England 2012 Cricket Thread

[PaulWinch again]

On form he's untouchable, our best batsman definitely. This innings could put us in with a chance with this game.

[PaulWinch again]

34 doesn't reflect Taylor's effort there, that was a great knock from him. Shame he got out, now the others have to show his application.

[paul_e]

As strange as it sounds it's performances like this that cause KP to get so much criticism.  People see this and see how good he can be and expect him to do all the time (or at least more often), at his best he's good as anyone, ever.

[PaulWinch again]

Well it's a magnificent knock and he's there tomorrow which is what we need, the pace at which he's scored has given us a chance of forcing a positive result. Taylor's 34 was superb as well and the number of runs doesn't do him justice, he did what was needed and stayed in and supported KP. If we can continue this tomorrow we can win this match and turn the series, hopefully this will boost the confidence of the whole team and dent the Saffers confidence at the same time.

[PaulWinch again]

Watching it back, especially on this day, KP was brilliant and there shouldn't be any questions over him. He's potentially brought us back into this series and now others need to step up and complete the job. No doubt about it, he's dented South Africa badly today.

[PaulWinch again]

Oh and also I think a compromise needs to be met on the one day thing. KP and England can't and won't completely back down. So behind closed doors they should agree that he comes out of one day retirement, he'll play twenty20 and they rest him for some of the one day series.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

34 doesn't reflect Taylor's effort there, that was a great knock from him. Shame he got out, now the others have to show his application.

I honestly thought it was a little kid coming out to bat when it was Taylor's turn, like some kind of Jim'll fix it request.

[PaulWinch again]

Fucking hell KP gone already. Well it's up to the others to step up here now.

[Chris Smith]

Fucking hell KP gone already. Well it's up to the others to step up here now.

It shifts it from an outside chance of winning to having to bat well enough not to lose it.

[PaulWinch again]

I think there's still a chance of the win. The bowlers are going to need to come out hard and aggressive though. The Saffers have a few injuries and they have to rejig their batting line up, it's doable.

[peter w]

Not at all - all 3 results are still on. if we can bat at least until lunch then we're in the box seat. If Prior can score some quick runs then I'd go as far and say we'd have a very good chance of wining.

[PaulWinch again]

When was the last time Bresnan actually got a score with the bat?

[Chris Smith]

Not at all - all 3 results are still on. if we can bat at least until lunch then we're in the box seat. If Prior can score some quick runs then I'd go as far and say we'd have a very good chance of wining.

We're still 23 runs behind, with no specialist batsmen left. It would take a monumental fuck up by SA to let us win from here and we need a substantial lead to stop them from winning.

As I type Bresnan goes; we need rain.

[PaulWinch again]

I think it's going to be a toss up really if the scores are fairly level. South Africa do buckle under pressure sometimes and there has been a shift over the last day.

[PaulWinch again]

Terrible Broad, really really poor.