i'm not too sure about the timing of the declaration, I'd have stayed batting and added another 50 runs and put the game beyond England. This leaves England with a slight chance of victory - although very slight. The pitch is good, and behind Steyn and Morkel the Saffers have de Wet playing his second Test, Harris the pub spinner and Kallis who isn't fully fit. Even so they should win and comfortably, but if KP gets going on this track then it might get interesting.
[cite]Posted By: Chris_from_Sidcup[/cite]It's still highly unlikely we'll win but the deficit is now below 400.
We're 69/0 and the bookies odds that were 16/1 two hours ago and now down to 11/2.
Smith could be made to look very silly declaring as early as he did.
Hmm I wouldn't feel at all comfortable until we're about 150-0, and even then the game would be very much in the balance
I wouldn't feel comfortable with England even if we were 300-0 but i think Smith declared too early, IMO he should have pushed on for 500 instead of declaring at 447.
But they are one down in the series, so they have a better chance of winning if England feel they can do this and take chances. But 87 for 0 is a good start. Long way to go to save the game, really can't see us winning though, just a battling draw would be good. How long til close?
and another day, so it is more then capable but as steve says when england are doing well always expect a balls up. what a result if theres not though!
It's time for the South Africans to show what they're made of... meaning KP and Trott of course
Using the magic of maths, I've worked out that each batsman needs to make an average of 42.72 runs, so at least Cook and Strauss reached and surpassed their quota. Might need someone to pick up some of Onions' slack though..
One thing is that we have an excellent tail these days, so if one of the batsmen can make a big hundred he'll likely get some decent support right down to 10
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Shhhh!!! i hope your right
quality!
cheers huge ask, but not impossible
We're 69/0 and the bookies odds that were 16/1 two hours ago and now down to 11/2.
Smith could be made to look very silly declaring as early as he did.
Hmm I wouldn't feel at all comfortable until we're about 150-0, and even then the game would be very much in the balance
I wouldn't feel comfortable with England even if we were 300-0 but i think Smith declared too early, IMO he should have pushed on for 500 instead of declaring at 447.
Using the magic of maths, I've worked out that each batsman needs to make an average of 42.72 runs, so at least Cook and Strauss reached and surpassed their quota. Might need someone to pick up some of Onions' slack though..
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sa will win by 150 to 200 runs as we will collapse