South Africa v England | CT 2009 | Centurion | 27/9/2009

[12thMan]

Anderson getting some movement off the pitch but not much swing.
Eng has watched Pakistan fielding masterclass

 

[Afridi_Fan]

14/0 after 3.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Smith flicks it for four.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Onions should remember that he is in Centurion Not in Wanderers.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Gibbs

 

[Afridi_Fan]

25/0 after 4.

 

[ahsan17]

Holy ****, I just woke up and I saw this. What inane violence by Shah and Morgan. SA bowlers will have a hard time sleeping tonight.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

29/0 after 5.

 

[hasanb]

Relatively quiet over that one, its 29-0 after 5

Come on Saffers!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Holy ****, I just woke up and I saw this. What inane violence by Shah and Morgan. SA bowlers will have a hard time sleeping tonight.

The whole nation won't sleep if they got knocked out tonight, which is possible.

As I say that Gibbs hit on the up for four.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Holy ****, I just woke up and I saw this. What inane violence by Shah and Morgan. SA bowlers will have a hard time sleeping tonight.

Now you can get to see Smith, Gibbs, Kallis, AB, Duminy, Bouch and Albie have a go.

 

[hasanb]

Gorgeous backfoot drive for 4 by gibbs

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Another one by Gibbs.

 

[hasanb]

and again through the covers for 4 on the front foot this time, gibbs looking in form

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Out of interest ... who can bowl in England besides Anderson?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

37/0 after 6

 

[hasanb]

So then 8 from that over

SA: 37-0 after 6 overs

 

[hasanb]

Out of interest ... who can bowl in England besides Anderson?

lol dont get cocky yet mate, im wanting the saffers to win as well...but wait until that victory is achieved!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Gibbs Gone.

Big Blow.

 

[hasanb]

Imran Nazir type shot from gibbs and big wicket for england....

 

[Afridi_Fan]

42/1 after 7.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Broad comes on.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

lol dont get cocky yet mate, im wanting the saffers to win as well...but wait until that victory is achieved!

I'm asking who are the decent bowlers? First time I have seen Onions bowl and he is nothing to write home about.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Good start by Broad.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

I'm asking who are the decent bowlers? First time I have seen Onions bowl and he is nothing to write home about.

Watch it man, he was in ICC awards list

 

[Afridi_Fan]

No slip, four to SMith.

48/1 after 8.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Proteas need to up the run rate ...

 

[hasanb]

Harsha: As a bowler youd want the batsman to come out without a bat so you could bowl him out all the time

....Pathetic commentary

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Watch it man, he was in ICC awards list

Yeah, Ashes Awards list

 

[Afridi_Fan]

50 up.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

51/1 after 9.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Great shot by Kallis for four.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

55/1 after 10.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Bowling PP taken.

 

[hasanb]

Theres way too much bbq smoke going across the ground...surely that should be stopped, its a cricket stadium not a picnic park. I dont like centurion for this reason...its just a bit too casual.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Nice foot ball skills by Anderson.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

60/1 after 11.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Theres way too much bbq smoke going across the ground...surely that should be stopped, its a cricket stadium not a picnic park. I dont like centurion for this reason...its just a bit too casual.

Welcome to South Africa. People go to cricket to enjoy themselves and have a braai (i.e. barbeque).

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Kallis Gone.

Another big one.

 

[cricketpassion]

kalis gone

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Kallis caught ... behind square leg on the boundary. Hmmm ... what is AB gonna do?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

64/2 after 12.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Wright comes on.

 

[KaSaNoVa_G]

Still got the batsman to come for SA.. England ahead but you never ever know with them !

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Smith pulls for four.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

England are fielding brilliantly.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

71/2 after 13.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

73/2 after 14.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Collingwood drops AB

 

[Afridi_Fan]

78/2 after 15.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

84/2 after 16.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

SA got 6 of the over. The Required RR is 7.05 ... hmmm ... still 34 overs to go!

 

[12thMan]

SA 84-2 after 16 overs - need 240 from 204 balls
This will be very interesting

 

[desidudecool]

if south africa loses then the last game between england and newzealand becomes interesting...srilanka could still qualify if eng beats nzland

 

[Afridi_Fan]

89/2 after 17

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Collingwood comes on.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

95/2 after 18

 

[dblock]

Is it me of Bob Wilis is absolutely fixated with Shoaib Malik and Yousuf partnership yesterday as much as Harsha is with IPL.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

101/2 after 19.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Strauss has his field placements well. You'd swear he has some SA blood in him.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Is it me of Bob Wilis is absolutely fixated with Shoaib Malik and Yousuf partnership yesterday as much as Harsha is with IPL.

Infact he is.

 

[ahsan17]

Goodbye SA, at least be happy that you won't have to buy plane tickets for home!!

 

[Afridi_Fan]

107/2 after 20.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Swann comes on.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Smith goes to 50.

well played.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Swann comes on.

Was he the secret weapon?

 

[desidudecool]

this game is not over...wickets in hand is always more important than raising your run rate in these situations something that india and srilanka forgot in their matches

 

[Afridi_Fan]

118/2 after 21.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

121/2 after 22.

 

[James]

Unbelievable stuff from England. The first game was a shaky win built on the strength of key new ball wickets, and even from 17/4 we nearly failed to capitalise. I thought we would have to try and nick the New Zealand rubber to make the semis.

This however is brilliant, and completely unexpected. What you've witnessed is genuinely one of the best team batting performances I've seen by England in an ODI, and I've seen a few.

The RRR is hovering around 7 and if it gets to 8, we should really be fancying our chances. Defending 300 is pretty simple...between overs 15-40 just bowl the odd maiden and sneak the odd wicket, and the result takes cares of itself in the end.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

127/2 after 23.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

132/2/ after 24.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Thats wha part time wicket keepers will do.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Morgan should stick to batting ...

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Unbelievable stuff from England. The first game was a shaky win built on the strength of key new ball wickets, and even from 17/4 we nearly failed to capitalise. I thought we would have to try and nick the New Zealand rubber to make the semis.

This however is brilliant, and completely unexpected. What you've witnessed is genuinely one of the best team batting performances I've seen by England in an ODI, and I've seen a few.

The RRR is hovering around 7 and if it gets to 8, we should really be fancying our chances. Defending 300 is pretty simple...between overs 15-40 just bowl the odd maiden and sneak the odd wicket, and the result takes cares of itself in the end.

Having said all that, do you know that England have made 4 times 300+ and they have lost all the games in which they have scored 300+?

 

[Afridi_Fan]

137/2 after 25.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

Having said all that, do you know that England have made 4 times 300+ and they have lost all the games in which they have scored 300+?

SA have scored 300+ 34 times and won most of them ... sigh. Lol.

 

[Taurus]

Having said all that, do you know that England have made 4 times 300+ and they have lost all the games in which they have scored 300+?

In 50 over matches, we've made 300 considerably more times than 4, and won at least a couple that I can remember - the 391 vs Bangladesh being a fine example.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

AB Gone.

Big Wicket.

 

[JustAnotherFan]

AB goes for a catch after a pull in the deep. Duminy shoiuld be in.