Thread for England vs South Africa Series (2)

[Deep Dey]

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FIXTURES AND SQUADS OF SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF ENGLAND
Somerset v South Africans at County Ground, Taunton
Mon Jul 9 - Tue Jul 10 , 2012 (10:00 local | 09:00 GMT | 14:30 IST)
Somerset 312/8d and 50/1; South Africans 282/9d || Match drawn

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Kent v South Africans at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Fri Jul 13 - Sun Jul 15, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 15:30 IST)
Kent 210 and 105/0; South Africans 314 || Match drawn

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1st Test - England v South Africa at Kennington Oval, London
Thu Jul 19 - Mon Jul 23, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 15:30 IST)
England 385 and 240; South Africa 637/2d || South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs

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Worcestershire v South Africans at County Ground, New Road, Worcester
Fri Jul 27 - Sat Jul 28, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 15:30 IST)
South Africans 237/9d and 67/4; Worcestershire 245 || Match drawn

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2nd Test - England v South Africa at Headingley, Leeds
Thu Aug 2 - Mon Aug 6, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 15:30 IST)
South Africa 419 and 258/9d; England 425 and 130/4 || Match drawn

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Derbyshire v South Africans at County Ground, Derby
Fri Aug 10 - Sat Aug 11, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 15:30 IST)
South Africans 365/4d and 168/7d; Derbyshire 174/9d || Match drawn

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3rd Test - England v South Africa at Lord's, London
Thu Aug 16 - Mon Aug 20, 2012 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 15:30 IST)
South Africa 309 and 351; England 315 and 294 || South Africa won by 51 runs

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Gloucestershire v South Africans at County Ground, Bristol
Wed Aug 22, 2012 (10:15 local | 09:15 GMT | 14:45 IST)
Gloucestershire 261 (49.5 ov); South Africans 262/7 (49 ov) || South Africans won by 3 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

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1st ODI - England v South Africa at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Fri Aug 24, 2012 (10:15 local | 09:15 GMT | 14:45 IST)
England 37/0 (5.3/23 ov) || No result

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2nd ODI - England v South Africa at The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Tue Aug 28, 2012 (14:00 local | 13:00 GMT | 18:30 IST)
South Africa 287/5 (50 ov); England 207 (40.4 ov) || South Africa won by 80 runs

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3rd ODI - England v South Africa at Kennington Oval, London
Fri Aug 31, 2012 (14:00 local | 13:00 GMT | 18:30 IST)

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4th ODI - England v South Africa at Lord's, London
Sun Sep 2, 2012 (10:15 local | 09:15 GMT | 14:45 IST)

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5th ODI - England v South Africa at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Wed Sep 5, 2012 (14:00 local | 13:00 GMT | 18:30 IST)

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1st T20I - England v South Africa at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Sat Sep 8, 2012 (14:30 local | 13:30 GMT | 19:00 IST)

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2nd T20I - England v South Africa at Old Trafford, Manchester
Mon Sep 10, 2012 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 23:00 IST)

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3rd T20I - England v South Africa at Edgbaston, Birmingham
Wed Sep 12, 2012 (18:30 local | 17:30 GMT | 23:00 IST)

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SQUAD OF ENGLAND

ENGLAND TEST SQUAD [1ST TEST]	ENGLAND TEST SQUAD [2ND TEST]	ENGLAND TEST SQUAD [3RD TEST]	ENGLAND ODI SQUAD	ENGLAND T20I SQUAD
Andrew Strauss(Captain) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Alastair Cook Steven Finn Graham Onion Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior (WK) Graeme Swann Jonathan Trott	Andrew Strauss(Captain) James Anderson Ian Bell James Taylor Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Alastair Cook Steven Finn Graham Onion Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior (WK) Graeme Swann Jonathan Trott	Andrew Strauss(Captain) James Anderson Ian Bell James Taylor Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Alastair Cook Steven Finn Graham Onion Johny Bairstow Matt Prior (WK) Graeme Swann Jonathan Trott	Alastair Cook (capt) James Anderson Jonny Bairstow Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Craig Kieswetter (wk) Eoin Morgan Samit Patel James Tredwell Jonathan Trott Chris Woakes	YET TO BE ANNOUNCED
WITHDRAWN PLAYERS	WITHDRAWN PLAYERS	WITHDRAWN PLAYERS	WITHDRAWN PLAYERS	WITHDRAWN PLAYERS
NO ONE YET	NO ONE YET	NO ONE YET	Graeme Swann (Rested)

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SQUAD OF SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA TEST SQUAD	SOUTH AFRICA ODI SQUAD	SOUTH AFRICA T20I SQUAD
Graeme Smith (capt) Hashim Amla Albie Morkel AB de Villiers (WK) JP Duminy Imran Tahir Jacques Kallis Thami Tsolekile (WK) Morne Morkel Alviro Petersen Robin Peterson Vernon Philander Jacques Rudolph Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe Francois du Plesis	AB de Villiers (capt & wk) Hashim Amla (vice-capt) JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Dean Elgar Imran Tahir Ryan McLaren Albie Morkel Morne Morkel Justin Ontong Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Graeme Smith Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe	YET TO BE ANNOUNCED
WITHDRAWN PLAYERS	WITHDRAWN PLAYERS	WITHDRAWN PLAYERS
1.Mark Boucher (due to eye injury) 2.Marchant de Lange (due to back injury)	NO ONE YET	NO ONE YET

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[Gursheen]

James Taylor

hearing 1st time...who is he?

James Taylor, the Nottinghamshire batsman, has been called up for the second Test against South Africa at Headingley after Ravi Bopara was ruled out because of what the ECB said were 'personal issues'. :try:

[Saad]

James Taylor

hearing 1st time...who is he?

He is a English cricketer

[Gauri Menon M]

James Taylor

hearing 1st time...who is he?

He is a English cricketer

lolz :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

even i havent heard his name b4

[Deep Dey]

James Taylor

hearing 1st time...who is he?

haven't you seen him in cl 20-20 ,2011???

[Deep Dey]

Albie Morkel, the South Africa all-rounder, will be out of action for up to 10 days due to an ankle and South Africa have called in Faf du Plessis as cover. Morkel will remain with the squad as he awaits results of his scans and the expectation is he will be available for the third Test if required.

[Deep Dey]

Kevin Pietersen could have played his last game for England after conceding that there were deep, perhaps irrepairable, divisions with the ECB and some other members of the England dressing room.

Pietersen refused to confirm that the final Test of the series against South Africa at Lord's would not be his last and expressed his anger that private conversations between him and officials at the ECB had been leaked to the media.
Pietersen could be disciplined or even dropped in an attempt to retain a semblance of team spirit within the England camp.

"I can't give any assurances that the next Test won't be my last," Pietersen said. "I'd like to carry on but there are obstacles that need to be worked out. There are other points I'm trying to sort out in the dressing room.

"It would be a huge shame. I love playing Test cricket for England, but we'll see. For me, the saddest part about all this is that the spectators just love watching me play and I love playing for England."

Pietersen confirmed that some of his issues concerned a desire to play more IPL cricket, a wish to spend more time with his family and his enthusiasm to be included in England's World T20 squad. But he also insisted that there were "a lot of other issues that are more important that are being sorted".

"It's absolutely 100% not about money," he said. "This is not a money issue. The politics is what I have to deal with personally. It's tough being me playing for England.

"There's always speculation. There's speculation every single day. You guys speculate about my life all day every day. I'm going to make some decisions that will make me very happy."

Captain Andrew Strauss said "One thing I will say, and it is important to stress this, is that the Team unity that we have had over the last three years has been outstanding.It is something we all pride ourselves on, always have done and will continue to do so going forward."

"I hope the Kevin issue isn't going to be a distraction. The truth is we want as few distractions as possible in making sure we win this third Test match. I'm not here to talk about Kevin Pietersen. It is not something I want to talk about at this stage."

[Parth]

End of a Gentle man

[Anurag]

KP should screw those ECB idiots and represent his first country- RSA

[bchattopadhyay]

this guy is like the "DADA" of england team....panga lene mein ustad....

[Parth]

Anurag

[Anurag]

Seriously though. England team looks like they never even get enough sleeping time. The schedule is too hectic

Look at Indians after IPL straightaway their first match was at a gap of 2 months almost

[Deep Dey]

KP HAS TOOOOOOOOOO MANY EGO ISSUES

BY THE WAY, TB MAY GET TROLLED AGAIN, IF KP RETIRES, MEANS KP RETIRES FROM CW ALSO

[Parth]

Lolz yaa
he is best CS batsman

[Anurag]

KP HAS TOOOOOOOOOO MANY EGO ISSUES

BY THE WAY, TB MAY GET TROLLED AGAIN, IF KP RETIRES, MEANS KP RETIRES FROM CW ALSO

It is not Ego, he just wants a break.

As he mentioned earlier he has played the second highest number of matches in the last 5 years or so.

He has worked his butt off but ECB has failed to appreciate his contributions.

He thinks the schedule is too hectic.

But I think the ECB has serious Ego issues. Their board ministers think of their pride and not worry about the players that are part of the heart and soul of the team's glory

[bchattopadhyay]

man u shld chg the sites name to "trollworld"..even day smbody is trollin or gettin trolled in various sections of this forum...

[Fardin Kibria]

EGO is the main issue here, just like Deep mentioned. Hereafter, KP should play inplace of JP Duminy

[Deep Dey]

KP HAS TOOOOOOOOOO MANY EGO ISSUES

BY THE WAY, TB MAY GET TROLLED AGAIN, IF KP RETIRES, MEANS KP RETIRES FROM CW ALSO

It is not Ego, he just wants a break.

As he mentioned earlier he has played the second highest number of matches in the last 5 years or so.

He has worked his butt off but ECB has failed to appreciate his contributions.

He thinks the schedule is too hectic.

But I think the ECB has serious Ego issues. Their board ministers think of their pride and not worry about the players that are part of the heart and soul of the team's glory

KP HAS SERIOUS AND SERIOUS EGO ISSUES, THATS WHY EVERYONE COMPLAINS ABOUT HIM.

BY THE WAY,HE ACCEPTED FINALLY THAT HE WANTS TO PLAY IPL MORE

[Nick]

Kevin Pietersen could have playedhis last game for England after conceding that there were deep, perhaps irrepairable, divisions with the ECB and some other members of the England dressing room.!! "DEEP" ONCE AGAIN :O :plan:

[Anurag]

KP HAS TOOOOOOOOOO MANY EGO ISSUES

BY THE WAY, TB MAY GET TROLLED AGAIN, IF KP RETIRES, MEANS KP RETIRES FROM CW ALSO

It is not Ego, he just wants a break.

As he mentioned earlier he has played the second highest number of matches in the last 5 years or so.

He has worked his butt off but ECB has failed to appreciate his contributions.

He thinks the schedule is too hectic.

But I think the ECB has serious Ego issues. Their board ministers think of their pride and not worry about the players that are part of the heart and soul of the team's glory

KP HAS SERIOUS AND SERIOUS EGO ISSUES, THATS WHY EVERYONE COMPLAINS ABOUT HIM.

BY THE WAY,HE ACCEPTED FINALLY THAT HE WANTS TO PLAY IPL MORE

LOL He said this months ago that he wants to play IPL.

And this not about KP's ego.

This is about 3 years ago when ECB sacked the coach and sacked KP as captain. This has all started back then.

This is nothing but a conspiracy by ECB against Pietersen.

[Haseeh]

First time i hearing such a news as player would retire anytime within next two days as some wether reports "there would be rain tomorrow"...

[Nick]

KP is anu's fav playr i gues

[Deep Dey]

english selectors unsure whether to include pietresen or not for 3rd test

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-south-africa-2012/content/current/story/576974.html

[Deep Dey]

South Africa tour of England, Tour Match: Derbyshire v South Africans at Derby, Aug 10-11, 2012

South Africans 365/4d & 168/7d (40.0 ov)
Derbyshire 174/9d
Match drawn

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-south-africa-2012/engine/match/534223.html

[Viresh]

lol ..! then -50 points in FC

[Viresh]

KP back :FU:

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