South Africa in England

[mal]

good to see MALS boy KP make a good contribution in the first innings!!!!

Can you update the 2nd innings

[Thiele]

England all out 363 and Sout Africa 0/11 needing another 281 runs to win the match and the series

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Rik E's man goes for 6, another lbw decision.

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Another lbw! Kallis is fuming, had huge words at Davis I think, but it hit him in line, below stump height.

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This is extremely tense stuff, I do like the one dayers, but these sort of battles are confined to the original format of the game, and can be on a knife edge for so long. Panesar is being a bit boisterous with his appealing, it just adds to the drama.

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Well, England are well on top now, but Smith is still there.

[Interceptor]

There seems to be some controversy about batsmen losing sight of the ball from one end.

Does seem that way, with Kallis and the other player going LBW just turning their heads away.

Will Kallis be fined for dissent?
He seemed pretty angry at the decision.

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I think he will be fined, what he did was not savoury by any means. Ok, he may not have seen it, but the decision was spot on. You can't do anything about it - just accept it.

There has been quite a discussion about Flintoff being the only bowler to cause this problem.

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Just over halfway there, and this Test in my opinion has been restored to a knife edge with this partnership.

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Still a very tense match, a suicidal run/missed run out, one that just caught the glove but no serious appeal (Dar gave it nout out), then Strauss in the deep just couldn't get to it.

[stan]

South Africa Home by 5 wickets. Smith was 154 no and Boucher was 45 no in the end.

RJ Sidebottom 10 overs 0/26
JM Anderson 13 overs 1/60
MS Panesar 33 overs 2/91
A Flintoff 20 overs 2/72
KP Pietersen 4 overs 0/16

Hmmm would have thrown sidebottom the ball perhaps a little more. In my opinon have James Anderson bowling 13 overs was probably a waste as I think sidebottom is a much more damaging bowler.

Oh well I guess Monty and Flintoff just ran out of puff.

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England vs South Africa
Third Test
South Africa win by 5 wickets

ENGLAND 231
AN Cook 76
IR Bell 50
JH Harris 3/31
A Nel 3/47
SOUTH AFRICA 314
ND McKenzie 72
JH Kallis 64
A Flintoff 4/89
JM Anderson 3/72
RJ Sidebottom 3/81
ENGLAND 363
PD Collingwood 135
KP Pietersen 94
M Morkel 4/97
SOUTH AFRICA 5/283
GC Smith 154*
MV Boucher 45*

Man of the Match - GC Smith
South Africa lead the 4 match series 2-0

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Bowling stats for the Basil D'Oliveira Trophy

ENGLAND
10 @ 38.20 JM Anderson
9 @ 41.22 MS Panesar
7 @ 34.00 A Flintoff
6 @ 32.22 RJ Sidebottom
3 @ 96.00 SCJ Broad
2 @ 48.00 DJ Pattinson
1 @ 51.00 KP Pietersen

SOUTH AFRICA
15 @ 25.40 M Morkel
8 @ 36.25 DW Steyn
7 @ 33.42 JH Kallis
7 @ 53.14 M Ntini
5 @ 49.80 PL Harris
4 @ 31.50 A Nel

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Batting stats for the Basil D'Oliveria Trophy

ENGLAND
308 runs @ 61.60 KP Pietersen
304 runs @ 60.80 IR Bell
223 runs @ 44.60 AN Cook
160 runs @ 80.00 SJC Broad
146 runs @ 48.66 PD Collingwood
116 runs @ 23.20 AJ Strauss
93 runs @ 31.00 A Flintoff
93 runs @ 18.60 TR Ambrose
47 runs @ 15.66 JM Anderson
40 runs @ 8.00 MP Vaughan
25 runs @ 12.50 RJ Sidebottom
21 runs @ 10.50 DJ Pattinson
11 runs @ 3.66 MS Panesar

SOUTH AFRICA
323 runs @ 80.75 GC Smith
300 runs @ 75.00 AG Prince
248 runs @ 62.00 AB de Villiers
293 runs @ 58.60 ND McKenzie
163 runs @ 40.75 HM Amla
123 runs @ 41.00 MV Boucher
93 runs @ 18.60 JH Kallis
49 runs @ 16.33 PL Harris
29 runs @ 29.00 DW Steyn
24 runs @ 8.00 M Morkel
1 run @ 1.00 M Ntini
0 runs @ 0.00 A Nel

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I was hoping that the match would go into a 5th day due to light, cause it went a bit late for me. It was a really good last day, full of tension and drama.

[mighty_tiger_79]

just read Michael Vaughan has retired

thinks it will add a few years to his career to just focus on batting and he has many runs still in him

[smithy]

just read Michael Vaughan has retired

thinks it will add a few years to his career to just focus on batting and he has many runs still in him

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/7539433.stm

[jackpot jim]

May have been a different outcome to the result of the 3rd test had the review system thingy been in place like the recent Sri Lanka v India test as there were a number of decisions that would surely have been given OUT had their been a video review of decisions in Sth Africas 2nd inngs.

[MAY-Z]

May have been a different outcome to the result of the 3rd test had the review system thingy been in place like the recent Sri Lanka v India test as there were a number of decisions that would surely have been given OUT had their been a video review of decisions in Sth Africas 2nd inngs.

oh well england can't complain about that it was them who refused to have the technology used. im surpirised flintoff didnt bowl more knee high full tosses as they were clearly the balls that werent visable to the batsmen

[Rik E Boy]

just read Michael Vaughan has retired

thinks it will add a few years to his career to just focus on batting and he has many runs still in him

Only cos he eats at those dodgy Curry shops.

regards,

REB