Re: South Africa v England, 4th Test, Jo’burg, Jan 14-18

by Shoeshine on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 07:34

Whether they do or don't, day one seems a touch early to say that!

by Dello on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 07:35

Didn't listen to the Beeb, but I could hear Boycs' "you can't win a Test on t'first day, but you can certainly lose it" mantra reverberating in my head.

And England have lost this. Just like that. Two sessions, game over.

by JKLever on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 07:37

Dello wrote:Didn't listen to the Beeb, but I could hear Boycs' "you can't win a Test on t'first day, but you can certainly lose it" mantra reverberating in my head.

And England have lost this. Just like that. Two sessions, game over.

They have unless they bowl well and Sidders locates the stumps. Time to show some more fighting qualities. Hark at me, the optimist...

by Shoeshine on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 07:40

Dello wrote:Didn't listen to the Beeb, but I could hear Boycs' "you can't win a Test on t'first day, but you can certainly lose it" mantra reverberating in my head.

And England have lost this. Just like that. Two sessions, game over.

Won't deny that the same thoughts were going round my head too.

But they might fight back tomorrow you know. They could bowl them out cheaply and be back in the game.

No, I don't believe it either.

by Zat on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 08:20

So who's doing the Joburg rain dance then?

by Shoeshine on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 08:23

If we won the series because this match was rained off, I'd feel appallingly ashamed for at least 10 seconds.

by Batman on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 08:28

England shot themselves in the foot did they?

by Allan D on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 08:34

Not the particular part of the anatomy that immediately sprang to my mind.

by Shoeshine on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 08:34

Batman wrote:England shot themselves in the foot did they?

Fired a cruise missile at it.

by Chivalry Augustus on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 08:42

Weather forecast is cheery though if you're an England fan.

by JKLever on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 08:44

Chivalry Augustus wrote:Weather forecast is cheery though if you're an England fan.

It's going to rain solid for 3 days is it?

by Chivalry Augustus on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 08:45

Maybe 4 days solid:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/82?&search=johannesburg&itemsPerPage=10&region=world

Or maybe once on each of the four days. Make your own mind up.

by Shoeshine on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 08:48

JKLever wrote:
Chivalry Augustus wrote:Weather forecast is cheery though if you're an England fan.

It's going to rain solid for 3 days is it?

Could be as little as three days play overall though. But as we all know, England are never saved by rain, it only widdles down if we look like winning.

by JKLever on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 08:49

Farking hell... (not that I trust BBC weather)

I still want a positive result in the game though, hopefully that sort of weather means there will always be a bit of juice in the pitch.

by Chivalry Augustus on Thu 14 Jan 2010, 08:52

A more reasonable weather forecast suggests regular occurrences of light rain tomorrow with showers on Saturday. Sunday says occasional storms whereas Monday is just 'Rain.'

So, maybe enough to lose a day in there somewhere, maybe more. Just got to battle hard for everything now rather than do our dead duck in the field act as we let them cruise to 550/7d.

Yep, we'll probably still lose.