South Africa v England | 5th ODI | Cape Town | Feb 14, 2016 | Match thread

[Titan of Technique]

[MENTION=139973]carrom_ball[/MENTION] I'll bump the thread if SA choke& you bump the thread if Eng lose.AB ko maaf kar dete hain

 

[Ozymandiasza]

50 partnership up. Well done!

 

[Ozymandiasza]

by AB

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Lovely crowd in today at Cape Town.

 

[Noman]

very bad bowling by stoke and the start England gone with the bowling... Should have bowled done bowl in channel would have don the match.

 

[Noman]

Stoke bowled really bad.. one bowler I thought could change the match, if he bowled in the channel, and yorker in between. but seems has no control on his run up

 

[Ozymandiasza]

for AB!

 

[carrom_ball]

[MENTION=139973]carrom_ball[/MENTION] I'll bump the thread if SA choke& you bump the thread if Eng lose.AB ko maaf kar dete hain

it seems there will be no bumps for amla bhai today, I was hoping to bump quite a few myself

 

[Noman]

Not impressed by morgan batting and captaincy.. he should not play the role of hitter. should be who make runs around bcause of their have so many hitter.. Captaincy well Moin should bowl before rashid because moin is better and bowling tight.. Should bowl spin in between and be better and bowler rotation.

 

[HitWicket]

Not impressed by morgan batting and captaincy.. he should not play the role of hitter. should be who make runs around bcause of their have so many hitter.. Captaincy well Moin should bowl before rashid because moin is better and bowling tight.. Should bowl spin in between and be better and bowler rotation.

England needed wickets, not to just let these 2 milk the bowlers and get settled.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

100 run partnership! Well done!

 

[Noman]

England needed wickets, not to just let these 2 milk the bowlers and get settled.

The no ball and rubbish over from stoke set the wrong.. the run rate was 2.5. England bowling has beeen really poor after the opening spell..

 

[Ozymandiasza]

for Amla!

 

[Adil_94]

Moeen has got Amla out. A tough choice for bhai brigade should they be sad or happy.

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[Adil_94]

Game on Saffer lower order is weak and inconsistent.

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[Ozymandiasza]

Amla

Very well played though.

 

[carrom_ball]

Moeen has got Amla out. A tough choice for bhai brigade should they be sad or happy.

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The Bhai war is on

 

[Adil_94]

The Bhai war is on

Moeen bhai at least let Amla bhai get to 50 so he could protect his average before getting out.

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[Adil_94]

AB needs to bat normally no stupid run outs or stupid brain fades.

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[shaz619]

Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Come on England. Bah gawd the wrath of the Beard, SA on the ropes

 

[Adil_94]

AB nearly did an AB special.

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[Adil_94]

No need for a quick single. Nice sledging by Buttler.

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[Ozymandiasza]

I honestly hope that is the last time I see Behardien in the ODI side.

 

[Adil_94]

Pathetic by Behardien needless shot.

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[Adil_94]

I honestly hope that is the last time I see Behardien in the ODI side.

Surely you have better players than him. Even Miller seems a better option than him. What happened to Colin Ingram he seemed an ok player.

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[Saffer_XIII]

That was shambolic. Behardien has been given ample rope and he has sufficiently hung himself. Time to try someone else.

 

[carrom_ball]

Surely you have better players than him. Even Miller seems a better option than him. What happened to Colin Ingram he seemed an ok player.

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Killer Miller is so much better than behardien

 

[Saffer_XIII]

Surely you have better players than him. Even Miller seems a better option than him. What happened to Colin Ingram he seemed an ok player.

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Should go back to McLaren. His bowling is a whole lot better and he isn't worse with the bat.

 

[Adil_94]

Killer Miller is so much better than behardien

I know Miller is very good in the T20 leagues. But at international level I've only seen him play a handful of decent knocks. But still looks better than Behardien. He couldn't even get in Pakistans ODI team and that saying something

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[Ozymandiasza]

Surely you have better players than him. Even Miller seems a better option than him. What happened to Colin Ingram he seemed an ok player.

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That's the thing, bowlers fear Miller(Miller time anyway). No one fears Behardien.

 

[Adil_94]

That's the thing, bowlers fear Miller(Miller time anyway). No one fears Behardien.

Is the quota system the reason he keeps getting selected.

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[Adil_94]

Still feel there will be a few twists and turns.

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[Ozymandiasza]

Is the quota system the reason he keeps getting selected.

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Who knows. I can't think of another reason though.

 

[Adil_94]

Who knows. I can't think of another reason though.

It can't be due to quality unless he has some ATG domestic List A record that he's worth persisting with.

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[Ozymandiasza]

Wiese

 

[Dman]

Lol, what an innings by Wiese.

 

[carrom_ball]

England should've won the series in the last match and now they are going to lose the series, my my how things change

 

[chacha kashmiri]

Disappointing end for England when they have dominated South Africa all series

 

[vandokkum]

Only 3 times in history has a team come back from 2-0 to win a series, SA being one of those 3. This will be the fourth instance, great job from AB and his team, specially with some of the deadwood in the team like Behardien. But you also have to consider that the the opposition were a side who failed to get through the group stages of the world cup. Tougher tests will await this ODI side.

 

[Madplayer]

AB devilliers is just too good

 

[Dman]

Is the quota system the reason he keeps getting selected.

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I was wondering the same, but under which quota could he be playing? He looks like an Asian ( Indian) but Amla is already there so why quota for another Indian?

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

de Villiers' best knock till date?

 

[Ozymandiasza]

de Villiers' best knock till date?

Let him finish first

But yeah, the knock everyone has beenn praying for. No brainfarts or run-outs*

*so far

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Let him finish first

But yeah, the knock everyone has beenn praying for. No brainfarts or run-outs*

*so far

Almost there. I hope he doesn't screw it.

 

[Adil_94]

I was wondering the same, but under which quota could he be playing? He looks like an Asian ( Indian) but Amla is already there so why quota for another Indian?

I think the quota is there has to be 3 or 4 coloured or black players in the playing 11. So today they have Amla Behardien Rabada and I'm not sure who else.

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[Ozymandiasza]

Woohoo!

Well played England.

 

[ChachaCricket]

Great stuff from AB and SA. Three chases in a row after being 2-0 down.

 

[Ab Fan]

So AB's plan to hide from the new swinging ball and gamble on Rossouw surviving quality fast bowling has failed.

Time for Captain No-So Fantastic to come out and face the music.

Satisfied now?

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Satisfied now?

Looking forward to your reply in the AB thread after the lashing you gave him

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

de Villiers has finally done it. Won it singlehandedly for his team. Match plus the series.