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Thanks Daniel, hello everyone. “What did Mahmood do wrong?” asks Ian Wilson. “Jordan’s last three overs were pathetic and Mahmood bowled really well early on. We could have kept the score down by at least a dozen runs.”
Well, Jordan’s a specialist at the death, and I didn’t think be bowled particularly badly – he just got tagged by a very good death hitter. I suspect Morgan didn’t want to expose a debutant to such a dangerous player. I’m sure the plan was for him to bowl during the middle overs, but the spinners were doing well enough that the opportunity didn’t arise.
That, then, is the end of me. Thanks all for your company and comments; please bestow both upon Rob Smyth, who’ll narrate the glorious collapse. You can email him on rob.smyth@theguardian.com, or tweet @AsIf. Ta ra.
Written by Rob Smyth (now) and Daniel Harris (earlier)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/feb/09/south-africa-england-third-odi-live under the title “South Africa set England target of 257 to win third ODI and draw series – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
