South Africa vs England 2015/16

Woakes takes Finn's place in the England team for the last test starting today. South Africa, who make 5 changes, have won the toss and will bat. Conditions look good for batting, although there's only been a single drawn test at Centurion in the last 10 years.

South Africa 107-1 at lunch

Close of play South Africa 329-5

How come that England can be so good on some days and really terrible on another..
De Koch's some how managed to score 129 not out

Current score 475 all out

We always play badly after we won a series and start believing in our own hype. I think we are going to lose this one. If we get a draw at least it will show we are capable of toughing it out.

End of day score
England 138-2. Cook 67, Root 31

England trail by 337

(23-01-2016 13:25 )Charlemagne Wrote:  How come that England can be so good on some days and really terrible on another..

You could say the same about most sports teams. Besides England have had bad sessions/days in the matches they won in this series.

Good batting by Cook and Root today, but a little collapse took England from 208/3 to 211/6. Stokes and Ali are in now.

England all out for 342.

South Africa lead by 133.

Given the uneven bounce today 342 is not a bad total for England. It's just a pity we allowed South Africa to get so many.