by sussexpob » Sun Aug 21, 2022 12:28 pm
Catching up the highlights, it seems England's footwork went absolutely awol. A mix of batters either setting their feet forward and waving the bat out, or stuck on the back foot not going anywhere. I concede it appeared SA got their lengths absolutely on point, and with swing and bounce (see how much Rabada's first wicket of the match took off to Lees as an example) its difficult to play the length...
Bit annoying too that England's tail seemed to wave the white flag in the second innings and just swung themselves out. I guess thats Bazball, and we have to take it for better or for worse (as its worked earlier in the summer). Still, seeing Broad wildly whack everything, Stokes taking on the deep fielder and getting out (should have been out twice, especially to Nortje on a return catch), Potts wildly mowing, Anderson attempting a walking slog and getting bowled.... I'd have liked a bit of backbone and digging in to make SA work, but I guess thats the standard now.
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