jimbo jones

Superb hitting. If anything guarantees torrential rain, an earthquake and a surprise volcano eruption then it’s that total. Great stuff! 

Ooof. What an innings. 

Always the case in sport 😂
personally I’m not a huge fan of it, I don’t mind an aggressive intent, but a good test cricket team need players with different skillsets to give it balance and the ability to play in different ways.

Always the case in sport 😂
personally I’m not a huge fan of it, I don’t mind an aggressive intent, but a good test cricket team need players with different skillsets to give it balance and the ability to play in different ways.

Always the case in sport 😂
personally I’m not a huge fan of it, I don’t mind an aggressive intent, but a good test cricket team need players with different skillsets to give it balance and the ability to play in different ways.

Always the case in sport 😂
personally I’m not a huge fan of it, I don’t mind an aggressive intent, but a good test cricket team need players with different skillsets to give it balance and the ability to play in different ways.

A bit like England in the first test!

I've been enjoying du Plooy's one comedy ball per over.

Lack of penetration is a problem when we’ve got all our bowlers available, so with Chappell, Lakmal, Conners, and Watt not playing and Aitchison getting injured, along with it being slow flat pitch, plus the kookaburra ball…it was always going to be a game of patience. 
 
Really needed that wicket though, no wicket in the session would have been very disheartening. This is where you need your spinner to bowl a team out, Thomson has bowled well but a bit too full and flat.
The good news is one more wicket and we are into the lower order, just have to hope the light stays playable.

I was literally just about to start whinging about our lack of penetration. Great work from Thomson to get Roderick.

Another good day 😊

Certainly been raining sixes this afternoon.

578-5 declared
Dal with an entertaining burst after getting to his century, smashing sixes all over the shop 😀

578/5 declared, a lead of 341. 👋
du Plooy 238 no.
Dal 141 no.

50 for Dal.
Great to see him back playing well, as much as Masood’s missing runs left a hole in the team, so did Dal’s allrounder exploits.

Smacked a six in the same over too.

Oh but it does, gets to 200 in the last over before lunch, declaration coming?
Personally i'd have a 10 over thrash post lunch

200 for du Plooy 🙌👏

Late start due to some rain, another drop in the slips, this time Dal gets a life.  Lead up to 167.

Back to back 150s for du Plooy. Incredible form, no wonder the sharks are circling.

Lead of 137 at close of play with 5 wickets left.
Can we push the lead up to 200 tomorrow? That would put us in a very commanding position.

Back to back 150s for du Plooy. Incredible form, no wonder the sharks are circling.

Me too, very fair commentary again. Think we have shaded it 😁

The plan of keeping Haider Ali away from the new ball, doesn't work when he comes in second ball of the second new ball 🤔🤦‍♂️
New ball going to be for wickets, need to see this one out for 10 overs if we are going to get a big lead.

I was wondering what the weather was going to be like in the next two days. Having just seen Derbyshire’s position, I think we can safely say that it is going to rain! 😂