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General Cricket => Latest Matches => Ashes 2015 => Topic started by: Buzz on July 08, 2015, 09:31:04 AM
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Here we go.
England batting.
Eng: Cook, Lyth, Ballance, Bell, Roooooot, Stokes, Buttler, Ali, Broad, Wood, Anderson
Aus: Rodgers, Warner, Smith, Clarke, Voges, Watson, Haddin, Johnson, Starc, Hazlewood, Lyon
Stewie says the pitch is a massive road.
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Is that some sunlight I see? In Cardiff...?
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England bat first, come on Cook & Lyth lets get the series off to a good start!
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Soo excited
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Hover cover went on just before that ad-break...
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Ponting has the worst hair dye in the world haha
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How about we get on with the cricket instead of this stupid flag parade!
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Cant fathom Watson being pick infront of Marsh
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To quote Bumble - "Get on with the Game!!!!!"
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Get on with it.
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I'm going to the game on Saturday & Sunday. First time going to a test match. Does anyone who's been before know if you're allowed out of the ground, and then allowed back in again, during the lunch break and/or during a weather stoppage?
If not, then I'd better take a small bag with some food with me...
Thanks
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Oh great its started raining :(
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delays just add to the nerves.
for the fans that is!!
thing is with cricket, you just don't know what is going to happen :)
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Good start
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Lyth gone :(
How long until the press start calling for another new opener then?
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Ballance almost gone there
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call me biased,as I go in number 1(when i'm not in a run drought!) but you have to persevere with opening batsman, it really is one good ball and youre out.....
we know our press thou don't we?
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He's Yorkshire though, so most of them like him. Can already hear boycott droning on about bairstow.
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Mitch Johnson already on to bowl
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He's Yorkshire though, so most of them like him. Can already hear boycott droning on about bairstow.
Bairstow is quality.Hope he gets another chance maybe later this series or on the next tour. Just as an out and out batsman he's good enough
would put him ahead or hales or JT
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Someone needs to tell Lyth it's not a one day game.
Trying to play too much there too early.
Basics costing England early.
Ballance looking jumpy
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Aggressive stuff from Clarke getting Lyon on early
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I think Clarke is trying to gain some control over his bowlers.
All he needs right now is to bowl at the stumps which Starc and Hazlewood are struggling with
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Please get out soon Ballance. He has to be the most negative batsman on the planet.
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I think Clarke is trying to gain some control over his bowlers.
All he needs right now is to bowl at the stumps which Starc and Hazlewood are struggling with
Yeah I agree, Aussies are being too impatient with the ball, trying for a wicket every ball.
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Jeez the pitch seems a bit two paced
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Hazelwood is a fine bowler.
OH DEAR
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Good wicket for lyon
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Aussies need to realise this isn't a an Australian track and they have to graft for their wickets.
Bairstow must be pack his bags for the next test match as I can't see Ballance carrying on like this.
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Cook out oh dear.
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oh gawd, Clarke brings Lyon on far far earlier than anyone else would and gets a wicket.
it's not luck it's reading the game. Good captaincy from the Aussies...
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Why cut that close to your body?? Go well Bell
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Need Bell to stand up and be counted today more than ever. Hope he's got it in him.
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What the hell is bell doing?
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Bell gone too. In trouble here.
Didn't review it
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Bell gone for nothing again!
Need a big score from Rooty here.
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Bell gone!
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Oh look, he's out. I will forever associate his ten year tenure as an England player with soft runs. A couple of years after he's retired I will have long forgotten him. Absolutely no backbone in him at all.
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Lots of weight on the shoulders of young root here - too much I fear
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Root's been dropped!
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Australians now pitching it up!
Didn't take them long to work it out.
Ian Bell horrifically out of form and probably become the scapegoat again.
Can England really afford to drop their number 3 and 4 (and possible even the number 1)?
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top over that
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Starc causing havoc!
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Hopefully Anderson, Broad and co are watching this!
Pitch it up and cause mayhem.
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yes but we need something for them to bowl at :)
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You can't win a Test match on a first morning, but you can certainly lose it
I don't think we're quite ready for that quote, but we're near it
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Notice on that drop catch Watson at first slip doing everything possible to run away from the ball >:(
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What's happened?
England were 42-1 when I last checked the live score, I re-open it and they're 47-3
It's time for Bell to go, surely?
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would much rather he stuck around and guts out an ugly 40 when we needed it rather than a beautiful 50 when we don't.
He is fabulous to watch but this is test cricket and it's supposed to be tough.
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Bell not looking like the same player he was the last few years.
Maybe dragging England through the last Ashes has taken its toll on him. Looked confident, but didn't apply this.
In other news... Does anyone know where Siddle is? Always has been a thorn in England's side. Does the KP dropping mean that Siddle will struggle to get wickets?
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why would you win the toss and bat first in bowler friendly conditions, especially when you know the forecast is sunshine from tomorrow?
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Cause looking at how variable the bounce is on the first morning batting last is going to be very tough.
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Cause looking at how variable the bounce is on the first morning batting last is going to be very tough.
Imagine how hard it would be to play a decent leggy on this come day 5.
If only England had one of them... Oh wait, they do and he wasn't selected!
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Johnson is looking a little, erm, wild this morning.
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Dropping Ellen is looking costly.
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Runs flowing now! Could have been a far worse session.
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He bowls to the left
He bowls the riiiiiight
That Mitchell Johnson
His bowling is s**te
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Aussies looked impatient, trying too much.
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Runs only really flowing because we've lost three wickets and Root is now batting. That isn't right!
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Runs only really flowing because we've lost three wickets and Root is now batting. That isn't right!
From what I have read, the aussie bowlers are giving a lot of "hit me" balls too.
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The Aussies are trying a little to hard and producing hit me balls. Is this the plan though?
The Root chance could've easily gone to hands.
I can't understand Cook batting first when he knew our batting is struggling a bit.
It would've been nice to see the Aussies 3 down at lunch. Particularly both openers and Smith or Clarke.
Can't see Moeen being a success here, maybe the Aussies will smash him back to County obscurity like they did with Kerrigan and Woakes.
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Imagine how hard it would be to play a decent leggy on this come day 5.
If only England had one of them... Oh wait, they do and he wasn't selected!
I fear you've been caught up in the phoney war about Rashid.
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I think the Rashid debate is an interesting one.
We have struggled to blood a new spinner since Swann.
Personally I think England went off the boil due to their success during the 05 ashes and on wards. The result of this is that we are now currently in a lull where none of the players are quite good enough at Test Match level.
I honestly believe that trying to blood new players in during the Ashes is a poisoned chalice. If they wanted Rashid to play then he would of had to have played a part in the Windies and New Zealand.
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I honestly believe that trying to blood new players in during the Ashes is a poisoned chalice. If they wanted Rashid to play then he would of had to have played a part in the Windies and New Zealand.
Exactly, they clearly never had any intention of playing him in the Ashes. Personally I haven't got any issues with Ali so I don't see what all the fuss is about, he does a good enough job and can more than handle his own batting.
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50 runs for Root, touch wood but he is going very well here.
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Mitch J's average in England approaching 40. Currently 39.82.
stat from @thecricketgeek
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some of us could do worse than copy Ballance at the moment, clearly out of form but getting stuck in there and not giving it away-sticking to his areas
take note Ian Bell also please :)
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My work colleague has just dropped a Haddin-esq clanger.
How do Sky Sports measure the RPM on spin bowlers.
Google appears to be inconclusive, some say hawkeye, some say radar.
Nothing can actually provide an answer.
Is the system just a gimmick?
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My work colleague has just dropped a Haddin-esq clanger.
How do Sky Sports measure the RPM on spin bowlers.
Google appears to be inconclusive, some say hawkeye, some say radar.
Nothing can actually provide an answer.
Is the system just a gimmick?
They have a guy watching that can count really really quick!
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some of us could do worse than copy Ballance at the moment, clearly out of form but getting stuck in there and not giving it away-sticking to his areas
take note Ian Bell also please :)
I don't think Ian Bell has ever been a gritty run getter. The pressure seems to always get to him. Usually only scoring runs against very average bowling attacks.
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They have a guy watching that can count really really quick!
Not really, I bet it's just a bit of maths. RPM is rev's per minute so 60 seconds. A delivery takes less than second to get down the other end, so I imagine Sky maybe have some software to slow mo the first fraction of a second out of the hand, count how many revolutions occurred and x 60 seconds/by the time elapsed . I guess somebody could be sat there counting it and banging a number into a keypad but it would be hard work doing it for 30 overs in a day.
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Gritty 50 from Gary Ballance
He might not be in the greatest of form but he's stuck around and accumulated.
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And that's why ballance is already better than Ian bell.
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Not really, I bet it's just a bit of maths. RPM is rev's per minute so 60 seconds. A delivery takes less than second to get down the other end, so I imagine Sky maybe have some software to slow mo the first fraction of a second out of the hand, count how many revolutions occurred and x 60 seconds/by the time elapsed . I guess somebody could be sat there counting it and banging a number into a keypad but it would be hard work doing it for 30 overs in a day.
There'll be a simple computer program which can take a point of the ball as it leaves the hand, follow round one full rotation and calculate the total number it can do in one minute.
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Been watching the cricket with my old man. He is retired and is a season ticket holder at Somerset. Here are some of his quotes:
1 "Lyth is rubbish, I've seen much better opening batsmen this season at Taunton". "Like who?" I ask. "I can't remember their names" he replies.
2. "You have to play for either Lancashire or Yorkshire to be picked for England."
3. "Jos Butler is not a very good keeper. He can't bat very well either. He only left Somerset so he could play for England."
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I'm gonna try ignore the face palm moment in this thread.......
Root piling on the runs. The drop costing Aussies here. Root living up to his hype. Gerrysa's profile will be turning in its banned grave.
Balance digging in and showing runs against Aussies easier than nz, windies and the county side he's recently failed against.
Unfortunately I'm not sure England will make a dent on this pitch either. Draw on the horizon
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I don't think Ian Bell has ever been a gritty run getter. The pressure seems to always get to him. Usually only scoring runs against very average bowling attacks.
not sure that's right, he has scored runs against every attack so unless youre considering them all poor? didn't get many in his first big series-2005, but has scored pretty consistently.
But get your point,not sure if it's pressure but at Test level what Ballance has done today if far more valuable.
I know from reading many posts Bell is not a favourite on these boards and I can see why.
any cricket, batting especially, is what you can do for the team. Great to watch a fluid player in full flow but sometimes the more valuable players are the ones that get runs when it's difficult.
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What's wrong with Ian Bell, next you'll be saying Ravi Bop isn't a ODI Legend!
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Ballance misses a half volley again
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Glad to see Ballance silencing the critics.
Stood strong in a really tough spell this morning, hopefully goes on now to make some real runs and cement his place. (Ballance wicket as I am typing.
In regard to Ian Bell, this is my personal opinion, in all honesty I like the guy as a player and when he is hot I don't think there are many better to watch as a batsman.
However, my memory is clouded by many Bell failures and also being of the generation when Bell has always been the scapegoat for any England failures. This may not be fact, but, my memories of Bell are a start of many failures, a middle of a lot of runs and unfortunately ending how he started. Hopefully the guy can shut me up in this series and score a match winning knock, but if his current form dictates, he won't be playing the 4th or 5th test match.
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Roooooot!
Another brilliant 100, taken it to the Aussies!
Haddin's drop looking costly now :D
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ROOOOOOOOOOOOOT!
How sick do you think Haddin currently feels? :D
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I've said on this forum before that Haddin keeps like his feet are glued together. Very costly and he missed a few chances on the last tour. Long way to go yet though!
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i'm a pretty big Bell fan to be honest but if you look at his career overall he certainly appears to benefit when someone else scores a ton, rather than going out and leading the way.
He batted well for England with Pieterson, perhaps playing second fiddle to a more dominant player.
He averages in the forties which is pretty good, but us old ones on the forum(!) would tell you flatter pitches,tests designed to last 5 days,no waqar/wasim/marchall/ambrose/donald etc etc probably put's 5-10 on your average.
So mid forties is good but certainly not great in todays game.
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I've said on this forum before that Haddin keeps like his feet are glued together. Very costly and he missed a few chances on the last tour. Long way to go yet though!
The poor bloke wanted one last Ashes series before he was put in a retirement home! Let's not be too critical of his footwork, he isn't allowed to field with his Zimmer frame, after all ;)
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Glad to see Ballance silencing the critics.
Really? I wouldn't call this silencing his critics, yeah he stuck about but he's barely looked convincing at all - look at the speed Root scored compared to him, they were facing the same bowlers after all
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I can not stand the Sky Sports commentators,
Constantly reminding us we have an attacking middle order, Stokes, Buttler, Ali. Just makes it all the more embarrassing when we collapse.
Ali hasn't done anything significant recently. Buttler is hit and miss. Stokes now has the Freddie tag attached to him plus the pressure from the captain. Lots of weight on those young shoulders.
Hopefully we can put on another 150/200, but just because we have an attacking middle order doesn't guarantee we will hit runs.
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Take into account one of the batsmen is in form and the other is horrendously out of form. Then continuing to bat through whilst the top 4 were walking back to the pavilion.
Maybe I was a bit premature saying he has silenced the cricket, but, that knock has probably given him some confidence back that he needed.
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Ballance scores his 10th 50 in 24 innings. Can't complain too much at that.
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Warner to root? Interesting...
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Surely this is mind games more than anything haha
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Has to be! Our tea lady does more with the ball!
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Soft dismissal from root before the new ball. Looked like a tired shot.
Could lose a few here against the new ball
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Looked as if Root was struggling.
Maybe with his back.
Hopefully nothing long term
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This pitch is DEAD.
Dropping short is an utter waste of time as even cowards can hook a boundary on this deck.
Short of Australia having a brain fade batting collapse, you would think there are stacks of runs to be had on this pitch.
If this is an indication of the pitches we will be served up this series, it would seem that the ECCB are hoping for four dull draws and a hopeful Aussie brainfade somewhere for a win to pinch the series.
Mighty fine innings by Root today all the same. But easier to do when the fangs have been removed from the cobra as Smith and Kohli proved on the roads in Oz this last summer.
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This pitch is DEAD.
Dropping short is an utter waste of time as even cowards can hook a boundary on this deck.
Short of Australia having a brain fade batting collapse, you would think there are stacks of runs to be had on this pitch.
If this is an indication of the pitches we will be served up this series, it would seem that the ECCB are hoping for four dull draws and a hopeful Aussie brainfade somewhere for a win to pinch the series.
Mighty fine innings by Root today all the same. But easier to do when the fangs have been removed from the cobra as Smith and Kohli proved on the roads in Oz this last summer.
Quite agree, boring wicket so far, lifeless and not what cricket needs. No physical threat so batsmen are able to play the short ball with impunity
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Quite agree, boring wicket so far, lifeless and not what cricket needs. No physical threat so batsmen are able to play the short ball with impunity
Seriously, Root is a class player on more challenging wickets than this one. What highlighted the placid nature of the pitch though was Moeen Ali hooking bumpers for four with all the time in the world. The same Moeen Ali who was shitting his pants facing the no more than lively medium pace of Ishant Sharma last northern summer.
If you love batathons, this is the pitch for you. Root was enjoying himself out there today...like batting in a benefit.
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Quite agree, boring wicket so far, lifeless and not what cricket needs. No physical threat so batsmen are able to play the short ball with impunity
Let's not forget though there was some pretty poor bowing at Cardiff today .
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Any thoughts on what , if any , changes should be made to the batting order , such as root to 3 and buttler or stokes moved higher up in the order as our current top 4 lack a certain spark and ability to score quick runs.
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also suggest your "dream" batting order , mine is
Ballance
Cook
Root
Bell
Buttler
Stokes
Bairstow (wk)
Ali
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Any thoughts on what , if any , changes should be made to the batting order , such as root to 3 and buttler or stokes moved higher up in the order as our current top 4 lack a certain spark and ability to score quick runs.
The thing is James there's a lots of overs in test cricket which means there's normally no need to score quick runs especially on the 1st day
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If Ballance is the best number 3 you can find then I'm shocked. He's like watching paint dry, and thats bad for the paint.
Aussies bowled very poorly to him, I don't think they will make the same mistake for the rest of the series.
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@potzy248 exactly what i'm thinking. He hasn't gone big since at least the West Indies tests and i am not even sure he played well then. Today was OK with 61 but he was slow scoring and boring to watch.
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Fair play to ballance, did what he had to do, steady'd the ship. That's what England needed. From where we were in the morning we ended well. Great days cricket.
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Just seen the highlights as above Ballance did a job and i think batted pretty well
No its not pretty and he has limited shots but he held things together and showed he can battle throu some average form
Surely thats what you want to do as a top order batter?
The aussies have had a full day in the field and we are still batting day 2
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had a brilliant day at the cricket. my first ever test match. met @Aswani Cricket and had a chat in the shop and also @thebigginge at the grays nics stand. went back a couple of times trying to decide if i wanted to buy the powerbow players bat they had but eventually decided against it.
good fightback by england, ballance wasn't pretty to watch but he got the job done. root and stokes look really good in the middle order, very proactive trying to put the fielders on the back foot. hopefully they can take it over 400 in the morning would be a good job done then
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Top day, typical English weather...raining on in the morning sunburnt in the afternoon.
Great ton by root and never looked rushed by anything Johnston threw at him, good support from Ballance and Stokes. Ali took game to them late on and all tee'd up for an exciting 1st session tomorrow.
Sadly Im not going over again but will be tuning in on the google box instead 👍😀
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Seriously, Root is a class player on more challenging wickets than this one. What highlighted the placid nature of the pitch though was Moeen Ali hooking bumpers for four with all the time in the world. The same Moeen Ali who was shitting his pants facing the no more than lively medium pace of Ishant Sharma last northern summer.
If you love batathons, this is the pitch for you. Root was enjoying himself out there today...like batting in a benefit.
Vic I've seen a fair bit of Mo bat, and last year he surprised me against the short ball. Really hadn't seen him troubled by it. It was almost as if he'd got himself caught between evading and playing, if that makes sense? He's gold, Mo, so talented. Once he gets confidence the presence will come too.
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Only watched till tea but gee we bowled ordinary, just expected to roll through them I think, didn't seem to bowl to any plan. Root batted very well once he got settled, balance looked like he could get out any ball but hung in. Aussies need to wrap tail up quickly, Aussies won't want that score creeping into the 400's.
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Any thoughts on what , if any , changes should be made to the batting order , such as root to 3 and buttler or stokes moved higher up in the order as our current top 4 lack a certain spark and ability to score quick runs.
We know England will not change anything, this line up is set in stone (excluding any injuries)
I wouldn't move Root, let the bloke settle, he may move down to 4 if Bell is dropped in the 4th/5th test, but what he is doing is obviously working.
I think Stokes and Buttler are too risky, they are fine playing shots lower down the order against tired bowlers, move them up and England could've been 50-5 yesterday and the game would've been a completely different. I think we scored enough runs at a good rate yesterday. England do not have a Warner in the squad, the only player I think capable of doing this would be Hales.
The only way I could see England scoring runs higher up the order would be calling up the Maverick, which we all know is not going to happen, the England team dynamic has changed, the top 4 are not going to put on runs quickly, however, if the plan works they will bat long enough to tire out the bowlers long enough for the likes of Root, Stokes, Buttler and Mo to hit quickly.
I feel the Aussies didn't really go out with a plan yesterday, we made it so easy for them down under that they look a bit short of match preparation. Fielding was sloppy, bowling was erratic and I don't think Clarke ever gave his bowlers enough overs to get into a rhythm. I think they are going to struggle to justify Watson's selection unless he hits big runs. All though the media loves the hype and whipping up the Ashes, it looks as if the Aussies were really struggling with the ball yesterday, yes the pitch did not help and on a quicker pitch the edges would've carried. BUT they really didn't appear to have plan B which appeared to help England out.
Can't wait for today to start!
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Put Ali at 5, play another bowler.
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Put Ali at 5, play another bowler.
I think if Mo goes on today to a good score then he may be inline for a push up the order. Don't forget Moeen is a batsmen who can bowl a bit, many people are being mislead into thinking he is a our front line spinner. I imagine Clarke and co will soon see to that.
However, what bowler would you bring in? If, Moeen is in the team then Rashid will not be. (I still think Rashid is there as a squad player and will not get a game)
If, you bring in Wood then you risk making the England tail a little longer and putting more pressure on the likes of Stokes, Buttler and Moeen.
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Wood is already in the team...and is a better technical player than Broad. He's only at 10 because of stuffy English hierarchical B&S.
Rashid could then play as a luxury - his batting looks good for no.8 and it's a good way of seeing he can hack it... (Not like Stokes, but with a ball.) The Aussies Ashes team of '93 had two spinners in every Test. May was the steady offie and Warne the gamble. Worked okay for them.
Batsmen should be under pressure to score runs, it's their job.
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Broad rightfully standing his ground there! Ball's hit the ground
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Broad stands his ground anyway even if he has smashed the cover off it!
haha :)
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Haha! Good lad Mitch, acknowledging his ton
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Good effort from Johnson 0-111
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I think it's fair to say there wont be any quick tracks in the series, they will be trying to dampen down the Oval as we speak :-)
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Was I the only one who thought it was so obvious the ball hit the ground, even in real time.
Disappointed with Voges for claiming the catch.
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Johnson's been pretty poor for a while now.
Smacked around in the home test series, didn't have a great World Cup till the final, smacked around in the ipl and didn't look great in the West Indies.
Had Harris been fit don't think he would have got a game.
Ali goes for a decent 77
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England's batting order is a strange one.
The opening pair is under constant scrutiny. This current pair has the potential but it hasn't quite 'clicked' yet.
Number 3 and 4 aren't firing right now. Ballance is still under the microscope in the early part of his career and Bell hasn't been in form for about 18 months. I want Ballance to come good, but I think we know Bell isn't a pressure player.
Numbers 5 to 8 are among the best in the world! Root, Stokes, Buttler and Ali are exciting players and the future.
9 to 11 are tail enders, there's the potential to wag but it's a bonus not a given.
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Good to see everyone has been on their best behavior so far
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430 all out. Decent effort from starc.
Reckon Warner might just tee off on this pitch
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430 all out. Decent effort from starc.
Reckon Warner might just tee off on this pitch
It's a slow pitch, so I can see Warner will either sky one early on if he doesn't have a look, or be in for a big one if he get's to grips with it.
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Really can't stand the review system at the current time.
Probably lost an over in the time it took them to discuss the Anderson glove. Not massive in the scheme of things but for something that seems pretty clear cut, why take so long?
Yes, there was a noise when the ball passed the glove, however, nothing significant to change the on field decision.
The review system was implemented to erase any umpiring shockers. However, it seems to be that using a review for the sake of it is becoming all too common, a bit like the LBW yesterday, Clarke took a review knowing full well the reviews reset the next ball.
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Plenty of swing on offer and ought to suit Anderson. Only saw a little of the cricket but Aus couldn't bowl a length, it was too full or too short.
Starc swings the ball almost out of the hand which isn't good against batsman who should know how to play swing. The ball has to swing late to be truly effective. That's an opinion from playing at club level though!
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What a terrible decision from the umpire, making my last post redundant.
Always outside the line.
England bowlers are struggling here. Unsure why they haven't come around the wicket especially with the ball swinging.
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Interesting Shrey/Masuri Stemguard hybrid from Rodgers.
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Gotta love Joe Roots sympathy for Cook getting hit in the Crown Jewels!!!!!!!
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...and Smith edges it into middle stump?
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Gotta love Joe Roots sympathy for Cook getting hit in the Crown Jewels!!!!!!!
That's possibly the end of that particular 'right kind of family'...
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The big wicket of Smith!!
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As well as England batted (after the start they got off to) I can't help but feel Australia are in the better position here.
Trailing by 285 at tea on the 2nd day with 8 1st innings wickets in hand, England need to do something in the last session today to swing it back in their favour.
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As well as England batted (after the start they got off to) I can't help but feel Australia are in the better position here.
Trailing by 285 at tea on the 2nd day with 8 1st innings wickets in hand, England need to do something in the last session today to swing it back in their favour.
Does feel that way at the moment to me, big session coming up!
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Interesting Shrey/Masuri Stemguard hybrid from Rodgers.
Spotted that, I'd presume Masuri have got patents on the design haven't they?
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Spotted that, I'd presume Masuri have got patents on the design haven't they?
Haven't been able to find a good photo of it but even if they have, nothing to stop Rogers getting hold of a stemguard and fitting it onto a Shrey if that works. Guess he just doesn't like the new masuri lids.
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We're the Aussies expecting a walk over?
There bowling was poor. As if they expecting to steam through us.
There batting seems very impatient too.
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We're the Aussies expecting a walk over?
There bowling was poor. As if they expecting to steam through us.
There batting seems very impatient too.
Only Warner could say that he was dismissed by a remotely good ball - and even then, he could have easily left it rather than wafting at it.
All the rest should hang their heads in shame as they threw their wickets away through stupidity. Smith, Clarke and Voges all batting like they were in a one dayer (it is five days guys, it's OK to play out maidens) and Rogers tried to manufacture a shot to a ball that was too full to attempt a cut - obviously a sign of nerves in the 90's.
The pitch is offering nothing to the bowlers. As accurately as the English bowlers bowled at times today, the pitch offered them nothing and ultimately the Aussie batsmen gave their wickets away because of their big egos.
Dumb cricket. But I am sure they will learn from the error of their ways.
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On the verdict, saying that Starc has a ankle injury. Another aussie bowler biting the dust?
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On the verdict, saying that Starc has a ankle injury. Another aussie bowler biting the dust?
My view was if it was very serious they wouldn't have risked bowling him especially when into the tail.
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Boycott said in his TMS round-up he thought he had a front foot injury, so I wonder how much that is true?
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Starcs bowling didn't deserve a five for
The shot regal Smith got out to was village cricket.
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Starcs bowling didn't deserve a five for
The shot regal Smith got out to was village cricket.
So you agree Balance didn't deserve 61?
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I thought starc bowled well in patches and bowls wicket taking balls, Ballance was not dropped yes rode his look this is test match cricket against the way side in the world.
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I thought starc bowled well in patches and bowls wicket taking balls, Ballance was not dropped yes rode his look this is test match cricket against the way side in the world.
He is still inconstant, his red ball cricket isn't as good as it should be.
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The shot regal Smith got out to was village cricket.
Just very good bowling IMO - saw Smith coming and fired it down leg for the stumping, not much else Smith could've done other than smother it
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Ballance didn't deserve a 61, however, he stuck around long enough to achieve one, think of that what you will.
Same as Starc, probably didn't deserve 5 for, but stuck at it and managed to achieve it. Don't be surprised if Broad bowls a load of tosh but picks
Glad to see Saint Smith failing, had enough of the stories backing him, no doubt he is an excellent cricketer but doesn't guarantee he is going to hit a shed load every innings.
To get runs on this wicket players are going to need to graft, just look at Rogers, Root, Ballance and Moeen. Batted well but not without luck going their way on numerous occasions.
Bring on day 3
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Is Starc injured?, all I see is news about the injury on day 1 and he bowled day 2.
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Just very good bowling IMO - saw Smith coming and fired it down leg for the stumping, not much else Smith could've done other than smother it
How i seen that also, fired it down leg and the positon Smith had got into he couldnt get his feet across so just hung the bat at the ball.
Big morning coming up here, we all know how England are at wrapping up the tail :-[
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Watson must have the worst record with reviews! Gone lbw again
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Watson LBW again, is there anything that bloke won't review?
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So you agree Balance didn't deserve 61?
The thing about balance is that he's not the most graceful he looks as if most balls are going to get him out but he is a gritty player who is prepared to and does battle hard for his runs without doubt he deserved his 61 and after doing all the hard work probably more.
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To be fair, he was unlucky this time.
Poor bloke. Enjoying McGrath whingeing about it though.
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Just mentioned on TMS that is the first ever time in a Test innings that numbers 3 - 6 have all been dismissed in the 30's.
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Lyon gone too. Decent morning so far.
Could knock them over cheaply and get a good lead
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Hopefully board umpires and players are watching.. Watson plants on off and it Literally JUST hits the stumps... Yet board umpires give you out on middle to leg!!
WATCH how few actually hit please umpires
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Haddin always seems to get runs against England so need to get him out.
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Was that the first sign of a frayed temper by Mr Haddin there?
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Hopefully board umpires and players are watching.. Watson plants on off and it Literally JUST hits the stumps... Yet board umpires give you out on middle to leg!!
WATCH how few actually hit please umpires
Don't let it hit your pad.
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Haddin gone! Great stuff Jimmy.
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Haddin gone! Great stuff Jimmy.
Never had a clue in the 8/9 balls Anderson bowled. Was all over the shop against quality swing bowling.
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Lets not allow a wag here!
We have them in a good position.
Get 45 minutes before lunch and then declare with a lead of 450 by tomorrow evening, Sunday morning.
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Wouldn't like to bat on this last although is it going to get any worse?
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He heaves to the left,
He heaves to the right,
That Mitchell Johnson,
His batting is not particularly good.
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Yes you beaut Rooty!!! well in the driving seat now, another 300 runs then bowl them out :D
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Well wrapped up by England.
Now a chance for Cook and Lyth to get a score.
Surely Starc is struggling and the others were poor.
Real chance here!
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Aussies 308 all out.
That couldn't have gone any better for England really.
I'd even go as far as to say I'm feeling optimistic at the moment :D
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Good job to bowl them out for 308 on this wicket.
Hopefully bat aggressively and set them a massive score.
Starc not taken the field and not taken the new ball. Must be a massive doubt with back to back tests.
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Starc coming on to bowl. Not looking comfortable.
Could be costly if they knacker him out for the next test or two.
Aussies haven't really got anyone to back him up today.
England need to attack here
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Cook gone to starc. Poor shot!
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That is not what England needed right now.
Could be a costly mistake by the skipper.
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Stupid shot by Cook with 7 mins until lunch. Wide swinging full ball he should of left alone.
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I agree with George Dobell's last article, annoyingly. Cook doesn't need to go and bat like adam gilchrist because people have said they play too defensively. We've done the right thing actually getting some fast scorers into the middle/lower middle order. Can't help thinking he's scared of going at 30 Strike Rate nowadays when in fact, especially when you're in your second innings on the third morning, we could quite easily take that from the openers.
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Throwing the lead away here. Ballance goes for a duck
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This is Ian Bell's chance.
Run's on the board, needs a score to keep the media off his back.
Would be good to see Lyth make a score as well
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Interesting discussion during lunch on TMS about trigger movements. Bits of interview with Cook, with Alec Stewart in the studio.
Here's hoping these 2 guys stay in for a while!
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Only a poor shot from Cook because he hit it in the air, should be putting those away.
Can't believe Ballance is getting stick - if he can make 61 when he's bang out of form and we're at 43-3, then fair play to him, well stuck at it.
185 ahead already, getting slightly nervous as I've got tickets for day 5...
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Is this situation tailor made for our middle order? Bell & Root to build the lead, paving the way for a Stokes, Butler & Ali onslaught to take the lead past 500 before lunch tomorrow
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I notice there isn't great deal of credit going to bell, almost as if people want him to fail.
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Problem with Bell is he always does this. Bats well in the 2nd innings when the pressure isn't on him. Lead of 150+ before he bats. He knows he can go and bat freely with little pressure.
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Got a decent ball in the first innings. Not excusing his poor run of form and its good to see Australia are bowling him back into form
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Problem with Bell is he always does this. Bats well in the 2nd innings when the pressure isn't on him. Lead of 150+ before he bats. He knows he can go and bat freely with little pressure.
really, the daggers were really out. this is a really good knock under pressure.
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really, the daggers were really out. this is a really good knock under pressure.
The lead was best part of 200 before he came in. That's about a little pressure as you get in a big test match.
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The lead was best part of 200 before he came in. That's about a little pressure as you get in a big test match.
I agree when has England been 2 or 3 down for not many for then Bell to score big and get them out of trouble like Root has done in the past year.
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McGrath praying for rain with Jim Maxwell on the radio... hahahahahahahahaha!
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Bell falls, Stokes in.
Time to tell the batsman its a T20 situation? ;)
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2 days and a session to go? erm no need. bat until lunch tomorrow.
Key is to ensure that Starc can't play at Lords and for Johnson Hazlewood to be shattered too.
long series this over a short period.
50 for Roooooooooooooooooooooooot
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2 days and a session to go is why I was thinking go in for a good time.
Big lead, demoralised Aussies having to keep retrieving the ball, declare after 5 overs tomorrow just for the sake of getting them out in the field again!
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Benji got lucky with the LBW shout. This is day 3 and England has a 300+ lead. Test cricket baby, love it!!!!!
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2 days and a session to go is why I was thinking go in for a good time.
Big lead, demoralised Aussies having to keep retrieving the ball, declare after 5 overs tomorrow just for the sake of getting them out in the field again!
400+ lead would be good for declaration. AUS have an incredibly talented side and their batters can chase down a 300+ score.
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McGrath praying for rain with Jim Maxwell on the radio... hahahahahahahahaha!
5-0 still on
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England making a hash of this now
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England looking supremely casual at the moment, good lead but not yet safe with so much time left in the game.
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Broad perishes.
Aussies could be batting again tonight at this rate!
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England batting is brainless and blase, as if they think they've won the game already. Plenty of time left in the game though and only needs a big partnership from the Aussie top 3-4 and it will be twitchy bum time
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All of England's batsmen have thrown their wickets away. All well and good batting aggressively but take some time out of the game! Keep Australia in the field for at least a session.
The Aussies must be loving all the shots being played and wickets being gifted. Hopefully Ali can get it up to 400 again
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Not sure this is the most intelligent cricket by England, it's setting the match up nicely but I'd prefer 450+ and a bit more time out of the game.
That said that's a lovely strike from Wood!
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Wood definitely needs to be ahead of broad next test
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Anyone else think jimmy was magic this morning with the new ball.
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Stupid shot by Cook with 7 mins until lunch. Wide swinging full ball he should of left alone.
I think The problem is Cook feels that as part of this new aggressive risk taking England he is trying to show he can score quick runs which is not his natural way of batting nor does he need to do so he needs to hang in there and ensure Balance and bell are not exposed to the new ball early.
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Not sure this is the most intelligent cricket by England, it's setting the match up nicely but I'd prefer 450+ and a bit more time out of the game.
That said that's a lovely strike from Wood!
Me too - I wanted 500+ - bat them out of it!
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I think part of the issue is the forecast for Sunday isn't great. Score runs quick and try to get them out before then.
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Anyone else think jimmy was magic this morning with the new ball.
Almost unplayable, Haddin had no answer.
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Why is everyone taking like this is a foregone conclusion?
I still think the Aussies could pull this off, they have the time and the batting at their disposal.
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2 days and a session to go? erm no need. bat until lunch tomorrow.
Key is to ensure that Starc can't play at Lords and for Johnson Hazlewood to be shattered too.
long series this over a short period.
50 for Roooooooooooooooooooooooot
Yes with the next test 4 days after the finish of this one forget playing gungho cricket the Aussie bowlers should have been kept in the field and get a lead of 450 Starcs carrying an injury and although he gave it is all Johnsons looking tired.
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Ha wonder if Mr Watson's contract is up soon?
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I wouldn't think he could use that in an international game. Too wide for a start and I thought al bats had to made of wood?
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Let's hope for a much better wickets for the next four tests otherwise we could keep seeing fast bowling negated and easy runs. Ashes should be a hard test, not this easy
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Steven Smith's New Balance (NB) is not his usual shape. It looks more like a H4L bat. What do you guys think?
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Well that was a paddling, my predictions gone already. That was Watto's final chance for me, I also don't think we can have the 2 left armers, Siddle will need to come in if Marsh plays. I would nearly drop Haddin as well, these aren't panic moves, they are the fringe decisions that were close in the first game but we can't afford to let it slide too long.
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Watson will go. I'd bring in Cummins but they will bring in Siddle.
Haddin will see out the rest of the tour and then retire.
Australia way too arrogant and cocky. Can't wait for the 2nd test.
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Australia's last three games on slow tracks: lost by 300+ runs, 200+ runs and now, 100+ runs. First two games were vs pak in uae, but shows a pattern of absolutely sucking on slower tracks.
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Australia's last three games on slow tracks: lost by 300+ runs, 200+ runs and now, 100+ runs. First two games were vs pak in uae, but shows a pattern of absolutely sucking on slower tracks.
Those WI pitches weren't the fastest and they did alright over there.
Still, I think Aussie would admit they are not the best on slow decks.
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Bit of a difference between the quality of bowling attacks...
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I thought England bowled as a pack similar to 2005 without the pace and fire.
Let's be honest Australia will come back all guns blazing but the same questions about some of there batsman who have never done well in England remains.
Shaping up to be a cracker series I was worried it would be a anti climax after the New Zealand series
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I thought England bowled as a pack similar to 2005 without the pace and fire.
Let's be honest Australia will come back all guns blazing but the same questions about some of there batsman who have never done well in England remains.
Shaping up to be a cracker series I was worried it would be a anti climax after the New Zealand series
I think Aussie were very average.
Rogers now has a real problem with squaring up.
Watson is rubbish
Haddin is rubbish
Michael Clarke has not really shown much for the last 12 months and has a problem with the short ball.
Get Warner and Smith early and England will be licking their lips.
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Bit of a difference between the quality of bowling attacks...
Well you did say last 3 games.
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I think Aussie were very average.
Rogers now has a real problem with squaring up.
Watson is rubbish
Haddin is rubbish
Michael Clarke has not really shown much for the last 12 months and has a problem with the short ball.
Get Warner and Smith early and England will be licking their lips.
As i said and was laughed at long time ago fragile batting line up especially in England conditions.
Root and Williamson look a class apart from any of the others so far this summer
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As i said and was laughed at long time ago fragile batting line up especially in England conditions.
Root and Williamson look a class apart from any of the others so far this summer
True true...You can stop going on about it now ;)
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Love how Lehmann has been moaning about how little juice was in the pitch. Seemed like a typical Cardiff pitch to me. Besides, there was something in it for the seamers, they just didn't have the knowhow to extract it... Mark Wood could bowl bouncers, yet he's the shortest fast bowler on the pitch!
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Love how Lehmann has been moaning about how little juice was in the pitch. Seemed like a typical Cardiff pitch to me. Besides, there was something in it for the seamers, they just didn't have the knowhow to extract it... Mark Wood could bowl bouncers, yet he's the shortest fast bowler on the pitch!
What does he expect, us to prepare wickets to suit Australia?
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I think Aussie were very average.
Rogers now has a real problem with squaring up.
Watson is rubbish
Haddin is rubbish
Michael Clarke has not really shown much for the last 12 months and has a problem with the short ball.
Get Warner and Smith early and England will be licking their lips.
Also due to the way Warner and Smith play bowlers always have an opportunity to get there wicket early in there innings.