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Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: janaage on Monday, January 17, 2005, 15:29:51 One more wicket to win it. What an amazing days play in Sith Effrika!!
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Johno on Monday, January 17, 2005, 15:36:43 i come back from school and i have missed this!
come on england!! Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: janaage on Monday, January 17, 2005, 15:38:51 Come on England & Wales I think you mean Mr Johno.
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Johno on Monday, January 17, 2005, 15:39:44 yes!? :?
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: strooood on Monday, January 17, 2005, 15:48:13 fucking hell this would be a great victory. hoggard, what a performance! jacques kallis golden duck :D if only they didnt have our scottish left winger still out. or am i thinking of grant? :-))(
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: strooood on Monday, January 17, 2005, 15:53:33 yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Johno on Monday, January 17, 2005, 15:54:27 :beers
yesssssss!! Barmy army! Barmy Army! Barmy Army!! Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Simon Pieman on Monday, January 17, 2005, 15:56:58 johno i hope that's non-alcoholic beer! :mrgreen:
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Johno on Monday, January 17, 2005, 15:57:51 of course :D
:cry: Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Monday, January 17, 2005, 16:16:08 way hey England won! thats 2-1 4 the series now! bring on the aussies! (in 8 months time england would av lost 5-0)
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Boeta on Monday, January 17, 2005, 16:43:13 Wow! Can't wait to watch the highlights tonight as I was forced to listen to my radio whilst I was out for 10 onwards. I can't believe we won this from the position we were in last night.
I thought Hoggard would be England's most successful bowler in this series, he's come on so much in the last year. Superb knock from Thicko from what I saw this morning - hopefully this series will mean that he kicks on and becomes the world class player that he should be http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/cheers.gif Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: sonicyouth on Monday, January 17, 2005, 17:11:07 That's quite remarkable, looked as if we'd struggle today but we pulled it out of the bag. Thank fuck bad light didn't come into play again, I suppose that makes up for the second test.
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Nemo on Monday, January 17, 2005, 17:15:57 They really couldn't schedule it much worse for me, it started just after I left for school and ends just beofre I got back. Watched all Saturday and Sunday though, and I must say I couldn't see us winning after the mini-collapse yesterday evening. Well done to the lads! :mrgreen:
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Boeta on Monday, January 17, 2005, 17:16:39 I don't think you can blame the bad light for the second Test. We took over two hours to break the de Villiers/Pollock partnership, so we only had ourselves to blame.
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: sonicyouth on Monday, January 17, 2005, 17:19:02 You never know what might have happened though...
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: blinkpip on Monday, January 17, 2005, 17:49:16 I remember watching Hoggard for Yorkshire a couple of years ago. He totally a new player since then.
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Boeta on Monday, January 17, 2005, 18:04:16 Interesting to see what the bowling attack will be for the 5th Test. I'd like to see that f the firts three but Jones, Giles and Harmy all have injury worries. I'd love it if Swindon born, Gloster boy Jon Lewis made his debut.
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: blinkpip on Monday, January 17, 2005, 18:07:39 I remember watching Jon Lewis last year in the twenty twenty cup. He can bat a bit can't he to? Is he classed as an all rounder?
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Boeta on Monday, January 17, 2005, 18:16:08 He can't bat. He's a number 11. Might slog a 40 or so once a year. One hell of a bowler though.
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Zurich Red on Monday, January 17, 2005, 18:18:25 Lewis can't do any worse than Anderson with the ball, and as Blinkpip says, he is a decent lower order batsmen at county level at least. Bit pointless sending him all the way down there if there isn't a strong chance of getting a game - especially since they have the one-day players there now.
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: DMR on Monday, January 17, 2005, 18:33:50 Matthew Hoggard can teach Anderson ans Harmy a thing or too about putting it on the dot 5 out 6 each over
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Boeta on Monday, January 17, 2005, 18:45:32 I read elsewhere that Harmison looked like he was getting his rhythm back today, anyone got any thoughts...
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: DMR on Monday, January 17, 2005, 18:48:19 Quote from: "Boeta" I read elsewhere that Harmison looked like he was getting his rhythm back today, anyone got any thoughts... His first spell was pretty tight then got spanked for about 50 off his next 7. Wicketless too. Gibbs has got him running scared. Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Boeta on Monday, January 17, 2005, 18:51:25 I don't like GBH is scared of anyone he's just bowling shite. He's too good to go through an entire series without getting it together once. He'll do it in the last one.
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: DMR on Monday, January 17, 2005, 18:53:11 Quote from: "Boeta" I don't like GBH is scared of anyone he's just bowling shite. He's too good to go through an entire series without getting it together once. He'll do it in the last one. Or he had a one off good year and he's reverting to his old habits? Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Boeta on Monday, January 17, 2005, 18:55:41 Bowling that well for an entire year is not a fluke. You don't just lose the ability to bowl the way he did and never get it back again. The lad is pure gold and we just need some paitence. Thankfully Hoggy has stepped up when Harmison has gone through the dip in form which every cricketer goes through.
Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Johno on Monday, January 17, 2005, 20:48:47 Quote from: "Boeta" Interesting to see what the bowling attack will be for the 5th Test. I'd like to see that f the firts three but Jones, Giles and Harmy all have injury worries. I'd love it if Swindon born, Gloster boy Jon Lewis made his debut. gloucestershire scum! :evil: bring back caddick! :soapy tit wank: Title: On the verge of Victory - Test Match Special Post by: Boeta on Tuesday, January 18, 2005, 12:06:30 Quote The coaching style of Ray Jennings will no doubt again be questioned. His aggressive methods, which caused the injury to his captain Graeme Smith during the warm-up on this Test's fourth morning, are controversial to say the least. If Smith's injury had been an unlucky accident Jennings could be forgiven, but this is the second time in two months that a player has been concussed courtesy of Jennings' warm-up bat. In Kanpur six weeks ago the unlucky man was Dippenaar. It is one thing having a hard nut as a coach, quite another having simply a nut. South African Neil Manthrop writing for the Guardian. |