4th Test: South Africa v England at Johannesburg, Jan 24-28 2020

[TheParraboy]

Poms not enforcing the follow on this time?

 

[roofromoz]

You are watching 'Bat Chat'.

 

[BradParkerTheGoat]

Poms not enforcing the follow on this time?

Doesnt matter either way, SA are boned.... they are a shadow of their former selves. In fact take De Kock out and Im pretty sure even teams like Canada or Ireland would beat them.

 

[Mr Spock!]

Doesnt matter either way, SA are boned.... they are a shadow of their former selves. In fact take De Kock out and Im pretty sure even teams like Canada or Ireland would beat them.

Maybe even Zimbabwe, WI or NZ

 

[Tommy Smith]

I'm not even enjoying this.

I just find it sad to see the seismic decline of the great Saffer teams.

I've always had a soft spot for them; but now they appear to be following the Windies on a trajectory into Test match obscurity.

Test cricket continues to flounder and I'm not being melodramatic.

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms all out 248

Philander 0/1 - 1.3 overs, Broke down in his last test?

SA need 466 to win - 2 days left
Can it go into a 5th day?

 

[hineyrulz]

Pielander getting going when the going got tough, wow what a shock.


The Davey Warner of bowlers.

 

[mozza91]

Pielander getting going when the going got tough, wow what a shock.


The Davey Warner of bowlers.

That’s harsh on Warner. He might be a flat track bully but he doesn’t pull out of matches on wickets that don’t suit him like Plodlander.

 

[TheParraboy]

little bit of a fightback from SA

2/124

About half way through day 4

 

[TheParraboy]

7/260

Philander out for 10, decent applause as he walks off a test match for the last time

 

[TheParraboy]

Poms won by 191, too easy really

Wood 9 wkts for the match

 

[JJ]

Great for Wood. Hopefully he can stay fit now...

 

[Bring back John Fifita]

I'm not even enjoying this.

I just find it sad to see the seismic decline of the great Saffer teams.

I've always had a soft spot for them; but now they appear to be following the Windies on a trajectory into Test match obscurity.

Test cricket continues to flounder and I'm not being melodramatic.

The start of their sharp decline was after the Australia series in 2018. This also signified the sharp decline in "reverse swing" on the Test Arena.

While their batting has been poor since, to let the likes of England Score 400+ runs (and a 390+ in the seconds innings of the 2nd test) shows their bowling is suffering more than the bat.

Steyn & Morkel have gone since then but Rabada & Philander were still there up to this test. But the prevalence of early reverse swing, SA's biggest weapon in the 2018 series, has not been around...

Hmmmm.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Ben Stokes reckons they'll regain Ashes now.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

The start of their sharp decline was after the Australia series in 2018. This also signified the sharp decline in "reverse swing" on the Test Arena.

While their batting has been poor since, to let the likes of England Score 400+ runs (and a 390+ in the seconds innings of the 2nd test) shows their bowling is suffering more than the bat.

Steyn & Morkel have gone since then but Rabada & Philander were still there up to this test. But the prevalence of early reverse swing, SA's biggest weapon in the 2018 series, has not been around...

Hmmmm.

Hmmmmm indeed.

 

[TheParraboy]

Ben Stokes reckons they'll regain Ashes now.

In the UK?

 

[Tommy Smith]

Ben Stokes reckons they'll regain Ashes now.

Fat chance.

Australia won't get beat in a series at home for the next half decade. That's guaranteed.

 

[The Mad Hatter]

Fat chance.

Australia won't get beat in a series at home for the next half decade. That's guaranteed.

Broad and Anderson will be gone.

The batting, wicket keeping is deckchairs on Titanic...

If you get 12 Stokes' then a sniff.

Otherwise...I agree.

Australia 21/22 you'd have to think would be Warner's last home series...Smith's last Ashes home series...Lauba/ Head / Patterson ...injury free Cummins Starc and Haze...Lyon... a wk out to prove his mettle...

 

[AlwaysGreen]

The start of their sharp decline was after the Australia series in 2018. This also signified the sharp decline in "reverse swing" on the Test Arena.

While their batting has been poor since, to let the likes of England Score 400+ runs (and a 390+ in the seconds innings of the 2nd test) shows their bowling is suffering more than the bat.

Steyn & Morkel have gone since then but Rabada & Philander were still there up to this test. But the prevalence of early reverse swing, SA's biggest weapon in the 2018 series, has not been around...

Hmmmm.

Bet they never used sandpaper though .

Hmmmmm

 

[hineyrulz]

Hmmmmmmmm


I didn’t really have anything to add but to just wanted to post


Hmmmmmmm.