well-timed again, on off stump and driven but straight to the man at cover
England vs South Africa, 1st ODI at Cardiff, Aug 24 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st ODI, Cardiff, August 24, 2012, South Africa tour of England
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3.45pm The match has been abandoned. The heavy burst of rain that has come across the ground has put paid to everyone's best efforts. It has always looked it would end this way today.
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3.35pm Not exactly sure how much time is left to work with, but it's probably about 25 minutes or so.
"What are the England selectors on!" starts MayurRao "Not having Prior and Bell in the T20 squad? They are proper stroke makers, clean hitters! No sloggers!" Point is, without those two the Twenty20 team has done pretty well.
Gah! The rain is back. Off the players troop. What a miserable day, and just when Ian Bell was starting to motor.
"Morkel without the self-confident Steyn goes into a Harmison/Mitch Johnson pie-throwing routine," suggest David. "The difference between the two sides is on the bench."
5.3
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Tsotsobe to Bell, no run
"Oh boy! I am ready to pay double to see those 2 sixes of Bell again!" says Altaf
5.2
4
Tsotsobe to Bell, FOUR runs
lovely placement from Bell, he walks across the crease then flicks a back-of-a-length delivery over short fine-leg
One wide slip in place
5.1
1
Tsotsobe to Cook, 1 run
dragged down short outside off stump and pulled to deep square-leg
end of over 516 runs
ENG: 32/0CRR: 6.40
Ian Bell22 (16b 1x4 2x6)
Alastair Cook9 (14b 1x4)
Morne Morkel 3-0-19-0
Lonwabo Tsotsobe 2-0-13-0
4.6
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Morkel to Bell, no run
full on off stump, opens the face to try and place into a gap at cover but picks out a fielder
4.5
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Morkel to Bell, no run
tries to glide this through the off side and is beat by ball that is a touch shorter
4.4
6
Morkel to Bell, SIX runs
shot! Bell's flying. Opens his stance to free up the off side then drives him with a straight bat high over mid-off...he isn't in the Twenty20 squad
4.3
1
Morkel to Cook, 1 run
full on off stump, opens the face and sends it fine of backward point down to third man
4.2
3
Morkel to Bell, 3 runs
now he goes inside out through the off side, gave himself a touch of room and drove this from around middle and leg stump through the covers
4.1
6
Morkel to Bell, SIX runs
huge blow! Clean strike from Bell. Uses his feet to Morkel - which is no mean feat - then picks up over the leg side and the ball comfortably clears the boundary
end of over 412 runs
ENG: 16/0CRR: 4.00
Alastair Cook8 (13b 1x4)
Ian Bell7 (11b 1x4)
Lonwabo Tsotsobe 2-0-13-0
Morne Morkel 2-0-3-0
3.6
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Tsotsobe to Cook, no run
outside off, driven without much timing into the covers
3.5
1
Tsotsobe to Bell, 1 run
coming at the bowler again, doesn't connect cleanly with this drive and it runs along the ground to mid-on who is on the edge of the circle
3.4
4
Tsotsobe to Bell, FOUR runs
cracking shot, down the pitch to a fullish ball on off stump and handsomely driven up and over mid-off...one bounce over the boundary
3.3
3
Tsotsobe to Cook, 3 runs
takes a stride down the pitch and lofts this over cover, not timed as well as earlier in the over and it pulls up short of the rope
3.2
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Tsotsobe to Cook, no run
short of a length outside off, Cook shapes to cut and is beaten on the top edge
3.1
4
Tsotsobe to Cook, FOUR runs
good shot, full outside off, Cook leans into a powerful cover drive and even across the slow outfield the ball beats the fielder
end of over 32 runs
ENG: 4/0CRR: 1.33
Ian Bell2 (9b)
Alastair Cook1 (9b)
Morne Morkel 2-0-3-0
Lonwabo Tsotsobe 1-0-1-0
2.6
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Morkel to Bell, no run
an ugly heave into the leg side but he can only pick out mid-on
2.5
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Morkel to Bell, no run
play and a miss...back of a length, Bell tries to go through the off side and moves slightly to leg and the ball ends up missing leg stump
2.4
1
Morkel to Cook, 1 run
run out chance! Full delivery pushed towards mid-off and Cook would have been miles short if Parnell had hit but he missed the stumps by a huge distance
2.3
1
Morkel to Bell, 1 run
angled into Bell who works it into the leg side short of mid-on and scampers the run
2.2
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Morkel to Bell, no run
tries something more aggressive, just gives himself a touch of room to drive but can only clump the delivery back to Morkel
2.1
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Morkel to Bell, no run
back of a length on off stump, Bell defends square into the off side
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