South Africa in England

[Insomniac]

Wheres Mohammad Asif when you need him to get out KP

zMario added 0 Minutes and 48 Seconds later...

KP out for 152 off 181, with 20 4's and one 6! morkel gets the wicket after finally being given the ball, not sure what happenes in KP's head after he passes 150, hes gone past 150 5 times, and 4 of thoses hes been out before hes got to 160, 3 tims on 158, maby he relaxes to much when he gets past 150

Ah well, good enough!

 

[lancashire666]

KP's average is back above 50 link

 

[irottev]

Oh dear, that's a shocker Bad Billy!

Not the first either. That's 2 bad calls out of 5 wickets. Not good.

 

[aussie_ben91]

Evertonfan is jealous of Paul Harris' good looks. Especially his haircut.

Be good to see how England go now that Pietersen has been dismissed.

 

[Arunava]

Even though the bowlers have been poor, Smith has been equally poor in his captaincy. I knew he wasn't the best but blimey....

just two bad days and smacking Smith of how he is overall as captain. that is noobish :

 

[Stephen Bailey]

just two bad days and smacking Smith of how he is overall as captain. that is noobish :

Assuming I've seen Smith captain just over the last two days is really very silly. I've seen more than enough of him over the last few years to know he is far from the best.

 

[manee]

Assuming I've seen Smith captain just over the last two days is really very silly. I've seen more than enough of him over the last few years to know he is far from the best.

But he's not usually this bad.

On another topic, how good do you reckon Steyn's entire career will be, when he has retired? Will he have a place in an All Time South African XI?

 

[aussie_ben91]

But he's not usually this bad.

On another topic, how good do you reckon Steyn's entire career will be, when he has retired? Will he have a place in an All Time South African XI?

He probably will. He needs to start getting more classy batsman out though.

 

[manee]

Needs to sort out his inability against left handers moreso, imo.

 

[Arunava]

Assuming I've seen Smith captain just over the last two days is really very silly. I've seen more than enough of him over the last few years to know he is far from the best.

ofcourse he is not the best but it has been just 2 days of the series and commenting like that. . .here goes another wicket.

 

[manee]

Morkel picks up Ambrose with a solid Test wicket. Good length in the corridor, edged to slip off the front foot defensive.

 

[The_gas]

I really hope that is the last we ever see of Ambrose, in both forms of the game. Bring in Mustard, or Prior i say.

 

[Stephen Bailey]

But he's not usually this bad.

No, but it's not the first time either.

I was merely pointing out the fact that Smith has been awful this game so far, so shoot me.

On another topic, how good do you reckon Steyn's entire career will be, when he has retired? Will he have a place in an All Time South African XI?

Too early to say I think. I've always believed he had something about him when he bowled Michael Vaughan in the second innings of the first test (at Port Elizabeth) in the 2004/5 series. One of the finest deliveries of a cricket ball you will see.

I've noticed a couple of people saying his performances over the last couple of years have come against weaker opposition (NZ, WI), but South Africa have recently played India and Pakistan away and he took wickets against both. Sure, he took an awful lot of wickets against NZ, but to average a tick over 20 and a boast a strike rate of 34 in his last 21 tests is a remarkable record. Against India he has 22 wickets @ 19 and against Pakistan 13 wickets @ 23.

He'll only get better the older he gets. The only thing he really lacks is a touch of control sometimes.

ofcourse he is not the best but it has been just 2 days of the series and commenting like that. . .

Well that's what I think of his captaincy so far. On the plus side, he surely can't get worse.

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I like the look of Morkel, he's been the quickest of the three seamers so far, made the ball bounce on occasions and even made the odd ball swing. The only thing I would say in criticism at the moment is I reckon he could make even more use of his height. Looks like he collapses a tad during delivery.

 

[manee]

No, but it's not the first time either.

I was merely pointing out the fact that Smith has been awful this game so far, so shoot me.

My gun got confiscated on my way into Lords

manee added 0 Minutes and 40 Seconds later...

Bring in Mustard

But they've just had lunch.

Sorry.

 

[Sureshot]

I really hope that is the last we ever see of Ambrose, in both forms of the game. Bring in Mustard, or Prior i say.

Prior's keeping isn't up to scratch though, don't think Mustard is that good in FC cricket too. Maybe it's time for Davies. Ambrose just doesn't look like he fits the part.