South Africa win the 4th ODI by 1 wicket and level the series 2-2

[SunTzu]

England tour of South Africa 2016, 4th ODI. England lead series 2-1. South Africa need a win here to keep the series alive.

 

[#GreenRoars]

11/0 England.

 

[Ab Fan]

Saffers in pink..

 

[Amjid Javed]

Pretty slow start from england 18/1 after 6 overs

Roy gone early

 

[Ozymandiasza]

AB decides to bowl first. I think that was a huge mistake. Also, the team composition is completely out of balance. I'm not predicting a victory here.

Pity, as pink day is usually awesome.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Hales going for one more fifty.

 

[Robert]

AB decides to bowl first. I think that was a huge mistake. Also, the team composition is completely out of balance. I'm not predicting a victory here.

Perhaps he thinks SA are better when they are chasing.

 

[Bilal7]

Perhaps he thinks SA are better when they are chasing.

They are not.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Tahir on fire 2 runs and

 

[Strike Rate]

Perhaps he thinks SA are better when they are chasing.

SA record in last few years while chasing 250+ is even worst than Pakistan. I think AB decided to field first becasue of the rain showers expected later

 

[dauntless]

Tahir was pretty mediocre in this serious but today he is bowling very good.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

What the hell?! I leave work at 90+-/1, get home and it's 108/6

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Perhaps he thinks SA are better when they are chasing.

I'm not sure what he was thinking as Wanderers is usually a runfest. Batting first we MIGHT have set a massive total(400+) for England to chase.

Shows what I know. One of these days I swear I'll be make an accurate prediction

 

[Jabo]

I thought England already won the series, didn't realise it was 5 matches.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

50 for Root. Welll played.

 

[Titan of Technique]

Root is the most boring batsman in England's ODI team

 

[Ozymandiasza]

I wonder what the thought process was behind Morris, Wiese, JP and Behardien in one team?

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Root is the most boring batsman in England's ODI team

If he can convert those 50s to 100s more often I'd rate him very highly. Sadly, Smith is a smidgen better in my book.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Root is world class. Imran Tahir's wickets were due.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Lucky Root

 

[Ozymandiasza]

201/6 for England

 

[Ozymandiasza]

203/7. The Gazelle of Doom strikes!

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Imran Tahir is an amazing limited overs bowler. Miles above Yasir

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Wiese comes in and the pressure is relived immediately.

 

[street cricketer]

Brilliant 100 from Root.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Behardien AGAIN

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Is Reece Topley the new Chris Martin in terms of batting?

 

[Adil_94]

England bat ridiculously deep. Rashid at 9 he would be a top 6 batsman for Pakistan in LOIs

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[Ozymandiasza]

251/8 for England.

 

[Adil_94]

Rashid playing a great little knock here.

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[Ozymandiasza]

I have to say, well done to England for making a defendable score. At 108/6 I didn't think they would reach 200.

 

[Adil_94]

263 to win for Saffers.

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[Ozymandiasza]

Target of 263 for SA.

 

[Adil_94]

Going to be a good chase. But if QDK gets going game will be over quick.

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[Robert]

If he can convert those 50s to 100s more often I'd rate him very highly.

Two out of the last two I think.

I'm surprised at the England recovery but I think SA will cruise this.

 

[HitWicket]

Is Reece Topley the new Chris Martin in terms of batting?

Finn and Anderson were both pretty similar and poor batsman when they entered the England setup I believe so I think there's generally a high priority on getting the bowlers up to a respectable standard of batting here, so would expect so see Topley improve a bit over the nezt few years.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Two out of the last two I think.

I'm surprised at the England recovery but I think SA will cruise this.

Yeah, well done. Heard one of the commies state that he made it his new years resolution, heh.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Amla

Probably going to make this chase look insanely hard.

 

[James]

Could be a close game this.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Should be easy win for SA.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Pathetic

 

[Dman]

Is this a tough pitch to bat on? All hopes on AB.

 

[James]

Superb bowling from England. Need to nip out a couple more quickly.

 

[Dman]

Very good crowd for the match.

 

[Adil_94]

For a guy who is playing his 150th ODI JP Duminy still has the look of a nervous newbie. Doesn't inspire you with confidence at all.

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[Dman]

What a Shot by AB.

 

[Adil_94]

AB got lucky with that one. Needs to make England pay.

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[Dman]

Omg, a Six.... AB playing a blinder

 

[Dman]

Brilliant display of batting by AB

 

[#GreenRoars]

You drop a catch, you drop the match.

 

[Dman]

Run out

 

[HitWicket]

You drop a catch, you drop the match.

Or you just let the bowler do all the fielding and make up for it it seems .

 

[Dman]

Tuk tuk started

 

[Ab Fan]

How many times he will get out this way in a run chase when it matters most and that also when he was batting so brilliantly?

 

[Dman]

Duminy gone

 

[Ab Fan]

This is it...Seriously ridiculous stuff it was. This SA team would always find a reason to lose in a series decider.

 

[carrom_ball]

Damn england is really gonna win the series in south africa, can't believe we lost to south africa at home, england is easily the best odi team right now

 

[Dman]

SA batters living dangerously

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Damn england is really gonna win the series in south africa, can't believe we lost to south africa at home, england is easily the best odi team right now

To be fair, it was a different team.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

If England wins with this atrocious fielding display, I've lost all faith in my team.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Oh look, our "finisher" can't finish. Who would have guessed?!

 

[James]

Superman caught & bowled from Topley.

I will stick by my prediction that this will go down to the wire.

 

[Amjid Javed]

Game in balance here. England need to keep taking wickets here if they want to win the game.

 

[James]

Morris can't really bowl, but he can kinda bat.

 

[#GreenRoars]

Gonna be tight finish.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Morris can't really bowl, but he can kinda bat.

Can be used to describe Wiese, Duminy and Behardien, and someone put all 4 of them in one team...

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

South Africa can win it, if they see off the overs from Broad.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

 

[James]

Bothamesque stuff from Stokes. Taking wickets with lemon meringue balls. My dog could have hit that for 4.

 

[Adil_94]

Pathetic by AB to get runout. Cost his team the game especially with the saffers fragile lower middle order. He was batting with ease and tried a suicidal run. And Duminy this guy is playing his 150th ODI yet he has no aura or presence. When's the last time he won the saffers a game. He has been rubbish for a while now. Doesn't take responsibility like a senior should.

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[James]

Duminy is awful. I thought everyone knew that.

 

[carrom_ball]

Pathetic by AB to get runout. Cost his team the game especially with the saffers fragile lower middle order. He was batting with ease and tried a suicidal run. And Duminy this guy is playing his 150th ODI yet he has no aura or presence. When's the last time he won the saffers a game. He has been rubbish for a while now. Doesn't take responsibility like a senior should.

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How the hell does ab manage to get runout so many times, that is some inziesque stuff right there

 

[James]

Well done Topley. He has been class in this spell.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

How the hell does ab manage to get runout so many times, that is some inziesque stuff right there

I had a stat somewhere from a year or so ago with the amount of runouts between AB and Faf, it was shocking.

 

[carrom_ball]

lol another one goes, England win the series

 

[Adil_94]

How the hell does ab manage to get runout so many times, that is some inziesque stuff right there

He seems like he has ants in his pants. Gets too frenetic too times. He never looks out of touch but throws away his wicket with a poor shot or suicidal running at times. With Inzi at least he had too many samosas and kebabs as an excuse. AB is an exceptionally gifted athlete why he gets involved in so many run outs is beyond me. His judgement at times is very poor.

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[Ab Fan]

How the hell does ab manage to get runout so many times, that is some inziesque stuff right there

Inzi won't get run out when it matters.AB gets run out when he is batting like a dream and when it matters the most..

 

[Adil_94]

Duminy is awful. I thought everyone knew that.

It's the man's 150th ODI and if I didn't know any better I'd say he was a rookie. Never inspired confidence at the crease.

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[Ozymandiasza]

Another dropped catch. I've lost count how many England have dropped. Yet they say catches win matches

 

[HitWicket]

Fielding's been pretty poor today compared to the usual high standards unfortunately.

Topleys bowling brilliantly and looks to be quite a nice find given how young he is. May need to add another mph or 2 if he wants to play test cricket hough.