Fantastic Match Winning Innings from Bell

(Just wanted to have this thread up and ready for the morning as I'm turning in shortly)

Well done, eh.

eh? is right.

Still, Belly does look in superb touch.

This thread title was a bit of a clanger, eh?

Bell has to bat higher. At 6 he either runs out of partners or he's irrelevant.

I'd be surprised if Colly isn't jettisoned for Morgan, eh?

Sh!t I overslept and missed it.

Ah well, the thread's still here for whenever it IS required.

I here Bell got a shocker of a decision. It's a shame that the technology in this case couldn't ensure that such a bad decision was reversed.

skully wrote:I'd be surprised if Colly isn't jettisoned for Morgan, eh?

Not sure Morgan's the player we need coming in at 40/4, although Colly's not pulling his weight in that role anyway at the moment. We could shut up shop and play 7 batsmen and a keeper and look for two draws but I don't think the pitches will allow that tactic to be a success, and as I've said before adding an extra batsman usually does little to stop a collapse when it happens.

I don't really know what changes would be beneficial at this stage. The bowling's not looking too bad, while apart from Morgan there's no other batting options other than the reserve keeper and I can't see a change in the balance of the team.

Personally I'd advocate never playing for a draw, except when you can no longer win a match, much as I hate to agree with Boycott and co. Who wants to see draws? I'd rather we lost after fighting for victories.
As for Colly, I'd keep him for now but maybe change the order. I still say his fielding saves a lot of runs and regularly gives us wickets we wouldn't have otherwise got. Not a reason to pick him maybe, but a reason to keep him a bit longer.

ever hopeful wrote:Personally I'd advocate never playing for a draw, except when you can no longer win a match,

Agreed, but sometimes a hard fought draw can be exciting.

That's enough of the anti-Wazzieshire bias. Bell is a champion, it was the rest of the England team that let him down.

Top score in the first innings and second top in the second.

England could not ask more from him

He's the new NLWL*

* meaning Warwickshire, not Wozzieland.

he is still the Shermanator

Aha
Guess i got this once right then

check it out
http://cricketheroes.webs.com/apps/blog/show/5420144-the-ashes-2010-11-test-preview

Good call on key players as Bell n Johnson, eh?

Zat wrote:He's the new NLWL*

* meaning Warwickshire, not Wozzieland.

MBWE.

Malteser Ball'd Warwickshire Elf.

Harsh.

Oz had better not start this Belf business, with Ryan Harris in their side: