South Africa v England: second Test, day four - live! - The Guardian, Theguardian.com

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**************************************************************************************************************************************** Sibley (4) ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, Stokes 72 Memories flooding backof Stokes’s double hundred he gathered four years ago as he clobbers Maharaj with a wide-legged reverse sweep, as mash through mid-wicket and a stick-that-up-your-jumper casual six. Brutal.

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****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** th over: England 4 Sibley Stokes 57)Three off Rabada, andThat’s drinksand the morning has gone better than England could have dream t. South Africa, ye gods, have not had such a good morning. A special mention here to all those county cricket readers who have been championing Sibley for two or three years, and to him for churning out those hundreds for Warwickshire – it is his Championship performances that got him picked for England, no hunch, no admiration of his Vince-like flair.

******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (st over: England) ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** -4 (Sibley 104, Stokes 57) Yes!Sibley sweeps Maharaj for four – such panache! He pumps the air, pulls off his helmet to reveal the broadest of smiles, gets a big hug from Ben Stokes, kisses the badge, and on the balcony everyone is standing and smiling, Sam Curran leaps in the air. What a cracking innings, playing to his strengths, doing it for the team. From Surrey to Warwickshire to England – here’s to many, many more. The first century of the series too.

******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** th over: England 289 – 4 (Sibley 100, Stokes 54)And that’s the Ben Stokes (with a touch behind square and the Dom Sibley) **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** as he edges Rabada, not completely convincingly, down to the boundary and on the England balcony everyone is smiling. Come on Dom!

A lovely email from David Murray. What a morning! An England win in prospect and suddenly 3 or 4 choices for the-future-of-England cricket (Sibley, Pope, Crawley, Burns).

******************Newlands is in the perfect timezone for following OBO back in the UK – none of this awful waiting around until am or staying up all night. Something to look forward to as soon as you switch on your computer.

It’s a perfect timezone for OBO-ing too!

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– 4 (Sibley , Stokes 54)Stokes is seeing the new ball like a new year resolution he needs to finish off, he reverse-sweeps Maharaj wi th such quick, loose hands. It is Jack Spratt and his Mrs Spratt out there in the middle for England but, oh, such a perfect combination. Especially with all the Christmas leftovers to finish off.

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************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************ th over: England– 4 (Sibley) ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, Stokes 46)Oh dear, nothing going for South Africa this morning. Stokes pulls Rabada high and a sprinting de Koch calls for it, he must cover yards sprinting down towards fine leg, but then muffs the (difficult) chance. Stokes rubs salt into the wound by rocking back onto his heels, rolling his wrists and slamming a juicy full toss back over the boundary next ball. And that’s the fifty partnership of which Stokes has scored (*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************! And now Sibley gets in on the act with a nicely played boundary through the covers.

Charles Shedrick writes:

Still in the bunker ….

Following OBO for a little second-hand sunlight …

What are the odds on Stokes getting to a ton before Sibley? ….…

It’s certainly possible … especially if South Africa keep sending down these fat, juicy, easy pickings.

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**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************, Stokes 37)Sibley enters the s with a prosaic two off Maharaj into the leg side. It takes some mental strength to just plod away while a cartoon hero throws the bat at the other end.

Michael Anderson, you’re my hero

Re John Starbuck’s questionth over, I took it upon myself to have a look through Root’s declaration history as England captain. In matches before this one he has declared nine times, winning six, drawing two, and losing that one against Shai Hope at Headingley in 8308. Don’t know how this compares to other captains, but if it helps, of the six wins, the margins have been (********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, (************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, (************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, innings and********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, innings and ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, innings and **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, so all quite safe.

Whilst looking through, I noticed that our second innings total is often larger than our first. The total aggregate of runs does not help much because we don’t always bat twice, but looking at our average runs per wicket since Root became captain: in (first innings is

****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, and in (second innings) . . Ok pretty much identical. But surely there can’t be many teams who average more in second innings that first?

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th over: England – 4 (Sibley******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, Stokes 27Maharaj is kept on with the new ball. Sibley almost in trouble from one round the wicket that spins past the outside of his prodding bat. He looks a little leaden footed, but survives. It’s dusty out there.

Andy Shaw(@ RedAndy

)

@ tjaldredMTMA. When do you think England should think about declaring this morning? Before tea, or do they wait for Sibley to get his hundred?

January 6,

Oh Andy, that’s harsh.

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********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, Stokes 24 And we have the new ball at last, after that expensive experiment, in the rightful mitts of Vernon Philander bowling from the Wynberg end to restore some order. Sibley with that dot-to-dot stubble perfection prods the pitch to see out a maiden. Norje, incidentally, is back on the pitch.

Tom! Tom!I hope you’re still reading … a message to cheer up your Monday:

Morning Tanya,

Morning, Michael Robinson.

************************ First Monday back today and it’s already a struggle. Cheers for providing some OBO respite.

Can I just say that the 225 / (**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************. stat you posted earlier is hands down the best email input I’ve ever seen to OBO. Excellent stuff.

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An email pops up from Tom Bowtell entitled “exciting Philander Stat.”

Morning Tanya! It’s going to be a hugely tense day for stats lovers. A glance at Philander’s current career stats shows he has (wickets at) ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* . (************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************. However, if he concedes another runs without taking a wicket, he’ll momentarily have the holy grail career figures of 223 wickets at 23. 29. There is so much that can go wrong: a wicket with the new ball, a selfish slog from a batter which skips the average from (**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************. **************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (to

All we can do is watch and hope.

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****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** (st over: England (4) Sibley, Stokes 1)Ok, so that wasn’t the last over with the old ball. du Plessis gives Maharaj a go from the other end. It was nearly a seven ball over actually as the umpire lost count of how many balls Maharaj had bowled. Not sure if they still transfer pebbles from hand to hand to count the over out. Just a single to Stokes with a sweep behind square

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****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************, Stokes 0)Dwaine Pretorius bowls a last over with the old ball, Dom Sibley is watchful. A maiden. A few hazy clouds float above Table Mountain but the sky is blue and the temperature a blissful 27 degrees.

John Starbuck has been musing in Yorkshire:

Good morning, Tanya, from windswept Yorkshire. As a matter of curiosity, are there any stats on Root’s declaration / win history? And how do they compare with other England captains?

Who do you think I am, Rob Smyth? If Rob happens to be reading he’s probably got those stats in his morning milk jug. If not, I promise to try and research at drinks.

The players are on their way out, Dom Sibley has a new batting partner in Ben Stokes.

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A pre-start email! Hi Danny Outram.

Whilst it was refreshing to see Dom Sibley’s long drawn out openers. innings, I hear time and time again that it is the duty of the openers to take the ‘bite’ out of the new ball and allow the lower order batsman to get their eye in with a scuffed cherry that has less zip to it. Therefore would it have not been better had Sibley given away his wicket (overs ago?) ******************************

Unless an opener carries his bat, what is the ideal time they should spend at the crease?

I’m not sure if there is an ideal time, it would all depend on game circumstances, pitch, weather etc etc. But I think in this England line-up which has such a propensity for collapsing, but such an abundance of stroke-players, actually staying in at one end and scoring, however slowly, gives the others the freedom to play their own game.

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Interesting interview with Graham Thorpe, England’s batting coach. He talks about the simplicity of Dom Sibley’s technique. Says he said to him, there’s time to talk about the areas of where to develop your game but when you’re in the heat of the battle keep doing what you do. Important to work on his technique outside off stump but without getting into his head too much.

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Vic Marks was on the radio this morningand saying that this Is the first time England have ever played four players under 23 in the same match. I’m not doubting Vic’s stats, but can this really be true?

Anyway, it looks a beautiful day at Newlands. Shaun Pollock is in a suit and Mike Atherton and Ian Ward are in shirt sleeves. Ward’s hand is in his pocket, of course. The only other person I’ve noticed with such a pocket obsession is Aussie PM Scott Morrison. Apparently whereas in England you need overcast conditions to move the ball about, in South Africa the heat bakes the pitch a bit and the edges come up and it jags around. That’s the science bit. South Africa have this morning to try and keep in the game with the new ball.

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And Sachin Tendulkarfollows where Virat Kohli dared to tread:

“Spinners look forward to bowling with the scruffed ball, taking advantage on day five of the roughs created on the wickets.”

“All that is part of Test cricket. Is it fair to take that advantage away from spinners? There is T 20, there is one-dayers and then there are T 10 and 104 – ball cricket. Test is the purest form of cricket. It SHOULD NOT BE TINKERED WITH. ”

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It’s all over at the SCG. Another century for David Warner, five wickets for Nathan Lyon and, as crackle follows snap, Australia claimed all five Tests of the summer inside four days for the first time.

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Preamble

Good morning!

It’s all a bit back-to-work -Monday here in the UK, but over in Cape Town England have been busy putting in the hard yards all weekend thanks very much. Dom Sibley, England’s answer to Desperate Dan, has, in between lunging awkwardly and munching cow pie, done what England’s team of cavaliers has been desperate for someone to do: score slow (his first (runs took) overs), boring, unremarkable and steady runs.

In the words of James Anderson “That’s what we’ve been missing for a couple of years. Hopefully he’s going to cement his place and will get confidence from this knock and go on tomorrow. More importantly, hopefully he can go on in his career in the next few years. ”

Sibley will start tomorrow just short of a century, with the middle-order guns for company. By mid-morning drinks he should be nearly there – the perfect morale booster for the rest of the tour and just what England need with his opening partner Rory Burns now likely to be nursing his ankle and off cricket for the rest of the winter. (

Of course there’s always the possibility that England will pull out of their classic collapses – South Africa lost their last 7 wickets for 66 after all. But with a lead of already, and a change in the wind direction to help the fast bowlers, another – 100 Runs and they’ll be safe. Safeish. Pretty safe. Let’s settle on safe enough.

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