England vs South Africa, 4th Test, South Africa tour of England, 2017 - CommentaryENG vs RSA, 4th Test, South Africa tour of England, 2017 - Commentary

Stuart: If SA still had a lineup of Smith, Petersen, Amla, Kallis, AbdV and Faf, I wouldn't be phased. But this will be over today still...

Drew: "Do the conditions considerably favour the team batting first? Because every Test has been won by the team batting first in this series, and no team has opted to bowl having won the toss?" The results would suggest so, but I don't think that's the case. In fact, it wasn't a bad toss to lose for South Africa here itself. Just that their batsmen have let them down so far

Amogh: "Got an exam in a couple of days, but this match just keeps swinging like a pendulum and keeps me glued. Can't study folks" Good to see you've got your priorities right

Ranjeet says: Always fascinating to watch players like Stokes and Flintoff. Never a dull moment when they are on field" And that very nature meant that he got frustrated after four consecutive maidens

Manish says: Jennings went on to make century after he was dropped on 0 in India last time! Another one coming up? He'd need something like that to hang on to his spot

Justin: "I, for one, believe in Haseeb Hameed more than Keaton Jennings." I find it hard to disagree. Didn't see a lot of Hameed from the poor summer he had, but he inspired a lot of confidence in India

Rohit Patel: "Big big innings for Keaton Jennings this!!!!! Probably the last chance to prove his worth" And he's just got a big slice of luck

Aryan Arora: "What happened to the lateral movement post lunch?" It seems to have faded, ball coming on nicely now. But I would still not call it 'flat'

Ayush Sharma: Bairstow was lucky to reach the 50 run mark with countless plays and misses and that DRS saving review despite on field call being out, which actually looked out. However he played like a champion after crossing 50 and deserved to get his 100. Mixed feelings

Drew: "RSA Highest 1st wicket partnership in this series - 21" Haven't cross-checked, but it's not ideal, is it?

Raijo Philip: This late onslaught from Bairstow is going to hurt South Africa later in the match.

Rajat kelkar: I hope karma balances it out today. Morkel was just absolutely brilliant yesterday without any luck" His luck is going the exact same route so far

JA: I think with technology giving the clear view, the idea of soft signal bears no importance. And in given case, correct decision is made.

Kranthi Aravelli: "Kane Williamson! Home Bully!? If I'm not wrong he has runs all over the world." -- Yeah, that was meant to be a joke. A bad attempt

Bala: "Has the rule not yet imposed for umpire call will not deduct the reviews?" -- Nope..that's coming in from the 1st of October

Rajat Kelkar: "Joe Root struggles when the ball is swinging.So do Smith and Kohli. Williamson has the perfect technique in these conditions. Correct?" -- New Zealand isn't all that different in terms of the amount of movement that we have today. #HomeBullies

RakeshC: "Rabada dint like that comment :P"

Jogi: "Tells you a poor story about South Africa's seamers when Maharaj is the best bowler on the first day in Manchester." -- He's the leading wicket taker in the series for a reason. And the reason is that he is bloody good

Karthik: "If you compare how England batsmen are scoring runs here in session 1 of Day 1 (CRR - 2.5) and how India scored in the session 1 of Day 1, you can yourself figure out why India is no.1 in the Test rankings." -- You can also figure out how different the conditions are. And how good the bowling attack the respective teams facing are.

Drew: "Westley is one of the best I have seen at managing not to nick one off when he gets beaten." -- That's a skill in itself. Let's hope it is deliberate

Sanket: "Don't forget Alex Hales in the list of other openers England have." -- Duckett, Lyth, Compton, Carberry. Hope that exhausts the list

Ankit Garg: "Jennings has failed continuously in this series, don't England have any other openers?" -- There's Hameed batting around in the nets adjacent to the ground. Ballance is injured. Robson is in playing county

Rohit: "Probably the last chance to impress for someone who got a hundred on test debut if you know what I mean." -- No, no...there is a certain 15921-run record to be broken

Anon: "I repeat my question: Why is Tahir not a first choice spinner for SA?" -- Here are his stats - 20 Tests, 57 wickets, average: 40.24, strike rate: 68.8. These are Maharaj's - 10 Tests, 40 wickets, average: 25.97, strike rate: 52.9. Take your pick!

Rajinder: "Poor, poor team selection by SA, how can they drop Morris, he can give you more runs than Kuhn and can bowl 150 kph." -- Nope he isn't dropped. Injury is a thing - lower back strain

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