2nd Test: South Africa v England at Cape Town on Jan 2-6, 2016

[TheParraboy]

Starts tomorrow actually

Expect the Proteas to come back hard

 

[The Roth]

I expect De Villiers to bounce back without the extra burden of the gloves.

S.A have called in Graeme Smith for Batting consultancy and psychological approach.

Why do every South African sports side either Rugby or Cricket have to have a psychological review every time they choke or on the eve of a big match?

 

[redvscotty]

Root looks like he's cruising at the moment... Rabdala (sp?) has gone for a few but has 3 wickets and was on a hat trick.

Commentary is a good dose of fresh air before the dimwits who will be commentating tomorrow.

 

[Twizzle]

Poms 5/317

Hale, Root and Stokes with 50s

 

[Hutty1986]

Pretty impressive counterattack from the redheaded stepchild, albeit against an understrength SA.

 

[chigurh]

Stokes is murdering them.

 

[Hutty1986]

Fantastic hitting. Proteas on the slide.

 

[chigurh]

200 from 163 balls. They will probably knight him for this

 

[hineyrulz]

Good wicket and Plodlander goes missing yet again, the Saffa's are done and dusted. Put a fork in them they are done.

 

[TheParraboy]

Bairstow gets his maiden ton

Stokes 225no

poms 5/546

cant see them declaring this session, maybe sometime after tea, they could have over 650 by then. Stokes 300?

 

[Tommy Smith]

Amazing innings by Stokes.

He's almost as good an all-rounder as Mitch Marsh!

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

312 runs in 39 overs since the day started. :lol:

Maybe they just choked one too many times and now they've completely cracked. Is there anything half decent coming through the ranks once AB, Amla, Steyn are gone?

 

[undertaker]

312 runs in 39 overs since the day started. :lol:

Maybe they just choked one too many times and now they've completely cracked. Is there anything half decent coming through the ranks once AB, Amla, Steyn are gone?

Dear oh dear oh dear. What's going on? 312 runs in a full day of a test match would've been considered good during Steve Waugh's captaincy, now teams are scoring 312 runs in 39 overs.

 

[jargan83]

Bairstow scored a ton? Bowling attack has to be full of plod.

 

[JJ]

Some talented all rounders come from NZ

Great innings

 

[hineyrulz]

Some talented all rounders come from NZ

Great innings

Shame none of them play for NZ ;-)

 

[JJ]

Shame none of them play for NZ ;-)

Three do, but we've shared Stokes...

You have the draughthorse M Marsh, so not sure why you'd comment ;-)

 

[Twizzle]

Stokes credits ODIs and T/20 for his innings.

 

[JJ]

Do they also get the credit for his shithouse performances up to now?

 

[El Diablo]

i can't understand how people betray their country and play for someone else :?