THE ASHES... 2009
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[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=33622.msg908473#msg908473 date=1248021831]
Anyone getting a little nervous?[/quote]
If you get Clarke or Haddin, it's over (or at least it seems like it).
This is still England's test to lose but they did perhaps declare early.
Anyone getting a little nervous?[/quote]
If you get Clarke or Haddin, it's over (or at least it seems like it).
This is still England's test to lose but they did perhaps declare early.
Brilliant knocks from the two lads today. Rightly applauded off.
They've absolutely made a game out of this.
You'd be very suprised if a team 5 down could knock of 200. Stranger things have happened of course.
And i totally agree with mr.v we should have enforced the follow on when we were battering them. Strauss = lame duck.
I still think we should knock these over, but if we did lose, our 'captain' will have to ask some serious question marks about himself.
Great series so far two good teams giving it everything and some real ebb and flow.
They've absolutely made a game out of this.
You'd be very suprised if a team 5 down could knock of 200. Stranger things have happened of course.
And i totally agree with mr.v we should have enforced the follow on when we were battering them. Strauss = lame duck.
I still think we should knock these over, but if we did lose, our 'captain' will have to ask some serious question marks about himself.
Great series so far two good teams giving it everything and some real ebb and flow.
Neither team has ideal leadership IMO. I know at least one Aussie who thinks Clarke should be their skipper in preference to Ponting, while from an England point of view Strauss doesn't convince me (not that there's exactly a queue of viable alternatives) and I had a nasty feeling he'd find some reason not to enforce the follow-on. That said, some of the Aussie dismissals shouldn't have been, so maybe justice is being served in a roundabout way.
[quote author=Rafa4PM link=topic=33622.msg908473#msg908473 date=1248021831]
Anyone getting a little nervous?
I was wrong Haddin does look a good player.
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Yup, yold you.
To be fair, he looked suspect on his first day or two at Lords with the gloves. Totally unable to read the ball of the slope.
I'd be surprised if he held on for much longer though. That said, it might give Mitchell Johnson the chance to show he can do something in this series, this time with the bat. He's been largely hopeless thus far, this is his chance.
Anyone getting a little nervous?
I was wrong Haddin does look a good player.
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Yup, yold you.
To be fair, he looked suspect on his first day or two at Lords with the gloves. Totally unable to read the ball of the slope.
I'd be surprised if he held on for much longer though. That said, it might give Mitchell Johnson the chance to show he can do something in this series, this time with the bat. He's been largely hopeless thus far, this is his chance.
One other thing:
This has been a fantastic Series thus far. It'd definitely evoking memories of 05, not for the quality on the pitch, but the fascination that each day is bringing. I'd love to see Clarke and Haddin get to lunch unscathed tomorrow - can you imagine the tension for the rest of the day?
I see the media are pilloring Strauss for declaring. That's harsh. No side would have been expected to reach 500+ as a chase. He's done the right thing, and if England don't win this match then it's as a result of not being able to bowl out Australia over 2 days, rather than any poor-decision making from the captain. It certainly isn't Adelaide-revisited.
In fact Strauss has been excellent in this Test. Better field-placements, a correct declaration, his own brilliant first innings knock, and the decision to replace Monty Panesar with Rudi Koertzen has been an inspired one. 😉
This has been a fantastic Series thus far. It'd definitely evoking memories of 05, not for the quality on the pitch, but the fascination that each day is bringing. I'd love to see Clarke and Haddin get to lunch unscathed tomorrow - can you imagine the tension for the rest of the day?
I see the media are pilloring Strauss for declaring. That's harsh. No side would have been expected to reach 500+ as a chase. He's done the right thing, and if England don't win this match then it's as a result of not being able to bowl out Australia over 2 days, rather than any poor-decision making from the captain. It certainly isn't Adelaide-revisited.
In fact Strauss has been excellent in this Test. Better field-placements, a correct declaration, his own brilliant first innings knock, and the decision to replace Monty Panesar with Rudi Koertzen has been an inspired one. 😉
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=33622.msg908727#msg908727 date=1248055673]
One other thing:
This has been a fantastic Series thus far. It'd definitely evoking memories of 05, not for the quality on the pitch, but the fascination that each day is bringing. I'd love to see Clarke and Haddin get to lunch unscathed tomorrow - can you imagine the tension for the rest of the day?
I see the media are pilloring Strauss for declaring. That's harsh. No side would have been expected to reach 500+ as a chase. He's done the right thing, and if England don't win this match then it's as a result of not being able to bowl out Australia over 2 days, rather than any poor-decision making from the captain. It certainly isn't Adelaide-revisited.
In fact Strauss has been excellent in this Test. Better field-placements, a correct declaration, his own brilliant first innings knock, and the decision to replace Monty Panesar with Rudi Koertzen has been an inspired one. 😉
[/quote]Its been great.
One other thing:
This has been a fantastic Series thus far. It'd definitely evoking memories of 05, not for the quality on the pitch, but the fascination that each day is bringing. I'd love to see Clarke and Haddin get to lunch unscathed tomorrow - can you imagine the tension for the rest of the day?
I see the media are pilloring Strauss for declaring. That's harsh. No side would have been expected to reach 500+ as a chase. He's done the right thing, and if England don't win this match then it's as a result of not being able to bowl out Australia over 2 days, rather than any poor-decision making from the captain. It certainly isn't Adelaide-revisited.
In fact Strauss has been excellent in this Test. Better field-placements, a correct declaration, his own brilliant first innings knock, and the decision to replace Monty Panesar with Rudi Koertzen has been an inspired one. 😉
[/quote]Its been great.
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=33622.msg908705#msg908705 date=1248049623]
[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=33622.msg907744#msg907744 date=1247868486]
Its almost like the Aussies have read this thread and are trying to make Ryan look like a cunt.
[/quote]
Ha!
Not over yet.
Pietersen up the order by the way? Behave.
[/quote]I've changed my mind on that now. I want him dropped.
[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=33622.msg907744#msg907744 date=1247868486]
Its almost like the Aussies have read this thread and are trying to make Ryan look like a cunt.
[/quote]
Ha!
Not over yet.
Pietersen up the order by the way? Behave.
[/quote]I've changed my mind on that now. I want him dropped.
[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=33622.msg908794#msg908794 date=1248074613]
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=33622.msg908705#msg908705 date=1248049623]
[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=33622.msg907744#msg907744 date=1247868486]
Its almost like the Aussies have read this thread and are trying to make Ryan look like a cunt.
[/quote]
Ha!
Not over yet.
Pietersen up the order by the way? Behave.
[/quote]I've changed my mind on that now. I want him dropped.
[/quote]
I'd say you're not alone there.
I'd drop the hopelessly out-of-his-depth Ravi Bopara first.
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=33622.msg908705#msg908705 date=1248049623]
[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=33622.msg907744#msg907744 date=1247868486]
Its almost like the Aussies have read this thread and are trying to make Ryan look like a cunt.
[/quote]
Ha!
Not over yet.
Pietersen up the order by the way? Behave.
[/quote]I've changed my mind on that now. I want him dropped.
[/quote]
I'd say you're not alone there.
I'd drop the hopelessly out-of-his-depth Ravi Bopara first.
should be game over now ...
Agreed Ryan, but odds are all in Engalnd's favor.
I will say I hope the Aussies, if things like 'dire' don't pull the stunt England were at the end of the last test ...
I will say I hope the Aussies, if things like 'dire' don't pull the stunt England were at the end of the last test ...
[quote author=Hardcastle link=topic=33622.msg908892#msg908892 date=1248087684]
Bye bye Clarke!
356-7!
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That was a magnificent ball by Swann there.
Showing balls Monty could only dream of.
Bye bye Clarke!
356-7!
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That was a magnificent ball by Swann there.
Showing balls Monty could only dream of.
Oh, come the fuckon.
Freddie!
Freddie!
