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Haha! Or his MiL p'haps?

My mate is at Lords today - says LD was naff & it's chuffin' hot.

THese 2 looking well set now.....

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...and indeed they were until Sir James of Anderson had the final say.

We are all waiting for de Kock to come in (stop sniggering at the back)

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Don't have a good feed at work, so relying on cricinfo text commentary for the second test, but the England batting is looking a little bit collapsible today, in between the raindrops. Westley and Root both got started and got out... I gather the delivery that did for Malan was an absolute beauty, might have to find a video of that one. Skipper and his deputy in at teatime, ready to steady the ship for the evening session, here's hoping they can calm things down a bit.

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The ball has been swinging in the air a lot and Philander has been bowling well. Plus, we had two batsmen on debut so time will tell. The last hour or so will be difficult so I'll be a bit of a result if we don't lose anymore wickets. Fortunately I had a quick early morning meeting just as rain stopped play so not too much time wasted. :)

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Strange things are afoot at the Oval.

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Not a bad day I would say

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The last test of the summer and it's well poised nearing the end of day two. Anderson is lighting it up. :)

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3 Tests, 1 T20 and 5 one dayers V West Indies still to come this summer.

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:o

:thumbup:

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Well, the next test will be a day/night game, starting at 2:00pm BST (I think that's a thing). And while my reactionary personality shivers with such a paradigmatic shift in tradition, I must say it makes for a lot better viewing for us poor lost souls on the West coast. For you lucky lucky naffers out East ;) it'll feel like it's in real time. I can't see much work being done for the next three weeks. TBH, they're lucky I'll even go in at all. :lol:

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So what colour ball do they use for a day/night test match.

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I think it's a pink one. Just makes the whole test situation weird. I have no idea how they behave, especially under flood lights.

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I've heard (read somewhere) it swings for first 10 overs, then goes lifeless, so bowlers need to fill their boots with the new ball

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Don't want to miss the start then.

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Well that was er...pretty predictable.

Stoneman & Westley miss out, Root & Cook cash in. Windies looking like they don't want to be there.

All a bit underwhelming really.