South Africa win toss and are batting, big news for England fans is Archer is back, Brook also makes his ODI debut.

Thanks for the thread, I'd forgotten all about it.

Burnley shirt regularly on show....

Decent start from SA. Looks a good pitch with short boundaries.

56-0 after 8.Moeen having a twirl now.

Great catch

Good to see Archer back.
Still a long way to go to get him back to near his best after such a long lay off.

Fast start from SA but England have pulled it back well taking wickets and getting on top of the scoring rate.
A couple of wickets now would put needed pressure on SA.
This ground doesn't have a history of big scores from what I can see so SA looking like they will probably set a challenging target. Having said which - Eng have a habit of chasing challenging targets.

SA now 260/4 with four overs remaining

Top effort by the Under 19 girls in the Semi final of the World cup against the Aussies

England all out for 99
Aussies all out for 96

SA finished on 298/7

Good figures for Curran there. In a 6/over game he got 3-35 in 9 overs. Not sure why he didn't get his 10 full overs in there.
Tough target for England, Roy getting some of his old form back here would be grand but plenty of other batting in the line up too

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 11:28 am

Thanks for the thread, I'd forgotten all about it.

I only realized it was on when I was searching the beeb site for news on Sean Dyche.

England going very well (hopefully that dosnt put the mockers on it) - 136/0 18.2 overs. Looks like they'll be about half way there at the 20 over mark. Should really win from here but a few quick might spoil the fun.

LeadBelly wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 4:42 pm

England going very well (hopefully that dosnt put the mockers on it) - 136/0 18.2 overs. Looks like they'll be about half way there at the 20 over mark. Should really win from here but a few quick might spoil the fun.

Well done Malan ct as you posted it

claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 2:38 pm

Top effort by the Under 19 girls in the Semi final of the World cup against the Aussies

England all out for 99
Aussies all out for 96

That was an unbelievable comeback.

Amazing display by the openers again, and it should be a breeze from here.

tiger76 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 4:47 pm

Amazing display by the openers again, and it should be a breeze from here.

Great to see Roy get his eye back in too. Looked like he was going down the Aaron Finch road for a while.

Milltown1882 wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 4:49 pm

Great to see Roy get his eye back in too. Looked like he was going down the Aaron Finch road for a while.

Yes great to see him back in top form again, at his best he can destroy good attacks.

Duckett departs for 3, England just need to steady the ship here, mind you that's not their normal approach is it.

NZ about to beat India in their t20 game.

When the first went down I said two more will follow. Sad to be proven correct but it’s the norm.

Should be ok here - three down but just 137 needed from 26 overs

Kevin Pietersen doesn’t pause for breath does he.

Happy for Roy. Been in horrible form for so long but that’s a class knock.

Delighted for Roy getting the ton.

Done well here has Roy

Roy gone for 113

196/4 - 103 required from 20.5 overs

Mooen gone - 222/5, need 77 from 99 balls

Hopefully Curran can be a good anchor for Jos here.

If Jos stays it will be won but if he gets out now we could be struggling

And Jos has gone. 234/6.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:15 pm

And Jos has gone. 234/6.

Squeaky bum time

Game over to be fair!

How a game can change so quickly

9 down with 32 more needed

All done. Lost by 27 runs.

Disappointing that.
They did bowl pretty well though.

The only way England could lose that game was being bowled out, a mere 27 needed from 32 balls so RR wouldn't have been a problem, however the wickets tumbling cost England dear ultimately.

Pleased for Roy that he completed his ton but that middle collapse has to be a concern after such a fantastic opening stand.

Bumping this to avoid posting a new thread.

SA won toss and are bowling, England rebuilding through Brook and Buttler after losing 3 early wickets,

50 for Brook what a talent this lad already is.

Brook gone for 80, 155-4 in the 28th.

Need Moeen to stick around and have a decent partnership with Jos so Woakes and Curran can have a slog if/when they get in.
I think the bowling attack for England is better balanced in this game, something above 280 would be defendable.

Good to see Harry Brook back on song anyway.

50 for Buttler, 211-4 with 13 overs left, another 100 from here should be on.

On the cricket theme... just spotted that the Ladies U19 T20 WC final (India v England) is on SkyMix live from 11.45 (I'm not a skysports subscriber but that channel is available to me- so hopefully anybody else who has an interest).

Great comeback the other day by England to beat Australia (getting them AO for 96 having scored only 99 themselves) in the semi.
Hopefully a good final to follow alongside the SA v England cricket.

50 for Moeen, just what England needed this stand between two experienced players.

LeadBelly wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 29, 2023 11:15 am

On the cricket theme... just spotted that the Ladies U19 T20 WC final (India v England) is on SkyMix live from 11.45 (I'm not a skysports subscriber but that channel is available to me- so hopefully anybody else who has an interest).

Great comeback the other day by England to beat Australia (getting them AO for 96 having scored only 99 themselves) in the semi.
Hopefully a good final to follow alongside the SA v England cricket.

Libby Heap, daughter of Lowerhouse Captain Ben and his wife Shelley, opens for England as she has done the whole Tournament. She seems to have been given the role of a pinch-hitter, in the hope of giving England a " flying start ". This means she's occasionally been dismissed early on, but she's averaging nearly 25, at a strike rate of 146/100 balls, with a high score of 64 ...

She's clearly talented, as she captained Stonyhurst College's 1st XI last summer, where she's there, I presume, on a scholarship ...

England stalling somewhat after those 2 quick wickets, need to get Jos on strike more.

Useful late runs by Curran, great knock by Buttler, 342-7 with 34 extras.

Big score, especially after losing those first 3 wickets relatively cheaply.

SA have some aggressive batsman but England should be able to defend that if the bowlers perform up to their usual standards and we field well.

Brook was particularly impressive.