Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Pedagogical Corner, entrance #2 “Per Sports Amaze at 10.24. Yesterday, Broad fell short of 100 test wkts at Lord’s. If he had, England would have won a lot of test matches, which doesn’t seem to be the case.” When you’re right, you’re right, David Taylor. 86th over: South Africa 314-8 (Jansen 48, Nortje 16) Broad replaces Potts and will certainly look to do so. Oh what is this? A short leg, a man in the deep on the leg side? Oh. More short stuff then. “Fine with me,” says Anrich Nortje, who steps back and beats Broad up and over the infield to cover. He doesn’t linger but takes three, a perfect result for No 10. Broad then goes over the wicket to Jansen with two slips in place, but the limping Saffa steps forward and pushes a single down the ground to get to the track his would be an extremely impressive milestone at 6. Nortje takes a single himself to take the partnership to 25. 85th over: South Africa 309-8 (Jansen 47, Nortje 12) Shorter bowling, more of nothing from an English perspective. Stokes continues, but surely that should be it. A couple of singles for Nortje who looks more than happy to drive the bounce and put it away. There is also a leg bye from Jansen’s pads, the lead now stands at 144. Fellow… Why don’t England try to target the stumps more often when facing the tail? You seem obsessed with short-pitched deliveries. @danielgallan #ENGvSA — Steve Pye (@1980sSportsBlog) August 19, 2022 “Hi Dan” Hi Peter Salmon. “You have to agree with Tine that OBO will continue when there are no matches, but instead of making lots of stuff, why not use one of the many cricket board games available? I know there will be fans of Test Match Cricket (TM), with its real pitch and figurines, but to be honest as a traditionalist I still think you can’t beat Owzthat – two dice, a pen and a scorecard. Huge periods of discomfort compounded by sudden periods of high excitement, like the game itself. Of course open to other suggestions…” Not sure about OBO when there is no cricket but I can say I LOVED this dice game! 84th over: South Africa 306-8 (Jansen 47, Nortje 10) Whoops, there’s one for Zak Crawley at deep third after Nortje’s flick on a short ball by Pott takes the top edge and flies into the deep. Crawley, running from the boundary, can’t get there despite the long dive and the ball drips onto the soft rope for four. Nortje takes another slip at a Potts half-tracker and takes three with a lob towards empty cover. 10 from the end. This strategy doesn’t work. Why isn’t anyone uploading this!? John Starbuck from “Pedantry Corner” is here to correct me: “Dan, Over 82: ‘gully’ not ‘gulley’ in cricket.” Don’t worry, OBO Collective will advise you on almost every grammar/spelling error they encounter from you.” Fair enough John, and thanks for setting me straight. One of the things I always forget. You’d be surprised how many times my fingers automatically misspell the word ‘length’. 83rd over: South Africa 296-8 (Jansen 45, Nortje 2) I think it might be Stokes’ last for a while (at least it should be). Hitting it short makes a mess and neat work from a diving Foakes down the leg side prevents it from going to the boundary. Instead, it’s a bye to get Nortje out of the strike. Back on strike, though, as Jansen’s full-face strike adds another to his tally. Nortje gains confidence and is once again happy to get out of the way of yet another misbehaving bumper. 82nd over: South Africa 294-8 (Jansen 44, Nortje 2) Potts starts with another short ball and although he looks a little uncomfortable doing it, Nortje moves it away for a single. Potts then lifts up and up his length and gets the tall Jansen to step forward. Some hold a little low and there is also a beauty that is just missing from the outer edge. Potts looks a lot better when he steps it up. Speech by Trevor Tutu who is indeed related to the great Archbishop. “This is definitely my mother’s story,” she says, “and she lives on!” 81st over: South Africa 293-8 (Jansen 44, Norge 1) Stokes with the new ball digs at a short ball and gets an edge from Norge. But it goes past the man at gully for a single. England are getting their tactics wrong here if you ask me. Turn it up guys! Throw away those pads and stumps! Ben Stokes with the new ball. Here you go. Photo: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters Updated at 11.28 BST Here is a great message from Tone White in its entirety. This is what the OBO family is all about: “Good morning Mr Gallan from a cool and fairly fresh but sunny south of France where I’d say a spinner’s chances (!), England at least 200 back in the first innings and maybe a less than adventurous end to the Test… Who knows with that the strange, puzzling game. But more importantly I feel the end of the cricket season. There will be news from abroad but still there will be long periods of …unhappiness without crickets. And not just no cricket, OBOlessness! However. Since cricket is so unpredictable and unrepeatable and therefore open to any number of possibilities, why not continue with OBO even if there are no actual matches in the game? You commentators can make things up as you go along, you know how games are going and how teams are or aren’t playing, so you could just invent a series of tests to see us through down periods. And we avid here at OBOland will be able to read with satisfaction about the batters and bowlers, even though they only play in fantasy matches, and we will continue to write and enjoy the virtual camaraderie, the shared jokes, the wisdom, the insights of OBO tribe. The alternative is alcohol, drugs, crime, violence and worst of all, politics (please, none of these, or at least not all of them). I think Fantasy OBO is morally right, and since you commentators have full responsibility for batting, bowling, umpiring and even spectator contributions, I think you should consider new contracts with increased financial rewards. I look forward to your first entries! Anthony.” Thank you Anthony. How strange and wonderful 80th over: South Africa 291 -8 (Jansen 43, Nortje 0) Potts will be a bit bothered by this I think. The single ball aimed for the stumps is easily pushed down the ground for a single by Jansen. He had four balls to Nortje but failed to hit the clubs. There is a bad look, but Nortje is comfortable underneath. The new ball has been taken. Strap inside! 79th over: South Africa 290-8 (Jansen 42, Nortje 0) Stokes is open and attacking with all the intent one would expect from the top skipper. Jansen looks solid and is able to convert a single into a square. Norge, however, looks less at home and is pulled by a short that rises to his sides. Credit where it’s due though. Nortje rides the bounce and hits it with his bat. He won’t shy away from the challenge, that’s for sure. “Hi Dan”, Hi Trevor Tutu (any relation to the great Archbishop?) “Greetings from a cold and wet Cape Town. I am shocked, shocked that you could have any doubts. Proteas is obviously on a path to a famous victory. They will sprint to around four hundred by lunch, and have England unraveling this afternoon with 5-6 wickets under stumps. We’ll clean up the streak tomorrow morning, and we’ve won by an inning and 60-odd runs.” Steady now Trev, let’s not count our chickens yet. 78th over: South Africa 289-8 (Jansen 41, Nortje 0) A successful start for England as Potts begins Day 3 with a maiden wicket. He is mostly short on Rabada and then Nortje who is the new man. We’ve been talking all morning about pitching it to the tailenders, but it’s the short ball that gets Rabada going. If only because of a superb grab by Broad.
Locker! Rabada c Broad b Potts 3 (South Africa 289-8)
Stuart Broad! You can not do that! What a grab by the big man. Rabada takes Pott’s short ball – his third gift of the day – but doesn’t make the middle cross of the bat towards the leg side. However, it sails over Broad’s head at mid-on, off, no, it’s not! Broad shoots his arm and the ball sticks to his hand. What a beauty she is and just what England needed first. Great stuff from Stuart Broad. Photo: Adam Davy/PA Updated at 11.17 BST Right then! Potts has the ball in his gloves. Here you go! Unthinkable bowling, that’s the attention-grabbing headline from Neil Parkes’ email which says: “The concern I have is that in the same way that batting strategy obviously takes cues from one-day techniques, bowling strategy seems to do the same. The difference is that an attacking side can impose itself on a bowling attack, it is risky but it can work. The reason it is dangerous is that the pitching and bowling limitations that support this approach in a one-day context are not there in Tests and a coordinated and experienced bowling unit should prevail. In practice that doesn’t seem to have happened this summer, and that’s great! When leaving in a one-day innings, the end-of-match approach is to compensate for the limitations by head bowling or yorker bowling. The idea is that the batters will swing anyway and may punch out on the boundary. In tests though, there are no such restrictions and the rags are not in such a hurry. The sneaking suspicion is that we bowl like this because that’s the end of a day’s innings and of course head bowling looks ‘aggressive’ and therefore ‘exciting’?’ Yeah, I think you’re on to something. I wouldn’t back six Yorkies in a row. But I would like to see more There’s a Zak Crawley joke here, I just can’t see it. A word about…
title: “England V South Africa First Test Day Three Live England V South Africa 2022 Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-26” author: “William Brown”
Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Pedagogical Corner, entrance #2 “Per Sports Amaze at 10.24. Yesterday, Broad fell short of 100 test wkts at Lord’s. If he had, England would have won a lot of test matches, which doesn’t seem to be the case.” When you’re right, you’re right, David Taylor. 86th over: South Africa 314-8 (Jansen 48, Nortje 16) Broad replaces Potts and will certainly look to do so. Oh what is this? A short leg, a man in the deep on the leg side? Oh. More short stuff then. “Fine with me,” says Anrich Nortje, who steps back and beats Broad up and over the infield to cover. He doesn’t linger but takes three, a perfect result for No 10. Broad then goes over the wicket to Jansen with two slips in place, but the limping Saffa steps forward and pushes a single down the ground to get to the track his would be an extremely impressive milestone at 6. Nortje takes a single himself to take the partnership to 25. 85th over: South Africa 309-8 (Jansen 47, Nortje 12) Shorter bowling, more of nothing from an English perspective. Stokes continues, but surely that should be it. A couple of singles for Nortje who looks more than happy to drive the bounce and put it away. There is also a leg bye from Jansen’s pads, the lead now stands at 144. Fellow… Why don’t England try to target the stumps more often when facing the tail? You seem obsessed with short-pitched deliveries. @danielgallan #ENGvSA — Steve Pye (@1980sSportsBlog) August 19, 2022 “Hi Dan” Hi Peter Salmon. “You have to agree with Tine that OBO will continue when there are no matches, but instead of making lots of stuff, why not use one of the many cricket board games available? I know there will be fans of Test Match Cricket (TM), with its real pitch and figurines, but to be honest as a traditionalist I still think you can’t beat Owzthat – two dice, a pen and a scorecard. Huge periods of discomfort compounded by sudden periods of high excitement, like the game itself. Of course open to other suggestions…” Not sure about OBO when there is no cricket but I can say I LOVED this dice game! 84th over: South Africa 306-8 (Jansen 47, Nortje 10) Whoops, there’s one for Zak Crawley at deep third after Nortje’s flick on a short ball by Pott takes the top edge and flies into the deep. Crawley, running from the boundary, can’t get there despite the long dive and the ball drips onto the soft rope for four. Nortje takes another slip at a Potts half-tracker and takes three with a lob towards empty cover. 10 from the end. This strategy doesn’t work. Why isn’t anyone uploading this!? John Starbuck from “Pedantry Corner” is here to correct me: “Dan, Over 82: ‘gully’ not ‘gulley’ in cricket.” Don’t worry, OBO Collective will advise you on almost every grammar/spelling error they encounter from you.” Fair enough John, and thanks for setting me straight. One of the things I always forget. You’d be surprised how many times my fingers automatically misspell the word ‘length’. 83rd over: South Africa 296-8 (Jansen 45, Nortje 2) I think it might be Stokes’ last for a while (at least it should be). Hitting it short makes a mess and neat work from a diving Foakes down the leg side prevents it from going to the boundary. Instead, it’s a bye to get Nortje out of the strike. Back on strike, though, as Jansen’s full-face strike adds another to his tally. Nortje gains confidence and is once again happy to get out of the way of yet another misbehaving bumper. 82nd over: South Africa 294-8 (Jansen 44, Nortje 2) Potts starts with another short ball and although he looks a little uncomfortable doing it, Nortje moves it away for a single. Potts then lifts up and up his length and gets the tall Jansen to step forward. Some hold a little low and there is also a beauty that is just missing from the outer edge. Potts looks a lot better when he steps it up. Speech by Trevor Tutu who is indeed related to the great Archbishop. “This is definitely my mother’s story,” she says, “and she lives on!” 81st over: South Africa 293-8 (Jansen 44, Norge 1) Stokes with the new ball digs at a short ball and gets an edge from Norge. But it goes past the man at gully for a single. England are getting their tactics wrong here if you ask me. Turn it up guys! Throw away those pads and stumps! Ben Stokes with the new ball. Here you go. Photo: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters Updated at 11.28 BST Here is a great message from Tone White in its entirety. This is what the OBO family is all about: “Good morning Mr Gallan from a cool and fairly fresh but sunny south of France where I’d say a spinner’s chances (!), England at least 200 back in the first innings and maybe a less than adventurous end to the Test… Who knows with that the strange, puzzling game. But more importantly I feel the end of the cricket season. There will be news from abroad but still there will be long periods of …unhappiness without crickets. And not just no cricket, OBOlessness! However. Since cricket is so unpredictable and unrepeatable and therefore open to any number of possibilities, why not continue with OBO even if there are no actual matches in the game? You commentators can make things up as you go along, you know how games are going and how teams are or aren’t playing, so you could just invent a series of tests to see us through down periods. And we avid here at OBOland will be able to read with satisfaction about the batters and bowlers, even though they only play in fantasy matches, and we will continue to write and enjoy the virtual camaraderie, the shared jokes, the wisdom, the insights of OBO tribe. The alternative is alcohol, drugs, crime, violence and worst of all, politics (please, none of these, or at least not all of them). I think Fantasy OBO is morally right, and since you commentators have full responsibility for batting, bowling, umpiring and even spectator contributions, I think you should consider new contracts with increased financial rewards. I look forward to your first entries! Anthony.” Thank you Anthony. How strange and wonderful 80th over: South Africa 291 -8 (Jansen 43, Nortje 0) Potts will be a bit bothered by this I think. The single ball aimed for the stumps is easily pushed down the ground for a single by Jansen. He had four balls to Nortje but failed to hit the clubs. There is a bad look, but Nortje is comfortable underneath. The new ball has been taken. Strap inside! 79th over: South Africa 290-8 (Jansen 42, Nortje 0) Stokes is open and attacking with all the intent one would expect from the top skipper. Jansen looks solid and is able to convert a single into a square. Norge, however, looks less at home and is pulled by a short that rises to his sides. Credit where it’s due though. Nortje rides the bounce and hits it with his bat. He won’t shy away from the challenge, that’s for sure. “Hi Dan”, Hi Trevor Tutu (any relation to the great Archbishop?) “Greetings from a cold and wet Cape Town. I am shocked, shocked that you could have any doubts. Proteas is obviously on a path to a famous victory. They will sprint to around four hundred by lunch, and have England unraveling this afternoon with 5-6 wickets under stumps. We’ll clean up the streak tomorrow morning, and we’ve won by an inning and 60-odd runs.” Steady now Trev, let’s not count our chickens yet. 78th over: South Africa 289-8 (Jansen 41, Nortje 0) A successful start for England as Potts begins Day 3 with a maiden wicket. He is mostly short on Rabada and then Nortje who is the new man. We’ve been talking all morning about pitching it to the tailenders, but it’s the short ball that gets Rabada going. If only because of a superb grab by Broad.
Locker! Rabada c Broad b Potts 3 (South Africa 289-8)
Stuart Broad! You can not do that! What a grab by the big man. Rabada takes Pott’s short ball – his third gift of the day – but doesn’t make the middle cross of the bat towards the leg side. However, it sails over Broad’s head at mid-on, off, no, it’s not! Broad shoots his arm and the ball sticks to his hand. What a beauty she is and just what England needed first. Great stuff from Stuart Broad. Photo: Adam Davy/PA Updated at 11.17 BST Right then! Potts has the ball in his gloves. Here you go! Unthinkable bowling, that’s the attention-grabbing headline from Neil Parkes’ email which says: “The concern I have is that in the same way that batting strategy obviously takes cues from one-day techniques, bowling strategy seems to do the same. The difference is that an attacking side can impose itself on a bowling attack, it is risky but it can work. The reason it is dangerous is that the pitching and bowling limitations that support this approach in a one-day context are not there in Tests and a coordinated and experienced bowling unit should prevail. In practice that doesn’t seem to have happened this summer, and that’s great! When leaving in a one-day innings, the end-of-match approach is to compensate for the limitations by head bowling or yorker bowling. The idea is that the batters will swing anyway and may punch out on the boundary. In tests though, there are no such restrictions and the rags are not in such a hurry. The sneaking suspicion is that we bowl like this because that’s the end of a day’s innings and of course head bowling looks ‘aggressive’ and therefore ‘exciting’?’ Yeah, I think you’re on to something. I wouldn’t back six Yorkies in a row. But I would like to see more There’s a Zak Crawley joke here, I just can’t see it. A word about…
title: “England V South Africa First Test Day Three Live England V South Africa 2022 Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-17” author: “Omar Farmer”
Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Pedagogical Corner, entrance #2 “Per Sports Amaze at 10.24. Yesterday, Broad fell short of 100 test wkts at Lord’s. If he had, England would have won a lot of test matches, which doesn’t seem to be the case.” When you’re right, you’re right, David Taylor. 86th over: South Africa 314-8 (Jansen 48, Nortje 16) Broad replaces Potts and will certainly look to do so. Oh what is this? A short leg, a man in the deep on the leg side? Oh. More short stuff then. “Fine with me,” says Anrich Nortje, who steps back and beats Broad up and over the infield to cover. He doesn’t linger but takes three, a perfect result for No 10. Broad then goes over the wicket to Jansen with two slips in place, but the limping Saffa steps forward and pushes a single down the ground to get to the track his would be an extremely impressive milestone at 6. Nortje takes a single himself to take the partnership to 25. 85th over: South Africa 309-8 (Jansen 47, Nortje 12) Shorter bowling, more of nothing from an English perspective. Stokes continues, but surely that should be it. A couple of singles for Nortje who looks more than happy to drive the bounce and put it away. There is also a leg bye from Jansen’s pads, the lead now stands at 144. Fellow… Why don’t England try to target the stumps more often when facing the tail? You seem obsessed with short-pitched deliveries. @danielgallan #ENGvSA — Steve Pye (@1980sSportsBlog) August 19, 2022 “Hi Dan” Hi Peter Salmon. “You have to agree with Tine that OBO will continue when there are no matches, but instead of making lots of stuff, why not use one of the many cricket board games available? I know there will be fans of Test Match Cricket (TM), with its real pitch and figurines, but to be honest as a traditionalist I still think you can’t beat Owzthat – two dice, a pen and a scorecard. Huge periods of discomfort compounded by sudden periods of high excitement, like the game itself. Of course open to other suggestions…” Not sure about OBO when there is no cricket but I can say I LOVED this dice game! 84th over: South Africa 306-8 (Jansen 47, Nortje 10) Whoops, there’s one for Zak Crawley at deep third after Nortje’s flick on a short ball by Pott takes the top edge and flies into the deep. Crawley, running from the boundary, can’t get there despite the long dive and the ball drips onto the soft rope for four. Nortje takes another slip at a Potts half-tracker and takes three with a lob towards empty cover. 10 from the end. This strategy doesn’t work. Why isn’t anyone uploading this!? John Starbuck from “Pedantry Corner” is here to correct me: “Dan, Over 82: ‘gully’ not ‘gulley’ in cricket.” Don’t worry, OBO Collective will advise you on almost every grammar/spelling error they encounter from you.” Fair enough John, and thanks for setting me straight. One of the things I always forget. You’d be surprised how many times my fingers automatically misspell the word ‘length’. 83rd over: South Africa 296-8 (Jansen 45, Nortje 2) I think it might be Stokes’ last for a while (at least it should be). Hitting it short makes a mess and neat work from a diving Foakes down the leg side prevents it from going to the boundary. Instead, it’s a bye to get Nortje out of the strike. Back on strike, though, as Jansen’s full-face strike adds another to his tally. Nortje gains confidence and is once again happy to get out of the way of yet another misbehaving bumper. 82nd over: South Africa 294-8 (Jansen 44, Nortje 2) Potts starts with another short ball and although he looks a little uncomfortable doing it, Nortje moves it away for a single. Potts then lifts up and up his length and gets the tall Jansen to step forward. Some hold a little low and there is also a beauty that is just missing from the outer edge. Potts looks a lot better when he steps it up. Speech by Trevor Tutu who is indeed related to the great Archbishop. “This is definitely my mother’s story,” she says, “and she lives on!” 81st over: South Africa 293-8 (Jansen 44, Norge 1) Stokes with the new ball digs at a short ball and gets an edge from Norge. But it goes past the man at gully for a single. England are getting their tactics wrong here if you ask me. Turn it up guys! Throw away those pads and stumps! Ben Stokes with the new ball. Here you go. Photo: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters Updated at 11.28 BST Here is a great message from Tone White in its entirety. This is what the OBO family is all about: “Good morning Mr Gallan from a cool and fairly fresh but sunny south of France where I’d say a spinner’s chances (!), England at least 200 back in the first innings and maybe a less than adventurous end to the Test… Who knows with that the strange, puzzling game. But more importantly I feel the end of the cricket season. There will be news from abroad but still there will be long periods of …unhappiness without crickets. And not just no cricket, OBOlessness! However. Since cricket is so unpredictable and unrepeatable and therefore open to any number of possibilities, why not continue with OBO even if there are no actual matches in the game? You commentators can make things up as you go along, you know how games are going and how teams are or aren’t playing, so you could just invent a series of tests to see us through down periods. And we avid here at OBOland will be able to read with satisfaction about the batters and bowlers, even though they only play in fantasy matches, and we will continue to write and enjoy the virtual camaraderie, the shared jokes, the wisdom, the insights of OBO tribe. The alternative is alcohol, drugs, crime, violence and worst of all, politics (please, none of these, or at least not all of them). I think Fantasy OBO is morally right, and since you commentators have full responsibility for batting, bowling, umpiring and even spectator contributions, I think you should consider new contracts with increased financial rewards. I look forward to your first entries! Anthony.” Thank you Anthony. How strange and wonderful 80th over: South Africa 291 -8 (Jansen 43, Nortje 0) Potts will be a bit bothered by this I think. The single ball aimed for the stumps is easily pushed down the ground for a single by Jansen. He had four balls to Nortje but failed to hit the clubs. There is a bad look, but Nortje is comfortable underneath. The new ball has been taken. Strap inside! 79th over: South Africa 290-8 (Jansen 42, Nortje 0) Stokes is open and attacking with all the intent one would expect from the top skipper. Jansen looks solid and is able to convert a single into a square. Norge, however, looks less at home and is pulled by a short that rises to his sides. Credit where it’s due though. Nortje rides the bounce and hits it with his bat. He won’t shy away from the challenge, that’s for sure. “Hi Dan”, Hi Trevor Tutu (any relation to the great Archbishop?) “Greetings from a cold and wet Cape Town. I am shocked, shocked that you could have any doubts. Proteas is obviously on a path to a famous victory. They will sprint to around four hundred by lunch, and have England unraveling this afternoon with 5-6 wickets under stumps. We’ll clean up the streak tomorrow morning, and we’ve won by an inning and 60-odd runs.” Steady now Trev, let’s not count our chickens yet. 78th over: South Africa 289-8 (Jansen 41, Nortje 0) A successful start for England as Potts begins Day 3 with a maiden wicket. He is mostly short on Rabada and then Nortje who is the new man. We’ve been talking all morning about pitching it to the tailenders, but it’s the short ball that gets Rabada going. If only because of a superb grab by Broad.
Locker! Rabada c Broad b Potts 3 (South Africa 289-8)
Stuart Broad! You can not do that! What a grab by the big man. Rabada takes Pott’s short ball – his third gift of the day – but doesn’t make the middle cross of the bat towards the leg side. However, it sails over Broad’s head at mid-on, off, no, it’s not! Broad shoots his arm and the ball sticks to his hand. What a beauty she is and just what England needed first. Great stuff from Stuart Broad. Photo: Adam Davy/PA Updated at 11.17 BST Right then! Potts has the ball in his gloves. Here you go! Unthinkable bowling, that’s the attention-grabbing headline from Neil Parkes’ email which says: “The concern I have is that in the same way that batting strategy obviously takes cues from one-day techniques, bowling strategy seems to do the same. The difference is that an attacking side can impose itself on a bowling attack, it is risky but it can work. The reason it is dangerous is that the pitching and bowling limitations that support this approach in a one-day context are not there in Tests and a coordinated and experienced bowling unit should prevail. In practice that doesn’t seem to have happened this summer, and that’s great! When leaving in a one-day innings, the end-of-match approach is to compensate for the limitations by head bowling or yorker bowling. The idea is that the batters will swing anyway and may punch out on the boundary. In tests though, there are no such restrictions and the rags are not in such a hurry. The sneaking suspicion is that we bowl like this because that’s the end of a day’s innings and of course head bowling looks ‘aggressive’ and therefore ‘exciting’?’ Yeah, I think you’re on to something. I wouldn’t back six Yorkies in a row. But I would like to see more There’s a Zak Crawley joke here, I just can’t see it. A word about…
title: “England V South Africa First Test Day Three Live England V South Africa 2022 Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-13” author: “Hazel Spiker”
Show only key events Please enable JavaScript to use this feature Pedagogical Corner, entrance #2 “Per Sports Amaze at 10.24. Yesterday, Broad fell short of 100 test wkts at Lord’s. If he had, England would have won a lot of test matches, which doesn’t seem to be the case.” When you’re right, you’re right, David Taylor. 86th over: South Africa 314-8 (Jansen 48, Nortje 16) Broad replaces Potts and will certainly look to do so. Oh what is this? A short leg, a man in the deep on the leg side? Oh. More short stuff then. “Fine with me,” says Anrich Nortje, who steps back and beats Broad up and over the infield to cover. He doesn’t linger but takes three, a perfect result for No 10. Broad then goes over the wicket to Jansen with two slips in place, but the limping Saffa steps forward and pushes a single down the ground to get to the track his would be an extremely impressive milestone at 6. Nortje takes a single himself to take the partnership to 25. 85th over: South Africa 309-8 (Jansen 47, Nortje 12) Shorter bowling, more of nothing from an English perspective. Stokes continues, but surely that should be it. A couple of singles for Nortje who looks more than happy to drive the bounce and put it away. There is also a leg bye from Jansen’s pads, the lead now stands at 144. Fellow… Why don’t England try to target the stumps more often when facing the tail? You seem obsessed with short-pitched deliveries. @danielgallan #ENGvSA — Steve Pye (@1980sSportsBlog) August 19, 2022 “Hi Dan” Hi Peter Salmon. “You have to agree with Tine that OBO will continue when there are no matches, but instead of making lots of stuff, why not use one of the many cricket board games available? I know there will be fans of Test Match Cricket (TM), with its real pitch and figurines, but to be honest as a traditionalist I still think you can’t beat Owzthat – two dice, a pen and a scorecard. Huge periods of discomfort compounded by sudden periods of high excitement, like the game itself. Of course open to other suggestions…” Not sure about OBO when there is no cricket but I can say I LOVED this dice game! 84th over: South Africa 306-8 (Jansen 47, Nortje 10) Whoops, there’s one for Zak Crawley at deep third after Nortje’s flick on a short ball by Pott takes the top edge and flies into the deep. Crawley, running from the boundary, can’t get there despite the long dive and the ball drips onto the soft rope for four. Nortje takes another slip at a Potts half-tracker and takes three with a lob towards empty cover. 10 from the end. This strategy doesn’t work. Why isn’t anyone uploading this!? John Starbuck from “Pedantry Corner” is here to correct me: “Dan, Over 82: ‘gully’ not ‘gulley’ in cricket.” Don’t worry, OBO Collective will advise you on almost every grammar/spelling error they encounter from you.” Fair enough John, and thanks for setting me straight. One of the things I always forget. You’d be surprised how many times my fingers automatically misspell the word ‘length’. 83rd over: South Africa 296-8 (Jansen 45, Nortje 2) I think it might be Stokes’ last for a while (at least it should be). Hitting it short makes a mess and neat work from a diving Foakes down the leg side prevents it from going to the boundary. Instead, it’s a bye to get Nortje out of the strike. Back on strike, though, as Jansen’s full-face strike adds another to his tally. Nortje gains confidence and is once again happy to get out of the way of yet another misbehaving bumper. 82nd over: South Africa 294-8 (Jansen 44, Nortje 2) Potts starts with another short ball and although he looks a little uncomfortable doing it, Nortje moves it away for a single. Potts then lifts up and up his length and gets the tall Jansen to step forward. Some hold a little low and there is also a beauty that is just missing from the outer edge. Potts looks a lot better when he steps it up. Speech by Trevor Tutu who is indeed related to the great Archbishop. “This is definitely my mother’s story,” she says, “and she lives on!” 81st over: South Africa 293-8 (Jansen 44, Norge 1) Stokes with the new ball digs at a short ball and gets an edge from Norge. But it goes past the man at gully for a single. England are getting their tactics wrong here if you ask me. Turn it up guys! Throw away those pads and stumps! Ben Stokes with the new ball. Here you go. Photo: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters Updated at 11.28 BST Here is a great message from Tone White in its entirety. This is what the OBO family is all about: “Good morning Mr Gallan from a cool and fairly fresh but sunny south of France where I’d say a spinner’s chances (!), England at least 200 back in the first innings and maybe a less than adventurous end to the Test… Who knows with that the strange, puzzling game. But more importantly I feel the end of the cricket season. There will be news from abroad but still there will be long periods of …unhappiness without crickets. And not just no cricket, OBOlessness! However. Since cricket is so unpredictable and unrepeatable and therefore open to any number of possibilities, why not continue with OBO even if there are no actual matches in the game? You commentators can make things up as you go along, you know how games are going and how teams are or aren’t playing, so you could just invent a series of tests to see us through down periods. And we avid here at OBOland will be able to read with satisfaction about the batters and bowlers, even though they only play in fantasy matches, and we will continue to write and enjoy the virtual camaraderie, the shared jokes, the wisdom, the insights of OBO tribe. The alternative is alcohol, drugs, crime, violence and worst of all, politics (please, none of these, or at least not all of them). I think Fantasy OBO is morally right, and since you commentators have full responsibility for batting, bowling, umpiring and even spectator contributions, I think you should consider new contracts with increased financial rewards. I look forward to your first entries! Anthony.” Thank you Anthony. How strange and wonderful 80th over: South Africa 291 -8 (Jansen 43, Nortje 0) Potts will be a bit bothered by this I think. The single ball aimed for the stumps is easily pushed down the ground for a single by Jansen. He had four balls to Nortje but failed to hit the clubs. There is a bad look, but Nortje is comfortable underneath. The new ball has been taken. Strap inside! 79th over: South Africa 290-8 (Jansen 42, Nortje 0) Stokes is open and attacking with all the intent one would expect from the top skipper. Jansen looks solid and is able to convert a single into a square. Norge, however, looks less at home and is pulled by a short that rises to his sides. Credit where it’s due though. Nortje rides the bounce and hits it with his bat. He won’t shy away from the challenge, that’s for sure. “Hi Dan”, Hi Trevor Tutu (any relation to the great Archbishop?) “Greetings from a cold and wet Cape Town. I am shocked, shocked that you could have any doubts. Proteas is obviously on a path to a famous victory. They will sprint to around four hundred by lunch, and have England unraveling this afternoon with 5-6 wickets under stumps. We’ll clean up the streak tomorrow morning, and we’ve won by an inning and 60-odd runs.” Steady now Trev, let’s not count our chickens yet. 78th over: South Africa 289-8 (Jansen 41, Nortje 0) A successful start for England as Potts begins Day 3 with a maiden wicket. He is mostly short on Rabada and then Nortje who is the new man. We’ve been talking all morning about pitching it to the tailenders, but it’s the short ball that gets Rabada going. If only because of a superb grab by Broad.
Locker! Rabada c Broad b Potts 3 (South Africa 289-8)
Stuart Broad! You can not do that! What a grab by the big man. Rabada takes Pott’s short ball – his third gift of the day – but doesn’t make the middle cross of the bat towards the leg side. However, it sails over Broad’s head at mid-on, off, no, it’s not! Broad shoots his arm and the ball sticks to his hand. What a beauty she is and just what England needed first. Great stuff from Stuart Broad. Photo: Adam Davy/PA Updated at 11.17 BST Right then! Potts has the ball in his gloves. Here you go! Unthinkable bowling, that’s the attention-grabbing headline from Neil Parkes’ email which says: “The concern I have is that in the same way that batting strategy obviously takes cues from one-day techniques, bowling strategy seems to do the same. The difference is that an attacking side can impose itself on a bowling attack, it is risky but it can work. The reason it is dangerous is that the pitching and bowling limitations that support this approach in a one-day context are not there in Tests and a coordinated and experienced bowling unit should prevail. In practice that doesn’t seem to have happened this summer, and that’s great! When leaving in a one-day innings, the end-of-match approach is to compensate for the limitations by head bowling or yorker bowling. The idea is that the batters will swing anyway and may punch out on the boundary. In tests though, there are no such restrictions and the rags are not in such a hurry. The sneaking suspicion is that we bowl like this because that’s the end of a day’s innings and of course head bowling looks ‘aggressive’ and therefore ‘exciting’?’ Yeah, I think you’re on to something. I wouldn’t back six Yorkies in a row. But I would like to see more There’s a Zak Crawley joke here, I just can’t see it. A word about…
