posted Jul 12, 2008

I havent seen England play that great since the 4th Test at Trent Bridge in the 2005 Ashes.
I believe that with a few more tweaks, we have the squad for next years Ashes test series.
I see Australia quaking in their boots when they see Broad, Anderson, Sidebottom, a newly reborn Panesar, a fully fit Flintoff and on form batsman like Pietersen and Bell.

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posted Jul 12, 2008

While i agree about the gongs, it was a bit OTT, but then a girl becomes a Dame for winning two races, it sort of puts it in perspective i think.The only thing that has spoiled my enjoyment listening to the game is Boycott and his incessant dribble about how every one is doing it wrong, its not the way i would do it,etc etc he drives me nuts ,please TMS get rid of the man.Apart from that ,Go England you are making a lot of people very proud and happy.

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posted Jul 12, 2008

great match so far brilliant batting great bowling and fielding keep it up england!
Nice to see Jimmy bowling extremely economically as well, mightconvert a few doubters....lets hope for more of the same tomorrow!

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posted Jul 12, 2008

I wonder what the South African version of The Rain Dance is called?

Whatever it is called, I bet the floorboards of the SA team hotel are reverberating to it.

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posted Jul 13, 2008

Ok its been a good performace but this South African batting lineup should not be underestimated, they are more than capable of spending 2 Days at the Crease to earn a Draw, this along with the fact that our Bowlers have already done 90+ Overs between them it should be a interesting days cricket today and setup the final day nicely))

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posted Jul 13, 2008

2 days is a long time against anyteam especially if you have prblems with spin and are playing a quality spinner. Yeh theres quality there but its always a daunting task to survive 2 days against an attack thats taken you in 1, and need your 1st innings score again +100 mearly to put the opossition into bat.

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posted Jul 13, 2008

There is no way you can 'bat out' for two days so South Africa are going to have to play vaguely attacking cricket in an attempt to post a reasonably good score, that should open up the way for out bowlers to take the remaining ten wickets. As always, Kallis and De Villiers are the key guys to get out

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posted Jul 13, 2008

England to win easily and even have a day off in the process. Look at Australia, we are the top dogs in world cricket now and have been for a little while now.

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posted Jul 13, 2008

Morning chaps..crackling with anticipation this morning..I'm not greedy I will settle for 333-6 by close...2wkts a session will do nicely and then polish off the tail Monday morning leaving 50-60 runs for a truly stunning victory.

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posted Jul 13, 2008

England should win this with the position they're in but anything can happen.

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