Thursday, February 02, 2023

England Avoid Whitewash in Three Match Series.

 In one of our defeats, the batting was way below par: in the other, the bowling was weak.

In the final game, at 14 for 3 - it was beginning to look all over for the visitors to Kimberley but the fourth wicket pair decided that this was not going to be the case.

A stand of 232, with records tumbling and both Buttler and Malan claiming superb centuries transformed the match and left S. Africa a huge total of 347 to chase.

Step forward Jofra Archer who has now shaken off the injuries which have beset his career. He claimed a record breaking sixfer in his destruction of the South African batting line up.

England won by 59 runs in a game that had both sides showing what they could do.

Ancient Philippi.

Philippi. An important city in the Roman and early Christian period, Philippi exists today only as an archaeological site. The impressive re...