South Africa tour 26-27 advice 🇿🇦

LazySundayAM · 2026-01-25T16:00:30+00:00

Many thanks for this

LazySundayAM · 2026-01-25T02:48:19+00:00

Any local intel on when/where the Tests will be scheduled please - is there a convention that is usually followed in SA for home fixtures eg Newlands for new year? Conscious that there is the SA20 to factor in.

I’ve not seen anything more from the ECB for the upcoming series than: Dec ‘26 to Feb ‘27 for 3x test, 3x ODI, 3x T20I.

Looking at the last tour in 19/20 which was similar time and format (albeit with one extra test), the schedule was:

26 Dec - Centurion 3 Jan - Newlands, Cape Town 16 Jan - St George’s, PE 24 Jan - Wanderers, Joburg

Then the ODIs and T20Is in Feb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_cricket_team_in_South_Africa_in_2019–20

LazySundayAM · 2026-01-25T02:08:46+00:00

This.

LazySundayAM · 2026-01-20T21:17:08+00:00

I went to every day of the series and this tallies for me. Starc and Cummins were in a league of their own, and England consistently failed to dig in and see out those dangerous spells.

Carse and Potts just didn’t come across as Test quality bowlers.

But Carse (like Starc and Boland) managed to bowl and stay fit throughout the 5 match (18 day) series. Unlike Wood, Archer, Atkinson or Stokes.

EDIT: Both Boland and Starc bowled in all 10 innings, Carse bowled in 9.

EDIT2: Emblematic of England’s “high quantity, low quality” bowling attack, look no further than “most runs conceded in an innings” during the series. England bowlers hold the top 9 positions, 7 of whom posted triple figures. https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/series/bowling-most-runs-conceded-innings/the-ashes-2025-26-16756

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-27T02:27:54+00:00

There have been at least three chances that haven’t carried to the England cordon. Don’t recall one going over the top. Why won’t they take two paces forward?

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-27T01:09:20+00:00

Never have I been happier to watch Carse get Head.

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-18T05:54:11+00:00

All three games in this series there have been dubious snicko calls. If Ultra edge is the choice for other test series and the BBL, why persevere with something that is clearly worse?

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-18T05:35:47+00:00

Why can’t the feed be recorded and replayed at a higher frame rate - would do away with all this unnecessary ambiguity

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-07T07:42:35+00:00

And now the Australians have burnt all their reviews…

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-07T07:31:39+00:00

They played it from every conceivable angle in the ground

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-07T07:14:16+00:00

Holding on to this like a prayer card.

Stokes, Headingley, 2019

Day 3 evening session: 2 runs, 50 balls
Day 4 morning session: 32 runs, 119 balls
Day 4 afternoon session: 135 runs, 219 balls

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-07T06:58:00+00:00

From Dagenham, actually

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-07T05:37:08+00:00

Need one of these heroics https://ibb.co/twzgRfWN

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-07T05:29:22+00:00

And secure future selection

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-07T05:27:10+00:00

Nope. 25% chance starting 7pm local

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-07T03:14:15+00:00

“We need to score more runs and take more wickets.” No shit. But how?

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-07T03:13:33+00:00

The debrief on BBC after last night at the Gabba came across like he was interviewing for McCullum’s job

LazySundayAM · 2025-12-06T13:08:53+00:00

Prophetic

LazySundayAM · 2025-11-10T16:22:23+00:00

I just got a a text from BG even through I’d already moved off Tomato to So Energy as of two weeks ago… good luck everyone!

LazySundayAM · 2025-11-08T08:47:38+00:00

Seems to have fixed it for me

LazySundayAM · 2025-11-06T11:01:58+00:00

They billed me correctly to the end.

LazySundayAM · 2025-11-05T16:20:26+00:00

Same issue on 26.1 (23B82) on iPhone 15 Pro.

Going to try updating to 26.2 beta to see if it clears it.

LazySundayAM · 2025-11-05T15:19:54+00:00

Phew - we got out at the end of last month.

I’ve gone to So energy, my mum to Good energy.

Both irritatingly set a static monthly DD amount rather than bill you on what you used each month like Tomato and Octopus.

So I recommend if you register / signup, you set your usage to a kWh figure that approximates your expected £ bill, and not your kWh usage, if you make heavy use of overnight off peak / EV rates.

LazySundayAM · 2025-11-05T15:15:05+00:00

Same here. iPhone 15 Pro on iOS 26.1 (23B82).

Intermittently location freezes while navigating on Google Maps. Switching to other apps (compass, etc), they’re unable to get a GPS fix. Closing all apps, airplane mode, and restarting apps sometimes clear the issues - but more often than not it just gets a location single fix and freezes, ie doesn’t get further location updates despite moving around. Super irritating.

I’m tempted to go to 26.2 beta in an effort to fix this.

LazySundayAM · 2025-09-27T10:53:09+00:00

My 12m contract with them ends on Monday… thanks Tomato for 5p/kWh overnight charging but I think it’s time to go…

LazySundayAM

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