Thread for England vs South Africa Series (2)

[Deep Dey]

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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[Deep Dey]

FREE TO POST NOW.

THE BIGGEST SERIES AND THE MOST AWAITED SERIES OF THE YEAR GETS UNDERWAY TOMORROW

[Deep Dey]

IF GRAEME SMITH PLAYS ALL THE 3 TEST MACTHES, HE WILL BREAK ALLAN BORDERS WORLD RECORD OF 93 TEST MATCHES AS CAPTAIN.

SMITH CURRENTLY HAS CAPTAINED IN 91 TEST MATCHES

[Deep Dey]

If south africa wins the series, they will be new no.1 test team.

A draw or a series win, will help england retain their no.1 spot

[Deep Dey]

ALVIRO PETERSEN AND MARCHANT DE LANGE CARRING MINOR INJURIES.

THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO PLAY WARM UP MATCH STARTING TOMORROW AS SAID BY GARY KIRSTEN

[Deep Dey]

‎*******BOUCHER REQUIRES IMMEDIATE SURGERY******
Mark Boucher required immediate surgery on his left eye after being struck by a bail on the opening day of South Africa's first tour match against Somerset at Taunton. Boucher suffered the injury when Gemaal Hussain was bowled by Imran Tahir at the end of 46th over and the bail ricocheted into his face.

He was taken to the hospital minutes after leaving the field and following assessment by an ophthalmologist was booked in for surgery at 6pm on Monday evening, confirmed the team manager Dr Mohammed Moosajee who added the full extent of the damage will only be known later.

AB de Villiers took over the wicketkeeping against Somerset but it seems high likely that South Africa will have to call up another gloveman with Thami Tsolekile.

[Haseeh]

Oh sad...pic describes everything

[Deep Dey]

‎*******BOUCHER REQUIRES IMMEDIATE SURGERY******
Mark Boucher required immediate surgery on his left eye after being struck by a bail on the opening day of South Africa's first tour match against Somerset at Taunton. Boucher suffered the injury when Gemaal Hussain was bowled by Imran Tahir at the end of 46th over and the bail ricocheted into his face.

He was taken to the hospital minutes after leaving the field and following assessment by an ophthalmologist was booked in for surgery at 6pm on Monday evening, confirmed the team manager Dr Mohammed Moosajee who added the full extent of the damage will only be known later.

AB de Villiers took over the wicketkeeping against Somerset but it seems high likely that South Africa will have to call up another gloveman with Thami Tsolekile.

morkel tweeted, the injury is serious

[Deep Dey]

mark boucher currently undergoing surgery
boucher diagnosed with laceration of the sclera, the white part of the eye,

about 2nd and 3rd test,will be decided after surgery finshes later in the night wrt to ist

LACERATION OF THE EYE MEANS, THE WHITE MATTER OF EYE IS DAMAGED

[Aqi]

:O Get well soon Bouchy

[Deep Dey]

MARK BOUCHER OFFICIALLY OUT OF ENGLAND AFTER EYE SURGERY.
REPLACEMENT YET TO BE NAMED, BUT IT IS LIKELY THAT THAMI TSOLELEKI WILL BE DRAFTED IN.
BOUCHER WAS HIT ON THE LEFT EYE BY THE FLYING BAILS WHEN A GOOGLY OF IMRAN TAHIR THE STUMPS YESTERDAY IN THE 46TH OVER OF THE 1ST WARM UP MATCH.

HE HAD SURGERY ON HIS LEFT EYE BALL WHICH WAS REPAIRED WITHIN HOURS AFTER BEING HIT. IT WAS SEVERE.

BOUCHER WILL LEAVE FOR HOME AS SOON AS HE GETS MEDICAL CLEARANCE FOR TRAVEL.

The setback looms as a potential career-ender as Boucher had said the tour of England would be his last. If that proves to be true, Boucher will end on 999 international dismissals, including 555 from 147 Tests, which is a record.

[DKN]

so many records fall behind

[DKN]

SAD NEWS:Mark Boucher has retired from international cricket

[Deep Dey]

THAMI TSOLELEKI NOW OFFICIALLY NAMED AS REPLACEMENT FOR BOUCHER, HOWEVER, AB DE VILLIERS WILL KEEP WICKETS IN 1ST TEST

[Deep Dey]

Marchant de Lange has become the second South Africa player to withdraw from the Test series against England through injury in the opening week of the tour. De Lange sustained a lower back injury during the Twenty20 tri-series in Zimbabwe last month and has not recovered. He will be replaced by Albie Morkel.

[Ravi]

best series of this year

[Deep Dey]

england to name the squad early sunday morning with respect to british timings

[ND]

maja aayega :try:

[Viresh]

Philander - Man to watch out for

[Deep Dey]

england have announced the squad for 1st test vs sa

coming soon in few minutes

[Deep Dey]

ENGLAND SQUAD FOR 1ST TEST VS SA STARTING THURSDAY:

Andrew Strauss (Middlesex) (Captain)

James Anderson (Lancashire)

Ian Bell (Warwickshire)

Ravi Bopara (Essex)

Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire)

Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)

Alastair Cook (Essex)

Steven Finn (Middlesex)

Graham Onions (Durham)

Kevin Pietersen (Surrey)

Matt Prior (Sussex)

Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire)

Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire)

[Saad]

Bopara only the new face

[Deep Dey]

GRAHAM ONIONS DOUBTFUL FOR 1ST TEST STARTING TOMORROW WITH HAMSTRING INJURY.

[Eishan]

ENGLAND SQUAD FOR 1ST TEST VS SA STARTING THURSDAY:

Andrew Strauss (Middlesex) (Captain)

James Anderson (Lancashire)

Ian Bell (Warwickshire)

Ravi Bopara (Essex)

Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire)

Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)

Alastair Cook (Essex)

Steven Finn (Middlesex)

Graham Onions (Durham)

Kevin Pietersen (Surrey)

Matt Prior (Sussex)

Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire)

Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire)

so no morgan

[Saad]

GRAHAM ONIONS DOUBTFUL FOR 1ST TEST STARTING TOMORROW WITH HAMSTRING INJURY.

No Problem
They have more 4 Fast Bowlers

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