Moshe Gariani
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- Mar 10, 2005
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400 is feasible. 380 more likely.
Need one of Stokes and Buttler to be there near the end.
Need one of Stokes and Buttler to be there near the end.
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[Cricket] South Africa v England 1st one day Bloemfontein ss2 now
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Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Gotta love Cricinfo:
"CAN U PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THESE POMMIE SUPPORTERS ARE DRINKING THAT CONVINCES THEM THAT THEY WILL SCORE IN EXCESS OF 400 . MUST BE GOOD." That'll be the Buttler Kool Aid, John
"CAN U PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THESE POMMIE SUPPORTERS ARE DRINKING THAT CONVINCES THEM THAT THEY WILL SCORE IN EXCESS OF 400 . MUST BE GOOD." That'll be the Buttler Kool Aid, John
England 302-4 (40.4 overs) 
56 balls remaining.
56 balls remaining.
or Jordan or Willey?
50 partnership for 41 deliveries... not quick enough to reach 400 
Need to put the hammer down!
Need to put the hammer down!
Jos Buttler 101* (73 balls, 10 fours and 5 sixes) 
11 from the over... 316-4 with 8 to go.
Looks like SA will be facing a stiff ask in the 1st ODI.
Looks like SA will be facing a stiff ask in the 1st ODI.
Gone
A soft one from Behardien, chipped to AB in the covers.
105 from 76 balls
317-5 (42.2)
Can England still disappoint from this extraordinary position?
A soft one from Behardien, chipped to AB in the covers.
105 from 76 balls
317-5 (42.2)
Can England still disappoint from this extraordinary position?
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Gone
A soft one from Behardein, chipped to AB in the covers.
105 from 76 balls
317-5 (42.2)
Can England still disappoint from this extraordinary position?
Willey and Jordan can score at a ferocious rate as well. Plus Stokes is now the main man.
Just 5 from that over... 321-5 with 7 to go.
Pavilionaire
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78 off 40 balls required.
11 from Morkel's last over... 332-5 (44 overs)
36 balls to go.
36 balls to go.
Moeen Ali HEAVES that one from de Lange MILES over COW for SIX
Lost ball
Lost ball
Pavilionaire
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62 off 35 required.
Pavilionaire
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That went off like a NASA space launch. In fact, it might as well have gone into orbit - they've lost the ball and we'll have to wait for a replacement
.
44.1
de Lange to Ali, SIX, sixer! Is that Moeen Ali or Babe Ruth...? Length on the stumps and Moeen swings himself to leg like a drunken pirate, sends the ball steepling beyond the boundary, into the verdant banks beyond. Fetch
.
Marchant de Lange back on
.
44.1
de Lange to Ali, SIX, sixer! Is that Moeen Ali or Babe Ruth...? Length on the stumps and Moeen swings himself to leg like a drunken pirate, sends the ball steepling beyond the boundary, into the verdant banks beyond. Fetch
.
Marchant de Lange back on
10 from de Lange's penultimate over... 342-5 (45 overs)
58 from 30 balls?
58 from 30 balls?
Tahir... that's a brave call from AB!
Rodney Thomas
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Indeed! Boom boom Ben Stokes!!!
England 350-5 (45.2 overs) with a SIX for Stokes
Followed by another 356-5 (453), I said this was 'brave' 
Followed by another
356-5 (453), I said this was 'brave'