Cricket
South Africa v England, 2nd Test at Cape Town
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By the way Aussie game is getting more and more interesting with the weather forecast. Can't wait for it to get started!
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Overs will be lost today. 3 or 4.
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when Draw looks short it often gets shorter !!!
explanation: good pitch |
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Can't see the draw price being this short come day 4/5.
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Be very exciting and good for my book if both of these come off together, a monster stand scored in quick time.
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Draw always flirts with Even money. Its the way these test match markets work
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Another clanger from Amla. He has 6 or 7 overs with the new ball and he panics after 2 4s. Takes out the third slip and...
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The draw flirted with 6/4 early on and I went SNAP.
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One slip for Stokes. That was the exact purpose of that onslaught from Stokes.
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SA have lost the plot
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There only hope is if these 2 get overexcited.
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What the market does during Stumps is not always easy to predict but my guess Saffers are more likely to hit 6's rather than down to 4.
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What the market does during Stumps is not always easy to predict but my guess Saffers are more likely to hit 6's rather than down to 4.
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What the market does during Stumps is not always easy to predict but my guess Saffers are more likely to hit 6's rather than down to 4.
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What the market does during Stumps is not always easy to predict but my guess Saffers are more likely to hit 6's rather than down to 4.
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What the market does during Stumps is not always easy to predict but my guess Saffers are more likely to hit 6's rather than down to 4.
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What the market does during Stumps is not always easy to predict but my guess Saffers are more likely to hit 6's rather than down to 4.
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What the market does during Stumps is not always easy to predict but my guess Saffers are more likely to hit 6's rather than down to 4.
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break of play is good for SA
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Dont think their odds can get worse
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Well that partnership has certainly sorted my book out
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Those multiple postings are a mystery to me, no idea what causes that.
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England, have had another excellent day, if they can get the score up to 400 or more hopefully, then England ought to be winning this Test as well. Something in the wicket for everyone, batsman, seamers and spinners, so a good surface as well.
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south africa seem exceedingly short given where they went off at.
even if england get skittled for 350 from here, they've still got a lot of work to do to get themselves back to parity and then they've got to worry about batting last. england find another 120 in two sessions and they'll need to do something extraordinary. |
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The deeper the match goes the more strain on an unconvincing SA bowling unit.
I hope Bayliss will tell Stokes and Bairstow to bat sensibly for an hour without risk. After that, SA will be out of the game. No need for histrionics early doors tomorrow. Grind 'em into the dust. |
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england to get 410-420+ & that should be a match winning position
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Agree Saffers look short - think they would need to get a decent 1st innings lead to have a sniff here and that looks a long way off.
If you fancy SA to do well a draw back looks a better play in the medium term. Think SA will have a few decent stands 1st dig to push the draw lower, but England win in the end. England have much better bowlers - only Morkel would really have a case to be in a combined team amongst the bowlers. |
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I agree, im trying to imagine what SA need to do to win. probably bowl England out in the morning for less than 400, score 400+ themselves, then bowl England out in 3 sessions and then knock the runs off on a fifth day pitch. I make that more than a 4.7 chance.
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I'd be surprised if SAF get anywhere close to England's first innings total.
My main concern is Cook will bat too long 2nd Innings as Eng don't need the win here. But even then England's bowling should be too good. |
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I suppose the market thinks SA will bowl Eng out for less than 400. I think that's very possible with fresh bowlers and a new ball.
You'd still have to be very optimistic to think SA can post 400+ and then bowl England out cheaply. |
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Been at work all day and it's torture trying to follow on the phone
 Cheers to one and all for the updates, thoughts,reasoning and general good waffle..much obliged Just watching the verdict on sky and Bob Willis just said Morkel might be injured as he wasn't given the new ball.... Safas drifting too....anyone laying the books at 5's |
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Tempted to Terry but holding fire at the moment.
It was odd re Morkel. He bowled the penultimate over of the day and charged in. |
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Agree Injera it's tempting alright.... Willis never mentioned Morkel looked ok but the conversation changed to Amla and his captaincy so it's a wait for more updates...... Atherton just said he's a bit confused as to why as well....
will hold fire at the mo....but loading the gun in case it's required Gl |
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