SIX Centurions in the Match as SA Battle After Following-On! | Classic Test | Eng v SA 2008

[@waseemshafi9749]

Six fielders on the onside and still Amla piercing those gaps defines his class & those magical wrists.

[@basitali3651]

What a Test Match. What a effort from Proteas. What a fight back by Proteas. Well played Smith, McKenzie and Amla. Match ended to drawn. Love you South Africa Cricket ❤️👌

[@mango7880]

Dont forget.Prince for that fight back in the 2nd inning

[@CaptainPedant]

Anderson, Broad, Sidebottom and Panesar -- pretty good bowling attack back then. Good to be reminded of how well Broad could bat before he got hurt.

[@qumbermurtaza9186]

How did he get hurt?

[@implemissmore]

ball through the grill, broken nose@@qumbermurtaza9186

[@stealth1195]

@@qumbermurtaza9186very late but it was a baron Aaron bouncer to the helmet in the 2012 India vs England series (could be wrong on the year) and he had to be taken off

[@samueljoseph6717]

​​@@stealth1195not baron aaron Varun aaron

[@nilanjandas7624]

Pietersen looked like the best test batsman at the moment. Whereas Graeme Smith is a legendary opener in tests. From such a young age he started opening and captaining his side too.

[@9wolves2007]

Smith, Kallis, Pietersen, Boucher... we'll never have an era this good again

[@a.s.b1432]

Amla ko bhool gaya bhosdike

[@Anrich-j6y]

Good point I dont think now in this, day age will have another kallis with his genius batting smith ,with is his great leadership skills and Peterson with his calmness and the hash amla the best wrist player they were absolute geniuses of batman's an era I wish we could rewind

[@camcunningham9443]

Mark Boucher does not deserve to be in this conversation wtf. Alastair Cook played in this match…

[@letlotloseabela7292]

Ah we had such a good squad and one of the greatest captains in Graeme Smith

[@rahulhebbar7240]

Ian Bell was treat to watch🔥

[@rohanyeole6520]

Those were the days when Hashim Amla used to field at short leg and I feel his head was one of the luckiest.

[@himanshuverma8353]

Graeme Smith SA was the team of 11 sharpshooters

[@basitali3651]

23:35: What a delivery. Just love it to watch in Test cricket.

[@soumalyanandy4818]

We want this quality of test cricket back consistently in this era

[@royalboy2850]

By making flat decks 🤣🤣 which is most in 2000s most flat deck era of test cricket 🤣🤣 you call this quality cricket

[@Pruthvi123]

This decade is perfect for test cricket no flat pitches teams getting all out it shows how weak they are in test cricket

[@shivamshukla861]

Now days test cricket has become 20-20 but i have taken full pleasure of test cricket the time when Radio commentry was at its peak but these days it is not so popular as it was before so let's try to extend the fixture of test cricket because this is real cricket and red ball does something different when it is played and i still remember that era when Peterson thrashed many teams many times and he could still play more if he was asked to do but he took retirement very early due to his personal reasons. Hats off to him for brilliant career.

[@mallikarjunroyal6878]

Test cricket is Good now a days

[@reguit5849]

The quality of batting then is far better than what we have now

[@dhavalkumarmendpara]

Just pure class from Amla..

[@SirANK8]

Pietersen from 2005 to 2009 was the best batsman I’ve seen play for England. Sad that injuries and mismanagement from both KP and the ECB meant he couldn’t keep going and end up with around 30 test tons.

[@rahultiwari-dx8qo]

22

[@parthteng9832]

Till 2013 he was the best after Cook for England

[@BJJPaulos74]

Although I generally agree, he still averaged 45 between 2010 and that final Ashes Test , including 3 of the best innings I've seen anyone play in that 2012 season, that 149 against SA, against Steyn, Philander, Morkel, Tahir and Kallis, smashing them around like an under 12 side. Then his 186 in India on a spinning track, scoring nearly at a run a ball. Then the same year in Sri Lanka his 151 off 165 balls again on a turning track where Swann picked up 10 wickets as well. The year before he smashed 202 and 175 against India in England. No doubt he struggled when he tore his achilles half way through 2009 and missed half the Ashes and then was rushed backed for the SA tour, where he was still limping around and really shouldn't have been there. It took him a year or so to really find his form again, which was in the 2010 Ashes down under when we won, where he scored a double ton and several other scores. Then he got hurt against against NZ away with a bruised bone, which is a bad injury but unlike now the ECB just didn't give him time to get rested and properly fit, like they've done with Stokes and Wood etc. He'd have thrived under McClorrum and Stokes captaincy, no fear of failure, encouraged to play in franchise cricket, time off from silly bilateral one dayers, basically most of which he highlighted when playing and got abuse for.

[@markhayward7400]

Strauss and Cook together were the last great test match opening partnership England had. A measure of how far we have fallen from their standard can be seen every time walking wicket Crawley comes out to bat!

[@SeanBeatsMapson]

Tbf you are comparing two players, who were both arguably the finest opening batsman of their era, it’s hard to get one of these players. England were blessed with two, opening the batting is the hardest role in test cricket other than maybe the number 3 or 4 positions. You face a new ball, fit bowlers, and in England a ball that swings 90 degrees. There’s very few successful opening batsman in the current era, maybe Warner, Conway (hasn’t done it long enough), khwaja (Australia took a punt on him but he won’t be around Minch longer). Cook averaged 45+ which is phenomenal for an opener in England, take into consideration openers rarely get many not outs. If he was a number 4 he would probably average well into the 50’s with not outs. But yes Crawley is not up to the grade, but to compare him to Strauss and Cook is unfair. They were generational talents.

[@markhayward7400]

@SeanBeatsMapson You make some good points. I live in Kent and watch a lot of Kent playing cricket. Crawley is a showboater addicted to the front foot drive whose defence is non existent against the moving ball. Technically he is not up to it. The irony is that Kent do have a technically proficient opener who is up to it and who averages 50+ in first class cricket : the left hander, Ben Compton !

[@nasimkhan5211]

Watching these highlights reminds how talented cricketers cricket had.

[@ShahrukhKhan-bs2fs]

Imagine the score of England in first innings had the drs was introduced earlier 😯

[@Soubhik12345.]

Long live Test Cricket!!

[@eutopean7822]

13:44 lovely setup for disabled people.Thats why england is king of test match hosting

[@Batman-q7m]

Prince was so underrated player.

[@SeanBeatsMapson]

He definitely was not underrated. He had the misfortune of playing in a team that consisted of smith, de villiers, kallis and amla. Smith - 48+ average Amla 46+ average Kallis - 55+ average De villiers- 50+ average Prince - 41+ average And someone who is of African heritage and lives in England, I watched South Africa play at every chance, Prince was the perfect number 5 batsman. And the number 5 is usually a batsman who gets no glory but is normally the glue of a batting line up. He can come in and have to slog and give his wicket up for quick runs, or he comes in at 25/3 and he has to hold the innings together. And prince always stood up when he needed too and was always given credit for that. But he was not underrated at all he has some of the finest batsman to play the game ahead of him.

[@SeanBeatsMapson]

Paul collingwood played a very similar role for England as prince! And I’d say both were very under appreciated but not underrated.

[@mdrizwanhaider5782]

Master class Hashim Amla you superb class player❤

[@zahidkp6640]

Kevin Pietersen was the greatest batsman on that time his style is unmatched❤

[@Srinivas_Lakshman]

Admin is great, he changed the title after seeing suggestions from comments 😃

[@TheIkaraCult]

That movement from Steyn at 1.50, and Michael Vaughan's expression just going "ooooh i was never getting that"

[@-CricketLover]

Strauss played quality shots,very good at playing square of the wicket

[@simlasaha1538]

Who else got it recommended after SA beat ENG in the first TEST at lord's 2022?

[@SPINAZZOLA-h5h]

This is why called old is gold

[@thejdsgames1552]

24:11 The other instance of Alistair Cook bowling after his hilariously bad bowling vs India in 2014.

[@danielpooley7148]

Didn’t he get a wicket against India

[@thejdsgames1552]

@@danielpooley7148 He did but my original comment still stands lol.

[@HassanAli-xl8kr]

Well great match now these sorts matches are rare to find in game

[@gkarthikeyan5348]

Great effort from Smith & co to show their skill at away ground. three superb centuries in 2nd innings by McKenzie, Smith and Amla!!

[@akashagrahari9640]

Quality highlights from ecb n lcg everything in this match.

[@bluegreen3771]

A similar fightback needed now.

[@salmanalihashmi7264]

Let's appreciate how well sa Batted in second innings. Golden days

[@ankushkhedkar7007]

Ashwell Prince and Neil McKenzie batted amazing!

[@HassanAli-xl8kr]

I think it's the final test series of Vaughan as England player and skipper

[@TREVORALLMAN]

Was at Lord's for the Fifth Day.

[@ramansingh2681]

4:51 6:18 11:55 12:25 13:22 14:52 15:08 15:56 23:37 16:51 20:07 21:09 23:57

[@visweswarraopappu7757]

Morkel cranking it up

[@RajKumar-z9s3i]

Classic test match. Miss old days!

[@Mayhemracing0016]

We need this broad and Ian bell like resilience from pope today

[@brendanlazaroo7668]

10:46 Steve Waugh was out for 199 in 1999 in Bridgetown! (unless they meant in England!)

[@kevin__x__7]

Back in the days there is no drs still they managed such records 💀

[@eutopean7822]

10:52 legendary frame

[@fungaimagumise4360]

Was a very good era for test cricket this one

[@rishikeshyadav915]

Ian bell shots glorious ❤❤❤

[@hassinakhatune6916]

Can't wait for tomorrow's test match at Lord's!

[@sakshamkulshrestha6080]

Which match

[@Mayhemracing0016]

Exactly buddy we need this broad again and pope looking strong hope he shows resilience like bell did in this match 🤞

[@_yochith_]

@@Mayhemracing0016 pope resembles Bell

[@gehlotbhavdeep.18]

Good quality of cricket 🙂

[@shahrukhsaiyed3175]

Excellent Shot ❤ 22:02

[@rohanyeole6520]

One thing is common Broad and Anderson were dominating under the clouds in 2008 And they are still dominating under the clouds in 2022. Well we've seen a pair of home track bullies now for more than a decade.

[@SB288]

both teams were at peak at that time.

[@lokendrasingh4817]

Ian Bell underrated cricketer

[@ShatapDiablo]

one of the greatest taste match ever

[@rohiniruwanlatha4987]

This match was rather good.

[@HassanAli-xl8kr]

Swing bowling at its best by England

[@sameeraftab5684]

Ryan Sidebottom's bowling action was more like today's Trent Boult.

[@innocentvicky4316]

13:20 wow cant belive this

[@ShahrukhKhan-bs2fs]

23:29 at last 😂

[@basitali3651]

SA 2nd Inns - 393/3 d G Smith 107 N McKenzie 138 H Amla 1O4* J Kallis 13 A Prince 9

[@harshshah6648]

Prime Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Graeme Smith & Hashim Amla

[@mcgammiris7373]

12:39 he dropped it!

[@graememason6419]

No he had his fingers under it, the bounce was the ball bouncing up from the fingers, not the ground

[@RBenjo21]

Cook’s first over in Tests too.

[@sivasivan6206]

I Love 💕 sauth Africa cricket team ❤

[@ranaashu2828]

SA old team🌪️🌪️🌪️🌪️

[@ALLRNDCRICKETER]

Anyone got the highlights of the headingly match or whatever it was where Vaughan made a century?

[@abhishekpawar4550]

Andrew strass is greatest captain in England cricket 🏏🏏🏏And world 🌍🌍🌍 cricket

[@mgrragul1782]

😂😂😂

[@saket174]

Ashwell Prince was a class!

[@afzalmuthiya9345]

Class 🔥🔥

[@ravin8]

Epic Proteas💐🔥

[@mayurbhoite9241]

Hashim Amla ❤

[@asifamin14]

From 22 players on the pitch 2 are still playing

[@gautamsharma3891]

South African🇿🇦 team is best👍💯💯

[@MuhammadRamzan-iz1sl]

I think Andrew Strauss wouldn't been take a review but he failed to do this as he thought probably I have gotten out but it was quite pitching out side

[@rohanyeole6520]

Surprisingly Dale Steyn's test average in England is 30.11!!..

[@eyecontrol4900]

he came up against a pretty strong england lineup in the 2008 and 2012 series.

[@ਸਿਧੂਬਰਾੜਕੇ]

@@eyecontrol4900 but steyn was the one of the main reasons for sa win in these 2 series

[@ਸਿਧੂਬਰਾੜਕੇ]

@@eyecontrol4900 eng batting lineup from 2008-2012 was strong with Strauss cook Trott bell Pietersen Collingwood prior and broad was also good batter back then

[@molvibhatti6098]

Kp at his best ❤

[@Az-om8rw]

The producer who decided not to show the batsman's scores made this game uninteresting despite your title.

[@sulemanjoosab]

Monty panesar is the great spinner of all time

[@Hollywoodmovies286]

Neil Mckenzie Underated player!!

[@nitishbhardwaj3247]

KP 🤩

[@pianistindisguise3087]

Class..

[@basitali3651]

This series SA won by 2-1 (4).

[@Asrcreations1]

KP was the one of the very best in the world

[@pratyushmanas8685]

Steyn wasn't there or what

[@NaveenKumar-ou3kl]

He has taken Vaughan's wicket

[@mehrajdin3632]

Amla's wrists are made in Heaven 💕

[@munishgoyat644]

Today broad retired from international cricket 😢

[@aitzaztarar7538]

KP My best♥️🇵🇰

[@ashwanidas8283]

7 :42 is it a clean catch

[@spark422]

If Flintoff would have played in this match, the result would be different.

[@wasimsyed9220]

0.15..the pace !!!!

[@pat1589]

Broad was handy with the bat until he got wrecked by Mitchell Johnson.

[@shabazqureshi5700]

Upload Daily. Highlights

[@syeedchowdhury2501]

First innings Peterson eng bell eng Prince SA second innings Smith Sa Mckinze SA Amla SA England got Cocky.. but SA adjusted and Eng couldn't do anything

[@RahulSharma-re8kx]

Ashwell prince underrated

[@aitzaztarar7538]

♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿♥️

[@mango7880]

Why they booing Smith?

[@kank2010]

❤️❤️❤️

[@jacobburtonswfc]

I'd have batted SA out the game

[@animeshlavania6421]

Prince one of the most unrecognized batsman eva i would say geez those cover drives were amazing

[@ruchirmundhra6716]

Since when did a high scoring drawn game become a classic test 😂?

[@kamilmansoor9193]

Test cricket in those days was pure emotions

[@khanjaved1324]

Smith kallis amla devilliers what side Africa that era

[@naturebeauty2312]

Hasim Amla one of the finest pure class Batman..waaaao!