England v South Africa 1st ODI Match Thread

agreed prior has failed so many times in odis

I'd pick Prior again for ODI's, but not yet, let him continue playing well in the Test format.

But, meanwhile, get rid of this Kieswetter, what people see in him is beyond me. Bairstow can keep wicket, and bat better, so can Butler... Even Steven Davies is a better batsman than Kieswetter, until he was shipped off for no reason.

Bairstow is better in terms of he can play the better innings and be more effective.

Butler will score when required lower down, finshing is England's weakest point they cannot rely on Morgan. But, Woakes has been selected.

Davies, nobody knows what he did wrong to be dropped the way he was dropped. He was so good at the top of the order, but I wouldn't select him because he's not suited as a lower order batsman, me thinks.

I wonder if Davies would have bothered to come out of the closet if he knew he was going to be dropped

I'm waiting for Giles Clarke, the ECB chairman to come out of the closet...

There we go 12:45 start. Rain forecasted later on

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i guess neon some people have accounts specially for giving 1 stars.

ok so DRS will come in use later when SA are batting. would have to say SA are in a strong position

Bell

sorry boys. game abandoned.