Well done England

[Bob Dubery]

I still don't fully understand what happened, but whatever it was
England did it much better than SA. Well done.

But be careful not be lulled into a false sense of security :-)

[Jellore]

Well let me explain Bob what happened, as it appears that all of the
SA commentators were also unable to understand or rather admit that
England completely outplayed the opposition almost from the 1st
session onwards. They batted better, bowled better and field better. I
have to say Graeme Smith was very honest in his praise for England and
also very damning of his own team's performance. Goon on him for doing
so.

What false sense of security? I hope that SA once again select Ntini
and Prince et al.

[HVS]

On 30 Dec 2009, Jellore wrote

> On Dec 30, 7:54�pm, Bob Dubery <megap...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I still don't fully understand what happened, but whatever it
>> was England did it much better than SA. Well done.
>>
>> But be careful not be lulled into a false sense of security :-)
>
> Well let me explain Bob what happened, as it appears that all of
> the SA commentators were also unable to understand or rather
> admit that England completely outplayed the opposition almost
> from the 1st session onwards. They batted better, bowled better
> and field better. I have to say Graeme Smith was very honest in
> his praise for England and also very damning of his own team's
> performance. Goon on him for doing so.

Agreed; it was a good post-match interview, which didn't look for
any excuses at all.

> What false sense of security? I hope that SA once again select
> Ntini and Prince et al.

Same here, but I'd be fairly gobsmacked if Ntini was chosen again
(pleased, mind you).

Presumably SA will also consider moving Prince back down the order
to where he seems to bat better -- if so, who do they replace him
with as an opener?

--
Cheers,
Harvey

[Maxx]

The last time Prince opened at Newlands he scored 150.