Well done bairstow!
English cricket 2015 - NZ, The Ashes, Pak and SA
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That celebration was about as good as the knock. Fantastic.
Yeah was awesome!
Gillespies 200 was a great australian moment.
Don't think Gillespie ever misses the chance to remind us that he got 200 in an innings!!
This is just getting funnier now 
De Villiers even dropped that! 
What a stupid way to get out.
What a knock though!
What a knock though!
What a fecking way for it to end
And off goes Bairstow
Brilliant day so far
I've not watched this match. How on earth is this possible? Flat wicket? Crap bowlers? Amazing batsmen?
Can't really comment on the wicket until both teams have bowled, our attack is a different class to the SA one this match IMO. As for the batting, Ben Stokes just took the absolute piss.
Yes, yes, and yes.
What an amazing day of cricket
That's right up there that Stokes innings, depending on how the match finishes and the series result it could well end up being the best I've seen from an England player. And the 150 from Bairstow was pretty ruddy good and all.
FML, it's raining so hard here that my Sky signal has gone.
TBF he is the guy with the lowest test AVG (18) to make 200
Don't think Gillespie ever misses the chance to remind us that he got 200 in an innings!!
They're mentally gone.
Yeah, that's a good way to start the reply when chasing over 600
Can't agree with the last yes. Stokes has been average till now. Bairstow, it's still early days.
I think that yes was probably based purely on this innings rather than their career to be fair.
I wonder what the mindset is like when you're facing a mammoth first innings deficit. I'd be tempted just to play for my average. The draw is as good as you can get, and even that's unlikely.
Engahlurnnnd. Can barely believe what I've just watched.Ben Stokes is Flintoff reborn. Hopefully without the shitty back.
Yeah, but this knock/these knocks was/were something special.
Oh yeah. Can't deny that. Incredible day, or half a day, of cricket.
Yeah, fair enough.
There are barely any players in world cricket capable of that knock performed by Stokes in test cricket. De Villiers, maybe Warner. Even the best batsmen around such as Williamson, Smith simply can't score at such a breathtaking pace. So yes even though the fact Stokes' averages haven't been anything special he is capable of a performance like this one.
This South Africa team is in a bigger mess than I thought. Just completely all over the place.
If they want to move forward after this series, they'll need a different captain because Amla certainly isn't the right person to be leading them.
If they want to move forward after this series, they'll need a different captain because Amla certainly isn't the right person to be leading them.
I'll be controversial and say they need to ditch the quota system. I understand why it's there, but it has served its time.
I saw that earlier, insane rate in ODIs, never mind Test cricket
This post proves you're not really Boycott, shocking, absolutely shocking.
Has De Villiers actually been the best test batsman at any point in time?
I feel like he gets over-rated a touch because of his abilities in the other formats. I think he's still the best all round batsman in the game but as a test batsman, I feel like there are many players who've played memorable test knocks more often than he has.
I feel like he gets over-rated a touch because of his abilities in the other formats. I think he's still the best all round batsman in the game but as a test batsman, I feel like there are many players who've played memorable test knocks more often than he has.
Yeh, he's been #1 definitely
http://www.relianceiccrankings.com/playerdisplay/test/batting/?id=2541&graph=ranking
says 2012, but looking at his ranking of 935 in 2014, id say he was then as well, maybe most of that two year period
http://www.relianceiccrankings.com/playerdisplay/test/batting/?id=2541&graph=ranking
says 2012, but looking at his ranking of 935 in 2014, id say he was then as well, maybe most of that two year period
Well played, Amla! Amla went past 7000 tests runs and AB past 8000 test runs as well.
Draw written all over it, maybe they can get the record for most total runs scored in a Test Match?
The lack of movement on the pitch is making this a bit boring now.
This.
Pitch.
Is.
Shit.
Pitch.
Is.
Shit.