England in South Africa

[Maxkarter]

UPDATE! local time 12:24

Boucher b Giles 17 around legs trying to sweep 90-7

12:28

Drizzel hopefully to become rain! The only thing that could save us now!

12:30 Covers coming on

 

[Stephen Bailey]

Well, didn't even think about Geraint Jones opening! Good start, smashes Pollock for two boundaries!

 

[themuel1]

I think England have won-through Duckworth lewis

 

[Maxkarter]

England have won

Result England win by 25 runs Duckworth Lewis method, announced on SABC3 5 mins ago

 

[Rangeela]

1st ODI

Toss: England

South Africa 175/9 (50 ov) (Pollock 37)(Giles 3/18)
England 103/3 (25.1/25.1 ov) (Vaughan 44*)

Result: England won by 26 runs (D/L method)

Man of the Match: MP Vaughan

Series: England leads the 7-ODI series 1-0

 

[Rangeela]

2nd ODI - South Africa vs England

2 Feb @ Bloemfontein

Odds:

South Africa - 5/6
England - 5/6

Bets will be accepted until 12:00 GMT on 2nd February and bets will be settled once the one day match is over. In the case of a drawn match due to the weather or a tie, all bets will be refunded

 

[Gibbsrules]

Okay,what the f@#k were the SA selectors thinking.It's like they put the names of players in a hat and draw them from there for the team selection :
What is Prince doing there?They drop Rudolf for being out of form but bring Prince in who also isn't in the best of form.They somehow drop AB De villiers but put Bacher in.Madness.If they wanted to bring new players in,why not put Duminy instead of Prince?

De Villiers
Gibbs
Kallis
Smith
Duminy
Hall
Pollock
Boucher
Boje
Ntini
Nel

Thats a much better line up.Kemp is a good batsmen but lacks the bowling ability that we need.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Duminy is up too high. Hall should be higher. Not a very strong batting lineup is it Gibbsrules? Looks prone to a collapse.

 

[Gibbsrules]

Every SA batting lineup seems prone to collapse now days.Duminy has done well lately in domestic cricket and adds another bowling option,but I think Rudolf could slot into that position instead of him,but Rudolf is out of form.

 

[Rangeela]

Squad for 2nd ODI

South Africa 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 AB de Villiers, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 Adam Bacher, 5 Ashwell Prince, 6 Justin Kemp, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Shaun Pollock, 9 Nicky Boje, 10 Makhaya Ntini, 11 Andre Nel.



England (probable) 1 Marcus Trescothick, 2 Geraint Jones, 3 Michael Vaughan (capt), 4 Andrew Strauss, 5 Kevin Pietersen, 6 Paul Collingwood, 7 Ian Bell, 8 Ashley Giles, 9 Kabir Ali, 10 Darren Gough, 11 Matthew Hoggard.

 

[Skater]

What a truly amazing match yesterday! The tension was unbelievable, and England managed 3 wickets in the last over! The South African's obviously couldn't stomach it.

 

[The_gas]

It twas a great game, right down to the finish! South Africa did well, however they havent quite got what it takes.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Really good match....a tie! Geraint Jones' decision to stand up to the stumps paid off......great batting by Pieterson, Vaughan and Collingwood and equally welll batted by Gibbs-coming down the order-, Kallis and Kemp. One of the best matches I will ever see...........

 

[squiz]

how many balls did they have to get the winning run?

 

[ZoraxDoom]

how many balls did they have to get the winning run?

8 off 6.....then a no-ball+4....so 3 off 6..then Boucher out trying to win the match......dot ball.....3 off 3.......ended up as 1 from 1.......Hall on strike.........Prince was run-out for 0...........Pollock at non-strikers ed at 17.........he got stumped! Tie match. Jones standing up to the stumps to Kabir Ali.......did the trick.....