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Here we go, England batting first. Let’s hope for a better show today
Watching the Ladies ODI v SA. Why on earth did SA win the toss & field in that heat??
England have a pretty impressive bunch of 12th ladies carrying the drinks - Brunt, Sciver and Ecclestone!
Who upset the SA skipper? England are a class above here.
SA top order blown away 5 0 0 0.... impressive
67-7 this turning into a rout
Beaten all ends up!
I enjoyed that tbh some great cricket from both sides added to some grumpy SA tactical nonsense with the rain showers.
Johnnies @ it again....
out the ground 🙂
and live on bbc sport web
6 6 wd wd 1 6 6 6
We're a couple of streets away from the ground. Just waiting for a ball to land in the garden.
Ali 52 off 16 !
ball is disappearing to all parts!
Away from home w/o sky so following on BBC website. They just said Jordan is bowling 100mph Yorkers, that's not right is it?!?
90 mph, yes.
PSA- there's Commonwealth cricket on the iPlayer if anyone's interested. India vs Australia is on now.
why isn't Moeen in the test side ? he gives it a hell of a rip.
or even Rashid 😕
delayed gratification ! 😀
SA win toss and will bowl first
I have a feeling England will get found out batting first and not chasing as they have for the last 4 'Bazball' matches.
Nice to have proper cricket back. I'm gonna say it - can't fathom the point/need for the hundred. 3 formats was already plenty. What's to be gained by extracting 40 balls from the match?
This is going well..
Ollie Ollie Ollie bat bat bat!
I've got a suspicion that Bazball is going to get found out against this attack. Waltzing down the track to Boult (84mph) and Southee (80mph on a good day) is a bit different to Nortje...
Stokes is SUCH a good player he shouldn't be pre-empting the bowler. Stand still and play the ball on its merits for heaven's sake. He's got so many shots and is so strong that he doesn't need to pre-meditate.
England back to the bad old ways. Still better to watch than under the previous management though!
Let’s hope Jimmy And Broad hoop it around
Let’s hope Jimmy And Broad hoop it around
they getting some swing but's it's 10mph down on what the SA bowlers produced so much easier to play.
being flayed around the ground now ! 🙁
Stokes is on one with the ball 🙂
in the ol' toast rack!
looking grim!
Bazball meets a serious bowling attack for the first time. I'm not counting India as they didn't really seem up for it in a one-off game.
Logic dictates that you need all the time you can get to play 87mph+ bowling - waltzing down the track with your head wobbling all over the place cannot be effective a large enough % of the time over the longer format of the game.
Stokes is such a good player too - everyone remembers that knock at Headingley (I was lucky enough to be there on the Sunday), but he only went for it when all other options were removed. He blocked the hell out of it the day before when England needed to blunt the Aussie attack. It was the only time England had taken them deep that summer and they were there for the taking once England had earned the right.
And now Lees is out too.
And Foakes...
I hope Broad and the rest of the tail have got their heads on here, because it could be hospital food for a while if they haven't.
I'm not sure Nortje will be in much of a mood for bowling half volleys.
going down swinging
going down swinging
But going down one way or the other.
Potts now bowled all over the place.
England are going to lose, most likely by an innings, to a side that only got 326 - inside three days. And they are choosing to do so.
That's not sustainable long term. SA are not scared of Bazball. Nor will the Aussies be, or ****stan most likely.
And it is over - just like that.
it's a bit of a rout (so far) 32-5 😀
Can we make them follow on without us batting? 🙂
Can we make them follow on without us batting? 🙂
Effectively yes if we forfeit our first innings, although they wouldn't be following on as we'd have to have batted for that 😂
the ball is talking today
so 130 to win
come on aggers hang on in there!
t20 time.... want it done tonight!
blimey almost an opening stand of 100, i need to lie down 😉
Why come off for light? Surely nobody wants to come back tomorrow. Must be particularly annoying for today's crowd.
Will England snatch defeat from the jaws of victory?
Why come off for light? Surely nobody wants to come back tomorrow. Must be particularly annoying for today’s crowd.
Daft as it seems, them's the laws. There's a balance between consistency and common sense, everyone wants both and that's not achievable. Although in this case it seems neither side wanted to come off and back today. Although not to the extent SA were saying 'it's inevitable, we'll put on a couple of buffet bowlers and be done in 10 mins'
What happens in the future if a side is 8 down trying to save the game, the forecast is bad for tomorrow, and the bad light threshold gets reached. Play on because it'll be annoying to have to come back (if they can come back?)
Tickets for the Oval are free today if you fancy 30 minutes (hopefully) of play. They were £20 to charity (can still donate if you've paid already). Annoying as I couldn't go yesterday and today isn't worth the time off/travel - so TMS it will be. And yes frustrating, but those are the rules and they might save a draw in other circumstances. Play will start on time based on a cursory look out of my office window.
Just catching up on this mornings game (flaky mobile signal at work so only heard Eng innings) I see the Aussies are cheating still
At least they are not trying to hide it from the cameras anymore 🙂
for those who haven't seen it....
Wow. I listened live and no one mentioned how clear cut it was! Obviously it was a Aussie broadcast but still…😱
Mich marsh plays some of the ugliest shots I've ever seen Rashid took him apart.
Even the Aussie commentary knew that was cheating, good rugby 7s hand off.
On the positive side, how good does Hales look? Lovely to see him batting with Stokes too…
Always love watching England playing away from home, but dear god the Aussie commentators are unbearable. Combine them with Warner playing his irritating best and I had to mute it at one point. Love the balance of the team though, great to see Buttler back. That 1st over was glorious.
Oops.
thoroughly amateur by England. Running 10-15 runs behind on D/L right from 5 overs when the game becomes valid, with rain on the radar and made no effort to get up with rate until drinks at 10 overs when the message must have been sent out, as they then were dropped twice and caught once in the 11th over, presumably trying to catch up.
I can see the tactic to stay thereabouts, keep wickets in hand and then score big in the last 5 overs is genuinely a valid one; not when the game could end at any point. Rubbish.
Well played Ireland as well. 160 is the sort of total that keeps you in it and their bowlers were being compared to jimmy Anderson with the hoop they wee getting.... high praise indeed.
Agree, poor tactics and game awareness, though Ireland did look very hard to get away and bowled well.
The group is now wide open, makes for an interesting few games.
that was tense !
Tighter than I imagined tbh
NZ win toss and bat. Hoping for a ****stan win as I’d prefer England to face them if they reach the final
I think everyone bar English fans is looking for a Pak v Ind final so I too an keen on a ****stan win.
England win toss and bowl.
Good win by ****stan yesterday, NZ didn’t get going at all
Wood a big miss for England.
But not a bad replacement for him :0)
Not looking to bad for England here.
Jordan always feels he has a dreadful over in him……
SSSSHHHH!!!
Good to get Yadav but Kohli scores runs here and against us out of spite, while he's there and set anything can happen.
And getting the spinners away will be key and not easy. It'll depend if our power men can slog sweep them to the short square boundaries (66m I think the commentator said - some of our guys hit 90+ easily, so you can put the fielders where you like if the balls going 20m over their heads)
Oh Dan!
Oh yes!
Going well so far…..
For me, Jordan is the seamer’s equivalent of Monty Panesar. As a pure bowler, excellent, but batsmen seem to know what is coming.
Phew, was worried when the rate dipped briefly below 10 an over, but they are back on track now.
India seem somewhat miffed.
Very entertaining, especially with Hales banging a 6 off just about every over.
We're making this look way too simple.
this is brutal!
it's a shame these 2 can't duplicate this in tests :/ they can clobber it all over the ground but don't have a forward defensive! 😉
Drubbing
What a thumping.
Now it depends on which ****stan team turns up on Sunday
Trouncing! Now watch us get bowled for 50 in the final....
Supposed to be raining in Melborne on Sunday.
Yes , Melbourne looking very rainy for the final. I assume they have a reserve day? Monday looking better.