redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
Broad for me. As you say SA never really recovered from those early wickets and he ensured England went past 300 in the first innings.
Man of the match contenders?
Broad -- glued together the first innings at a crucial time and then put SA on a back foot they never recovered from with an amazing spell of bowling, taking four of the top six wickets of the SA first innings for 20-odd.
Compton -- take Compton out and England's innings don't look so clever. Gave England the platform that the bowlers could build on.
Moeen -- consistent excellent bowling, 4 in the first innings, 3 so far in the second.
Finn -- similarly consistent excellent bowling, 2 in the first innings, 4 so far in the second.
I'm not sure why Rabada wasn't playing in Durban instead of Abbott. consistently over 90mph, decent control, can also bat apparently, good fielder. There is a lot of talk recently about politics and quotas - the unspoken 'four non-whites in the team', but if anything I see white players being treated pretty generously. How much does that 'four non-whites' unspoken rule represent a maximum as well as a minimum?Duminy dropped and Abbott not fit, Rabada could be exciting.
I am more than happy with an opener with an average of 35+Got out of jail a bit there. 317-5 - will take that, but want to push on to 400+ tomorrow. Still no century for England in this series, but enough 50s, I guess. Still not convinced by Hales, but at least he scored something.
Yes it is. Been like this for 10 years now. Not one ball of professional English cricket is live on free tv.Is this series not on terrestrial TV at all? Not even on 5? Test cricket is dying because of this IMO.
And watchcricYes it is. Been like this for 10 years now. Not one ball of professional English cricket is live on free tv.
crictime and cricfree offer relatively reliable, if rather low- resolution, live streams.
I'm happy he scored, hope he's learning, and am sure he's booked his place for the rest of the series now. I'm still not convinced by him.I am more than happy with an opener with an average of 35+
Yes it is. Been like this for 10 years now. Not one ball of professional English cricket is live on free tv.
crictime and cricfree offer relatively reliable, if rather low- resolution, live streams.
That link is also what I would call 'rather low-res', tbh. About the same quality.Low res streams are pants with cricket. You need to be able to see what the ball is doing. I'm not paying for sky though. I'll try watchcric later when the Aussies play cheers kabbes
That link is also what I would call 'rather low-res', tbh. About the same quality.
100 runs for Stokes before lunch.100+ runs before lunch.
We should just ask a mod to merge and rename the thread.