Cricket - England Vs South Africa Summer 2017
Discussion
garyhun said:
Murph7355 said:
Top quality wind up on Boycs on TMS 
PMSL.
Missed that - is it easy to summarise?PMSL.
Then they went into one of those TMS technical discussions about how this would affect the stats. Then wound it round to the issue that Boycs 100th hundred was no longer going to have been at Headingly and what was Boycs going to do about all that commemorative tat that had been sold.
When Geoffrey was well and truly on the hook they let on the press release was a forgery and a wind up.
Boycs took it really well, he hands it out but can take it too.
garyhun said:
Missed that - is it easy to summarise?
They've put it up on the website. It's the banter that makes listening to TMS so much more enjoyable.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05b5j5t
FiF said:
garyhun said:
Murph7355 said:
Top quality wind up on Boycs on TMS
PMSL.
Missed that - is it easy to summarise?PMSL.
Then they went into one of those TMS technical discussions about how this would affect the stats. Then wound it round to the issue that Boycs 100th hundred was no longer going to have been at Headingly and what was Boycs going to do about all that commemorative tat that had been sold.
When Geoffrey was well and truly on the hook they let on the press release was a forgery and a wind up.
Boycs took it really well, he hands it out but can take it too.
RichB said:
FiF said:
garyhun said:
Murph7355 said:
Top quality wind up on Boycs on TMS
PMSL.
Missed that - is it easy to summarise?PMSL.
Then they went into one of those TMS technical discussions about how this would affect the stats. Then wound it round to the issue that Boycs 100th hundred was no longer going to have been at Headingly and what was Boycs going to do about all that commemorative tat that had been sold.
When Geoffrey was well and truly on the hook they let on the press release was a forgery and a wind up.
Boycs took it really well, he hands it out but can take it too.
"You knocked out all those commemorative plates"
Gotta love Geoffrey!
Murph7355 said:
Good result, both this and the first test. Whatever happened to us at Trent Bridge the team need a bit of an honesty session about. Was it all simply about selecting too many bowlers?
I'd only look to replace Jennings next time out. But finding a decent opener isn't straightforward.
I'm pretty sure they had a very open and frank meeting about the second test.I'd only look to replace Jennings next time out. But finding a decent opener isn't straightforward.
IIIRestorerIII said:
garyhun said:
Missed that - is it easy to summarise?
They've put it up on the website. It's the banter that makes listening to TMS so much more enjoyable.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05b5j5t
garyhun said:
RichB said:
FiF said:
garyhun said:
Murph7355 said:
Top quality wind up on Boycs on TMS
PMSL.
Missed that - is it easy to summarise?PMSL.
Then they went into one of those TMS technical discussions about how this would affect the stats. Then wound it round to the issue that Boycs 100th hundred was no longer going to have been at Headingly and what was Boycs going to do about all that commemorative tat that had been sold.
When Geoffrey was well and truly on the hook they let on the press release was a forgery and a wind up.
Boycs took it really well, he hands it out but can take it too.
"You knocked out all those commemorative plates"
Gotta love Geoffrey!
What a superb day's cricket! I was in the car when Aggers was winding Boycott up, luckily stuck in traffic - fantastic! There's nothing Geoffrey likes better than talking about himself, his achievements and his stats. That was absolutely priceless.
And I was home in time to see Moeen's hat-trick to finish the South African's off. The only surprise was that the last wicket wasn't given out straight away, but Aleem Dar has a bit of history with not giving LBW's for England. That was a gutsy display from Dean Elgar in a lost cause as well.
Great stuff. Perhaps the defeat in the previous Test was just what England needed - now we need to sew up this series, have a bit of a morale-booster against the West Indies and then head down to HMP Australia in a confident mood.
I'll just edit this so it looks as though I know what I'm talking about.
it wasn't Aleem Dar. Of course.
And I was home in time to see Moeen's hat-trick to finish the South African's off. The only surprise was that the last wicket wasn't given out straight away, but Aleem Dar has a bit of history with not giving LBW's for England. That was a gutsy display from Dean Elgar in a lost cause as well.
Great stuff. Perhaps the defeat in the previous Test was just what England needed - now we need to sew up this series, have a bit of a morale-booster against the West Indies and then head down to HMP Australia in a confident mood.
I'll just edit this so it looks as though I know what I'm talking about.
it wasn't Aleem Dar. Of course.
Edited by Dermot O'Logical on Monday 31st July 19:48
Black can man said:
That's just the highlights. It was 10-15 minutes of it, and I'm not sure how they didn't corpse. Well we are back in play - England unchanged and SA shorn of Morris (who I rate as being a bit awkward to play) and more importantly Philander.
I simply cannot see this batting line up being selected for the Ashes Tests, but t is a puzzle I can't solve, for the top three.
Cook is probably a given - even if he gets a pair here
Jennings - will a decent knock here cement his place as 2 ? I don't think it does
Westley - again even if he smashes it to all corners - is he really going to be at three in Aus ?
Anyway - we are off and running, think this one should be a straightforward 400+ first innnings. But as ever with England we still feel one dodgy session is inevitably and potentially this team don't seem to have the grit (yet) to get it back once it goes away.
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