David48 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Who's the English Captain again? Who ever he ... he's due to win the Toss soon and bat first. Stand up, Stand up ... Stand up if you're 3 - nil up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad mary Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 The hooligans get bored so they must do something. Watching 90 minutes of a game where the only thing that they count is the amount of players fainting when someone touches them. And then watching them miraculously recover to a rousing reception from their supporters. To you soccer supporters, I'm only serious Now back to the cricket, any news on the Broad injury? he is being tight lipped about his injury Wil. I'm going to say i think there is a good chance he wont play. Bad bruising on the foot can take a while to get over. England have no reason to risk playing him I tend to agree. He could hardly put any weight on it on the last day of the test. Would probably get up if he was a batsman, but will be really hard for him to recover enough for him to bowl. Broad has been bowling in the nets with no obvious pain or discomfort so should be fine . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Who's the English Captain again? Who ever he ... he's due to win the Toss soon and bat first. Stand up, Stand up ... Stand up if you're 3 - nil up . It'd be good to win something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad mary Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Interesting to see Bairstow doing a lot of glove work in practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Given Prior's current form with both bat and gloves, Jonny should be given a chance IMO.Meanwhile, whilst Monty is almost certain to play in Melbourne, are England thinking of two spinners for Sydney? England call up Scott Borthwick & James Tredwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad mary Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Given Prior's current form with both bat and gloves, Jonny should be given a chance IMO. Meanwhile, whilst Monty is almost certain to play in Melbourne, are England thinking of two spinners for Sydney? England call up Scott Borthwick & James Tredwell I agree about Bairstow ,Prior was not that good a keeper when he first came into the england team ,much like Stewart a few years before him,but he has developed into probably the best keeper/batsman in the world (previous to the last 12 months or so).So yeah give Bairstow a go ,why not?,probably better to blood a few more youngsters now as the old guard is rapidly fading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Today's test match is sold out to the public! (Tickets still available to members.) Should be a 90,000+ crowd! Good luck to both sides, naturally I am hoping Australia destroys England though * A note about Shane Watson. Even if Australia loses, he remains a winner. Here he is with his wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Bairstow in the team. Prior out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerjo Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Any links to watch it,can only get sound from wiziwig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Any links to watch it,can only get sound from wiziwig. http://hd-sports-today.com/ch2.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 A good first session by England after being sent in. Maybe it was a good toss to lose. I can't help the feeling that with all of the publicity and accolades our boys have been getting lately, they might be getting a bit ahead of themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 (edited) A good first session by England after being sent in. Maybe it was a good toss to lose. I can't help the feeling that with all of the publicity and accolades our boys have been getting lately, they might be getting a bit ahead of themselves. Not sure about sending England in first. Certainly England on top at 1/91...but they need to pick the run rate up. They seem to get themselves bogged down. Edited December 26, 2013 by BookMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantSmith Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Morning Gents...Bit of an even match at the moment, Aussies picking away at the English top order. 3/106. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 A good first session by England after being sent in. Maybe it was a good toss to lose. I can't help the feeling that with all of the publicity and accolades our boys have been getting lately, they might be getting a bit ahead of themselves. Not sure about sending England in first. Certainly England on top at 1/91...but they need to pick the run rate up. They seem to get themselves bogged down. Yep, they've done it all series. Just seem to occupy the crease with no intent and then they get out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Playing for a draw on the first day of the test. England really need to look at reviewing their playing style as well as a few of older players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Would there be any danger of Lyon bowling over the wicket and trying to get someone out? All of this leg stump crap is just too defensive IMO. Wonder how much Pietersen's dropped catch will cost? He's due for big one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Playing for a draw on the first day of the test. England really need to look at reviewing their playing style as well as a few of older players. Being in the UK, I've not seen much of the play. But as said on Join the debate at #bbccricket Howard Horner: If this day's play was a Christmas present, it'd be socks. Not exciting, but you quite needed a couple new pairs. It'll do. 90831 in the crowd, a new world record for attendance at a test match. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Honours to Australia on Day 1. The bowlers stuck to the plan and kept their discipline. Great last spell from Mitchell Johnson, exciting stuff. KP provided plenty of entertainment. Top scorer, dropped once, caught on boundary/went for 6 once, almost caught by Lyon once. Indulged in some time wasting. Once again...England just too slow...not taking singles, not turning over strike, letting Australia dominate. That tactic worked well in England when their batsmen could build and consolidate an innings. That strategy has been exposed throughout this tour though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 When I posted the above, England were 160 for 3.Despite then losing Bell, I'd have said that honours were still about even.Until the new ball.The 9 overs with the new ball definitely put Australia on top.But, KP is still there and if he can hang on and the last four contribute then there is hope of England reaching a reasonable total above 300. Bresnan and Broad can bat, Anderson is capable of staying around and adding a few and even Monty's best test score is 26.Maybe the English batsmen have been over cautious; but it seems they can't win. If they're not being criticised for getting out to wild shots, they're being criticised for being too defensive.In the post stumps interview with Sky Ian Bell said "Perhaps it's a bit of both," Bell said, when asked if it was a case of good bowling or out-of-touch batsmen."I've been in good touch personally but I am as guilty as anyone. It's something we're aware of and need to work on. We need to get back to scoring big runs."We need to find the right balance and put pressure on the bowler. I go out to try and run hard and not allow the bowlers to bowl, but you can only hit what you get given."We want to score as many runs as possible, that's the idea of batting." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7by7 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 (edited) 90831 in the crowd, a new world record for attendance at a test match. That's what the BBC said at 5:26 local time. But by the close it had gone up to 91092. Were they all in the ground at the same time, I wonder? Or is that how many came in through the turnstiles throughout the day? I suspect the latter, watching on Sky there were a lot of empty seats in the upper tiers as stumps approached. Very surprising, considering the damage Johnson was inflicting at the time! Edited December 26, 2013 by 7by7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad mary Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 I was up watching on Sky all night & they said they were dragging people in off the street just to get the record,a bit unfair on those that paid me thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkokhatter Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Another day where Australia came out on top, but again some soft dismissals. I have been critical of Pietersen throughout this series but would be happy for him to prove me wrong. Still think our run rate is a problem, same as last series. Just puts batsmen under pressure when they do not rotate the strike. 350 would be a very good total, I can dream i suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw25rw Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Today's test match is sold out to the public! (Tickets still available to members.) Should be a 90,000+ crowd! Good luck to both sides, naturally I am hoping Australia destroys England though * A note about Shane Watson. Even if Australia loses, he remains a winner. Here he is with his wife. Watson.jpg He'll be hoping that groin problem gets better quickly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 (edited) oh Johnson! 2 wickets for his first over the day! Edit *Another wicket for his 3rd over. Broad hit low and plumb in front...almost same spot as last test on his foot. 5/60 for Johnson, 5/15 with the second new ball. Edited December 27, 2013 by BookMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 AUstralia in a spot of bother at 3/62. Clarke leaves a ball and it takes the off stump They have let themselves get tied down and are at a run rate lower than England. Shame to see Warner and Watson go so cheaply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Aussies all sorts of trouble now 5/112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) Aussies all sorts of trouble now 5/112 Can Haddin be the Magician again? He, as well as Johnson have been the Heros for me in the Series. EDIT, first ball Haddin faces, smakes for a 6 Edited December 27, 2013 by David48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Aussies all sorts of trouble now 5/112 Can Haddin be the Magician again? He, as well as Johnson have been the Heros for me in the Series. EDIT, first ball Haddin faces, smakes for a 6 You could be right David...Haddin is on fire..33 from 29 balls... Oops! Johnson dropped on 2...absolute sitter...AUssies 6/147 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar501 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Michael Slater makes even the boring cricket sound interesting. Ian Chappell makes even the interesting cricket sound boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRed Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Aussies have a bad day and very quiet now here A very good day in the field for England and Aussies will resume in the morning on 164-9 91 behind. Haddin 43 not out. Interesting test match now and very much open for both sides to win although England will be favorites if they can bat all day tomorrow and get anywhere near 300. Strange wicket everybody is saying but obviously there is a bit of swing from all the bowlers which is causing problems for the batsman. Stokes has shown he can bowl a bit as well as bat which is good news for the England attack. Barmy Army on song today and hopefully tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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