posted Aug 31, 2008

No problem. I hope the team get better but I just wont go overboard about this win as I did the same with our rugby team and broke my heart when it fell apart.
Im looking forward to the next game already.

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posted Aug 31, 2008

england scored the runs that they needed to score, we could sit here and say it was an unfair target blah blah blah, credit to england for getting the runs in less than perfect conditions.

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posted Aug 31, 2008

Lets also be honest here, the pitch was wet and the light was really fading badly so for England to still get those runs was an immence achievement. Only a very confident side could have made that chase, i agree that in perfect conditions it may have been easy but as Manufan87 said these were less than perfect conditions.
Credit where it is due, well done England

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posted Aug 31, 2008

180 in 31 overs was not competitive. South Africa were 30 runs short, and it reflected that in the re-calculated total.

10 years ago, of course, 137 off 20 would be a monumental task. Nowadays it is a fairly comfortable run chase. But again, 10 years ago England would probably have turned that into a monumental struggle. Today they were calm, and played with great belief in themselves.

This has certainly been fantastic to watch, if you're an English supporter

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posted Aug 31, 2008

Manufan87

"Credit to England for getting the runs in less than perfect conditions"

1; What about bowling with a wet ball?

2; When it gets dark it is always worse fielding because you never pick up the angles until it's too late.

Conditions were poor for both sides but easier for England.

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posted Sep 3, 2008

Come On Guys!!

Lets have 20000 posts!

Come On Patel and Broad to Trent Bridge now

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posted Sep 3, 2008

Weather will stop this game being completed, I fear, which is a shame because I really don't think SA deserve to remain second in the world after their performance.

I am equally not sure that England are really the second best ODI team in the world but, on current form, hard to take that SA might remain above us!

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posted Sep 3, 2008

I was at Lords on Sunday and i have to say the light at the end was aweful. Full credit for England chasing those runs down, can't be easy having Morkel and Steyn bowling 90mph in the light, but when it's dark - no thanks!!!

I was also very dissapointed with Jacques Kallis with his time wasting in the field, obviously trying to make it even more difficult as the light closed in even more. At one point he set his field, and then moved they guy, (i think it was Gunter) from fine leg to long off!!! Needless to say he got booed from the fans, rightly so. Not what i expected from a professional like Kallis!!

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posted Sep 3, 2008

I would like to see a full game today but that looks impossible. The weather in England will contrive to deny them of 2nd place in the rankings.
But lets not forget that before this ODIseries that England were actually ranked 6th. So already the progress is immence.

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posted Sep 3, 2008

Does anyone else out there think that its incredibly lazy to use and Article from two days ago as the main posting page? i mean really it still says "England set for win number 4" Sort it out BBC.

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