Off Topic Cricket 2019

Last I looked nz were over 400 behind aus

 

No bloody excuse for over stepping & costing us a wicket

 

Letting South Africa off the hook here.
Root is a very average captain imo. These fields are allowing too much rotation of the strike.
We need to stay in the game so that it's still in the balance when they bat last.
Bess is bowling a fraction too full.

 

Right, this is it!!

200-6.

We must capitilise on this with the new ball a few overs away.

Great session for England so far.

 

Anderson strikes. Great catch by Stokes after having just dropped one.

Come on England!

 

This has been an excellent disciplined bowling performance by England. Just need to finish them off now.

 

Yep.
Broad and Anderson obviously aren't quite what they were, but they're clearly still top class and have made me eat my words .
And Anderson gets another in the last over!!
215-8 at the close.

Excellent from England .

Must kill them off early tomorrow.

 

Good session from eng & could’ve been a lot better but will settle for that

 

Stokes taking the game away from South Africa with a quick fire 50.

Sibley 5 away from his maiden test 100 and looking a little nervy.

 

Well done Sibley.

Should be fun watching England attack now to quickly get the lead up to and over 400.

 

Dom Sibley makes me eat my words by scoring a century, with a fair proportion through the off side. Well played young man.

 

Stokes will be overtaking Sibley soon, the way he's playing.

 

Very nice century from Sibley, pity the Stokes show was cut short

 

Stokes was entertaining.
It rarely lasts too long when players attack every ball.

England need to keep scoring very quickly as they need as much time as possible to win this game.

I'd be bowling well before tea.

 

I’d bowl now rather than tire my bowlers

 

157 runs in 27 overs....taken the game away from SA...

According to tms the bug that went through the England side last week has now affected the SA side.....so bat for another half hour and whack another 50 to drain their bowlers a bit more and then declare with 4 and half sessions to bowl them out....

 

438 to win, nah can’t see that happening & well batted sibley

 

I take that means they are literally sh*tting themselves...

 

Shame we didn’t declare a few runs later. It’s been over 30 test innings since England posted a total of 400 or over.

 

5 wickets to get and about 40 overs to get them. Root and Denly bowling.

Tense, but top order has all gone, England should do it with room to spare.