England v South Africa, 1st Test, Lord's 10-14 July (II)

199....FFS!!!!!!!!


SACK.........BELL.............NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

3 wickets for the Mullet. Good grief.

Smith looks clueless.

Jebus, I sound like red.

Oh dear Mickey. Terrible "joke".

I've got tickets tomorrow- I was there 4 years ago to watch Smith make that b*stard excuse for a test double century. Please lord not again.

Looks like rain. Get 'The Nose' out.

Eric Air Emu wrote:I've got tickets tomorrow- I was there 4 years ago to watch Smith make that b*stard excuse for a test double century. Please lord not again.

Early signs are not good - England starting pretty ordinarily...

Dello wrote:

Eric Air Emu wrote:I've got tickets tomorrow- I was there 4 years ago to watch Smith make that b*stard excuse for a test double century. Please lord not again.

Early signs are not good - England starting pretty ordinarily...

Aye - Sidders was way off target with those 2 overs. Infact he didn't bowl that great v NZ at the same ground. Needs to tighten up the line...

In a totally unrelated note, I've just been perusing KP's career summary on cricinfo. In particular, his statistics batting at 4 seized my attention considering the way he was dropped back down to 5 by Fletcher because he supposedly couldn't handle the Aussie new-ball bowlers:

29 matches, 46 innings, 2420 runs at 53.77. 10 Hundreds and 4 Fifties.

So, at 4, he registers a hundred in every 4.6 innings. His conversion rate is 71%. Why exactly did Fletch bounce him back down to 5, exactly? That's a record that must stand up against most England number 4s, and perhaps world number 4s, ever.

Augustus wrote:Why exactly did Fletch bounce him back down to 5, exactly?

Why did Feltch pick Fred as skipper? Why did he pick GoJo? Why did he pick Piles over Monty?

Brass Monkey wrote:

eowyn wrote:
At least you know fatherhood isn't on the cards this month.

Aye. Score. Panicked enough yesterday when I got en-f*cking-gaged!

**tugs nervously at collar**

Well done that man!

Augustus wrote:In a totally unrelated note, I've just been perusing KP's career summary on cricinfo. In particular, his statistics batting at 4 seized my attention considering the way he was dropped back down to 5 by Fletcher because he supposedly couldn't handle the Aussie new-ball bowlers:

29 matches, 46 innings, 2420 runs at 53.77. 10 Hundreds and 4 Fifties.

So, at 4, he registers a hundred in every 4.6 innings. His conversion rate is 71%. Why exactly did Fletch bounce him back down to 5, exactly? That's a record that must stand up against most England number 4s, and perhaps world number 4s, ever.

I know Duncan Fletcher gets the blame for everything that's ever happened ever, but it was Pietersen himself who wanted to bat at five.

IIRC, England wanted him at four in the 06/07 Ashes, but he preferred to stay where he was - until he kept running out of partners due to the weak lower order and tail. Then - and only then - he decided to move up the order.

vilkrang wrote:

Demelza wrote:No English batsman has ever been dismissed for 199.

It could only happen to Ian Bell .

Typical bloody Ian Bell.

He's never scored a Test double hundred without another batsman getting one first...

Brass Monkey wrote:

eowyn wrote:
At least you know fatherhood isn't on the cards this month.

Aye. Score. Panicked enough yesterday when I got en-f*cking-gaged!

**tugs nervously at collar**

Just read this. F*ck me running!

Congratulationssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Ngaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

furriner wrote:

Brass Monkey wrote:

eowyn wrote:
At least you know fatherhood isn't on the cards this month.

Aye. Score. Panicked enough yesterday when I got en-f*cking-gaged!

**tugs nervously at collar**

Just read this. F*ck me running!

Congratulationssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Ngaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

or maybe would be more apt.

Random observation: but Paul Harris reminds me a little bit of Ashley Giles. Big man with a somewhat mechanical action. But more often than not will bowl with control and get a bit of bounce. Will do a job for the team without ever ripping through a side.

Gary 111 wrote:Random observation: but Paul Harris reminds me a little bit of Ashley Giles. Big man with a somewhat mechanical action. But more often than not will bowl with control and get a bit of bounce. Will do a job for the team without ever ripping through a side.

P Harris should not be playing for any of the top 8 test countries, it is even more sad that this guy is playing for a # 2(or 3) team in the world.

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Gary 111 wrote:Random observation: but Paul Harris reminds me a little bit of Ashley Giles. Big man with a somewhat mechanical action. But more often than not will bowl with control and get a bit of bounce. Will do a job for the team without ever ripping through a side.

P Harris should not be playing for any of the top 8 test countries, it is even more sad that this guy is playing for a # 2(or 3) team in the world.

Pfft. He ain't that bad.

Tore the Paksters apart.

PearlJ wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Gary 111 wrote:Random observation: but Paul Harris reminds me a little bit of Ashley Giles. Big man with a somewhat mechanical action. But more often than not will bowl with control and get a bit of bounce. Will do a job for the team without ever ripping through a side.

P Harris should not be playing for any of the top 8 test countries, it is even more sad that this guy is playing for a # 2(or 3) team in the world.

Pfft. He ain't that bad.

Tore the Paksters apart.

even Khaled Mahmud tore Paksters apart.

PlanetPakistan wrote:

PearlJ wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Gary 111 wrote:Random observation: but Paul Harris reminds me a little bit of Ashley Giles. Big man with a somewhat mechanical action. But more often than not will bowl with control and get a bit of bounce. Will do a job for the team without ever ripping through a side.

P Harris should not be playing for any of the top 8 test countries, it is even more sad that this guy is playing for a # 2(or 3) team in the world.

Pfft. He ain't that bad.

Tore the Paksters apart.

even Khaled Mahmud tore Paksters apart.

They prolly shouldn't be a Top 8 nation then.

LINK

PearlJ wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

PearlJ wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Gary 111 wrote:Random observation: but Paul Harris reminds me a little bit of Ashley Giles. Big man with a somewhat mechanical action. But more often than not will bowl with control and get a bit of bounce. Will do a job for the team without ever ripping through a side.

P Harris should not be playing for any of the top 8 test countries, it is even more sad that this guy is playing for a # 2(or 3) team in the world.

Pfft. He ain't that bad.

Tore the Paksters apart.

even Khaled Mahmud tore Paksters apart.

They prolly shouldn't be a Top 8 nation then.

Good point.

PearlJ wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Gary 111 wrote:Random observation: but Paul Harris reminds me a little bit of Ashley Giles. Big man with a somewhat mechanical action. But more often than not will bowl with control and get a bit of bounce. Will do a job for the team without ever ripping through a side.

P Harris should not be playing for any of the top 8 test countries, it is even more sad that this guy is playing for a # 2(or 3) team in the world.

Pfft. He ain't that bad.

Tore the Paksters apart.

Like Ashley Giles!

http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2000-01/ENG_IN_PAK/STATS/ENG_IN_PAK_OCT-DEC2000_TEST_AVS.html

Gary 111 wrote:

PearlJ wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:

Gary 111 wrote:Random observation: but Paul Harris reminds me a little bit of Ashley Giles. Big man with a somewhat mechanical action. But more often than not will bowl with control and get a bit of bounce. Will do a job for the team without ever ripping through a side.

P Harris should not be playing for any of the top 8 test countries, it is even more sad that this guy is playing for a # 2(or 3) team in the world.

Pfft. He ain't that bad.

Tore the Paksters apart.

Like Ashley Giles!

http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2000-01/ENG_IN_PAK/STATS/ENG_IN_PAK_OCT-DEC2000_TEST_AVS.html

Yup. He is basically the Saffie Giles. Just like Boje used to be.