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 Pakistan 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!