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Given how much more that they cost, I sure hope that they don't break as often as ours do.
still got the 3 i got from Choice willow who sponsored our team, paid for all, but heavily discounted. one did breack in half and he glued it back together stuck tape round and was still a pretty good bat as long as you timed it.

i think the more modern bats break more than the old fashioned type, less knocking in required
 

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Malan played well for his 50 here, Denly been by far our most threatening bowler not a good sign, even having to risk Stokes knee now! Big last hour ahead, England will want 2 more ideally
 

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With Malan going well and 312 needed in a day, all results still on the cards. I think we'll nick a couple in the first session but looking at the way we've toiled this afternoon I am not convinced about getting them all out


if we lose this, theyll want hanging one by one lol, if its not going our way its the ideal sort of wicket to go defensive on, its so so slow, the other edge of that is it makes it hard to bowl a side out if they dig in properly. the biggest plus is it started reversing a little for Jimmy late on, if it does that in the morning then we "should" win comfortably
 

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if we lose this, theyll want hanging one by one lol, if its not going our way its the ideal sort of wicket to go defensive on, its so so slow, the other edge of that is it makes it hard to bowl a side out if they dig in properly. the biggest plus is it started reversing a little for Jimmy late on, if it does that in the morning then we "should" win comfortably
To be honest I don't really see SA going for it although allowing for just 80 overs in the day that is still 3.9 an over and not unheard of in modern test cricket so it could happen. If we do lose then hanging will be too good for them. I am more concerned about whether we can actually get the 8 wickets
 
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In the bash and smash news - Tom Banton got his 50 after just 14 balls - 7 sixes and 3 fours, some of the hitting and timing was phenomenal
 

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To be honest I don't really see SA going for it although allowing for just 80 overs in the day that is still 3.9 an over and not unheard of in modern test cricket so it could happen. If we do lose then hanging will be too good for them. I am more concerned about whether we can actually get the 8 wickets


this game is nothing like modern test cricket (bar an hour of Stokes earlier), just no pace in the deck will make it easy for as such a limited captain as Root to not get beat if worst happens!
 
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