Tour match, Potchefstroom

[Rachael]

LOL - fine point.

Smon Jones has shown he can bowl to non batsmen yet again (whoop-de-doo.. he can get out the likes of Fraser, Malcolm and Tufnel).. and the bowling would seem, in general, to have been tighter today.. but the news from the warm up game gets ever worse from Fletcher's point of view: his protege, Trescothick, lasted just 5 balls... and Strauss has followed without troubling the scorers.

update: Butcher gone as well: that's 3/3 at tea... with England trailing by 53 runs - great start to the tour :-)

[Occasional Fan]

Century to Michael Vaughan, next highest scorer - it's that man GO Jones again! Have we done enough to scrape an ill-deserved victory out of this one? I don't think so.

[Occasional Fan]

South Africa A are 34 runs shy of the target with seven wickets remaining and it is pouring down.

[Occasional Fan]

SA A win by 7 wickets. Looks as though Simon Jones lost interest in the rain break - 21 runs off his last over. Well, fellahs, you've got a few hours to spare now and the sun is shining. What about playing some cricket?

[Rachael]

Did you notice the nice accurate line the bowlers were maintaining outside the off stump:

Originally Posted by cricinfo

27.6 SP Jones to Duminy, no run
27.5 SP Jones to Duminy, legbye: FOUR, on the leg side, four legbyes tothe fine leg boundary
27.4 SP Jones to Duminy, no run, down middle, defended off the backfoot
27.3 SP Jones to Duminy, FOUR, on the legs, turned to fine leg boundary for another boundary27.3 SP Jones to Duminy, (noball) FOUR, down middle, pulled with forceto the mid wct boundary
27.2 SP Jones to Duminy, legbye: FOUR, down middle, very short delivery,kepper jumps high in the air to stop the ball but it goes all theway to the boundary
27.1 SP Jones to Duminy, FOUR, down middle, smashed to the long onboundary, fielder chases but can't reach the ball in time

28.6 Harmison to Prince, no run, played to the leg side
28.5 Harmison to Duminy, one run, on the off side, played to 3rd man fora lazy single
28.4 Harmison to Duminy, no run, down middle, defended off the backfootto the off side
28.3 Harmison to Duminy, two runs, down middle, played off the backfootthrough mid wct for two runs
28.2 Harmison to Duminy, no run, down middle, short of a length, playedto short leg
28.1 Harmison to Prince, one run, turned to fine leg, picked up there

Ho hum: I guess we should be glad they are getting such deliveries out of their system now rather than feeding Kallis and co!