England v Australia, 4th Test, Chester-Le-Street, 9-13 August, 2013

Brass Monkey wrote:

lardbucket wrote:Australian lead not nearly enough. Game over IMO.

We're usually 3 down with 32 on the board.....

true this series ... it can't keep happening though

Brad Haddin - that was stone motherless plumb.

Channel 9 arseholes not showing the Rogers replay

Lyon never looked out

Harris walked when pinned, then waited when given not out, then walked when he saw the first replay

Wasted opportunity for Aust there.

Can't believe they didn't review the Lyon lbw.

About 40 short I reckon.

Oh well.

and showers likely to arrive soon, according to the forecast

Yeah sporadic showers it looks like. Should halt play for 15 minutes tops.

Root's looking all over the shop ATM. There has been a bit of variable bounce, though.

On the other hand, there's no swing or seam at all ... well, not in comparison to yesterday.

Graphic on the TV showing both Cook and KP have 7731 @ 48.32.

Well, this is all looking very benign. 400 for England by midway thru tomorrow should put the game away.

Peach by Rhino to castle Bonk!!!

Jaffa from Harris to remove Root.

The umpire got that one right.

We're looking all weeble wobble.

Warner pings Tony Hill.

Brass Monkey wrote:Root's looking all over the shop ATM. There has been a bit of variable bounce, though.

Prophetic. Uprooted by peachy nut if ever we saw it. If Anderson had bowled that the commentators would be drowning in semen. Harris is so unlucky to be bedeviled by injury.

What is Mikey on? Calling this as Australia's session, bizarre.

Eng 1 for minus 8 at Lunch.

Evening all.

Red wrote: If Anderson had bowled that the commentators would be drowning in semen.

Um, I think there was quite a bit of semen flowing about the delivery. Been pretty semeny about Harris full-stop.

lardbucket wrote:What is Mikey on? Calling this as Australia's session, bizarre.

Yep, I think England will be the happier team.

England certainly had the better of the session. If things had gone better for Australia they could have been staring down the barrel of a lead approaching a ton. That would have been huge in the context of the match. Losing Haddin and Rogers early was not what was needed.

taipan wrote:Fark me. Has Hill got one decision right in this test?

Not this morning. Three decisions to make, got them all wrong. If it weren't for DRS Australia would still be out there batting and England would be building effigies of the useless qunt.

Brass Monkey wrote:

Red wrote: If Anderson had bowled that the commentators would be drowning in semen.

Um, I think there was quite a bit of semen flowing about the delivery. Been pretty semeny about Harris full-stop.

Nicholas was obviously still in deep conversation with JGK.

Dello wrote:

taipan wrote:Fark me. Has Hill got one decision right in this test?

Not this morning. Three decisions to make, got them all wrong

He was at the business end when Harris did the business on Root. The ICC will say he got 25% of his decisions right; it may actually be better as I think there were a couple of fairly optimistic/frivolous England appeals which he correctly gave not out.

I say this to emphasise that the oft-quoted 93% and 97% figures are inflated by all the really easy out and not out decisions.

Number 3? Obviously NOT Hughes, Khawaja, or Cowan.

Worth trying Shaun Marsh again? Or just pick either Doolan or Burns, and stick with him.

lardbucket wrote:Number 3? Obviously NOT Hughes, Khawaja, or Cowan.

Worth trying Shaun Marsh again? Or just pick either Doolan or Burns, and stick with him.

But they haven't stuck by PH or UK yet so why bring in another youngster to destroy their career?