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  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,604
    111 is'nt that what they term 'a Nelson'?
  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,658
    [cite]Posted By: Callumcafc[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: T[/cite]No chance for the follow on, Bat them out of the game as you really don't want to be chasing any total over 150 on this pitch batting 4th.

    Completely agree, get back in and set them 450-500 to win off the last 2 days.

    No way England will get 300 again on that wicket. A lead of 350 would be very handy indeed.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,995
    Ketman said "Can see Australia piling on the runs when they get in, England's first innings showing would suggest we'll do well to escape with a draw this test. "

    Who are yuh who are yuh who are yuh :-)
  • les_says
    les_says Posts: 934
    anyone want to buy my monday ticket?
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    Another wicket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,811
    131-8, Swann has 3 now...Johnson out for 11
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    [cite]Posted By: Mike[/cite]there needs to be an investigation into this game it hink, this man clearly is not Stuart Broad!

    class :D

    Also check that this game is at The Oval.

    131-8.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,811
    this session....23 overs, 70 runs, 8 wickets !!!!!
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    I wonder if the media will be as keen to rip into the Aussies for batting like lemmings and losing eight wickets in a session as they were with us when we lost eight wickets in a day?
  • Medders
    Medders Posts: 5,572
    www.cricinfo.com is my choice when at work... has all the facts, ball by ball commentary and no silly nonsense a la Sky or the BBC
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  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Could be all over tomorrow at this rate!

    Being serious 300 is enough!
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,737
    OMG !! Every time I take my eyes off the screen ( or go to make a cuppa) we get another wicket !!

    Great stuff !!!
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    That Flintoff's Rubbish.
    Drop him for the next test I say !
  • HugoZHackenbush
    HugoZHackenbush Posts: 775
    [cite]Posted By: Fanny Fanackapan[/cite]OMG !! Every time I take my eyes off the screen ( or go to make a cuppa) we get another wicket !!

    Great stuff !!!
    [cite]Posted By: Fanny Fanackapan[/cite]OMG !! Every time I take my eyes off the screen ( or go to make a cuppa) we get another wicket !!

    Great stuff !!!


    I've kept my eyes off the screen all afternoon and we took 8 wickets!

    It's pretty easy though when you don't have a telly.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,811
    shocking decision from the umpire for that one....hahaha

    9 down !!
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Aussie, Aussie, Aussie...out, out, out....
  • HugoZHackenbush
    HugoZHackenbush Posts: 775
    [cite]Posted By: Elthamaddick[/cite]shocking decision from the umpire for that one....hahaha

    9 down !!


    Obviously he deserved it. No sympathy here.
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,071
    edited August 2009
    Should really win it from here. But this is England...

    Ponting not putting in a spinner. LOL.
  • da18
    da18 Posts: 176
    [quote][cite]Posted By: Elthamaddick[/cite]shocking decision from the umpire for that one....hahaha

    9 down !![/quote]


    We don't carreeeeeee :), barmy army!
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    Want one of these tossers out soon really - and then try to get through to COP without losing any wickets ourselves
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  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,436
    Lovely old job!
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Well done Freddie, a lead of 172.
  • vancouveraddick
    vancouveraddick Posts: 1,674
    Well done lads. Let's hope we get a lead that they won' be able to bat out or catch. I have a feeling this still might be tighter than we think though as it is England after all.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    [quote][cite]Posted By: vancouveraddick[/cite]Well done lads. Let's hope we get a lead that they won' be able to bat out or catch. I have a feeling this still might be tighter than we think though as it is England after all.[/quote]

    Maybe, but there is no way I'd be swapping positions.

    England are effectively 172/0 and on this track a day's careful accumulation of runs will be enough. I can't see the pitch improving and I certainly wouldn't want to bat last on it.
  • vancouveraddick
    vancouveraddick Posts: 1,674
    [cite]Posted By: BlackForestReds[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: vancouveraddick[/cite]Well done lads. Let's hope we get a lead that they won' be able to bat out or catch. I have a feeling this still might be tighter than we think though as it is England after all.

    Maybe, but there is no way I'd be swapping positions.

    England are effectively 172/0 and on this track a day's careful accumulation of runs will be enough. I can't see the pitch improving and I certainly wouldn't want to bat last on it.

    Oh agreed 100%, just don't want to get overconfident considering it's England we're talking about.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Oh agreed 100%, just don't want to get overconfident considering it's England we're talking about.

    .........

    England could screw this up, but would seriously have to be AO for around 100 to give the Australians any chance. On the evidence of the way the pitch is playing I'd take a slow, boring 200/250 and set a total of 400 plus and aim to bat for as long as possible. With three plus days to go there is no need to bat quickly.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Here we go...........
    ;-(
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Yep, but 199/1 looks much better...and the pitch claims another, they have to bat last on this and it won't suddenly become a batsman's paradise.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Point taken.
    ;-)
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    That Marcus North is bowling ahead of Mitchell Johnson and Stuart Clark shows how badly the Aussies have screwed up not picking a specialist spinner.

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