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Dickwella’s bee sting to the back of his neck is affecting his brain: he’s constantly appealing for LBW when the ball hits the bat alone :crazy:
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150* for Faf. Great innings
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Not really a contest now.
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Yes lads. Bat on and on and on...
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Faf throws it away on 199!! :crazy:
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Poor shot to give that away. Tired?
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Big lead, now we need to bowl straight!!!!!
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de kock having a truly shit match, weak captaincy, shit reviews, no runs and now dropping catches.

Mulder gets another. 4 down.
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since I said de kock was being shit, he's got a review right and taken 2 catches :clap:

6 down.
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Comical run out.

7 down
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RIP John Edrich. He was a relative. We used to watch him and his family play at Ingham.
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Mulder claims his third.

SL 80 for four, five minutes before lunch.
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Dickwella to the crease.

Expect him to take on the Saffer quicks.
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SL at 84/5 at lunch.

Excellent work from the SA bowlers.
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Rinkals wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:59 am Dickwella to the crease.

Expect him to take on the Saffer quicks.
Nope, Gorn! your wicket.

de Kock steals one from first slip

93/6
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Not very impressed with de Kock's captaincy here.

Partnership is 36 runs off 29 balls.
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Broken by Sipamla.

Could have another, but Bavuma spills it.
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Nortje gets his Michelle.
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That's that.

Nortje gets six.

SL all out for 157.
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Wicket seems to be misbehaving a little.

Elgar and vd Dussen both depart with the score on 218.
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Rinkals wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:22 am Wicket seems to be misbehaving a little.

Elgar and vd Dussen both depart with the score on 218.
Strangle down the leg side, now the wicket is misbehaving? Sorry boet, that's just a poor shot.

Not sure I approve of this disingenuous posting style of yours.
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handyman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:27 am
Rinkals wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:22 am Wicket seems to be misbehaving a little.

Elgar and vd Dussen both depart with the score on 218.
Strangle down the leg side, now the wicket is misbehaving? Sorry boet, that's just a poor shot.

Not sure I approve of this disingenuous posting style of yours.
Faf departs.

Sorry, Mr. Expert, but I'm watching the ball spit up off a length.

I wasn't referring to the strangle down the leg side that claimed Rassie.
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de Kock edges to slip.

241 for five, 84 runs ahead.

Mulder comes to he crease.
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Soft cricket from the Proteas. Had a foot on their throat with a great chance to kill the game, but is now letting them back in.
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256 for five at lunch.

Mulder straight drives the final ball of the session past the non-striker's stumps for four.
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287/9
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Bavuma need to work on his reviewing.
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Asitha Fernando with a nasty bouncer into Ngidi's helmet. I hope Lungi has a few quiet words to Nortje when it's our turn to bowl or even better, crank his own pace up a few km/h and return the favour.
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302, lead of 145.
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218 for 1 to 302 all out - a collapse of nine for 84
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SL 1/1 Ngidi bowls Perera
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Ngidi get's 2 wickets in 2 balls strangled down leg.
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England matches in Sri Lanka in doubt
England are nervously awaiting the results of fresh Covid-19 tests in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after Moeen Ali emerged as a positive case and also forced teammate Chris Woakes into isolation as a close contact.
Moeen’s result was detected during a round of PCR testing that took place upon arrival at Hambantota airport on Sunday morning. The all-rounder, who is asymptomatic, is now required to isolate for 10 days under protocols agreed with the Sri Lankan government and cannot emerge until 13 January.
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handyman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 11:21 am Bavuma need to work on his reviewing.
It's hard to think of a dumber remark than this one.

Firstly, it's an LBW decision and, no matter how plumb it may look to the naked eye, there is a chance that ball tracking may show it to be missing.

And secondly, there are three reviews left and seven wickets down.

Why would you save the review? For what purpose would you forgo asking the third umpire for another look?
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Rinkals wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:58 pm
handyman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 11:21 am Bavuma need to work on his reviewing.
It's hard to think of a dumber remark than this one.

Firstly, it's an LBW decision and, no matter how plumb it may look to the naked eye, there is a chance that ball tracking may show it to be missing.

And secondly, there are three reviews left and seven wickets down.

Why would you save the review? For what purpose would you forgo asking the third umpire for another look?
Considering he missed the ball by 2 inches in the first test and walked without a review and following that with a review of a plumb decision in the second test, I would say you have not a lot of evidence to back you up.

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Sri Lanka 5 runs ahead with 6 wickets in hand. Can't see this test heading to day 4. Would like to see us getting the wickets before the lead get to 120-150, we need to show killer instinct and finish teams off.
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181/6 SL crumbling.
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211 all done.

SA need 66
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handyman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:25 am Would like to see us getting the wickets before the lead get to 120-150, we need to show killer instinct and finish teams off.
You were saying, Mr Cricket.
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Sandstorm wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:36 am
handyman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:25 am Would like to see us getting the wickets before the lead get to 120-150, we need to show killer instinct and finish teams off.
You were saying, Mr Cricket.
Yes, what I wanted to see. Lovely to see the poms supporting saffer cricket :thumbup:
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