

 

[#GreenRoars]

England tearing SA bowlers apart.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Target of 319 for SA.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Its a 300+ chase, expect to last for only a few overs, if at all

 

[#GreenRoars]

Another massive total for SA.

 

[#GreenRoars]

South Africa 103/0 (18.0 ov)

 

[ChachaCricket]

England's bowling attack is rubbish.

 

[Adijazz1706]

This slowing down may cost SA later on. Need to keep taking 1s and 2s.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Its a 300+ chase, expect to last for only a few overs, if at all

Shows how much I know

 

[Bilal7]

This slowing down may cost SA later on. Need to keep taking 1s and 2s.

Well ahead of the D/L and AB is yet to come.

England's bowling attack is rubbish.

What does that tell us about Pakistan's batting?

 

[ChachaCricket]

Well ahead of the D/L and AB is yet to come.



What does that tell us about Pakistan's batting?

What we already know.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Well ahead of the D/L and AB is yet to come.



What does that tell us about Pakistan's batting?

for the # They've picked up the pace now.

 

[Chrish]

de Kock in the touch of his life.. With him and Rabada around, SA's near future doesn't look too bleak

 

[Adijazz1706]

SA are walking this. This calls to mind, how bad are the Pakistani batsmen? Also, Jordan is downright awful

 

[Bilal7]

De Kock, Roussow and Rabada will be enough to keep South Africa a force in the future.

 

[Chrish]

Looks like Tahir doesn't have much show time left..

 

[Ab Fan]

Good batting by Amla and De kock..

 

[Bilal7]

SA are walking this. This calls to mind, how bad are the Pakistani batsmen? Also, Jordan is downright awful

Lol, Afridi and Akmal made this guy look like Jordan.

 

[HitWicket]

Lol, Afridi and Akmal made this guy look like Jordan.

To be fair that over was absoloutely brilliant, quite possibly the best super over I've ever seen. How many have nailed 6 90mph yorkers in such a pressure situation.

 

[Chrish]

I reckon Stokes' workload should be tightly managed.. He should be playing as a specialist bat in ODIs (he is good enough) and shouldn't really be bowling much. He is one of their MVPs

 

[Bilal7]

To be fair that over was absoloutely brilliant, quite possibly the best super over I've ever seen. How many have nailed 6 90mph yorkers in such a pressure situation.

I meant to say they made him look like Waqar. I don't remember him bowling six yorkers, they could have scored 8 runs off that over, IMO.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Lol, Afridi and Akmal made this guy look like Jordan.

That was an aberration, the real CJ is back.

 

[Adijazz1706]

 

[ChachaCricket]

Lol what timing and placement from Amla.

 

[Chrish]

Eng needs 2-3 wickets in succession..

 

[ChachaCricket]

Shot from De Kock.

 

[shaz619]

De Kock is the next big thing in international cricket, what a prospect; he has the potential to become a world class keeper batsman

 

[Abhilash93]

Pacer friendly pitch in India and batting paradise in SA. What is the world coming to ?!

 

[Chrish]

Lol! de Kock has made almost twice the runs of Amla

 

[Slog]

De Kock is the next big thing in international cricket, what a prospect; he has the potential to become a world class keeper batsman

He's been around for 2-3 years hasn't he?

He was doing well before too but before the WC 2015 he had a big injury and was out for several months. South Africa rushed him back for the WC and he had a terrible outing. (At one point he had like 2 runs in 4 innings I think). Unfortunately that will always be a stain on his record because most people won't care about context of his WC failure.

Still very young though so can rectify that

 

[Bilal7]

Pacer friendly pitch in India and batting paradise in SA. What is the world coming to ?!

Difficult when you start off. But a weird day for cricket, I agree.

 

[Bilal7]

What a innings from De Kock!

 

[Bilal7]

Just checked Rashid's figures. Difficult to believe that his economy is below five, the best bowler on display today.

 

[Bilal7]

Is something wrong with AB? Why would you send a hack like Wiese right now and not yourself?

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Amla scores a century while chasing 300. I'm looking at you Mamoon.

 

[Bilal7]

Lol, Wiese actually believed he was AB de Villiers.

Brilliant innings by Amla, so much for not being a good chaser.

 

[Bilal7]

Looks like de Villiers doesn't want to bat tonight.

 

[shaz619]

He's been around for 2-3 years hasn't he?

He was doing well before too but before the WC 2015 he had a big injury and was out for several months. South Africa rushed him back for the WC and he had a terrible outing. (At one point he had like 2 runs in 4 innings I think). Unfortunately that will always be a stain on his record because most people won't care about context of his WC failure.

Still very young though so can rectify that

Yeah he has been around for a while, that injury was a big set back and it took a while for selectors to notice him again. He's a work in progress but I believe he has the potential to become a world class keeper batsman. Already has hit hundreds all over the world in ODI cricket and has found a suitable position to fire from at the test level now. Youth is on his side to, it is a stain but I believe it was his first tournament; hopefully he learned a lot from that experience. Defo one for the future , been excited for him since he got that hundred against Pak in the UAE

 

[Suleiman]

Someone said "aur maro chakka"

Can't tell if it was Moeen or Rashid

Rashid bhai uses some vile language though.

 

[Chrish]

Amla scores a century while chasing 300. I'm looking at you Mamoon.

it's a blue moon phenomena.. i am sincerely shocked tbh

 

[Suleiman]

it's a blue moon phenomena.. i am sincerely shocked tbh

Don't worry choke is still on. Similar equation when they were chasing 264 against us in 42 overs, and then Amla bhai choked on 99 , and Junny K won us the game.

 

[The_KING]

Amla is such a classy batsman

 

[Chrish]

Don't worry choke is still on. Similar equation when they were chasing 264 against us in 42 overs, and then Amla bhai choked on 99 , and Junny K won us the game.

I don't mind if batsman scores runs in a loosing cause. At least he showed he fought.. Amla on the other hand has been gutless almost entire time when chasing even semi-decent score

 

[Bilal7]

Someone said "aur maro chakka"

Can't tell if it was Moeen or Rashid

Rashid bhai uses some vile language though.

Makes zero sense that either of them would speak in Urdu to De Kock.

 

[Bilal7]

I don't mind if batsman scores runs in a loosing cause. At least he showed he fought.. Amla on the other hand has been gutless almost entire time when chasing even semi-decent score

He averages 45-ish in chases at a good SR. His chasing weakness is grossly exaggerated.

 

[Bilal7]

Faf trying his best to take this game to the last over, lol.

 

[shaz619]

Amla batting beautifully, the captaincy was a big burden on him.

 

[shaz619]

Moeen Ali needs to open in ODI cricket but when they play Roy he got no choice but to bat down the order

 

[shaz619]

Rashid has been brilliant, gave little away and maintained a tight line. No use having all these variations when you lack control but he has done the job today, the others gave him little support

 

[Lurker_Ind]

What does England see in Chris Jordan? He is the definition of mediocre. Neither a batsman nor a bowler.

Jordan is taking away some worthy guys place in the team.

 

[Bilal7]

Rashid has been brilliant, gave little away and maintained a tight line. No use having all these variations when you lack control but he has done the job today, the others gave him little support

Usually it is the leggie who gets smashed around but Adil bowled really well today.

What does England see in Chris Jordan? He is the definition of mediocre. Neither a batsman nor a bowler.

Jordan is taking away some worthy guys place in the team.

Has a good yorker. That's all.

 

[Abhilash93]

He averages 45-ish in chases at a good SR. His chasing weakness is grossly exaggerated.

Amla against non-winnows


while chasing: averages 39.73 with 3 hundreds (2 of them resulting in losses).

batting first : averages 53.23 with 9 hundreds (SA winning 7 of them)

 

[Lurker_Ind]

I am so glad that Amla flopped in India. When he is in form, the entire SA team looks formidable.

Just a few months ago, I remember Decock struggling to put bat on the ball. Now he is playing like a champion.

 

[shaz619]

Usually it is the leggie who gets smashed around but Adil bowled really well today.



Has a good yorker. That's all.

I know , nice surprise; Tahir got clarted all over the pitch. Rashid gives himself time, he doesn't rush in and his variations/control help him.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

I think this is England's worst ODI bowling attack.

 

[Smbhayi]

Amla against non-winnows


while chasing: averages 39.73 with 3 hundreds (2 of them resulting in losses).

batting first : averages 53.23 with 9 hundreds (SA winning 7 of them)

Or

Won Matches (while chasing)

Lost Matches (while chasing)

So it clearly shows he's not a bottler in ODIs other than ICC tournament. In fact every players from SA are bottlers in ICC tourney

 

[Smbhayi]

I don't mind if batsman scores runs in a loosing cause. At least he showed he fought.. Amla on the other hand has been gutless almost entire time when chasing even semi-decent score

so that means you rate that innings of Amla . anyway I rate that innings due to he has string of low scores prior to that series (though thinks he scores a century in UAE leg).