2nd Test England V South Africa

Stokes goes for a duck

England 168 -5

Bairstow goes for 45

England 177 -6

Fuck 200 - 9

I go and walk the dog for an hour and a half and the team falls apart. :lou_facepalm_2:

205 all out…trail SA by 130.

Sa finish on 75 lead by 205

I could be starting both the football threads and the cricket threads for a while the way things are looking :lou_sad:

SA now on 99 -1

Elgar dropped on 55 and should have been out earlier oif England had reviewd the decision.

Sa lead by 231

Sa lead by 244

Couple of wickets before lunch Elgar and de Kock gone

SA 158 - 3

lead by 288

Lunch SA 160 - 3

Lead by 290

Amla LBW bowled Dawson for 87

SA 216-3

SA lead by 346

England require 474to win or suvive 2 days for the draw.

There are records to be made in this test I tell you records.

Wouldnt it be great if they were? It is not looking good though.

Jennings goes for 3

England 23-1 require 451 with 9 wickets remaining

Ballance goes for 4

England 28-2 require 445 with 8 wickets remaining

I will f course be talking to myself on here all night. :lou_lol:

Oh dear

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Think we all knew that the ballance of the side was all wrong.

Lucky to get to 200 this innings IMHO

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Stick a fork in, Root gone, ball swinging played down the wrong line.

https://twitter.com/englandcricket/status/886907639145283584

will we last out the day?