Cricket
Only two draws since 2000 in 14 games. One of them rain affected(3 days washed out) while the other was the famous 450+ chase by SA against India.
From what I can see from the scorecards, 3rd and 4th innings have produced better scores than 1st and 2nd.
Weather forecast showing thunderstorms throughout January, and rain forecasted on all days from 14-18th January. Cant call it from so far out though. Any locals' help will be appreciated regarding the weather.
Jan 16, 2016 -- 6:07AM, Whisperingdeath wrote:
phew cleared SA red, close thing waste of 2 days but all set to ejoy the carnage now and Finn hasn't bowled yet!
in the process of reducing my SA as well
Jan 16, 2016 -- 6:14AM, tomtimtum wrote:
Bowls too short too often imo, reminds me of Caddick in alot of ways
Caddick
Always scratching at the crease like an old hen
It was stupid of us really when we had the odds on chance. Coulda, shoulda, woulda!
All happy now but missed a trick, not an opportunity because i would have kept the SA green but just cleared the red.
Dangerous pitch and conditions and the ball was hard. should know better, do know better! should have acted like an adult!
Jan 16, 2016 -- 6:16AM, dylansdad wrote:
backed SA @6.4 to clear red, would not be backing then otherwise leading by 25 with 5 wicks left??
always a wise thing to do. Only takes one massive sting and you never do it again
Jan 16, 2016 -- 6:16AM, jucel69 wrote:
What can SA defend?
323
Jan 16, 2016 -- 6:28AM, jucel69 wrote:
Vilas is going to score a few. He averages over 50 here
Jan 16, 2016 -- 6:38AM, dylansdad wrote:
just checked run lines, over 100 and 125 matched @1.01 and over 150 @1.02, some account's taking a serious beating
50 is looking a push
it's been emotional
have some green on England! enough to take Mrs 'Death for a nice meal tonight.
What I love about cricket betting is if you are man enough to say I've been a fool .....or even it wasn't my fault the luck was against me!.....you still have time to correct your error!
stop being an idiot I can't keep bailing you out!
and 'Death replied Alleluja Lord, I have heard and understood the word of God but I cannot promise to sin no more
Still have a few things to iron out but I might just be starting to have faith in the England team again.
Jan 16, 2016 -- 6:42AM, jucel69 wrote:
It is the sort of pitch where this could happen. England could have collapsed like this yesterday tbf
if you have batsman that are committed to playing long innings the pitch is no problem
Jan 16, 2016 -- 6:54AM, slip5 wrote:
This is a disaster for south african cricket
They aren't really interested in being the number 1 side(they have other priorities). Now they are soon going to lose AB to politics as well. Won't be surprised if Steyn hangs his boots soon with the trouble he has had with his body. In short, SA aren't just beaten, they are DIVIDED.
England must think they're at Trent Bridge with this swing.
Glorious scenes indeed.
could well wobble a bit tho'
Jan 16, 2016 -- 6:59AM, tomtimtum wrote:
Been rumoured that AB is going to play in the big bash next year
There is no fun in watching a player of that quality beating the hell out of club players. After retirement yes, but if thats the reason he retires, then CSA will cross WICB in ineptness.
Jan 16, 2016 -- 7:03AM, detraveller wrote:
Jan 16, 2016 -- 12:59PM, tomtimtum wrote:Been rumoured that AB is going to play in the big bash next yearThere is no fun in watching a player of that quality beating the hell out of club players. After retirement yes, but if thats the reason he retires, then CSA will cross WICB in ineptness.
yeah he don't want to go down in later in life with regrets
produces unbelievable scenarios which etch themselves in history
Wouldn't be surprised if Jimmy calls it a day on Test cricket before the year is out.
Steyn will go before him, might only play one more is my guess.
Jan 16, 2016 -- 6:17AM, Whisperingdeath wrote:
Dylan,It was stupid of us really when we had the odds on chance. Coulda, shoulda, woulda!All happy now but missed a trick, not an opportunity because i would have kept the SA green but just cleared the red.Dangerous pitch and conditions and the ball was hard. should know better, do know better! should have acted like an adult!
Pitch is not dangerous Fact
Jan 16, 2016 -- 7:12AM, cool_hand_luke wrote:
anyone fancy the draw?
Faf is still there...
i'll say no less than 4
Have England got a habit of failing to chase down small targets in Tests ?
When was the last time they failed to chase say 150 or less in the fourth innings of a Test ?
amazing that back to back inns can be the total antithesis of each other
Jan 16, 2016 -- 9:17AM, tomtimtum wrote:
Dont give it all back in the 4th, FS
I know. The frustrating thing is that I was well well up on the second test close of day 1 but couldn't resist a lot of draw laying, going deeper as the price shortened to what seemed ridiculous levels. Whole sessions then kept going by with 0 or 1 wicket in them.
Broad bowled very well in excellent bowling conditions, but Root batted very well in challenging batting conditions.
root's really blossomed into a terrific player
that spat with the oz inbred was the making of him
Can't believe this game ended on Day 3. Th draw was 2.3 only yesterday!!
Jan 16, 2016 -- 10:18AM, Injera wrote:
6 wickets in 10 overs was again incredible from Broad. Can't believe this game ended on Day 3. Th draw was 2.3 only yesterday!!
Day 1 wasn't it, with SA 1 down for 100 or so? As whisperingdeath was saying earlier in the thread, open goal that. I missed it but did get enough of England at 6 at the same sort of time to do well. Getting them at near 3 at lunch today seemed an even better bet, which I'm a little disappointed I didn't take a bigger risk on and wipe out my SA green to do it. Generally think England pretty undervalued all series, although obviously let the chance to win the second test slip through their fingers.
Centurion a similar ground to Wanderers, which bodes a similar outcome.
well since then they've won 6 and lost 5 and it could have been better with the scoreline in the emirates being very flattering to pakistan. first time in a long time we hold all the test trophies against the major sides - oz, india and the saffers
From The Guardian
I still think we’re two or three years away from possibly our best period,” says Trevor Bayliss
“Sometimes I don’t say anything on purpose,” he says. “A player has actually got to make mistakes to learn from them. If someone is telling them all the time what to do then they don’t necessarily recognise it themselves.”
Despite this intervention Bayliss remains a firm believer in the primacy of the captain and says his own role is one of a sounding board. Alastair Cook, who has now overseen away wins in India and South Africa to go with his two Ashes victories, appears to have blossomed as a result.
“The coaching staff who were here before me talk about how much he’s come on as a leader, the way he talks to the players and the way they listen to him. I believe the captain is the boss. The coaching staff are there to give him options on and off the park.
“He’s the general out in the middle, and he’s the one the rest of the players look up to. He’s certainly taken that role on since I’ve been here very well.”
