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[SOULMAN1012]

To be honest I can't see there being many. At the current time the only other person I could have seen in the keeping/reserve keeper role for this series is Davies.

Youngsters coming through, I'm not sure about many other counties but at Hampshire we have Adam Wheater who is looking good but in a very similar to England in a way that he is pushing out Michael Bates who from what I've seen of him is the best glovesman in the country, but unfortunately is still in the process of improving his batting. Again similar to England, in some games we've had Wheater in purely as a batsman with Bates keeping.

Sam Billings at Kent is very well regarded in this part of the world. Atherton also really rates him as one of the best young keeper/batsmen he has seen. In my view he should have replaced Garient Jones last season with the gloves.

The best keeper in the country by a mile is James Foster and he is arguably the best keeper, consistently in the world in my opinion especially standing up which at times is not Priors strongest suit. But we all know world cricket dictates you have to have a batsmen keeper, even in test cricket now a days.

[Number4]

Jeez you blokes are tough on carberry....... fair enough shot to a bit of a long hop.... decent catch. 

The ball cook got, early, will get anyone, not much the batter csn do there. 

As a massive kp fan, been disappointed, siddles got him what 9 times now? Thr plan couldnt be more clear, did someone say 3 card trick

Check my posts since brisbane, bell @ 3 is a no brainer.  Why you would want your best bat coming in at 3for no many is beyond me.  I heard england were concerned with grouping root, stokes, prior in the middle order.  If your worried, pick someone else?

Everyone wants to dump prior, and, more is expected of keepers with the bat post gilchrist era, but ask yourself is prior the best keeper in england? If so, he stays,  picking a keeper other thsn the best gloveman is dangerous. If he's not, see above.  This picking the keeper who is the best batsman of the keepers is rubbish.

Stop blaming the blokes batting below 7 for getting cleaned out.  Theres not much  a tail can do agsinst extreme pace. Broad has played really well, just misjudged this one. 

Anderson (pamela?) Has always been  a 'head dropper' when things dont go his way, needs to lift. Broad always tries hard.  Cant believe bresnan wasnt picked, stokes (currently) isnt good enough with either bat or ball to warrant selection.   

Theres still plenty of scope for this match to be drawn, the pitch is still magnificent for batting. You blokes order in the coffins way to easily!  Cook csn bat for a day (remind me to buy a book) as csn bell, kp and carberry by the look of him.

Broad didn't misjudge it... He was scared he was going to get hit and moved out of the way

[Gerry SA]

Stuart Broad's batting outside England is pretty dreadful.

40 innings and just one half century. And a pathetic average of 14.

[ProCricketer1982]

Broad didn't misjudge it... He was scared he was going to get hit and moved out of the way

Agreed. He needs to sort out his batting or people need to stop pretending he's some sort of Flintoff replacement ! Currently his batting is really poor and has been for a long while

[smilley792]

Aussies declared.


Its gonna rain apparently

[ProCricketer1982]

Show some fight!! Don't care if England lose now, just show fight and bat till last session on day 5!

[smilley792]

9balls. Great fight there cook........




Stupid no ball check again. Half his foot was behind the line!

[joeylough]

What an idiot. my twitter puts it in a different way.

But you are trying to save a test, so the best idea is to play a short ball in the second over of the innings. Nope if its not going to hit the wickets and your going to hit it in the air, leave it. I would say more but I dont want to be banned. 

[ProCricketer1982]

Good % shot there a Cook. Just what you want to be playing when the best we can hope for is a draw !! Pathetic and amateurish, they are giftin Johnson wicket after wicket

[Number4]

The pitch is looking very timid.... If England can't bat 2 days and draw on this pitch them I pity them in Perth

[Sam]

Sam Billings at Kent is very well regarded in this part of the world. Atherton also really rates him as one of the best young keeper/batsmen he has seen. In my view he should have replaced Garient Jones last season with the gloves.

The best keeper in the country by a mile is James Foster and he is arguably the best keeper, consistently in the world in my opinion especially standing up which at times is not Priors strongest suit. But we all know world cricket dictates you have to have a batsmen keeper, even in test cricket now a days.

Haven't seen Billings keep but I have seen foster live and to be honest from what I saw I was a bit underwhelmed but still gotta agree with you that he's one of the best in the country but cant see him playing for England ever again now. He should have got more of a chance.

I remember watching the 2012 cb40 final and seeing Michael Bates standing up to Kabir Ali periodically throughout the game and even more impressively on the last ball where 2 runs were required (believe he even followed it up with a stumping when it came through to him)! Not many keepers bar a few are able to do things like that.

[ProCricketer1982]

Australia aren't even having to play or bowl well to get wickets... 2 eng batsmen just grown their wicket away.. KP next

[100 not out]

You have to say that all the luck has gone against England so far. Surely that will change.

[awp]

You have to say that all the luck has gone against England so far. Surely that will change.

Surely.......

[smokem]

You have to say that all the luck has gone against England so far. Surely that will change.

But you do make your own luck a lot of the time. Look at the catches the Aussies have taken and the catches the English have dropped. This has really dictated the direction of the game. A wicket off a no-ball is also not luck - it's still a no-ball.