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[petehosk]

Australia
1 David Warner,
2 Joe Burns,
3 Steven Smith (capt),
4 George Bailey,
5 Shane Watson,
6 Glenn Maxwell,
7 Mitchell Marsh,
8 Matthew Wade (wk),
9 Nathan Coulter-Nile,
10 Mitchell Starc,
11 Pat Cummins

Decent side too!

[csnew]

Harsh on Wiley to get dropped for woakes!

[petehosk]

I agree! I think I would have had Willey instead of Woakes to be honest!
But the rest of the selection seems pretty good!!

[ppccopener]

right chaps, the little bloke is finally getting a go.

Has Taylor got the class to cement a place in the team? we don't know, FC records says he has.....

regardless...COME ON TAYLOR and we need to LEAVE HIM IN for the series to give the bloke a fair chance

there, ive said it......

[csnew]

Odd that Bailey comes in before maxwell and Watson. Platform already set

[petehosk]

I reckon they will start to go from over 32/33! So need to continue to go steady for another 5 or 6 overs before bringing in the bigger hitters?
I would expect this is the case at least!
And England can only stop this by taking wickets so an interesting struggle over the next 10 overs! If Aus are only 2 or 3 down by over 38 then England will end up trying to chase a huge total!

[northernboy1987]

Rashid doing the business!

[petehosk]

According to the commentary, only one of the three wickets was a decent ball (2nd wicket)
His 1st and 3rd wickets were full tosses - how often do bad balls get wickets, or 2 wickets even! 

[northernboy1987]

According to the commentary, only one of the three wickets was a decent ball (2nd wicket)
His 1st and 3rd wickets were full tosses - how often do bad balls get wickets, or 2 wickets even! 

They all count haha I don't mind that he's been a little expensive either, he's an attacking spinner who's in the side to take wickets so as long as he keeps doing so I'm happy

[northernboy1987]

And again, I don't understand what certain folk have against him, I know he's not Shane Warne but the lads a proven wicket taker!

[petehosk]

And that was a decent ball evidently! He's on for a 5-fer!
England needed those wickets otherwise it would have been a humungous total!!
This is looking like a competitive game again, although England have a habit of either making hard work of a chase OR totally falling apart!
Win or lose, would be good to see another close match, just like the T20 the other day!

[northernboy1987]

It would be great if Rashid and Ali could bowl like this in the Test series in UAE, Ali keeps it tight allowing Rashid to go on the attack, could work very nicely!

[petehosk]

Maxwell caught down leg side? A bit of a flukey wicket there but they all count.
I was going to predict that Maxwell was going to hit a quick 70 odd and that Watson would be out LBW. So there goes the first part of my prediction!

[northernboy1987]

Maxwell caught down leg side? A bit of a flukey wicket there but they all count.
I was going to predict that Maxwell was going to hit a quick 70 odd and that Watson would be out LBW. So there goes the first part of my prediction!

Don't worry Pete, I'm sure Watson will uphold his end of the bargain

[northernboy1987]

Or not, dammit Shane!