I've seen batting like this somewhere before....
so KP 10 or 100?
How about 2? 😀 😀 😀
amy chance of rain?
Oh FFS.
😯 😕 🙁 😐
amy chance of rain?
Plenty here in Adelaide!
Still, good to know that we're so much better than those supposedly no-hoper Aussies, eh? 😉
It's suddenly got interesting. 🙂
Warnie seems obsessed with the Lord's bell 😯
Crikey! Let's hope for a really boring long innings from Trott. 🙂
We drop a bowler when perhaps we should have been looking at the batsmen? It's bloody test cricket. Where are the guys who can bat the day out?
OH FFS England what on earth are you doing
"We drop a bowler when perhaps we should have been looking at the batsmen? It's bloody test cricket. Where are the guys who can bat the day out? "
That's supposed to be Cook, isn't it? Much depends on Trott!
nightmare start, but Bell and Trott are both more than capable of hitting long, slow, boring 100s
should have bowled first
<runs and hides>
🙂
Enter seaweed man
TFI Lunch.... 80-3 is better than it looked an hour ago (not much but a bit)
not a bad recovery but Australia would have taken that before the first bowl was bowled
they have the advantage
yep first session to the Aussies hands down
trott and bell to grind them to death with the worlds slowest daddy hundreds then declare on 500-3
99-3 isn't too bad.
trott and bell to grind them to death with the worlds slowest daddy hundreds then declare on 500-3
Yes please. 😀
Further cockity trott off
Back early in the first test I stated my theory of 50 runs per wicket being the minimum rate for the top order. I don’t think any team have come close in the 4 and a bit innings we have seen yet so this might not be all bad yet.
Bums – as soon as I post that Trot is gone
Now the ginja ninja
Bums – as soon as I post that Trot is gone
Nope, he'd already gone
Did anyone else just see the cocknballs the commentators drew on the TV screen, or am I starting to hallucinate through lack of sleep?
You have to factor in I am intermittently working / checking the score on the BBC web site / posting on here (not in that order). I was typing away about how we were building toward a respectable score having not checked for a couple of minutes.
You have to factor in I am intermittently working / checking the score on the BBC web site / posting on here (not in that order).
Sorry, my biggest issue with timing is working out when to go to the fridge for another beer, and whether anyone's stacked it on le tour
and 😯 re: Bairstow
closing on 2am, I went through this from page one and found this gem
Junkyard - lazarus - Quote
They wont win a single match and wont get a draw without the weather
Occasionally England may need to bat twiceNever ever been able to say that have we
maybe one more beer then bed, 229-4 seems a better place to leave them..
Junkyard - lazarus - Quote
They wont win a single match and wont get a draw without the weather
Occasionally England may need to bat twice
Never ever been able to say that have we
Not iver yet and i was just as gushing in my praise for the Aussies who have been far more competitive than anyone [ or at least me] expected
I said the first test was a
Anyway the start of a fantastic series of cricket and some serious Kudos to the Aussies whop were far more competitive than anyone[ I assume including most of them] thought they would beShould be an immense series cannot wait
Still playing above their average but I still cannot see them winning it though I would be way less confident on a white wash so yes well done Australia some excellent performances from them especially the number 10 stand
They have been far better than expected bowling and England batters far worse
yeah no, yeah no, yeah no, yeah no, yeah no, yeah no, yeah no, yeah no, yeah no, yeah no, yeah no, yeah no, yeah no, yeah no, yeah no
STOP SAYING YEAH NO MCGRATH!!!
Australia's day - just. Great start, good recovery by Bell (again) and support by trott and bairstow, but those 3 wickets at the end plus not having a batter left in swung it back. Interesting tactics at the night watchman, was that almost leg theory? I can feel a strong telegram coming on. Hopefully Broadly will take exception to seeing his mate Jimmy being pelted, and hand out some retribution later. If only we had another 90mph beanpole to do the same from the other end.....
I always say in test cricket, you don't know if it's a good score until both sides have had a go. My suspicion is that if England make another 30-40 to get around 325, they'll consider that at least 75 light, but let's see what the Aussies make of it later before deciding if that's a critical issue.
Aye another cracking days play with swings to both teams
I think both sides will be happy with that - England would have taken it when 30 odd for 3 and australia when Bell was cruising along but the last three wickets makes it Australias day
As said above the real proof of anything is when they bat solet hope the tail does some wagging first
Interesting tactics at the night watchman
Interesting tactics to use a nigh****chman - I really hate the way England [b]always[/b] do that almost as a knee jerk reaction. Exactly what is the point of bringing in a nigh****chman at #9? I mean normally the nigh****chman is a #8 or #9 batter protecting the top order - in this case they've promoted the worst batsman on the team to protect the normal #9! Or are England trying to copy Australia's tactic of having a big 10th wicket stand? Maybe Swanny is after the record for the first #11 to make a ton before somebody else manages it against England - his best is after all only 15 runs short.
😐
England's tail need to take some lessons from Australia's. 🙁
300 up is not that bad although all the momentum is with the Aussies, they will feel right on top even though there is a long way to go.
The nigh****chmen decision was a bit strange but you can look at it in various ways. Anderson had a nice little bat, pushed the score on and then can go in and rest ready to bowl. However as Bresnan got out it looks a bit silly – and he isn’t going to have much of a rest the way this is going.
at 28-3 yesterday I'd have taken circa 350. Still 100 or so short of a good score but it will be interesting to see how the australian top order approach the innings.
There is a theme developing of inconsistent batting by both sides – the score cards are peppered with poor scores with the odd brilliant knock but there is also some reasonable scores from the tail as well. You feel a good showing by the top order from any of these teams would shift the whole series in their favour, Aussies have a real chance today.
Tail wagging a bit...! 🙂
twenty/20!
just arrived back from the airport, i'll take 400!
well done mike 🙄
😉
361 is just about par. Not all the Aussies way today. Come on Jimmy!
And I'm back... Australia was lucky to end up just in front yesterday, once again a bit of a freak occurrence keeps/gets us back in the game (you'd never tip Smith to take 3 wickets like that normally!), good start this morning, but yet again an 11th wicket partnership swings things back towards the batting team...
Good game so far, evenly poised despite Australia having the ascendency early on and again this morning, in fact with our potentially fragile batting lineup I'd go so far as to put England in the hot seat for a first innings lead
Having said that, it looks to be a perfectly fine pitch (as evidenced by Swann & Broad), so absolutely no friggin reason our top order shouldn't score well... here's hoping 🙂
I think I'd actually put England marginally ahead at the moment - runs on the board and Australia have to bat last. As discussed earlier, batting last is almost always a disadvantage.
