meeesh
Well-Known Member
Great knocks from both of these
Is it unfair of me to think that if Malan can get a century on this pitch, at least one of Warner, Bancroft, Smith or Marsh will get a big score as well?
I was watching it on my tablet and couldn't work out why he'd been given out when the commentators were asking which glove the ball had come off. Once it was given though, I didn't hang around for the inquest. I just turned the fucker off and went upstairs to get ready for work.
Anyway, after expecting us to capitulate to something like 200 all out following that it's nice to see these two get us back on track. Can't help thinking we'll need a score some way north of 400 to give us a decent chance of winning though and we're still a long way short of that.
Considering the 3rd umpire had to overturn the on field decision he seemed to do it with indecent hast, given the evidence provided.Despite plenty of people now adament there was a nick off the glove that was hoding the bat, I'm still not convinced. Even the angle from the slips which was apparently conclusive left me a bit uncertain and definitely wasn't enough to overturn a decision.
Anyway, good day for England overall but looking at it with our bowlers I think we'll need 550+ to be competetive. It's attainable if these two can bat at least another 20 overs in the morning and with Mo, Woakes and Overton the tail in these conditions isn't as frail as it was a couple of games ago.