Third one-day international, Port Elizabeth:4th Febuary

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

I take it you mean business ern, judging by your text size. I'll add hoggy to that list.

[Occasional Fan]

Originally Posted by Richie Benauds Love Child

I'd be writing by resignation letter now if i did

And tearing it up by now, I guess!

[Ernest]

Besides blaming the bowlers and fielders, the batsmen played poor the last ten overs of the England innings.

It was a tight hard fought match,congrats to SA.

One thing England are becoming an attraction, sell out gates in SA for the first time in ages, i think this tour in general has been good for cricket.

[Occasional Fan]

OK - we have a chance here for some esoterica.

Cricinfo shows the last ball as being a four. The BBC shows it as two. No effect on the result, of course, but it does affect Prince's tally. As I understand it, if the batsmen had completed the required runs before the ball crossed the boundary, then it's the runs between the wickets that count. So, guys, what was it? Two or four?

All right: scrub it! Someone at the Beeb has already spotted it, and they now show it as four runs.

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Wasn't far away though. I might have to don the Mystic Benaud patent Hat and Cape before long. Whens the next match.

[Occasional Fan]

Nexst match Cape Town on Sunday, 0830 I think.

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

No idea OF. But i heard on talksport that we only scored 67 runs off the last 12 overs which is pretty pants too.

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by Richie Benauds Love Child

I take it you mean business ern, judging by your text size. I'll add hoggy to that list.

Yea he went for some,I though Gough was not that good at the end, bowling length deliveries.

[John]

They did it in the end. Much needed.

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

And much deserved John. OK, we did bowl dross at times but there was tight overs too and you still had to get over 260. I can be magmanamous in defeat because my fantasy team did OK out of it !