Super 10 Group 1: England v South Africa at Mumbai

72 after 5 overs

4.5  Jordan to Amla, FOUR
4.4  Jordan to Amla, SIX, Amla clears the fences now, hooking a short ball over fine leg!
4.3  Jordan to Amla, FOUR, oh, beautifully done, a gorgeous late cute sends the ball racing
4.2  Jordan to Amla, FOUR, another four [yawn]...
4 .1  Jordan to Amla, FOUR,..

Amla SR has overtaken deKock

  5.3 Stokes to Amla, FOUR  .

So much for the England bowlers learning from their first match. While everyone knew that the England bowling was a weakness, I don't think anyone could have seen just how bad this was going to be.

83 after 6

Batting Power Play ends : Is this a Record  :-\

SR of both openers are 230 and 232

96 after 7 overs

6.6  Rashid to Amla, SIX, six more, a full toss carted high into the leg side!

6.1 Rashid to de Kock, FOUR, full on the legs, and he's picked the gap again!

That's fifty, from 21 balls,

[quote author=pwarbi link=topic=103289.msg684658#msg684658 date=1458311227]
So much for the England bowlers learning from their first match. While everyone knew that the England bowling was a weakness, I don't think anyone could have seen just how bad this was going to be.
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Go read any of my posts in the buildup to the World Cup. I repeated ad nauseum that England's seam bowling was really, really dire and would prohibit them from being competitive in this World Cup. Topley is a junk bowler and Jordan is arguably the worst bowler to wear a three Lions shirt in a long, long time.

96- 1

7.1
Ali to de Kock, OUT, smashed into the leg side... but he finds the fielder! England have the breakthrough

- but have they already been broken ?

de Kock c Hales b Ali 52

114 - 2 after 9

8.6  Rashid to de Villiers, OUT, got him, sliced into the off side! Rashid dragged it down slightly and

there was some spin, the ball sailing high to the edge of the ring

AB c by the Irish b Rashid 16.

125 - 2 at the the Half Way mark !

54* to Hashim    SR 211

9.6
Ali to Amla, SIX, tossed up, nice and juicy -

and hoicked over deep square leg by the merciless Hash!

Poor last delivery from Mo to spoil an otherwise good over. England are going to need to dig in real deep over these last 10 overs to try and limit South Africa to 220.