Fourth one-day international, Port Elizabeth:
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By Ben Dirs
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SOUTH AFRICA INNINGS
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If no-one sends an email in in the next five minutes, I'm going to start crying. Oh, we've got a wicket! Duminy looks like he's been worked out, he doesn't fancy the short ball, and he's gloved that one from Anderson to Prior behind the timbers. Selector.
10th over - 35-2 Broad drops short and Duminy's onto that in a flash, yanking him to the fence at square-leg. Broad digs one in and Duminy helps it on its way, picking up one more to long-leg. That's better from Broad, pitching just outside off and very nearly ripping out De Villiers' off-stump.
9th over - 30-2 Anderson with a leg-side bumper that's called a wide, before another shortish delivery is tucked round the corner for a single...
8th over - 28-2 Broad full outside off-stump and De Villiers frees his arms and slashes the ball through wide mid-off for four. De Villiers is looking like the best batsman in the world at the moment, he's certainly the most attractive.
"I'm sitting in my backyard in Paddington, Sydney enjoying your coverage. It has been a stinking hot weekend here, well over 30 degrees. Being an Australian supporter I seriously dislike both teams on display here - is there any way they could both lose?"
Thomas Walker in the TMS inbox
Thomas Walker in the TMS inbox
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Anderson bumps Amla and the bearded right-hander goes for the pull, but is beaten for pace. But that caps a fine over from Anderson, the Lancashire man pitching one up and Amla clipping him straight to Swann at short mid-wicket. Cheap, the Saffers in a spot of bother.
6th over - 24-1 That's liquid cricket from De Villiers, waiting on a ball from Broad and steering him through cover-point for four. That was a peach, buffed, with the dew still on it.
"Hi Ben, is the chap next to you suggesting that fat has the ability to stop bullets? I need to put on some weight if so..."
Andrew in New Zealand in the TMS inbox
Andrew in New Zealand in the TMS inbox
5th over - 20-1 Oh my days, that's made my early start worthwhile - De Villiers showing the maker's name and the ball disappearing to the long-off fence. Amla pulls but Wright saves at square-leg... terrific shot, Amla latching onto a short one from Anderson and upper-cutting for four...
4th over - 11-1 That's a pretty decent over from Stuart Broad, doing what he said he was going to do before this tour, sticking every ball on the top of off... but that's exquisite from Amla, standing tall and creaming Broad through wide mid-off for four.
3rd over - 7-1 Well done Alesha Dixon for standing up for the British 'V' sign by the way, lovely stuff. If there weren't people like Alesha Dixon about, the 'V' sign would go the way of the red squirrel, under siege from the American 'bird' sign, the grey squirrel of rude gestures. One run from Anderson's over, Amla turning round the corner for a single.
2nd over - 6-1 De Villiers next up the ramp and this boy can bat a bit. He survives the over. If you're shooting ducks, aim for the head - lots of fat in the body, you're not going to have much luck there. The chap sitting next to me went to Eton...
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Broad shares the new ball, and his first delivery is also down leg. But that's a wicket, South Africa skipper Smith leg before to the Notts seamer. Bit innocuous that, it pitched leg and was hitting leg...
1st over - 5-0 Here come Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla, and Jimmy Anderson's first delivery is a ruddy nightmare, miles down leg-side. Amla under way with a clip off his pads, Smith under way with a dab into the off-side. One more for Amla with a nibble into the leg-side, one more for Smith... that girl from Dagenham on X Factor, is there something wrong?
"Wright I feel must vastly improve his bowling... it was an utter shambles the other day"
FoxesofNuneaton on 606
FoxesofNuneaton on 606
0753: South Africa played Australia here earlier this year, I believe, batted first, racked up 300 and won... weather looks OK in the Eastern Cape, little fluffy clouds, little fluffy clouds, little fluffy clouds... first email in gets a packet of garibaldis...
South Africa: Graeme Smith (cap), Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Alvrio Petersen, Mark Boucher (wk), Ryan McLaren, Johan Botha, Wayne Parnell, Morne Morkel, Charl Langeveldt
England: Jonathan Trott, Andrew Strauss (cap), Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson
0740: Hi. The fourth ODI in Port Elizabeth today, and the Saffers have won the toss and chosen to bat. For the hosts, Dale Steyn is out with a hamstring strain and is replaced by Charl Langeveldt, while Roelof van der Merwe makes way for Johan Botha. England are unchanged from the side munched at Cape Town.
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