England v Australia, 1st ODI, Lords, 29 June, 2012

I also wonder if crowds will suffer if we don't have "box office" batsmen in the one-day game. People want to see sixes and innovative strokeplay in limited overs cricket.

Brass Monkey wrote:Yeah, I'll have to put up with it for now. Like I had to put up the non brave new world after the 2007 WC that failed in the 2011 WC. It's not like I'm constantly bringing up my rightness all the time about that debacle.

But at least this approach makes some sense given the change in ODI playing regs and it'll be on bouncy pitches to boot. We had no plan for the 2011 WC at all, twas all about the Ashes and nothing else. And at least the next WC will not be after an arduous tour somewhere.

Meh. Doesn't change the fact that the players just weren't up to it, as they weren't the three years previous to that.

Beamer could have a point about the missionary position top order.

What Cook, Bell, Trott, Bops doesn't get you creaming your panties?

It should do, I know. But I'm a hard girl to please.

I see Nine is covering the game from 9.45pm, but no coverage on Gem before then, as they've decided a Law and Order repeat and some soppy Keanu Reeves movie will get better ratings. Half-arsed and lame!

Really? Cool. I'm up the coast without Foxy.

Wonder how the weather will be?

A few isolated showers in the afternoon.

Henry wrote:A few isolated showers in the afternoon.

will that be the belf coming out to bat?

GEM coverage starts at 7.45 wozzie time ...after the Leeeeeeg finishes

means I wont have to watch the SPFs on 7

GEM coverage starts at 7.45 wozzie time ...after the Leeeeeeg finishes

means I wont have to watch the SPFs on 7

nice emphasis embee....nice emphasis embee

personally I am looking forward to watching the dorks smite the filth

Just checked the Abbey Road webcam & the weather seems to be ok around St Johns Wood so we may get a full game.

Henry wrote:I see Nine is covering the game from 9.45pm, but no coverage on Gem before then, as they've decided a Law and Order repeat and some soppy Keanu Reeves movie will get better ratings. Half-arsed and lame!

Thank God for Rupert. Fox is covering the whole shebang.

We elected to field? We have been rubbish chasers as long as I can remember. Bell to extend the run of consecutive ODI's where an opener makes a ton.

If you win the toss on a cloudy morning in England in a one-day game, you put the opposition in, no decision at all.

Cheers beams. No coverage for me other than Dickinfo ATM

Dickinfo: 10.55am Rain stopped play, for the 1000th time this season.

FFS.

2 rain breaks in 5 overs. Luverly.

D/L tables already being dusted off.

I think this could be one of those where the side batting second has virtually a 10 over advantage, if the sun comes out later. All they can do is stick around through these start-stop early stages, but it will be really tough to post something competitive.

Makes that 3 rain breaks in 6 overs. Deary me.

WTF. Why didn't Bell review that?

This is Bell's 1st domestic ODI v. Australia.

Good stuff this, from England. They don't look like getting out. Solid old forward defensives all over the place. The only real downside is David Lloyd distracting from the encapsulating cricket with his much less interesting 'Men and Sheds' book. Think it's a bit silly and a bit selfish that he's trying to stop everybody looking at Trott patting it to cover in a batting powerplay.

Aye, cracking lesson in defence here. Should get through this without being bowled out if we can carry on this fine form.

Oh come on. 270 and we're in this.