Re: England v Australia, 1st Test, Trent Bridge, 10-14 July, 2013

by PeterCS Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:10

Henry wrote:Hello hello.....

2 day test on the cards?

ffs DON'T turn into Mark Nicholas on us.

by Hass Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:11

Christ that was close to a hat-trick!

by furriner Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:12

furriner wrote:Hang on fellows, early days yet.

See?

by Henry Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:23

Jimmy you f*cking ripper!!!!!!!!!!!!

by doctorspin Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:26

JIMMAAAHHH

by doctorspin Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:27

FINNAAHH!

by doctorspin Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:27

SACK....COOK.........NOW!!!!!!

by furriner Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:28

That ball to Clarke Shocked

Way Australia are going it'll be 110-ish all out.

by furriner Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:29

Yeah doctorspin I was wondering were you'd gone....

by Chivalry Augustus Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:30

How long till Micky Clarke drops back to the kiddy positions? Has he scored a ton above 5?

by doctorspin Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:31

furriner wrote:Yeah doctorspin I was wondering were you'd gone....

Quality not quantity

by PeterCS Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:31

Rogers showing his invaluable experience and skill - inspired Ashes choice.

by PeterCS Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:34

doctorspin wrote:SACK....COOK.........NOW!!!!!!

AV-VIT ...... THAT GOOD NIGHT ....... NOW!!!!

by Henry Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:36

Clarke at four- 31 innings, average of 21.46.

Clarke at five- 98 innings, average of 63.95.

by Henry Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:44

We're still bowling a bit short. Even though EVERY wicket in the match so far has fallen to well pitched up deliveries.

by Brass Monkey Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:56

Bit pre-emptive maybe, but time for 'The Sturat Cycle':

Breaks down, performs shite, outstanding performance, performs shite, breaks down and so forth.

by Brass Monkey Wed 10 Jul 2013, 17:57

Oh, and get Finn off. He's gone through his cycle of buffet, buffet, buffet, crackerjack delivery, buffet, buffet, buffet.

by Henry Wed 10 Jul 2013, 18:02

Umpires call. Rogers out LBW.

by LeFromage Wed 10 Jul 2013, 18:35

Sawn off a bit, Rogers, I thought.

Just didn't look right, real time.

Hey ho.

75/4, England's bowlers still making a game of it, but on a nice sunny day tomorrow, I can see Australia getting a reasonable lead. Fancy Haddin for his customary early series hundred.

by Henry Wed 10 Jul 2013, 18:41

England will need Broad fit and able to bowl, as well.

by Neil D Wed 10 Jul 2013, 19:00

As suspected, looks like the series will be won by the team whose batsman are marginally less incompetent.

by taipan Wed 10 Jul 2013, 19:31

Smith. The most underrated player in Aus.

by LeFromage Wed 10 Jul 2013, 20:01

Everyone bowls horribly to him. Just pitch it up outside off stump and wait him out. Technically he's a car crash on the off side.

by beamer Wed 10 Jul 2013, 20:27

Well, it's not the most wickets on a day of Test cricket I've been to at Trent Bridge, saw 16 against Pakistan a few years ago! First session looked evenly balanced but then the England batting just self-destructed as we knew it could. Seemingly a pitch on which nobody was ever really in, given the fact we didn't see a single 50, but there were enough boundary balls being served up that there was no need to take undue risks.

I said before the series if the top three don't make big scores it's likely the rest could subside, and it's lucky we had bowlers and a shaky Aussie top order to drag it back. Next session could be the crucial one, can we roll them over or will they find a partnership to give them a probably match-winning 50+ lead?

by taipan Wed 10 Jul 2013, 20:34

Dello wrote:Everyone bowls horribly to him. Just pitch it up outside off stump and wait him out. Technically he's a car crash on the off side.

Yeah, well, we could say the same about most batsmen these days.

My point is that he seems to be the one who won't just chuck it away. I thought he was one of the better Aus batsmen in India last year, and was shocked he wasn't in the Ashes squad.

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