Day 5 Eng v SA

[Uncle Buck]

Jo'berg is normally a quicker wicket, so we may actually see GBH do something with the ball.

 

[JJ McClure]

Sounds like Harmison is having fun out there, hitting a few boundries.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Nice little innings by Grevious. Highest score of the innings and his highest first class score.

 

[zefarelly]

hats off to Harmisson, 42 off 42 balls and his best test innings ever

Vaughan, Key and all the others take note !

we need to seriosly regroup to stop SA taking over the series now, their tails will be well up, and rightly so, they've played well

 

[Marc]

Nice to see the BBC website is correct as ever:
South Africa beat West Indies by 196 runs

 

[Pavilionaire]

So our highest scoring batsmen was Harmison, our No. 11?!?

The team needs a good rest, Vaughan needs to get some runs, Harmison needs to pick up more wickets as does Jones.

It is no surprise this series is tight. I still fancy England.

 

[Scarface]

Only the 7th number 11 to top score in a test innings.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Only the 7th number 11 to top score in a test innings.

statting, statting Scarface

I love the minutiae of cricket stats

.................... and that brings up the highest 9th wicket partnership, from two left handers, in the final innings, from a team facing a whitewash, in a 4 test series, away from home, in the year of the monkey, for over 42 years, where a kookaburra ball has been employed and the home team's has used spin bowlers for more than 34.5% of the balls bowled, since lunch on the 4th day, after an interval extended by 15 mins due to rain.