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

[#GreenRoars]

South Africa Team
HM Amla, Q de Kock†, F du Plessis, AB de Villiers*, RR Rossouw, F Behardien, D Wiese, CH Morris, K Rabada, KJ Abbott, Imran Tahir
England Team
JJ Roy, AD Hales, JE Root, EJG Morgan*, BA Stokes, JC Buttler†, MM Ali, CR Woakes, SCJ Broad, AU Rashid, RJW Topley

 

[Ab Fan]

I consider David Miller a better option than Rossouw or Duminy at 5 especially when you have AR's like Behardien, Wiese and Morris in the team..

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Hoping for another cracker of a game. Slight chance of rain apparently

 

[#GreenRoars]

One more fifty, please Hales.

 

[Square Drive]

Should be a thriller!

Rooting for the Proteas.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Dammit ten sports is showing under 19 and not this...

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Amla drops Root! This is going to be costly.

 

[HitWicket]

Moriss' reaction was priceless there. Started walking back to his mark then suddenly saw the umpire putting his finger up.

 

[James]

Would have been a good decision to bowl first had they taken the Root chance. Now looking debatable.

 

[SunTzu]

Amla's fielding abilities has dropped quite a bit.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Amla's fielding abilities has dropped quite a bit.

Not really, he pulled off a good one in the last game alongwith that 1-handed blinder.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Amla probably cost us the series there.

 

[James]

Slightly has the air of Warne dropping Pietersen at the Oval, unfortunately for Amla...

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Root

 

[SunTzu]

Not really, he pulled off a good one in the last game alongwith that 1-handed blinder.

He does but he dropped a few in India as well. No longer the safe fielder he used to be.

 

[James]

Awful umpiring in this game already.

Hales given out caught behind despite missing the ball by three yards, and now Root given not out to a leg before appeal that was hitting middle stump.

Both thankfully overturned and justice done, but that's unbelievably shocking umpiring at this level. Hopefully the series is decided in the end by the team who plays the best cricket overall, and not by an umpire.

 

[Adijazz1706]

He does but he dropped a few in India as well. No longer the safe fielder he used to be.

Root is gone man, don't sweat it.

 

[Adijazz1706]

I think I heard that Morgan isn't in good form. True?

 

[Ozymandiasza]

I think I heard that Morgan isn't in good form. True?

He averages 15.5 this series.

 

[Adijazz1706]

He averages 15.5 this series.

True then

 

[Ozymandiasza]

de Kock needs to score 29+ runs to overtake Root for most runs this series. Hope the kid does it.

 

[SunTzu]

Root is gone man, don't sweat it.

Lol. Hope SA win

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Hales is also in the competition, I have to say.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Awful series for Morgan who is as well.

 

[Adijazz1706]

Morgan's place should be in jeopardy.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Another 50 for Hales. Well played.

 

[James]

Chris Morris had better have another quickfire 60 runs lined up, because he is bowling like Mrs Mop at the moment.

 

[Ab Fan]

England does have a very strong middle order..Root, Morgan, Stokes, Butler all are valuable players..no passengers or accumulator in that team and the lower order is pretty good too with Ali, Broad, Woakes, Rashid..

 

[Amjid Javed]

England well placed here to get 250+ which will be a good total on this surface. S.A bowlers on the whole have bowled to waywardly on this surface so far.

Hales has been excellent with the bat once again.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Rubbish bowling from Morris and Wiese here.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Stokes

 

[Amjid Javed]

Stokes gone! clean bowled by Rabada

155/4 after 27.5 overs

 

[Amjid Javed]

Buttler gone 1st ball, poor shot to a straight ball.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Rabada will be on a hat trick next over. england have had alot of these type of mini middle order collapses in the series.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Buttler had such a good start to his series. as well.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Ali 181/6

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Wiese get Woakes with a rubbish ball. Pure luck.

 

[Adil_94]

Another soft dismissal for Moeen he's had a poor series.

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[Adil_94]

Wiese and Morris look very average bowlers.

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[Ozymandiasza]

Wiese and Morris look very average bowlers.

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Morris is quite decent in my eyes.

 

[Adil_94]

Morris is quite decent in my eyes.

He bowls too much filth too many four balls for my liking. I like the look of Abbott and Rabada looks class.

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[Ozymandiasza]

Wiese's day today.

 

[Ab Fan]

Some poor batting by England..Throwing away wickets to the fifth bowler

 

[HitWicket]

This is a shame, everyone seems to be throwing their wickets away, quite often to balls that don't deserve it. Hopefully broad can stick around and support Hales for a bit.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Poor shot from rashid, england might not even bat the 50 overs here.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Hales deserves a 100 here. Need to work on his conversion rate though. This will only be his 2nd 100.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Broad needs to some how stick around for next 10 overs.

Hales has scored well all series but needs to get a big 100 here...

 

[Adil_94]

Hales has played a very good knock.

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[#GreenRoars]

Now please don't get out on 99

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Broad is so damn annoying.

 

[Adil_94]

Come on Hales get a ton.

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[Ozymandiasza]

Looking at the cricinfo comments, I have to say, I would have liked to see Taylor and Bairstow get a chance.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Finally, finally hundred for Hales. Well played lad.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Well done Hales

 

[Adil_94]

Well played Hales. Great knock

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[Ab Fan]

Broad is so damn annoying.

If you will keep bowling the 5th bowler then obviously tailenders will irritate..AB did made a change now with Abbot but he should have done that a bit earlier.

 

[Robert]

England have thrown this series away.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

If you will keep bowling the 5th bowler then obviously tailenders will irritate..AB did made a change now with Abbot but he should have done that a bit earlier.

Heh, I've been moaning about his "annoyingness" since the test series. I'm actually jealous that he can bat a bit

 

[Ab Fan]

Heh, I've been moaning about his "annoyingness" since the test series. I'm actually jealous that he can bat a bit

His batting has declined otherwise he could bat much more than just a bit..

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Hales

Well played though

 

[Ozymandiasza]

So QdK needs 61+ runs to end up as the top scorer for the ODI series.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

237 target for SA.

 

[Adil_94]

SA should win this but England will give their all.

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[Ozymandiasza]

Looking at the scorecard, apart from Hales, it's quite dreadful.

 

[Robert]

Looking at the scorecard, apart from Hales, it's quite dreadful.

Failing to bat out the overs for the third match in a row! Unforgivable, especially considering their long batting line.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Failing to bat out the overs for the third match in a row! Unforgivable, especially considering their long batting line.

Being 2 - 0 up at one stage also doesn't impress.

 

[James]

What's the best response to some pretty terrible bowling? - why, even worse batting, of course!

England on track for a heavy defeat unless they produce a magic bowling display.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

QdK

 

[HitWicket]

Topley on a hattrick.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Oh my... Faf as well. Game is certainly on.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Double wicket maiden for Topley. Well done lad.

 

[Ab Fan]

England's game from here..

 

[HitWicket]

Moeen-Hashim chants in full flow again .

 

[Ab Fan]

Hashim Moen chant begins..Expecting another big one from Amla here.

 

[James]

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.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Pathetic

Well done to Topley though.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

AB special to save us

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Free hit by AB.

 

[Titan of Technique]

Series on the line.Tricky chase ahead.Can and do it and silence the haters ? Or will and Rashid spin a web ?

 

[carrom_ball]

Series on the line.Tricky chase ahead.Can and do it and silence the haters ? Or will and Rashid spin a web ?

If they don't do it then it will be fun seeing the threads that will get bumped today