The Cricket Thread

Going well in the one day game ( Eng V SA ) . 186-3 after 32 overs .

 

Great 50 for Moeen Ali in 35 balls. 3 maximums in 1 over.

 

100 for Morgan in 90 balls, England 311-5 in 47.

 

339-6 after 50 overs.

 

Great innings from Moeen, 79 no.

 

SA Starting well . 56-1 after 8.4

 

96-1 after 16.4 , but we are actually bowling quite well .

 

It's not looking good......

 

208 - 4 34 overs.

 

216- 6

 

Looking better

 

De Villiers gone.

 

England win by 72 runs.

 

Never in doubt.

 

Never say never when England are playing in any sport.

 

I bet it took Bailey all of a nanosecond to declare he would like to bat first when he won the toss this morning. MASSIVE toss to win.

 

87-6 and all wickets gone to spin...hmm, another bunsen burner at Taunton I see....

 

They've surely got to take action against Somerset, it shouldn't be possible to have a pitch where the spinners bowl more overs than the seamers before lunch on the first day.

 

154-9

 

I'm quite for it. I don't mind a pitch that is different to the rest, where a wicket could fall any ball. I wouldn't want it for 14 matches a year, but for one match a year I find it a pleasant change.

Just a shame that (a) we effectively only have one spinner, given how many full tosses Crane bowled today - you kind of need to ball to land, for the surface to do it's thing, and (b) that for the second match running we have badly got our XI wrong. Always should have gone with Adams over Topley. We shouldn't be shocked to see Taunton turning, just like we shouldn't have been shocked last week to see Chelmsford swinging. Two seamers only, and the extra batting depth.