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England - South Africa 2nd ODIby Robs_All_Stars (U8939350) 25 August 2008
 This is the match thread for the second one day international of the series between England and South Africa Well played guys, but where the **** were the Saffers? Audiernesghost Weather - The weather forecast for tuesday is sunny intervals, with a maximum temperature of 22 degreesTeam News England - I Bell, M Prior (wk), O Shah, K Pietersen (cap), A Flintoff, P Collingwood, S Patel, L Wright, S Broad, S Harmison, J Anderson South Africa - G Smith (cap), H Gibbs, J Kallis, AB De Villiers, JP Duminy, M Boucher (wk), A Morkel, J Botha, A Nel, D Steyn, M Ntini Live action. South Africa captain Graeme Smith wins the toss and chooses to bat first WICKET - Gibbs (10), Caught by Prior, Bowled by Broad Gibbs advances down the wicket but can only edge Broad behind, where Prior holds a simple catch WICKET - Smith (9), Caught by Prior, Bowled by Broad Smith edges behind and Prior takes a superb catch, diving to his left and taking the catch in front of 1st slip Owais Shah WICKET - Kallis (6), Caught by Shah, Bowled by Broad Kallis edges Broad to 1st slip where Shah takes a simple catch WICKET - Duminy (8), Caught by Prior, Bowled by Broad Broad finds a very thin edge of Duminy's bat and Prior pouches the catch behind the stumps WICKET - De Villiers (5), LBW, Bowled by Flintoff Flintoff manages to get the ball to dart back, and De Villiers is caught plumb on front WICKET - Boucher (10), Caught by Prior, Bowled by Flintoff Boucher edges behind and Prior holds the catch behind the stumps WICKET - Botha (1), Caught by Prior, Bowled by Broad Botha edges behind and Prior holds the catch behind the stumps 5 WICKET HAUL - for Stuart Broad, who finishes with figures of 23-5 of 10 overs WICKET - Nel (13), Caught by Wright, Bowled by Harmison Nel attempts to slog Harmison but can only top edge the ball straight to Wright at mid-wicket WICKET - Morkel(6), Caught by Prior, Bowled by Harmison Morkel edges behind and Prior holds the catch behind the stumps WICKET - Steyn (6), Bowled by Flintoff Steyn attempts to hit Flintoff over mid-wicket but his stumps are cleaned up by a Flintoff yorker SOUTH AFRICA ALL OUT FOR 83 England Innings 50 PARTNERSHIP - For the 1st wicket between Prior and Bell Prior 45 N.O. Bell 28 N.O. ENGLAND WIN BY 10 WICKETS AND TAKE A 2-0 LEAD IN THE SERIES, WITH 3 GAMES TO PLAY Give your reaction to the match here Latest 10 commentsRead members' comments or add your own
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Peetus une Blitzus (U11322155) posted Aug 27, 2008 I believe he caught them all didn't he?
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ChrispyHawk (U3963543) posted Aug 27, 2008 'When he's kept in tests, he's been decidely average and despite a promising beginning with the bat, that quickly went downhill'
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hendero (U1886449) posted Aug 27, 2008 Prior has seized the moment pretty well in the first couple of one dayers - 45 and 42 n/o for a handy 87 average with the bat, eight catches and a stumping in the field. It's not as though Tim Ambrose is irreplaceable in the Test squad, and although Prior didn't make the most of his chances previosuly, I'd say he's worth another try in both forms of the game.
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tina_4u (U12943458) posted Aug 27, 2008 Well I agree that Broad gave apt reply to his critics but Prior? I don't know if his perfomance is upto the expectations that we expect from him.. We can expect more from him!
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rudijay (U6325044) posted Aug 27, 2008 I like Prior, but am in favour of different wicket keepers for test and ODIs. posted Aug 27, 2008 but where the **** were the Saffers?
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backfootpunch (U9763275) posted Aug 27, 2008 well done mat prior, the catch off smith was awesome. If he carries on keeping like that he should definetly be the keeper for the tests. Im an ambrose fan and could see he was out of his depth against good quality bowling, whereas prior is a class batsmen and hopefully an improving keeper. My opinion is that he shouldn't have been dropped in the first place. Now if were gonna play with freddie at six it is imperative that prior plays so we bat well all the way down to 8 with hamry at 9. The future is looking good, but im sure in the usual fashion with this england team they will lose the three other odi's. posted Aug 27, 2008 Vs Murali in Sri Lanka: 0, 63, 79, 4, 19* from 100 balls.
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mysticroakey (U13052418) posted Aug 27, 2008 wasnt that catch of smith going to slip anyway!
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alexhillier1 (U1689855) posted Aug 27, 2008 Good on you Prior. Been listening to advice from one of England's best ever in Alec Stewart and starting to show what he can do. As for Stuart Broad I liked him from his first ball in Test cricket when he went down the wicket to glower at his opponent - great sparky attitude. Comment on this article |
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