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  • T
    T Posts: 1,348
    what the bloody hell was he doing there?! It was about 3 feet outside offstump...
  • DaveStorry
    DaveStorry Posts: 989
    Johnboy uk is a jinx !
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,018
    [cite]Posted By: DaveStorry[/cite]Johnboy uk is a jinx !

    Appalling shot selection. Its the first day of a test match, 3 foot outside off stump, 'kin leave it alone all day long.

    ...I take full responsibility :-~
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    302/5...

    Still 8 overs left tonight.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,802
    Great stuff from Prior, his 50 is up in 54 balls.

    Momentum changing in a Gilchrist kind of way
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Anything above 300 should be enough to avoid defeat at the very least.

    If we can get over 400 that would give us an excellent platform to exert some pressure.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,332
    [cite]Posted By: LenGlover[/cite]Anything above 300 should be enough to avoid defeat at the very least.

    If we can get over 400 that would give us an excellent platform to exert some pressure.
    Can't completely agree. You can't underestimate the Australian top order. The very least we need is 400.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    Freddie bowled. 327-6.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    [cite]Posted By: Chizz[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: LenGlover[/cite]Anything above 300 should be enough to avoid defeat at the very least.

    If we can get over 400 that would give us an excellent platform to exert some pressure.
    Can't completely agree. You can't underestimate the Australian top order. The very least we need is 400.

    400 would be good but problematic now with only 4 wickets left one of whom is Monty!
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Prior bowled Siddle for 56...
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  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    336-7 at close of play.

    Might get 350...
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    336/7 at stumps.

    Anderson not out 2 and extends his record of never having been dismissed for zero in Tests.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,083
    Not a bad day, fancy the Aussies to win this test though. Impressive bowling from the unknowns.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    [cite]Posted By: Friend Or Defoe[/cite]Not a bad day, fancy the Aussies to win this test though. Impressive bowling from the unknowns.

    As this is Sophia Garden's debut Test there's no track record on how the wicket tends to play, or what a good score is, so we'll have to wait and see how Australia bat on it before we know if this is a good score. Allegedly the square does take spin and I think it will get a bit easier to bat on as the game progresses, so picking two front-line spinners looks wise at the moment. Other than that the ball is swinging, particularly for Siddle and that bodes well for Anderson. As for how Australia bowled - their main man is Mitchell Johnson, but he was too loose and didn't build enough pressure. Siddle and Hilfenhaus bowled ok and kept running in but are nothing special, of the three spinners, none impressed me and this could be Hauritz's only Test, especially if Clarke bowls well. Ponting I don't think rates him too highly - he had four fielders on the boundary at one point when he was bowling and his sole wicket was a gift. England threw too many of their wickets away, only Prior could really be said to have received an unplayable delivery, the others were to a greater or lesser extent culpable in their demise - most notably Pietersen. A bit more application and a big first innings score was there for the taking.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,222
    Would have taken this score today, less 2 more wickets. 350 first and then what will be will be.

    Plenty of time to skiltte them out.
  • Spankie
    Spankie Posts: 1,537
    350 just up, Broad now swinging the bat just got a four 354-7 after 93.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,222
    Broad has hit 3 fours in the first 3 overs. Eng 354 - 7
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,802
    Stuart Board having a nice little go at the Crims, 354-7
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,222
    Broad has gone. 355 - 8
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    Right - start swinging now. ;-)
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  • Spankie
    Spankie Posts: 1,537
    edited July 2009
    Damn, b*gger, blast! He was looking good too! Need 20 more runs imho
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,802
    Looking like a decent score coming together here
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    Swann is not a bad batsman to be fair.

    At county level anyway.

    If we get 400 that would be decent.
  • Spankie
    Spankie Posts: 1,537
    edited July 2009
    Well it all depends what Australia get in their first innings as to whether this is a good score. Can't help but think they won't be so generous in giving their wickets away!!!

    Is it me or are the boundaries that much longer here than in the other test match venues? They are hitting big and not getting boundaries just 2s and 3s!

    384-8
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,221
    what radio station is this on?
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    5 live

    from what i heard from yesterday, the general consensus was it was a 420-450 pitch for a solid start.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,222
    Slow outfield. Lots of 3's on offer
  • Spankie
    Spankie Posts: 1,537
    I got it on 198 LW yesterday late afternoon.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,802
    or the BBC website
  • Spankie
    Spankie Posts: 1,537
    edited July 2009
    Four 4s in a row quickly gone to 402-8!!! Go on Swanny!

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