England Vs South Africa.1st Test 17 december.

[flanflinger]

Originally Posted by Ernest

If you look at the batting of England, some of it was a run a ball, then out,

Really in the first innings they scored 225 of 354 legitimate balls

and in the second innigs they scored 190 off 489 legitimate balls

Not really sure that indicates that they were going at a run a ball....from what I read though they were chasing wide-deiliveries, taht normally they may not have gone for...

[Ernest]

No what I meant ff, some of the players including Flintoff were scoring at a run a ball, and one or two you would think would not, I did not mean the team as a whole.

[Occasional Fan]

Originally Posted by Zainub Razvi

England still favorites for this I reckon. By far.

Still favourites, I'd say. Not by far though. If they took the the SA A game as the wake up call which is was, England should still come through this one. South Africa will certainly have been bucked by the result there, but they shouldn't expect England to do the same again at Port Elizabeth. Great game in prospect.

[Ernest]

Yes I think England are still favourites, but they will have to heed that wake up call at the hands of South Africa A, and apply themselves like we know we can.

[Notts Exile]

Weather forecast for Port Elizabeth is not good for Friday. Winning the toss may well be important.

[Occasional Fan]

Depends where you look for the forecast I think! BBC suggests a shower tomorrow, but clear after that for the rest of the match. Yahoo (linked from Cricinfo) has clear sunny day tomorrow and part cloudy for the weekend.

[Ernest]

Just got back from town, and NE and OF are casting doubts about tomorrow, no offence NE ,I hope OF is correct.

[R W S]

Get your weather and picture here

Are we going to use this thread or the one in 'Say Something Series'? Or both?
Are we going to have a daily thread for each test? If so, where?

Originally Posted by Admin

I just want to make clear that posting threads about Test matches in team forums is still permitted. Some people may prefer the friendlier exchange in their own forums as opposed to the robust style that may characterize the SSS forum.

[Occasional Fan]

I'm sure they'll be playing, Ern. I'm assuming start of play is 0830GMT. Anyone know if that's right? (Why don't Cricinfo put this information on their site? I am making this assumption because it is 30 minutes after Ladbrokes closes its book, and they presumably do that immediately before the toss.)

[Occasional Fan]

Extraordinary coincidence. Just received an unsolicited e-mail from Cricinfo while I was writing that last message. Start is indeed at 0830 GMT.