THE 5TH TEST...

just like to wish both nations good luck and however it turns out it has been a throughly absorbing series..

dont really care who wins, just wanna see some good cricket..

my money is on SA leveling the series as england did @ the oval last time SA were over here..

good luck

will see England come out 2-1 following a draw, or 3-1 on a win. South Africa will take their rightful place at number 3 in the world rankings, below England 🙂

I believe that SA will want the win more than England. England are struggling for fitness however I do believe whoever wins the toss will win.
And we all know what a useless tosser Michael Vaughan is!

Apparently the weather might play a big part.
Many people are predicting a rain-ruined draw.

Im not so sure myself. From what I have seen of the Barmy Army - they are full to the brim of proffesional tossers, so Michael Vaughn should win the toss quite easily...

On a more serious note, apparently the wicket becomes flatter and easier to bat on the more it is used, I would therefore suggest that a team needs to win the toss and bowl first to have a good chance of taking the test.

Then again in sports, and the same applies to chess, anything can happen...

Originally posted by Starrman
will see England come out 2-1 following a draw, or 3-1 on a win. South Africa will take their rightful place at number 3 in the world rankings, below England 🙂

Rain delayed start already. Lets hope they can make up the overs with early starts on the remaining days or this series will finish in a slightly disappointing way.

Originally posted by dan182
not sure about those ranking, for tests i reckon

1. Aus
2. India
3. England
4. Sri Lanka
5. SA
6. Pakistan
7. New Zealand
8. Windies
9. Bangladesh

101. Zimabawe

Rain is delaying us, but Pretoria usually doesn't get problems with rain like at the Wanderers.
Going away for the weekend to the mountains so I hope I can catch some of the game...

listening to some of pundits this morning & it looks the pitch looks to have some green, they reckon bowling is the way forward.

i believe Nel is back into the squad for the game...

come on rain buggar off...

daniel

Originally posted by dan182
not sure about those ranking, for tests i reckon

1. Aus
2. India
3. England
4. Sri Lanka
5. SA
6. Pakistan
7. New Zealand
8. Windies
9. Bangladesh

101. Zimabawe

Where did you get that stats?

Today is wet, but the weather man said it will clear up tomorrow. I've got tickets for Sunday - hope it's a great day...and that SA don't depend on one ore 2 players.

To keep you occupied until play starts, another online game:
http://games.sabcsport.co.za/cricket.htm
I haven't got the hang of it yet.

Originally posted by felixk
Where did you get that stats?

Today is wet, but the weather man said it will clear up tomorrow. I've got tickets for Sunday - hope it's a great day...and that SA don't depend on one ore 2 players.

Day one officially rained off.

SA now have to go all out attack to salvage anything from the series.