England v South Africa, 3rd ODI, The Oval, Aug 29th

Minus Sooky.

this match is going to be at 6 am EST...NOT good

I guess the big question is will Samit Patel get a knock in his 4th ODI!?

JKLever wrote:I guess the big question is will Samit Patel get a knock in his 4th ODI!?

Depends how many balls Ian Bell allows himself to waste.

I want to see Kallis bowling to Patel. I miss fat bloke international cricket.

Make it a real challenge ... get one of those fat umpires in as well, and see if Kallis/Patel can get round him while bowling, yet still stay entirely within the return crease.

Shame Shep's retired- with the curiously large Boucher behind the stumps as well it would be quite a sight.

Not too late to recall Ian Blackwell.

On the long range weather forcast they said summer was arriving by the weekend

Demelza wrote:On the long range weather forcast they said summer was arriving by the weekend

Aye - arrives Saturday morning, and disappears again (probably for good this time) in a thunderstorm at some point on Sunday.

Kallis to Key: Fatty on Fatty here as Boucher, who has also gained some pounds stands a bit closer to the stumps this time. Possibly to prevent himself from running further at the change of ends.

Kallis chugs in effortlessly and bowls a wide WIDE full delivery which Key smashes to the boundary. Kallis has a few words with Key, possibly about the after match meal I'm not sure. Mark Benson steps into join the conversation and he look's to be seperating the discussion, maybe he already ate.

England: 1 Ian Bell, 2 Matt Prior (wk), 3 Owais Shah, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Andrew Flintoff, 6 Paul Collingwood, 7 Samit Patel, 8 Luke Wright, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Steve Harmison, 11 James Anderson

South Africa: 1Herschelle Gibbs, 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Jacques Kallis (capt), 4 AB de Villiers, 5 JP Duminy, 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Johan Botha, 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Makhaya Ntini

M Morkel in for Nel, England are unchanged.

Naeem wrote:England: 1 Ian Bell, 2 Matt Prior (wk), 3 Owais Shah, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Andrew Flintoff, 6 Paul Collingwood, 7 Samit Patel, 8 Luke Wright, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Steve Harmison, 11 James Anderson

South Africa: 1Herschelle Gibbs, 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Jacques Kallis (capt), 4 AB de Villiers, 5 JP Duminy, 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Johan Botha, 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Makhaya Ntini

M Morkel in for Nel, England are unchanged.

SA still top heavy in the bowling department.

SA win toss and insert England

taipan wrote:

Naeem wrote:England: 1 Ian Bell, 2 Matt Prior (wk), 3 Owais Shah, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Andrew Flintoff, 6 Paul Collingwood, 7 Samit Patel, 8 Luke Wright, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Steve Harmison, 11 James Anderson

South Africa: 1Herschelle Gibbs, 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Jacques Kallis (capt), 4 AB de Villiers, 5 JP Duminy, 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Johan Botha, 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Makhaya Ntini

M Morkel in for Nel, England are unchanged.

SA still top heavy in the bowling department.

And not a fit all-rounder in sight.

Naeem wrote:

taipan wrote:

Naeem wrote:England: 1 Ian Bell, 2 Matt Prior (wk), 3 Owais Shah, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Andrew Flintoff, 6 Paul Collingwood, 7 Samit Patel, 8 Luke Wright, 9 Stuart Broad, 10 Steve Harmison, 11 James Anderson

South Africa: 1Herschelle Gibbs, 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Jacques Kallis (capt), 4 AB de Villiers, 5 JP Duminy, 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Johan Botha, 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Makhaya Ntini

M Morkel in for Nel, England are unchanged.

SA still top heavy in the bowling department.

And not a fit all-rounder in sight.

Seriously, why do we need 5 front line seamers and a Spinner?

The 'Ian Bell crabbing show' is well underway...

1 run off the first 12 balls. Set that tempo lad...

Fcuk sake Ntini gifts England a flier and Bell still resorts to blocking.

Bell - 24* off 25.

Gonna stop your whingy bitching any time soon, Lever?

It's all part of the plan...

36 off 29.....

59-0 (

Got to recognise this is a FLAAAAAT pitch and keep going for it.

Fcuk me is this IRB?

Bell = New sexual healing for LLL in Vawney's absence!

Top knock so far though ... clean hitting all round the wicket.
Prior's gawn all quiet!!!

Merlin wrote:Bell = New sexual healing for LLL in Vawney's absence!

Top knock so far though ... clean hitting all round the wicket.
Prior's gawn all quiet!!!

They've changed roles for bit, it's helps to have a bit of a variety in a relationship.