4th Test

Fri Jan 22 - Tue Jan 26 10:30 local (08:30 GMT | 21:30 NZDT)
4th Test - South Africa v England SuperSport Park, Centurion

Texas time is 2:30AM on Friday

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

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Stumps - Day 1 ( 4th Test)

South Africa 329/5 (90.0 ov)



Good to see what looks like a normal 1st day of a Test match. 90 overs bowled, 300+ runs, but also a few wickets fell.

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Day 2 - 4th Test

At lunch.....

South Africa 421/8 (115.0 ov)

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Stumps - Day2 (4th Test)


South Africa 475
England 138/2 (46.0 ov)
England trail by 337 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

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Stumps - Day 3 (4th Test)


South Africa 475 & 42/1 (17.0 ov)
England 342
South Africa lead by 175 runs with 9 wickets remaining


Some play lost due to rain. Play due to start early day 4 (10:04 AM)

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Stumps Day 4 (4th Test)


South Africa 475 & 248/5d
England 342 & 52/3 (21.0 ov)
England require another 330 runs with 7 wickets remaining

Looks like SA declared, to give themselves most of a session to bowl at England, giving England a target of 382 to chase. SA managed to take 3 quick wickets in the final session of the day.. and have an etire 5th day in which to bowl England out.

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Day 5 starts at 2:30AM my time, correct Rumpole?

ESPN says "See you bright and early for an 8am GMT resumption." which is 2:00AM (10 SA time).

Would rather watch the T20 but may keep a tab open for this one.

They are likely still making up for time lost with RAIN.. so starting half hour early... as they do

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ESPNcric

9.40am: Hello and welcome. Who's up for some heroic/heartbreaking fifth-day action? Let's flip for it... South Africa haven't tasted the sweet nectar of Test victory since January 2015, this nine-match winless run their longest since the 1960s. Could England be so cruel as to deny them?

Wow... looks like England are "pants" as they would say in UK

Quoting ESPN
England have lost six wickets in just over an hour... There might have been a Rourke's Drift spirit in the dressing room at the start of the day but this has become a run-of-the-mill massacre

I OBJECT to the allusion to Rorke's drift!!!

This aint WALES its the friggin crap Poms

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Test series (4 tests): Eng 2 - SA 1 (1 draw)


Next up... 5 ODI matches, then 2 ODI

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1st ODI (5 Match series)

Wed Feb 3 (50 ovs) 13:30 local (11:30 GMT | 00:30 NZDT 1d)
1st ODI - South Africa v England Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein LIVE D/N




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England won the toss and chose to bat.. and...

England made 399
Great to see somebody finally playing a proper ODI innings

Target for South Africa 400



England 399/9 (50 ov)
South Africa 151/3 (19.3 ov)
South Africa require another 249 runs with 7 wickets and 30.3 overs remaining

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Friggin RAIN has stopped play... as if the run chase wasn't hard enough... it may well be made harder? with a DL adjustment

And this was for once a GREAT high scoring game... games always less than satisfying when a DL involved


England win if there is no further play

Before the rain....
South Africa RR 7.46
Last 5 ovs 41/1 RR 8.20
Required RR 9.09
England RR 7.98

So the required RR was up over 9 (5 wickets in hand)... not impossible

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Presumably the SA batsmen KNEW that rain was imminent (likely) and they KNEW the DL required runs at every stage ( I can recall batsmen being shown lists of target scores.. brought out with drink or change of gloves etc.

So... SA batsmen have known the target.. and they did bat aggressively.. so again presumably 25 was the best they could manage... they simply couldn't make the 290 after 33 overs.

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It's official.. no more play game over.. result calculated with "Duckworth Lewis"

England win

England 399/9 (50.0 ov)
South Africa 250/5 (33.3/33.3 ov, target 290)

England won by 39 runs (D/L method)



5 Match Series
England 1 - 0 South Africa

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2nd ODI (5 match Series)

Sat Feb 6 (50 ovs) 13:30 local (11:30 GMT | 00:30 NZDT 1d)
2nd ODI - South Africa v England St George's Park, Port Elizabeth D/N



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