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Well if they lose today and then to the Aussies then they are out.

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England might win today against SA today, anythings possible.... However I predict they'll go home early . They'll lose to to Afghanistan next week because that's the type of thing they do. Batting and bowling ain't good enough, apart from that they're a decent team !

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Its the bowling that worries me Mr K.

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Agreed.

We haven't got our best bowlers there, this is supposed to be for a World Cup. Where's Broad ? All we've got is 20/20 cannon fodder, and we seem to be relying on a couple of part time spinners.

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Oh dear me.:rolleyes:

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Heyup, Dale Steyn goes for 23 in his first over.:shocked:

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Well they simply have not learned their lesson it seems.:(

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Perhaps the wicket may have something to do with it given England's reply, just losing wickets to quickly for my liking but they are giving it a real go.

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And it's a great win for England!!!... :D

http://www.itv.com/news/2016-03-18/e...-cup-thriller/

Pity I can't find any highlights on TV.

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Well l certainly did not expect that.:D

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There are highlights on the BBC website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/35843905

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Still prefer the 'proper' test match game but that was very enjoyable, typical of England to make us sweat for the last few balls, stunning win.:D

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Yes l prefer the 5 day game as well as it can have so many twists and turns and is a proper test for a cricketer.

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Ta for that - better to see 5 mins worth than nothing but a decent 1 hour show would've been great. :tu:

Still I suppose it's fitting that a cut down version of the game should have cut to highlights lol

It's odd because I was doing some searching earlier and found references to ITV supposedly showing the highlights so I'm not sure what went wrong there. :confused:

http://www.postnotebook.com/tag/itv-4/

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Ditto - test cricket has so many variables, twists and turns but sadly it's not really suited to the instant gratification generation.

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Extended highlights on Sky 3 at 10.30. I'm going to watch it again .��

Interesting to note that as much as England's bowlers got slated, they only conceded 4 extra's compared to SA's 26 and as 20 of those where wides it meant England had an extra 3.2 overs to score off.

Turns out that the Radio Times got the schedules wrong.:(

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Perhaps England weren't that good after all, a little tubby Afghan has just tonked 44 of his first 17 balls against SA. :D