England v South Africa, first TEST, Lord's, July 2012

Better get this one rolling then. Will be good to finally have some proper cricket between two half decent sides.

Rikki this NOW, Fromage (you arrogant Qunt Le Grande)

Premature annunciation of the year?

F*cking ridiculous.

No, no sorry... well Anderson's sex change rules him out. Tremlett is now 4'2" after the back ops, so I'd rule him out. Strauss had an excellent tour of Sri Lanka, so even though he captained by deck-chair, he's in as a specialist number 9. Pietersen is now God, so he's playing deity-Tests. Bell f*cked it in the UAE, so get him out. Jimmy Messenger has had a hot 2012 County season so get him in.

This is a bit moot though, isn't it? SA regressed back to Apartheid in November 2011 so they're banned from international sport again......

Rob Newton struggling to make it as he's 6 months pregnant with your child. You really should have timed the conception better, you two.

The good news is that Simon Jones is fit again. And raring to go.


Oh, .....

Henry wrote:Rob Newton struggling to make it as he's 6 months pregnant with your child. You really should have timed the conception better, you two.

Give the man some responsibility and he puts some buns on the board.

has the rain started yet?

Kieswetter turning out for South Africa under the new player trading system did come as a bit of a shock.

As was Jacues Kallis turning out for South Africa in the Women's T20 curtain raiser.

I still can't get used to this Jacqueline business.

Henry wrote:As was Jacues Kallis turning out for South Africa in the Women's 'Buy British Beef' curtain raiser.

fixed

Didn't Kallis die in a 'choking on chicken whilst he was choking his chicken' accident?

Am I mixing it up with the Smith choking on semen accident?

Are you seeing Red and raising him, Monkehh?

Unfortunately now that Julius Malema has taken over as South African President and has ordered the re-possession of white-owned land, along with South African owned white cricketers, England will not be touring the Republic anytime soon.

KP's protest against it all has put his life in danger, despite him insisting it was merely his latest tattoo on his upper arm, and that any resemblance to a black armband lamenting the 'death of democracy and Kolpak' is merely coincidence.

Andy Flower refuses to comment, the hypocrite.

Yes, Kallis did meat with fowl play.

Henry wrote:Better get this one rolling then. Will be good to finally have some proper cricket between two half decent sides.

Trev being a tad disparaging here.