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[Aussie In England]

Number 8 in bowling averages for last two years.

Not too shabby that.

(According to Howstat, the Australian online cricket statistics website).


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Helps that he feasted on Sri Lanka and India last summer? Two sides that don't tour well outside the subcontinent. And then boosted his stats more against the West Indies. Hardly anything to tell the grandkids.

[Aussie In England]

Anyway back on topic.

Hoping the selection panel make a few changes for Nottingham. Voges, Starc and Hazlewood out for my money.

Siddle(an honest Victorian will help dry up the run rate!), Cummins and Shaun Marsh in. Rejig the batting order. Marsh up at 3. Smith to 4 and Clarke down to 5. Perhaps Watson back in as Mitch Marsh's batting doesn't look up to it or called up Faulkner instead.

[edge]

You sure your not a south African in England?

HA!

South Africa still use the Kookaburra ball don't they? All tests should use Dukes in my opinion (although don't know much about the SG, probably less of an issue in India).

[joeljonno]

Anyway back on topic.

Hoping the selection panel make a few changes for Nottingham. Voges, Starc and Hazlewood out for my money.

Siddle(an honest Victorian will help dry up the run rate!), Cummins and Shaun Marsh in. Rejig the batting order. Marsh up at 3. Smith to 4 and Clarke down to 5. Perhaps Watson back in as Mitch Marsh's batting doesn't look up to it or called up Faulkner instead.

Probably too many. One or two maybe. Hazlewood's the leading wicket taker isn't he?


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[Aussie In England]

Probably too many. One or two maybe. Hazlewood's the leading wicket taker isn't he?


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Hazlewood might be leading wicket taker but on a pitch he was tipped to be unplayable on he was shockingly poor. I've never seen an Australian line bowler bowl so many half volleys in my life.

Unless Starc plays the innings of his life today I think he's 100% axed.

[ProCricketer1982]

This series has had two tests so far where one side has played week,mother other very badly.

Third test, the wicket is a good cricket wicket so far... England have bowled well,,Australia not so well.. Both sides can't bat for toffee. I'm not sure where test match batsmen have gone but there are precious few on show in this series so far. Rogers, cook, root and Neville are probably the only ones not to basically be playing white ball cricket

[Rob580]

Steyn(perhaps the best ever when it's all said and done)

Haha, good one. Maybe if you didn't watch cricket before 2004!

[Aussie In England]

Haha, good one. Maybe if you didn't watch cricket before 2004!

I feel your pain. I mean after the legendary Fred Trueman England hasn't produce one great fast/seam bowler....

[Rob580]

I feel your pain. I mean after the legendary Fred Trueman England hasn't produce one great fast/seam bowler....

Who's talking about England?

McGrath
Marshall
Ambrose
Donald
Wasim
Lillie
Hadlee
Bond
Holding

Don't get me wrong, Steyn is excellent, but the best ever? I think you've had too much XXXX

[dougydee]

Anyway back on topic.

Hoping the selection panel make a few changes for Nottingham. Voges, Starc and Hazlewood out for my money.

Siddle(an honest Victorian will help dry up the run rate!), Cummins and Shaun Marsh in. Rejig the batting order. Marsh up at 3. Smith to 4 and Clarke down to 5. Perhaps Watson back in as Mitch Marsh's batting doesn't look up to it or called up Faulkner instead.

3 changes is a bit over the top. Win or lose I'd like to see Marsh and Siddle in for Voges and Starc.
I think with Harris missing Siddle should have played from the beginning as the workhorse bowler who can keep the pressure on from one end.

[Number4]

Not in the
 UK when the ball swings and seams late.

An average of 59 so far this series isn't good?

[Seniorplayer]

An average of 59 so far this series isn't good?

The bat first wicket gifted him his runs at Lords also it was pretty obvoius to anyone who saw the pitch before a ball was bowled that  which ever side batted first would get a big score.

[TangoWhiskey]

Neville playing for the draw? Can't imagine haddin looking to block it out.

This is just about the silliest comment on this thread. You know test matches can go on for 5 days right? I bet you are one of those blokes who greets every defensive shot played by your oppo on a Saturday with "Oh look lads, Bat reckons he's playing a test match' then get castled first ball swinging wildly across the line in your innings.

[Seniorplayer]

Who's talking about England?

McGrath
Marshall
Ambrose
Donald
Wasim
Lillie
Hadlee
Bond
Holding

Don't get me wrong, Steyn is excellent, but the best ever? I think you've had too much XXXX

put Courtney Walsh in there  over 500 wickets also bowled faster and longer spells than any quicker bowler he carried the West Indies attrack on his own when Ambrose retired

[L21]

So Gaffney made a few mistakes today yet there has only been one wrong decision of the series according to you.  Please explain how this works?

I meant that only one review has been overturned, from this I meant that the level of umpiring on the whole has been pretty good.

The comment regarding Gaffney was more to do with his general level of umpiring. Sky Sports picked up on him missing no balls, leg byes e.t.c. and then also the decision to give Buttler out. However, I am sure there have been plenty of other mistakes by others, just seemed to be a little bit more prominent today.

Buttler was as much at fault for his LBW as the umpire was.