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liquid_gears
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Lets take the positive from this. We can't possibly get any worse, Harmy will be back for Lord's and our moral will be higher.
Pachael said:
Indeed you do. And our bowlers were terribly inefficient and sloppy when bowling to the English tail. Ponting just throws them the ball, but after that, its up to the bowlers. Johnson was woeful for much of that last session, and Siddle couldn't bowl at the stumps to save himself.
In the first innings it was Siddle and Hauritz that allowed the tail to get the better of us. Captaincy decisions are the most visible and easily criticised aspects of a game, especially when the pressure is on. But Ponting can only do so much, and he has to rely on his bowlers lifting when required. They simply haven't done so consistently (and the games vs South Africa showed the same problem).
Its not captaincy. Its an young, exciting but still inconsistent bowling lineup that is our major weakness at the moment. Ponting is a great captain and leader though, and will manfully absorb the scapegoating that is sure to be aimed at him.
brain_stew
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Colly deserves a gold medal the size of a bin lid after that performance. I still can't believe we managed to pull that off after one of the shittiest ever performances I've seen. Our entire bowling attack and top order batsmen were pathetically toothless.
It was some top drawer entertainment wathcing Monty holding on for dear life at the end, I was shitting my pants when them two were running between the stumps. Knocked into each other a few times as well. :lol
It was some top drawer entertainment wathcing Monty holding on for dear life at the end, I was shitting my pants when them two were running between the stumps. Knocked into each other a few times as well. :lol
I made an error earlier with regards to the '4th test', it was the 3rd test in 2005 that hinged on a last wicket: http://www.cricinfo.com/engvaus/content/story/216160.html.
Yeah, thats a sour note for Australia from this test. Meanwhile English tail will be grinning like Monty until some one puts a rattle snake at their ankles. :lolPachael said:
In other test news, Pakistan made one of the best comebacks in history and the test is now even.
Also Bangladesh managed a big upset against the West Indies, their second test win.
Its not a lock, Ponting can get there but that means Tendulkar plays less or gets injured or hits a bad patch.RandomVince said:
Just watching the Tour de France on SBS and saw an ad for the next test.
Dead set, the ad was even more embarrassing than their coverage.
Stuey McGill is more awkward than watching Basic Instinct with your grandma (yes I stole that joke from Scrubs).
Add in the fail of Greg Matthews and the rapist eyes of Damien Martyn... man its just so terrible. :lol
Dead set, the ad was even more embarrassing than their coverage.
Stuey McGill is more awkward than watching Basic Instinct with your grandma (yes I stole that joke from Scrubs).
Add in the fail of Greg Matthews and the rapist eyes of Damien Martyn... man its just so terrible. :lol
Woah woah woah, Flintoff is retiring?
That's....interesting. So closes the chapter of a vastly overrated test career filled with unrealised potential. He could have been one of the greats, but I guess his injuries got to him. You've got to wonder if his whole 'traditional boozy cricketer' lifestyle had an effect on his inability to keep his body right.
I mean, it's sorta sad Mitchell Johnson will probably go down as a better all rounder, statistically.
That's....interesting. So closes the chapter of a vastly overrated test career filled with unrealised potential. He could have been one of the greats, but I guess his injuries got to him. You've got to wonder if his whole 'traditional boozy cricketer' lifestyle had an effect on his inability to keep his body right.
I mean, it's sorta sad Mitchell Johnson will probably go down as a better all rounder, statistically.
And people wondered why I said the 2005 Ashes series was the greatest Test series we'll see in decades before it even hit the 2nd Test match. A lot of the blame needs to be put on the local media for hyping it up and shoving the late 2006 series as the greatest revenge ever when everyone saw the writing on the wall.
If Australia lose this year, all the greater and funnier.
If Australia lose this year, all the greater and funnier.
Tim the Wiz
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Grug said:
:lol
I hope you're not laughing at ponting there. it was disgraceful, doesn't matter who did it or who it was done against, it's a pathetic tactic. Same as was mentioned earlier in the thread, praying for rain is for cowards.irfan said:
Tim the Wiz
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irfan said:
No doubt. The perpetual storm that has staked claim on Ponting's brow makes for engaging viewing.
irfan said:
:lol Damn if that was me I would have tackled that fat bastard!
Tim the Wiz
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Grug said:
:lol @ Marto's eyes.
Holy shit. :lol
Tim the Wiz
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Grug said:
Eww
My first post here, no longer do I have to lurk in this thread wishing there were some poms in here 
Pleased Onions is in and not Harmison. Regardless of how well Harmison has been bowling, he's let England down too many times.
Batting first as well, which is good, as I'll take another draw since we never win at Lords :/
Pleased Onions is in and not Harmison. Regardless of how well Harmison has been bowling, he's let England down too many times.
Batting first as well, which is good, as I'll take another draw since we never win at Lords :/
CrinInfo said:
Thank god for that. Five days of Botham, Atherton and Hussain circle-jerking was a bit too much to take last time.
Bit of green on that pitch, and with some cloud cover coming over. Definitely something there for the bowlers. Mitchell Johnson could be the danger man.
Tim the Wiz
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Façade said:
Just hope Bopara and Pieterson get in there quick. With the English openers, I don't find myself appreciating their technical proficiency, shot selection or stroke-play; I'm merely left disgruntled that I have to wait for the real thing. I'll give them another try today, but I doubt I'm laboring under a mistaken impression.
Tim the Wiz said:
Cook is technically very poor and is always fighting his weaknesses. Strauss is a much improved player, and though not a particularly eye-catching to watch, he is effective and has been in great touch since he got the captaincy. So I can't see Cook making many runs this series, but Strauss will.
Tim the Wiz
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Façade said:
Good assessment. Strauss is slotting the bad balls away comfortably. Cook, otherwise, looks decidedly horrific. Doesn't England have better openers than this guy?
Edit: The Johnson bashers at Cricket Web must be having a field-day. His technique tends to bring out some divisive views. I just hope he doesn't pull a "Jason Gillespie in Ashes 2005", though.
As for Cook, perhaps I'm being harsh (he's young with a decent Test average) but his lack of quality is being shown up here.