katieakita Posted 31 December 2015 Posted 31 December 2015 Specialist wicket keepers are few are far between and most are expected to offer something with the bat. Don;t follow the county scene enough now but rate Buttler as a better keeper than Bairstow of course it doesn't help with only 2 days between test matches.
leicsmac Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Superb start this, especially post lunch. Someone clearly slipped Compton some speed in his lunchtime bite as he's just swiped the spinner back over his head for a straight six!
Guest MattP Posted 2 January 2016 Posted 2 January 2016 Great start. Would love to be in Cape Town for this, lunchtime perambulation as well.
IOWFOX Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 24 runs off the 1st 2 overs of the day. That was definitely worth getting up for.
leicsmac Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 Stokes setting off like a KTX here. Fantastic shotmaking.
IOWFOX Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 This is ludicrous. Have we sent the t20 side out today?
Swarles Barkley Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 Looked away for 3 balls. Stokes gets 16. What a knock
Ross-Kemp Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 This is amazing to watch. Happy to see Bairstow just plodding along, currently on 84, very solid. I think you've got to let Stokes pass 200 & let JB get his ton, then declare.
leicsmac Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 Will we declare when Stokes gets to 200? No real reason to...we've got plenty of time. May as well let them get as many as they can throughout today and then get bowling them out twice in the final three days as the pitch crumbles.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 What's Lara's record I saw someone refer to?
The Year Of The Fox Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 Anyone see the lad in the city shirt after stokes hit that 6?
leicsmac Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 This partnership approaching gargantuan proportions now. Sixth-wicket record is 365, by the way. What's Lara's record I saw someone refer to? All time? 400, so quite a way to go on that.
Super_horns Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 Bairstow reaches 100 now. A perfect foil and another strong performance after his decent 2nd innings in the 1st test.
Osavo Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 Absolutely absurd innings from Stokes, well over a run a ball and moving towards 250! What a partnership between Stokes and Barston this is.
IOWFOX Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 I don't want us to declare while these 2 are still in. Way too much entertainment will be lost if we do.
leicsmac Posted 3 January 2016 Posted 3 January 2016 Keep them batting as long as possible or at least until between tea and close today. If the Saffers can bat twice for three days and change then they deserve to draw this match.
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