Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney, January 3-7, 2011

beamer wrote:Yeah, winning the match is the icing on the cake but we can afford to bat and bat and make sure there isn't even a Headingley 1981 reversal as a possibility. Winning a series in Australia, doesn't matter too much if it's 2-1 or 3-1, Captain Cautious can keep going!

Aye. Might was well bat to 700.

Gary 111 wrote:Would anyone be able to PM me a link?

Thankings you.

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vilkrang wrote:

Henry wrote:There's no point in England hanging around here. May as well go for quick runs and get bowling when we're already 244 ahead.

Nah, grind them into the dust. I'm loving every minute.

Personally, I'd be for the middle course - which seems to be about what they are doing. Don't throw the bat in a reckless fashion just to get out, don't bat stolidly on like Boycott .... but keep the scoreboard turning. Another hour might be enough.

JGK wrote:

vilkrang wrote:

JGK wrote:Australia, of course due to the moral Victory at Cardiff in 2009.

Actually that was our moral victory, so we won the series 3-1.

Turn it up. We flippin' murdered you in that game.

And yet we got away with the draw, hence moral victory to us.

I'd like to see England develop a ruthless streak. 3-1 would be an accurate reflection of the difference between the two teams. We'll be playing better teams in the next 12 months than this Australian team.

And isn't England's new goal in tests to be the World's best team? Starts right here, I would have thought.

Henry wrote:I'd like to see England develop a ruthless streak. 3-1 would be an accurate reflection of the difference between the two teams. We'll be playing better teams in the next 12 months than this Australian team.

And isn't England's new goal in tests to be the World's best team? Starts right here, I would have thought.

There is still plenty of time to bowl them out, you'd have a point if this was the final day.

I reckon Strauss will call them in 20 minutes after lunch.

Henry wrote:I reckon Strauss will call them in 20 minutes after lunch.

I don't see why he would. What's the point in batting again if we don't need to?

vilkrang wrote:

Henry wrote:I reckon Strauss will call them in 20 minutes after lunch.

I don't see why he would. What's the point in batting again if we don't need to?

We'll be 370 ahead by then so we probably wont have to bat again.

Meh, bat until tea if we can says I...

Whisper it quietly, but i think we're home and hosed.

Basil wrote:Whisper it quietly, but i think we're home and hosed.

Nah, scream it loudly- we've won the series

Basil wrote:Whisper it quietly, but i think we're home and hosed.

You may possibly be right, but I honestly just want to see us bat and bat and bat and bat.

Bres bringing out the biffs.

Aye. Biffer Bresnan.
Come on now, Prior - get your ton so I can hit the sack.

Appropriate anagram of the day from BBC: Shane Watson = Want No Ashes

Brezzy lad. Just found a link and good to see a Yorkshireman opening his shoulders. Declare after Prior, Bresnan and Swann have got their hundreds I say. No point over-indulging and letting Tremlett bat as he'll have some bowling to do.

I now have a problem: I need to get up at 5.30 to paint the kitchen ceiling (it's a long story) So, stay up and paint with bleary eyes or go to bed and get some shut eye and miss an Aussie bowling attack being disembowled.

Good lad.

God this is good, nice one Prior.

Well played Matty Prior. Outstanding stuff.

MMAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYY: you ****** ugly beauty

He really doesn't have leg-side shots, does he?

Well played MattyP.

Basil wrote:I now have a problem: I need to get up at 5.30 to paint the kitchen ceiling (it's a long story) So, stay up and paint with bleary eyes or go to bed and get some shut eye and miss an Aussie bowling attack being disembowled.

Tough decision. Could you paint the kitchen ceiling lying down and get a few winks whilst doing it?

Why the hell is Clarke still bowling his spinners when he can take the new ball? Pontingesque.